We are excited to extend an invitation to you to participate in "The Biodiversity Moonshot: innovating for an embedded future between business and nature" Professional Development Workshop (PDW), held in conjunction with the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management [AOM 2024], in Chicago, IL, USA August 9 2024 at 2pm at the Merriot (Belmont 4th floor). https://cdmcd.co/RxZnnm
The PDW will start with two distinguished keynote speeches:
- Sandra Waddock, Boston College Carroll School of Management. "Polycrisis, Biodiversity, and Systemic Change: Innovation through a System
Lens".
- - Rajat Panwar, Oregon State University. "Humanity and civilization integrally relies on biodiversity and ecosystem services".
Then, the PDW will feature several insightful roundtable discussions aimed at addressing various aspects of business and biodiversity issues:
1. **First roundtable: Challenges & solutions to doing biodiversity research.
Facilitator(s): Nicole Darnall, Arizona State University's School of Sustainability and Michael V. Russo, University of Oregon.
2. **Second roundtable: Considering Levels and Systems in Business Biodiversity Issues.
Facilitator(s): Mark Starik, University of Wisconsin Extended Campus and Gordon Rands, Western Illinois University.
3. **Third roundtable: Business and biodiversity. Measurement challenges and future directions.
Facilitator(s): Kerrigan Unter, University of St. Gallen.
4. **Fourth roundtable: Public policies for innovation and innovation ecosystem to foster biodiversity.
Facilitator(s): Andrea Filippetti, ISSIRFA-CNR and Fabrizio Tuzi, ISSIRFA-CNR.
5. **Fifth roundtable: The Economics of Biodiversity.
Facilitator(s): Jean Garner Stead, East Tennessee State University.
6. **Sixth roundtable: Innovation ecosystems transitions to support bio-based industry and biodiversity.
Facilitator(s): Philip Shapira, University of Manchester & Georgia Institute of Technology.
We look forward to your participation in this important dialogue!
Registration is not required, but it would be appreciated if you could kindly inform us of your intention to participate by filling the following: https://forms.gle/xpKup1cwdkqHpZQ17.
Your expertise and insights would greatly enrich our discussions and contribute to our collective understanding of how companies can effectively manage their relationship with biodiversity and natural ecosystems. Whether you can join us for the full duration or for a brief period, your presence would be invaluable.
We look forward to your participation in this important dialogue!ù
If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
Duccio Tosi, Valentina Cucino, Francesco Testa, Alberto Di Minin, Gianmaria Ontano
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Duccio Tosi
PhD Student
Institute of Management
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 33
56127, Pisa (Italy)
email: duccio.tosi@santannapisa.it
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Duccio Tosi
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Pisa
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