2018

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  Session VI: Student Panel: Economic Equity and Diversity

  St. Mary's University

  In this session the audience is able to interact with students who are leading the discussion, centered around the ethics of businesses, and being the change in their community and world. Moderator Alicia Cordoba Trai poses questions to the student panel and audience to engage in meaningful dialogue in the hopes that the facilitate change and growth in the world.

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  Session IV: Plenary II Sustainable Economic Development, Poverty Alleviation, and the Role of Business Schools in Creating a Better World

  St. Mar's University

  This session takes the idea of following one's dreams and inspires others to keep those dreams alive. Speaker Courtney Klein CEO of SEED SPOT, an Arizona non-profit that focuses on supporting others attain their dreams, ideas, etc. Klein speaks on her humble beginnings attempting to get SEED SPOT off the ground, to her astounding success where she is able to invest in other's futures.

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  Lin Great Speaker Series - An Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

  St. Mary's University

  Dr. Alicia Robb speaks about the importance of creating a inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem—one that expands access to capital, investment, and startup opportunities to underrepresented communities, particularly women and people of color. She draws on her experience as an economist, author, and leader in investing and highlights structural barriers in early-stage financing. She also explores strategies for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within entrepreneurship and investment communities.

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  Session II: From Career to Calling

  St. Mary's University

  This session explores the question as to how individuals are able to answer God's call while contributing to the workforce. Being able to enter businesses/workforces that promotes others, rather than maximizes profits at the expense of others may be one of the ways to do so, but having the integrity to stay firm in one's faith is vital to finding a calling. Speakers Michael Naughton, Andreas Widmer, and Brian Engelland explore this topic, and invites the audience to engage in this balancing act of faith and work.

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  Session I: Plenary I Purpose + Profit

  St. Mary's University

  This session is the opening session for the conference. It covers the intersection of ethical purpose and economic value and discusses how businesses and academic institutions can pursue profit without sacrificing social responsibility

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  Session V: Balancing Cybersecurity Needs with Protection of Human Privacy: A Balancing Act?

  St. Mary's University

  This session focuses on the importance of cybersecurity in people's interaction with their personal data, as well as how businesses, corporations, etc. deal with personal data. What are the tradeoffs individuals face when they engage with the digital world? Speakers Robert Butler and Angela Walch seek to educate the audience on questioning their online footprint, and the trust they put in other's control on our privacy.