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SMS Istanbul Extension on Sustainability – 18 October

  • 1.  SMS Istanbul Extension on Sustainability – 18 October

    Posted 21 days ago

    Dear Colleagues,

    Sabanci Business School invites you to join the SMS Istanbul Extension: Sustainability at the Crossroads: What's Next?

    • Date: 18 October, Friday
    • Time: 08:30 – 18:30 (including breakfast, a guided museum tour, and networking cocktail)
    • Venue: Sakıp Sabanci Museum, Istanbul
    • Capacity: Only 15 seats remaining for scholars (we aim to balance the audience between academics and practitioners)

    Register at the following link: 

    https://www.strategicmanagement.net/event/sustainability-at-the-crossroads/

    The program is as follows:

    08:30 – 09:00

    Registration & Breakfast

    09:00 – 09:10

    Welcome speech

    ·       Ayşegül Toker, the Dean of Sabancı Business School

    09:15 – 09:30

    Opening speech

    ·       Cevdet Alemdar, the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Round Table Leader at TUSIAD & Mobility Solutions SBU President at Sabancı Holding

    09:35 – 10:50

    Strategy & Sustainability: The Academic View

    Moderator: Remzi Gözübüyük, Associate Professor of Strategy at Sabancı Business School

    ·       Jonathan Doh, Rammrath Chaired Professor in International Business at Villanova University

    ·       Rodolphe Durand, Joly Family Chaired Professor in Purposeful Leadership at HEC Paris

    ·       Olga Hawn, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    ·       Jasjit Singh, Professor of Strategy and the Paul Dubrule Chaired Professor of Sustainable Development at INSEAD

    10:50 – 11:15

    Coffee Break

    11:20 – 12:35

    Strategy & Sustainability: Insights from Sector Leaders

    Moderator: Murat Tarakçı, Professor and Chair of Innovation Strategy at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

    ·       Cevdet Alemdar, the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Round Table Leader at TUSIAD & Mobility Solutions SBU President at Sabancı Holding

    ·       Tankut Turnaoğlu, AmCham Turkey Chair, CEO and Chairman of the Board -Turkey, Caucasus & Central Asia at Procter & Gamble

    ·       Cahit Erdoğan, Assistant General Manager - Commercial and SME Banking Management at Yapı Kredi Bank

    ·       Cenk Koçdor, Chief Sales Officer at Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı

    12:40 – 13:35

    Light Lunch

    13:40 – 14:55

    Sustainability in Emerging Markets

    Moderator & Speaker: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University

    ·        Sinziana Dorobantu, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at NYU Stern School of Business

    ·       Elif Seçgin, Principal at Boston Consulting Group

    ·       Irina Surdu-Nardella, Professor of International Business & Strategy at Warwick Business School

    ·       Mehmet Üvez, Deputy Head of Turkey and the Head of Ankara Resident Office at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

    ·       Özlem Ünlüer, Sustainability Director at Beko

    15:00 – 15:25

    Coffee Break

    15:30 – 16:45

    Stories from the Trenches: Sustainability Journeys

    Moderarator: Ata Can Bertay, Director of Corporate Governance Forum & Assistant Professor of Finance at Sabancı Business School

    ·       Pınar Akçayöz De Neve,  Private Sector Partnerships Program Analyst at UN Women

    ·       Gamze Gökçen Pilevne, General Counsel, Senior Compliance Officer, ESG Coordinator & Corporate Secretary at Mercedes-Benz Türk

    ·       Dicle Kocaoğlu, Sustainability Leader at Ford Otosan

    ·       Giulio Nardella, Associate Professor of Sustainability & Global Strategy at ESCP Business School

    ·       Derya Özet Yalgı, Sustainability Director at Sabancı Holding

    16:45 – 17:00

    Closing Remarks

    ·       Nüfer Yasin Ateş, Hüsnü Paçacıoğlu Chair in Management and Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization at Sabanci Business School

    17:00 – 18:30

    Guided Museum Tour & Networking Cocktail

    We are looking forward to hosting you at our event.

    Sincerely,

    Nufer Yasin Ates

    Remzi Gozubuyuk

    Habibe Acik



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