Past event: Corporate Responsibility Conference
This event has now finished. Please see our events website for details of upcoming events at Brookes.
Tuesday 25 May 2010, 09:30 until 17:00
Open to all
Location
Main Lecture Theatre, Clerici, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane site
Details
The conference will be focused on moving forward the expanding CR agenda in the HE sector. The day will draw on the experiences of Oxford Brookes University in implementing a Corporate Responsibility program, coinciding with the launch of the University’s first Sustainability Report.The conference will add value to the sector and will provoke debate with the presence of influential speakers in the field of CR. Speakers on the day will include, among others; Ed Gillespie, co-founder of Futerra Sustainability Communications, Jimmy Brannigan, Director of ESD Consulting and speaker at EAUC Conference 2010 and Dr Myszka Guzkowska, PVC External Affairs University of Westminster.
This conference follows on from the ‘Route map for Sustainability and Responsibility in Higher Education’ event at the University of Westminster in November 2009 and will be interactive, encouraging an educational dimension to the day which will encourage learning and the sharing of good practice which will help to continue developing the roadmap for the delivery of CR in the sector.
There will be a small registration fee of £25 per person which will include full access to day and will include lunch, refreshments and a wine networking session at the end of the day.
For full details see our webpages.
Should you have any problems registering or have any other questions relating to the conference, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
We look forward to welcoming you to Oxford Brookes University on 25th May for what should be an inspiring and energising day.
Agenda
9.30am Registration with refreshments - Main Reception Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane Site10am Welcome, housekeeping, Pro-VC introduction - Clerici Building, Main Lecture Theatre
10.15am Launch Sustainability Report
10.45am Speaker: Dr Myszka Guzkowska PVC External Affairs University of Westminster.
11.15am Short comfort break with refreshments
11.30am Speaker: Corporate sector approach to CR (TBC)
12noon Speaker: Ed Gillespie co-founder Futerra
12.30pm Panel debate Q+A with speakers
1pm Lunch with showcase on sustainable food - Galliano's
2pm Corporate Responsibility in your institution; Oxford
Brookes University (TBC)
2.20pm Interactive workshop; what does CR/sustainability look like? - Clerici Building, Main Hall
3.30pm Feedback, round-up from workshop
4pm Sector overview closing speech (TBC) - Clerici Building, Main Lecture Theatre
4.20pm Close the day, thank you from Brookes
4.30pm Wine and networking - Galliano's
