Conference Updates!
The Net Impact Conference in Portland is right around the corner – October 27-29, 2011. There’s a large group from Seattle going to the Conference – here’s how to stay in touch with us and get the most out of your Conference weekend.
Before the Conference:
- Buy your ticket now!! The Conference sells out every year.
- Once you buy your ticket, visit the Net Impact Seattle Conference Participants page to connect with other attendees from Seattle. You’ll find information on group hotel rates, carpooling, and how to meet up with the Seattle group at the conference.
- Have you followed us on twitter yet? If not, make sure you do as we’ll be tweeting about where to meet if we organize breakfast, lunch or drinks. Twitter: @NetImpactSEA
At the conference:
- We will be attending the Professional and Speaker’s Reception on Friday night. Join us!
- Our chapter will be hosting two panels – please support us with your attendance:
- Empowering Women in Developing Countries: Multinational companies are especially poised to empower women in the developing world, particularly within their labor forces, supply chains, and consumer bases. Companies increasingly recognize that empowering women in these contexts not only supports local economic growth, and builds the potential customer base, but also increases short-term profitability by reducing absenteeism and increasing production. This panel will present and critically examine strategies and practices of companies that are addressing vital women’s issues such as labor equity, global health, education, and human trafficking.
- Tackling Global Health Challenges Through Public-Private Partnerships: Discover how you can combine social values with solid business skills to tackle the world’s biggest health challenges. Through best practices, knowledge transfer, and pooled resources, public-private partnerships (PPPs) are creating sustainable, market-based solutions for global health. Leveraging the unique strengths of the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, PPPs allow local companies and multinational conglomerates alike to improve availability and access to health technologies while making a profit. Panelists will discuss how they’ve used PPPs to create shared value and bring health technologies to low-resource settings.
