Google and PepsiCo CEOs join panel at The New York Public Library
NEW YORK, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Is capitalism broken? Will a new
business ethic emerge in the aftermath of the financial meltdown? And is the
financial crisis actually a crisis of failed leadership? The Aspen Institute
Business & Society Program will explore these questions with thought leaders
from business, government, religion and the nonprofit sector in a two-day
program modeled after the successful Aspen Ideas Festival, held each summer in
Aspen, Colorado.
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The two-day program begins with an evening panel on Tuesday, November 3rd at
The New York Public Library, as part of the Live From the NYPL series. CEOs
Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo and Eric Schmidt of Google, will join authors Niall
Ferguson (The Ascent of Money) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (The Black Swan) in a
discussion moderated by Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson. The event
starts at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Celeste Bartos Forum, at the New
York Public Library on 42nd Street at Fifth Avenue. Tickets, which are $25.00
($15.00 for students and members), can be purchased by going to theLibrary's
Web site, www.nypl.org/live.
The second day continues at Bloomberg corporate headquarters in New York City,
with panels on business innovation, a look at the problem of short-termism in
capital markets, the conflict between beliefs and business and a discussion of
the relationship between Washington and Wall Street. Bloomberg, which is
Aspen's media partner for the two-day event, will provide moderators for the
panels and will be broadcasting parts of the program on Bloomberg Television.
Tickets are sold out for the second day.
Panelists include:
-- David Blood, Senior Partner and Co-founder, Generation Asset
Management
-- Bill George, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard University and
former CEO, Medtronic
-- Jeffrey Hollender, Chief Inspired Protagonist, co-founder and
Executive
Chairperson, Seventh Generation
-- The Very Reverend James Kowalski, Dean, Cathedral Church of St. John
the
Divine
-- Pamela Passman, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel,
Global Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
-- Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
Peter Weinberg, founding partner of Perella Weinberg Partners, will be
interviewed at lunch by Bloomberg Television journalist Erik Schatzker.
The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program develops leaders for a
sustainable global society. Through dialogue, business education and research,
BSP creates opportunities for executives and educators to explore pathways to
sustainability and values-based leadership. For more, visit
www.aspeninstitute.org/bsp.
The Aspen Institute mission is twofold: to foster values-based leadership,
encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good
society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting
on critical issues. The Aspen Institute does this primarily in four ways:
seminars, young-leader fellowships around the globe, policy programs and
public conferences and events. The Institute is based in Washington, DC,
Aspen, Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore and has an
international network of partners.
SOURCE The Aspen Institute
Linda Lehrer, Communications Director, Business & Society Program, The Aspen
Institute, +1-212-895-8000, linda.lehrer@aspeninstitute.org
