23rd Alumni Sustainability Executive Roundtable

Europe Campus, Fontainebleau - France, 17-18 May, 2010

The next 23rd Alumni Sustainability Executive Roundtable will be on Leadership

"Profits instead of Polar Bears: How Sustainability can drive the Bottom Line".

Information, programme and registrations are available at

http://www.insead.edu/roundtable_may2010/

For more information, please contact the coordinator of this event ana-Cristina De Sa

Cartier Women's Inititiative Awards

Deauville, 16 October 2009

This is the third year that INSEAD partners the prestigious event which celebrates women entrepreneurs around the world. This year, Loïc Sadoulet, Professor of Economics and Head of INSEAD's Africa Initiative was on the Africa jury and spoke at the event. For its fourth edition, the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards are looking for innovative global women-led business projects. Applications for the 2010 contest are being accepted through March 10.  More...

Individual Producer Responsibility Workshop

GEODIS, Paris-France, 25-26 February 2010

This workshop treating Individual Producer Responsibility and Waste of Electric and Electronical Elements is part of a series that deals with issues related to the WEEE Directive (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive). For more information and to participate, please contact the coordinator of this event, Carole Tanguy. Venue: GEODIS, CAP WEST, 7-9 allées de l'Europe, 92615 CLICHY CEDEX. How to get there? Read more...

Available now!

Book "Crossing the Energy Divide"

Published on 28 January 2010

By INSEAD Emeritus Professor Robert U. Ayres and Edward H. Ayres. How do we get from where we are now to a future of safe, renewable energy? By dramatically improving the way we manage the energy we're already using. No futuristic promises, no unproven technology: Crossing the Energy Divide shows how we can get 50%, even 100% more energy from the sources we're using right now with lower carbon emissions and higher economic growth. To order this book, click here... For more information on the INSEAD Sustainability Research Group click here...

Africa and the Post-Crisis Economy

INSEAD MBA/EMBA Master-Class

Thursday 4 February 2010

Hilton Hotel, Nairobi in Kenya

An INSEAD MBA/EMBA masterclass will take place on Thursday 4 February 2010 at 19h30 at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Professor Loïc Sadoulet, Academic Director INSEAD Africa Initiative, will be talking about "The Post-Crisis Economy" and the role Africa has to play in it. To participate at this event, please contact MBA/EMBA Marketing Officer, Magalie Leborgne.

Africa to INSEAD and INSEAD in Africa Breakfast
Friday 5 February 2010

Hilton Hotel, Nairobi in Kenya

An informal breakfast is organized by the INSEAD Africa Initiative on Friday 5 February 2010 at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi. Professor Loïc Sadoulet and Raadiya Begg, Director of the Initiative will briefly present its aims, activities and accomplishments, and invite you to share ideas on how to increase activities to bring Africa to INSEAD, and INSEAD in Africa. For more information and to participate, please contact the coordinator of the INSEAD Africa Initiative, Brigitte Pernet.

Copenhagen: Hopes melting away?

France 24, 17 December 2009

Debate on the negotiations in Copenhagen. Interview with Robert U. Ayres, INSEAD Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science and Technology Management. View and listen to the video...

United Nations Climate Change Conference

Copenhagen, 7-18 December 2009

The world has been waiting for crucial decisions to be taken in Copenhagen. Represented by a group of faculty, students and alumni, INSEAD attended the Copenhagen Summit as an accredited Observer. Paul Kleindorfer, INSEAD Distinguished Research Professor and The Paul Dubrule Chaired Professor of Sustainable Development, who headed up the INSEAD delegation, reflects on what was and was not accomplished at the Summit. More...

INDEVOR The Great Debate

Europe Campus, Fontainebleau-France, 8 October 2009

Should MBAs sign an oath to pledge that they have wider obligations to create value responsibly and ethically? The Great Debate on Thursday 8 October, organized by Indevor, sponsored by Actis, and moderated by INSEAD Dean, Frank Brown, gathered students, faculty and guests.

More... In November INSEAD Professors Craig Smith and Theo Vermaelen continued the debate on whether MBA students should take an oath in the first place. View and listen to the video...