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6th Annual BALLE Conference
Grow Deep: Business Leaders Building Strong Communities
Boston University
June 5-7, 2008
Register today:
Early-bird discount rate $345 until November 30.
Speakers:
Majora Carter, founder, Sustainable South Bronx
Laury Hammel, BALLE co-founder, Longfellow Clubs
David Korten, author, The Great Turning
Michelle Long, BALLE chair, Sustainable Connections
*Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee
Bill McKibben, founder, Step It Up, author, Deep Economy
Don Shaffer, president, RSF Social Finance
*Vandana Shiva, International Forum on Globalization
Michael Shuman, author, The Small-Mart Revolution
Judy Wicks, BALLE co-founder, White Dog Cafe
And many more...
For speaker bios, click here.
*invited
Conference Agenda
Pre-Conference Seminars
June 5th, 2008
Third Annual Local First Conference
Grow Wealth: Strategies for Local Economic Development and Job Creation
9:000 am - 4:00 pm
Second Annual Manufacturers Conference
Grow Smart: Regional Supply Chains and Industrial Ecology
9:000 am - 4:00 pm
Find out more!
Main Conference
June 5th, 2008
Registration opens - 3:00 pm
Thursday Night Reception - 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Live music, hors d'oeuvres and a no-host bar.
Thursday Night Dinner and Keynote - 6:45 - 9:00 pm
BALLE Board Chair Michelle Long introduces the conference.
Keynote speech by Bill McKibben
June 6th, 2008
Breakfast - 8:00 - 9:00 am
Morning Keynote Panel 9:00 - 10:30 am
Breakout Sessions 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Afternoon Keynote Panel 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Breakout Sessions 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Network Leader Consultation 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Dinner and Keynote Speech by Vandana Shiva 7 - 9:30 pm
Dessert Reception and Live Musical Performance 9:45 - 11:30 pm
June 7th, 2008
Breakfast - 8:00 - 9:00 am
Morning Keynote Panel 9:00 - 10:30 am
Breakout Sessions 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Afternoon Keynote Panel 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Breakout Sessions 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Dinner and Keynote Speech by Majora Carter 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Conference Closing Reception 9:00 - 10:30 pm
For our full program click here.
