Adelphi University School of Business To Host First International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship
Garden City, NY
April 7, 2008
The Adelphi University School of Business is proud to convene the “First International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking, and Complexity” to be held from April 24 through 26, 2008. The conference will be co-hosted by the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence, publishers of the journal Emergence: Complexity and Organization, and the Plexus Institute, an organization devoted to the improvement of healthcare using the tools of complexity theory. A special two-hour session, Global Perspectives on Social Entrepreneurship, will be open to the public in the Adelphi University Alumni House, 154 Cambridge Avenue, Garden City, NY, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., on Friday, April 25. Business leaders, investors, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, scholars, educators, researchers, and policymakers are invited to join a distinguished panel of experts from 20 countries spanning six continents to address the many pressing global issues being faced by social entrepreneurship initiatives around the world. The nature and benefits of this new phenomenon will be explored within the context of complex systems theory with an eye toward accelerating this approach to positive social change.
Featured panelists for the April 25 special session include:
Mariano Torras, associate professor in the School of Business at Adelphi University and economist specializing in development and environmental economics.
Ron Schultz, internationally known author and practitioner who is actively involved in advancing several initiatives in social entrepreneurship.
Rodrigo Zeidan, Brazilian professor of economics and specialist in the economics of the developing world.
Narcisse Mbunzama Lokwa, native of the Democratic Republic of Congo and founder of InfoGroup International, a global network of individuals and organizations that are committed to positive social change.
Facilitated by Joyce Silberstang, assistant professor in the School of Business at Adelphi University
The session will include an open dialogue among the delegates from around the world and will be moderated by Adelphi Professor Jeffrey Goldstein, a renowned expert in complexity science and a co-leader, along with fellow Associate Professor James K. Hazy, of the School of Business initiative on Social Entrepreneurship and Complexity.
Advance registration is required. For more information regarding the conference or to register, please visit http://business.adelphi.edu/news/conference.php, or contact Dr. James K. Hazy, at hazy@adelphi.edu, or Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein, at goldstei@adelphi.edu
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, the Honors College, the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls more than 8,300 students from 40 states and 50 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
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