Centers and Institutes

Mr. Bross draws upon his career as a leader in Microsoft and discusses his experience promoting good corporate citizenship and social responsibility.

Mr. Waxman is joined by Professor Larry Zicklin for a lunchtime discussion of Waxman’s award winning book Rogues of Wall Street: How to Manage Risk in the Cognitive Era. Waxman explains how new and emerging technologies can be leveraged to reduce risk failure losses.

The conversation will explore themes from the book ‘Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America’ by Peter Edelman. In addition to exposing racially biased policing, the discussion will focus on how poverty has been criminalized and how lawyers, activists, and policy makers are working for a more humane approach.

Sustainable fashion -- the alternative to fast fashion -- compels us to rethink the way we buy and sell our clothes. Falling under the umbrella, or may we say parasol of sustainable design, this design ethos emphasizes the environmental and social impact of how we choose to dress and furthermore, how these choices are inextricably linked to the present and future well-being of our planet and civil society. The current global clothing supply chain touches all aspects of sourcing, producing and manufacturing, often resulting in multi-national corporations which employ methods that drive prices down but fail to reflect the true costs on society. Now eco-conscious players like Eileen Fisher, Stella McCartney, and Patagonia, are disrupting the fashion market to provide sustainable alternatives -- garments with a longer lifespan and a smaller carbon footprint that minimize environmental impact. Our panel of experts explore how we can support the emergence of sustainable fashion as a stronger sub-sector within the industry.

Presentations and panel discussion on big data ethics.

A key conclusion from the book Adapting to Change: The Business of Climate Resilience, released during Climate Week 2016, is that, to tackle complex challenges such as climate change, we have to learn to cooperate, collaborate and generally work better together. No one sector can combat the threat to our environment. Success requires the partnership of an untold number of experts from virtually every discipline.

This need to better work together is echoed increasingly throughout the sustainability community. For instance, at the EPA’s March Climate Leadership Conference, a discussion on how communities can create a resilience strategy quickly turned to the need for cities to more effectively cooperate with the private sector. Despite the wondrous technologies we humans continue to devise, it seems we still haven’t learned some basic lessons—like how to play in the sandbox.

The lack of effective collaboration is exacerbated by the fact that the players in the sandbox are changing. Former climate supporters, such as the federal government, are stepping back. In their place, are new environmental advocates including Big Business and the Armed Forces. While these allies understand the risks of climate deterioration, we don’t necessarily understand how best to work with one another toward a common goal.

This panel discussion will bring together representatives from various sectors - the different kids in the sandbox - in order to elicit a better understanding of their unique needs, the incentives and rewards that motivate them and the ways they operate and think. The aim is to formulate some principles from which we may be better able to collaborate for climate resilience.

Can we quantify our way to better giving? A debate between Melissa Beck (Executive Director, The Educational Foundation of America) and Michael Weinstein (Executive Director, ImpactMatters, former Chief Program Officer for the Robin Hood Foundation) moderated by John MacIntosh (SeaChange Capital Partners).

Hosted by the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College and Mona Shah Associates Global, industry leaders discuss the current state of the EB-5 program and opportunities it presents for developers and investors. Panel 3: Rural vs. urban: EB-5 survival payback structure, location, TEA.

Hosted by the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College and Mona Shah Associates Global, industry leaders discuss the current state of the EB-5 program and opportunities it presents for developers and investors. Panel 2: SEC - the red flag - when does a project raise a red flag?

Hosted by the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College and Mona Shah Associates Global, industry leaders discuss the current state of the EB-5 program and opportunities it presents for developers and investors. Welcoming remarks and Panel 1: Legislative updates, EB-5 and the regulations.