Business and Global Affairs Conference
Best Practices for Cross-Sectoral Partnership
Agenda
| Key information | Date, time, and location |
|---|---|
| – Register for the conference here! – Click here for arrival Instructions (new window) – Dress code: Business casual | Date: December 1, 2023 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET Location: Fisher Colloquium, Rafik B. Hariri Building Georgetown University |
Agenda
| Time | Session | Description |
| 8:30 – 9:15 | Breakfast | Informal breakfast before event |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Welcome remarks | Paul Almeida (Dean of the McDonough School of Business) and Joel Hellman (Dean of the Walsh School of Foreign Service) |
| 9:30 – 10:30 | Opening plenary | Corporate leaders discuss cross-sectoral partnership within public policy & global affairs: Paul Tagliabue (C’62), Former Commissioner of the NFL Dan Bryant, Executive Vice President, Global Public Policy and Government Affairs, Walmart Ravi Aurora, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy and Government Affairs, Mastercard Paul Disselkoen, Senior Associate, Public Affairs, PayPal Paul Freedman (L’96), Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, AES Sally Gilligan (B’94), Chief Supply Chain, Strategy, and Transformation Officer, Gap, Inc. Xavier Vargas, President, Cargill Protein – Latin America |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Coffee break | |
| 10:40 – 11:30 | Discussion groups | AES, Cargill, and the Gap project discussions (separate breakout rooms) AES // Room: Hariri 240 Navigating the Energy Transition in a Changing Regulatory Landscape Cargill // Room: Hariri 250 Unleashing the Power of Animal Agriculture as a Development Tool in Central America The Gap, Inc. // Room: Hariri 360 Title: The Impact and Sustainability of Gender-Based Policy |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | Coffee break | |
| 11:40 – 12:30 | Discussion groups | Allianz, Mastercard, and PayPal project discussions (separate breakout rooms) Allianz // Room: Hariri 240 Current and Future Landscape of US-German Business Relations and Implications for Co-Creation Efforts Mastercard and data.org // Room: 250 Data for a More Inclusive World Supporting materials: Market Overview Memo (new window) and Industry Landscape Analysis Excel Sheet (new window). PayPal // Room: 360 The Small Business Digital Alliance: Rising to the Challenge, Seizing the Opportunity |
| 12:30 – 1:15 | Luncheon | |
| 1:15 – 2:30 | Discussion group | Walmart projects discussion (combined room) Walmart PolicyLab // Room: Fisher Colloquium – Project 1: Re-envisioning Corporate Political Engagement: “People-Powered Policymaking” – Project 2: “SDG 33” – What is the role of the private sector in building cross-sectoral partnerships to strengthen public institutions? Shark tank-type discussion between the students and three SDG16 experts: – April Snedeker (MSFS’17), Anti-Corruption Program Advisor, U.S. Department of State – Frank Brown, Director, Anti-Corruption & Governance Center, The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) – Gary Kalman, Executive Director, Transparency International-United States |
| 2:30 – 2:40 | Coffee break | |
| 2:40 – 3:40 | Closing plenary | Panel with senior directors of public policy, government affairs, and international relations Welby Leaman, Senior Director, Global Policy Strategy, Walmart Paul Disselkoen, Senior Associate, Public Affairs, PayPal Trevor Gunn, Vice President, International Relations, Medtronic Stephanie Lester, Vice President, Head of Government Affairs, Gap, Inc. Nick Lovegrove, Academic Director, Executive MBA Program, Georgetown University Mark Miller, Director, Government Relations, AES Anne Murphy, Senior Director, International Government Affairs, Cargill Andrew Stevens, Vice President, Government and External Affairs, Allianz |
| 3:40 – 5:00 | Closing reception | Informal gathering after event |