Focused Session Topics
Tuesday, March 22
The first day of InterGrowth 2011 is comprised of executive education presentations on thematic macro topics that are timely, relevant and provocative for purposes of considering their impact on society, lifestyles as well as our businesses.
11:00am – 12:00pm
World Demographics and our Future: Managing Beyond the Point of No Return
Erik Peterson
A look at how we live and work in the decades ahead including how economic and demographic trends may play out over the next several decades.
Peterson will address the most challenging global issues of our time, mapping long range demographic trends that will transform the opportunities and risks – as well as our capacity to address them. He traces the simultaneous and significant global shifts in the areas of demography, the environment, movement of data and the development of knowledge, the global economy, technological innovation and diffusion and the rapidly shifting geopolitics of major powers the world over. Peterson will untangle these complex trends and examine the real-world implications-present and future-of accelerating change, mounting complexity and abbreviated time frames.
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11:00am - 12:00pm
Our Global Natural Resources
A leading expert on corporate environmental strategy, he advises companies in a range of industries across the world on energy, the environment and sustainability issues. In his recent book, Esty argues that pollution control and natural resource management have become critical elements of marketplace success.
Esty will share how leading-edge companies weave environmental thinking into core business strategies speaking from a wealth of experience and research on green business and clearly explains how companies can obtain "eco-advantage" in the marketplace.
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2:00pm – 3:00pm
TechnoFutures: How Technology Will Revolutionize the Future of Business and Society
James Canton, Ph.D.
Futurist, Author and Visionary Business Advisor
A provocative session with a leading futurist known for his accurate forecasts about future high tech trends and their impact on business and society. He provides deep insight and perspective on the imminent revolution in business as impacted by emerging technical trends and innovation. Canton demonstrates how the speed of disruptive innovation will impact markets, competition and our future.
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2:00pm – 3:00pm
The Future of Manufacturing in the U.S.
Jerry Jasinowski
Former President and CEO, National Association of Manufacturing (NAM)
What are the future paths for manufacturing in the U,S.? A provocative discussion with CEOs and leaders on how manufacturing firms succeed in the U.S. and globally, covering topics such as cost cutting and productivity, product invocation and pricing, human capital utilization, capital allocation, mergers and acquisitions, process improvements and new market development.
Panelist: Elizabeth Burgess, Altus Partners; Thomas Giacomini, Dover Industrial Products, Inc.; Ron Ritter, McKinsey & Company; Eric Rottier, Chart Industries