2nd UNITED NATIONS NORTH AMERICA PRME CHAPTER REGIONAL MEETING
Omni Hotel at the CNN Center ~ 100 CNN Center ~ Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
February 4 – 6, 2016
Thursday, February 4th
1:00 - 4:30 pm
Tour of the Center for Civil and Human Rights and the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site and King Center
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception with Speaker, Jennifer Ragland, Director of International Government Relations and Political Affairs, The
Coca-Cola Company: Coke and the U.N. Global Compact
Friday, February 5th
8:30 - 8:45 am
Opening Remarks, Jonas Haertle, Head of PRME Secretariat UN Global Compact
8:45 - 9:05 am
Session 1a: Developing PRME Awards for Excellence in Responsible Management Education
Moderator: John Cicala, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Panelists: Janet Hale, Texas State University; Gordon Lucyk, MacEwan University
9:05 - 9:30 am
Session 1b: Cross-School Research Project using UN Global Compact data set with the objective of building knowledge for
U.N. Global Compact companies, and best practices for teaching in management education institutions
Moderator: Alfred Rosenbloom, Dominican University
Panelists: Cedric Dawkins, Dalhousie University; Linda Sama, St. John's University
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9:30 - 9:45 am
9:45 - 10:45 am
10:45 - 11:00 am
Session 2: Teaching PRME & Sustainability: Issues, Topics and Best Practices
Moderator: Steve Olson, Kennesaw State University
Panelists: Chris Beehner, Seminole State College of Florida; Heather Ranson, Victoria University;
Tay Keong Tan, Radford University;
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11:00 - 12:00 pm
Session 3: UN Sustainable Development Goals
Moderator: Jonas Haertle, Head of PRME Secretariat UN Global Compact
Panelists: John Cicala, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Elizabeth Collier, Dominican University; Kathy
Hyatt, Reinhardt University
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunch with Keynote Speaker: Bart Newman, Chief Operating Officer, Thrive Farmers International, Inc.
1:30 - 2:00 pm
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2:00 - 3:15 pm
Session 4: SIP and the AACSB-International Accreditation Report
Moderator: Rick Franza, Kennesaw State University
Panelists: Janet Hale, Texas State University; Heather Ranson, Victoria University
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3:15 - 3:30 pm
3.30 - 4:15 pm
Session 5: Engaging Students in Social Entrepreneurship & Higher Education
Moderator: Sheb True, Kennesaw State University
Panelists: Deborah DeLange, Ryerson University; Linda Sama, St. John’s University
4:15 - 5:00 pm
Session 6: Exploring Intersections between PRME and Catholic Institutions
Moderator: Elizabeth Collier, Dominican University
Panelists: Kathleen Odell, Dominican University; Linda Sama, St. John’s University
Saturday, February 6th
8:30-10:15 am
Session 7: Establishing the PRME Chapter North America and Implementing PRME on your campus
Moderator: Mark Meaney, Interim PRME N.A. Chapter Coordinator, University of Colorado-Boulder
Panelists: Florencia Librizzi, PRME Secretariat U.N. Global Compact; Tony Buono, Bentley University;
Gordon Lucyk, Ali Taleb and Leo Wong, MacEwan University
10:15 - 10:30 am BREAK
10:30 - 11:15 am Session 8: Aim2Flourish and LEAP
Speakers: Roberta Baskin, Case Western Reserve University; Isabel Rimanoczy, Nova Southeastern University
11:15 - 11:30 am BREAK
11:30 - 1:00 pm
Session 9 & Working Lunch: Conference Summary, Jonas Haertle, Head of PRME Secretariat U.N. Global Compact