Behavioural Insights into Business for Social Good Conference 2024
UBC Sauder School of Business’s Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics is hosting the 2024 Behavioural Insights into Business for Social Good conference to create a cross-disciplinary dialogue about how insights from behavioral science research and business can be harnessed in a synergistic fashion to facilitate the greater social good, which we define as actions that benefit the planet and the people that live on it.
- Friday, June 14, & Saturday, June 15, 2024
- Terminal City Club, 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver V6C 1B6 Canada
- Conference registration (includes all sessions) is now open.
- We have a small block of hotel rooms at the nearby Hyatt Regency Vancouver.
The conference is divided into two main events:
Business for Social Good Summit: Balancing Purpose and Profit (Jun. 14)
The Friday morning summit brings together the business expertise of industry leaders and the research insights of academic leaders. To tackle the pressing question of how businesses can find the balance between values and value, our featured speakers will present in pairs, sharing their unique perspectives and discussing with a moderator before taking audience questions.
- Jiamei Bai, Partner at McKinsey and Senior Vice President of Member Engagement, lululemon (on secondment)
- Tabatha Bull, President and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
- Ronnie Chatterji, the Mark Burgess & Lisa Benson-Burgess Distinguished Professor of Business and Public Policy, Duke University, and author of “Can Business Save the Earth?”
- Glen Clark, Senior Advisor to Rogers Communications and Tiny Ltd. and former Premier of British Columbia
Learn more or register for the morning event only. Registration is $195.
Research in Focus: Behavioural Insights into Business for Social Good (Jun. 14 & 15)
The Friday afternoon and Saturday sessions will include research talks and networking breaks highlighting research at the intersection of behavioural science, business, and the social good. Typical topics include integrating social responsibility, sustainability, equity and inclusion, and reconciliation into business strategy and operations, and providing options for individuals and communities to choose healthy, prosocial, and sustainable behaviours that have a collective positive impact.
Learn more or register for the full academic conference (all sessions). Registration is $545 (or $325 for students).