Business,the MDGsand Beyond
TimeSession

8.30 – 9.00

Registration and breakfast

9.00 – 9.10

Welcome and introduction to the day

9.10 – 10.30

Business and the MDGs:

25 September, 2012

Sentry Centers, 730 Third Ave, Midtown East, New York

Innovative Business Models for Sustainable Development
This session will showcase examples of successful business initiatives, including from BCtA member companies which demonstrate the role of business in driving economic development andadvancing the MDGs. Insights will be shared on how companies
are instituting multi-stakeholder partnerships, last mile solutions
and leveraging technology to overcome challenges to productaffordability, accessibility, and acceptance. Inclusive businessinitiatives of BCtA member companies aim to deliver viable commercial returns alongside tangible development impact to ensuresustainability and scale. The session, led by the Business Call toAction, will include lessons learned from member company initiatives in a soon to be released Results Report.

Confirmed speakers and moderators

Graham Baxter, Senior Adviser, InternationalBusiness Leaders Forum
Keynote Address:
Sigrid Kaag, Assistant Secretary-General andAssistant Administrator, United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
Panellists:
Rick Hooper, Chief Executive Officer, Barefoot Power
Stefan Maard, Senior Advisor, SustainabilityDevelopment, Novozymes
Dieter May, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phone
Services, Nokia
Ryoma Omuro, Manager, Textile Material Section,
Textile Company, ITOCHU Corporation
Moderator:
Jim Ayala, Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Hybrid Social Solutions/Network Partner, Hystra

BREAK
10.45 - 12.30

Creating an Enabling Environment for Inclusive BusinessThis session aims to investigate innovations, trends and future
strategies for strengthening the enabling environment for inclusive
businesses so that they can grow, succeed and expand. BCtA willbring together governments, donors, civil society and corporations
to share insights on how critical stakeholders can act as catalysts,
champions and contributors to the success of inclusive business.
The session will highlight concrete examples and experiences with
innovative ‘support’ interventions and examine the way forward.
The session will be led by the Business Call to Action.

New BCtA company announcements
Sahba Sobhani, Acting Programme Manager,
Business Call to Action (BCtA)
Panellists:
Abayomi Awobokun, Chief Executive Officer, Oando
Marketing PLC
Eduardo Ferreira, Chief Executive Officer of Microinvest, Itaú Unibanco
Mark Ingram, Chief Executive Officer, Business For
Millennium Development (B4MD)
Diah Saminarsih, Deputy to the Indonesian
President’s Special Envoy on the MDGs
Moderator:
Christopher Jurgens, Global Partnerships Division
Director, USAID

12.30 – 1.30

Lunch: Engaging Business in the Post-MDG Framework
This session will explore how business can engage in a collaborative effort, alongside government and civil society, to define thepost-MDG framework while maintaining current momentum. A
number of high-profile speakers at the heart of the MDG and postMDG process will address the session. Participants will have theopportunity to network with their peers. The session will be led byUNDP.

Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Deputy Assistant
Administrator and Deputy Director, Bureau forDevelopment Policy, UNDP
Lise Kingo - Executive Vice President and Chief ofStaffs, Novo Nordisk

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Confirmed speakers and moderators

1.30 – 3.30

Beyond the MDGs:

Keynote Address:
John Fallon, Chief Executive Officer, PearsonInternationalBusiness and the New Development Agenda (1.30 - 3.30)
This session will explore business perspectives on what the postMDG framework could look like, and how development goals canbe shaped, both to ensure greater relevance to business and toincentivise greater business participation in their delivery. The
session is part of the wider Overseas Development Institute andBusiness Fights Poverty business engagement programme onpost-2015. This session will be led by Business Fights Poverty
and the UN Global Compact.

Panellists:Deborah Dugan, Chief Executive Officer, RED
Jane Nelson, Senior Fellow and Director of Corporate
Social Responsibility Initiative Mossavar-Rahmani
Center for Business and Government, Harvard
Kennedy School
Luigi Sampaolo, Vice President for Sustainability
Stakeholder Engagement and Community Relations,Eni Spa.
Chris Jochnick, Director Private Sector, Oxfam
America
Moderator:
Lanre Akinola, Editor, FT This is Africa

BREAK
3.45 - 5.45

Charting a way forward: Options for Business Involvement ina Post-MDG Framework
This session will pull together the key themes emerging from theday’s discussions and consider the practical implications for thepost-2015 agenda. Building on recent work by ODI, it will look in
more detail at different options for business engagement in delivering the post-2015 framework. In particular, the question will
be how a new framework can help to incentivise business models
that combine commercial success with positive socio-economic
impacts. Options might include setting targets for how the private
sector might contribute to their delivery, finding ways to encourage goal-based partnerships, and companies using their internal
key performance indicators to measure their contribution to thenew goals. This session will be led by ODI.

Keynote address:
Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz, State Secretary of the Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment, Germany
Panellists:
Miguel Pestana, Vice President, Global External
Affairs, Unilever
Dan Mobley, Regional Head of Corporate Affairs for
Africa, Standard Chartered
Brendan Cox, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Save
the Children
Shinichi Iida, Director, Global Issues Cooperation
Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Moderator:
Claire Melamed, Head of Growth, Poverty andInequality, ODI

6.00 – 8.00

Reception: Accelerating Transformational UN-Business
Partnerships for Development
Hosted by UN Global Compact LEAD, the reception will look at
how the UN can accelerate transformational partnerships with theprivate sector in support of the current and future development
agenda. Following a few key note speeches, participants will
have the opportunity to network with their peers.

His Excellency, Mr. Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi,
Deputy Prime Minister, Kenya
Miguel Pestana, Vice President Global External
Affairs, UnileverGeorg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact

Organising Partners:
Business Call to Action (BCtA):
The Business Call to Action challenges companies to develop innovative business models that achieve commercial success anddevelopment outcomes. For more information please visit: www.businesscalltoaction.org
Business Fights Poverty (BFP):Business Fights Poverty is the leading online community for business and development, connecting over 10,000 professionals:
www.businessfightspoverty.org
Overseas Development Institute (ODI):
ODI is Britain’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform
policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods indeveloping countries: www.odi.org.uk
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growththat improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in 177 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and local insightto help empower lives and build resilient nations: www.undp.org
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC):The UN Global Compact is a policy platform and a practical framework for companies that are committed to sustainability and responsible business practices. As a multi-stakeholder leadership initiative, it seeks to align business operations and strategies with ten universally
accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to catalyze actions in support of broader
UN goals. www.unglobalcompact.org

Supporting Partners: