Events

  • Philanthropy and its role in the Social Enterprise Movement in Australia - 16 November 2009

Co-hosted by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and Melbourne Business School. Roundtable discussion on philanthropy and its role in the development of social enterprise in Australia.

  • Dr Dennis Paustenbach

Co-hosted with the University of Melbourne's Centre for Public Policy. Trade Policy and Perils: How significant are the health hazards associated with importing products from China?

  • Inaugural Australian Net Impact Conference - 9 October 2009

Co-hosted by AGSM and Melbourne Business School.  The inaugural Australian Net Impact Conference highlighted the positive steps that emerging business leaders are taking to create a better future.  Four Australian universities were represented, underscoring Australian student commitment to social and environmental sustainability.  More than 100 delegates gathered to listen to local and international speakers discuss topics ranging from social enterprise to clean technologies.

  • Social Enterprise World Forum Research Roundtable - 6 October 2009

Co-hosted by the Centre for Social Impact, Social Ventures Australia and Social Traders. Discussion on applied research into social enterprise and social entrepreneurship: what is happening in this area, what the gaps are, where Australian research could focus and where it could link with international comparative research. The roundtable was chaired by Associate Professor Cheryl Kernot, Director of Social Enterprise at the Centre for Social Impact.

  • "The Peter Singer Challenge" - The Life You Can Save: acting now to end world poverty - 23 April 2009

Co-hosted with Swinburne University Centre for Philanthropy. A 400+ person event held on the University of Melbourne campus with a panel including Julian Burnside QC and Dr John Armstrong. Peter Singer provided some answers on how philanthropy can end world poverty.

  • Centre for Leadership for Social Impact presents: Audette Exel and Carol Schwartz AM - 19 March 2009

Our guests Audette Exel and Carol Schwartz AM provided an inspiring look at how entrepreneurial business people can have an impact on the social economy.

  • Net Impact Conference - 27 February 2009

One of the world's leading CSR thinkers, Kellie McElhaney (Haas School of Business), talked at the alumni breakfast about the strategic alignment of corporate responsibility and brand. Day sessions included the topics of future energy pathways, emerging banking practices, and not-for-profit funding.