2009 Headlines
Hart Tapped to Lead Innovation Discussions for Clinton Global Initiative
Johnson School professor brings his expertise in disruptive technology and base-of-the-pyramid enterprise development to annual meeting
September 11, 2009 | Ithaca, NY | Stuart Hart , the Samuel Curtis Johnson Professor of Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson school, has been tapped by the Clinton Global Initiative to lead its 2009 action initiative titled "harnessing innovation for development." Hart will participate in the initiative's annual meeting September 22, 2009, through September 25, 2009, in New York City, where he will lead the innovation plenary session, along with the working session on driving disruptive innovation from the world's poorest economies and communities.
In the "harnessing innovation" session, Hart is charged with helping participants examine emerging innovation strategies as vehicles for addressing the global challenges of poverty, climate change, health, and education. In the follow-up working session moderated by Hart, participants will explore merging disruptive technologies and base-of-the-pyramid enterprise development in a " great convergence " that will create more inclusive forms of enterprise and better life for the world's poorest people.
"I'm honored to be among the business executives, heads of state, non-profit leaders, and other leading thinkers, who are members of the Clinton Global Initiative—I share their commitment to conceiving and implementing projects that get results," Hart said. "The annual meeting will be an exciting and productive four days."
Hart will be joined at the meeting by several other members of the Johnson School faculty and staff and associates of the school's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise. These include Mark Milstein , the center's director; Glen Dowell , assistant professor of management and organizations; Monica Touesnard, the center's associate director; Erik Simanis, a PhD candidate in sustainable global enterprise. Three members of the center's advisory council also are moderating or serving as panelists in innovation working sessions: Gordon Enk, principal, Partners for Strategic Change, LLC; Fred Keller, chairman and CEO of Cascade Engineering; and Kevin McGovern, founder and CEO of The Water Initiative (TWI).
The Clinton Global Initiative was established by President Bill Clinton in 2005 to turn ideas into action and to help the world move beyond the current state of globalization to a more integrated global community of shared benefits, responsibilities, and values. CGI Annual Meetings have brought together more than 100 current and former heads of state, 14 Nobel Peace Prize winners, hundreds of leading global CEOs, major philanthropists and foundation heads, directors of the most effective non-governmental organizations, and prominent members of the media. These CGI members have made more than 1,400 commitments valued at $46 billion, which have already improved more than 200 million lives in 150 countries.
