Programs & Events
Live from Klarman Hall
Live from Klarman Hall
Klarman Hall regularly welcomes students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other visitors to participate
in symposia, conferences, and programs that address the largest challenges facing
business and society. Recordings from select Klarman Hall sessions are available below.
- 2025 Reunion Livestreams—June 13-14, 2025
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WEEKEND 2
Tap into the energy and excitement of HBS Reunions from wherever you are around the world. Join livestreams with Dean Datar and HBS faculty members, live from Klarman Hall, for insights on a range of important issues facing business and society today.
Friday, June 13
Dean’s Welcome Address
8:30–9:30 a.m. ET
Speaker: Srikant Datar, Dean of the Faculty, George F. Baker Professor of Administration
Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing updates on the School and progress towards its key priorities.
The AI Journey: What Changes, What Remains the Same
10:00–11:15 a.m. ET
Speaker: Shikhar Ghosh (MBA 1980), MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration
What does it take to live a purposeful life in an age where the foundations of our society can be changed by AI and the core processes of sciences, like biology and physics, can be accelerated to where we could get a hundred years of development in a decade? What is likely to change? What will remain the same? How should we think about planning careers, educating our children, dealing with the normal seasons of our lives? Professor Shikhar Ghosh will examine some of the implications of technologies like synthetic biology and AI that have passed commercial viability and are on track to change the foundations of business and society in the next decade. How will they change who we are as individuals and as a species?
Critical Thinking
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: William A. Sahlman, Baker Foundation Professor; Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus
The secret sauce of Harvard Business School is shared responsibility for learning. That’s fundamentally different from the traditional model of teaching — the learned expert transferring knowledge to eager students. At HBS, the teacher asks questions, and the students make statements that become the basis for debate and learning. The goal in this session will be to provide frameworks for critical thinking, with an emphasis on assessing current media articles on complex topics like healthcare, climate change, and education. Participants will explore the distinction between news and opinion and will suggest why skepticism and exploration are critical to sense-making.
Saturday, June 14
The Meaning of Your Life and How to Find It
10:00–11:15 a.m. ET
Speaker: Arthur Brooks, Professor of Management Practice
Do you know the meaning of your life? More and more Americans—especially young adults—say they do not, and this is a major cause of rising unhappiness. In this lecture, Professor Arthur Brooks will show how modern life with its technological distractions is changing our brains and making meaning and purpose harder to find. But he also will reveal the solutions we can implement personally to bring meaning—and thus greater happiness—back into our lives, as well as the lives of those we love.Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
As the push to innovate intensifies in many industries, the “fail fast, fail often” rhetoric has made failure downright fashionable. Here’s the problem: The sunny rhetoric in books, articles, and podcasts is too often simplistic and superficial. It fails (!) to make the crucial distinctions that separate good failure from bad, resulting in difficulties for best practices to take hold in most organizations. Despite happy talk, most people would rather do anything but fail. Failure, it seems, is fine in theory, and fine for other people, but difficult to accept for ourselves. Moreover, our efforts to learn from failure skew towards the self-serving and ego-preserving, as the pressure to look successful has never been greater. In organizations without psychological safety, these dynamics are exacerbated.
This session will focus on ideas and practices for thinking about and learning from failure. Professor Amy Edmondson will address three types of failure: basic, complex, and intelligent, and use this taxonomy to show how some people and organizations can fail well—to advance the mission of an individual, team, or organization. Only by embracing our fallibility, along with the fallibility of the organizations we create and work in, can we truly navigate these challenges effectively to thrive in an uncertain world.
- 2025 Reunion Livestreams—June 6-7, 2025
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WEEKEND 1
Tap into the energy and excitement of HBS Reunions from wherever you are around the world. Join livestreams with Dean Datar and HBS faculty members, live from Klarman Hall, for insights on a range of important issues facing business and society today.
Friday, June 6
Dean’s Welcome Address
8:30–9:30 a.m. ET
Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing updates on the School and progress towards its key priorities.Reskilling in the Age of AI
10:00–11:15 a.m. ET
Speaker: Raffaella Sadun, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for HBS Publishing
The rapid evolution of new technologies is reshaping the landscape of skills and occupations, impacting organizations across diverse industries and at a global level. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) projects that approximately 1.1 billion jobs will undergo significant transformation due to technology within the next decade. Notably, the ability to adapt to these evolving occupational demands varies widely among firms and countries, exerting substantial influence on productivity growth at both micro and macro levels. As we navigate these technological waves, the imperative to reskill—through training programs designed to facilitate the transition from obsolete to in-demand occupations—has gained prominence, particularly in response to the rise of new AI-based technologies. This session will explore the feasibility of implementing large-scale reskilling programs within a reasonable time frame, leveraging new research on the topic. Attendees will delve into the challenges and opportunities associated with such initiatives for individuals, firms, and policy makers.
The Future of Democracy
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Vincent Pons, Byron Wien Professor of Business Administration
The signs of weakening democracy are increasing, both in France and in other countries: declining voter turnout, the rise of populist voting and polarization, distrust toward institutions and elected officials, and the proliferation of protest movements. This presentation will discuss these recent trends, their causes, and their consequences, placing them in a brief historical perspective. Finally, attendees will consider remedies that could help revitalize our democracies.
Saturday, June 7
Data, Tariffs, and Inflation: Tracking the Truth Behind Political Claims
10:00–11:15 a.m. ET
Speaker: Alberto Cavallo, Thomas S. Murphy Professor of Business Administration
How can data reveal the real impact of economic policies? In this session, Professor Alberto Cavallo will showcase how high-frequency pricing data has been used to expose government misreporting of inflation and, more recently, to challenge political claims about the effects of tariffs on prices. Drawing from his research, he will illustrate how data-driven approaches provide transparency in economic debates, helping businesses, policymakers, and the public navigate a landscape where economic narratives are often shaped by political agendas.
- Women's Leadership Summit: Celebrating and Advancing Women Leaders
November 7 & 8, 2024 -
In early November, over 600 HBS alumni came back to campus for the Women’s Leadership Summit.
For the full list of speaker bios, visit the conference website.
Thursday, November 7
Welcome Address
10:00–10:30 a.m. EST
Speakers: Srikant Datar, Dean of the Faculty, George F. Baker Professor of Administration and Robin Ely, Baker Foundation Professor and Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Emerita; Co-chair, Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative
Women & Tech
10:30–11:15 a.m. EST
Faculty Moderator: Tsedal Neeley, Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration
Alumni Speakers: Carolyn Everson (MBA 1999), Board Director, Private Equity Senior Advisor, The Coca Cola Company, The Walt Disney Company, Under Armour, Permira, and BCG; Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007), Founder and General Partner, Graham and Walker Venture Fund; Michelle Zatlyn (MBA 2009), Co-Founder and COO, Cloudflare
Challenging Conventional Wisdom: What and How HBS Alumnae are Doing
3:30–4:00 p.m. EST
Why Women Won
4:00–5:00 p.m. EST
Speaker: Claudia Goldin, Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences and Henry Lee Professor of Economics,
Harvard University
Friday, November 8
Video Recording
(login required)Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
8:00–9:00 a.m. EST
Speaker: Amy Edmondson (PHDOB 1996), Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
Video Recording
(login required)Leading Transformation with a Digital and AI Mindset
9:20–10:20 a.m. EST
Video Recording
(login required)What's Next for the United States and the World?
10:40–11:40 a.m. EST
Speaker: Rawi Abdelal, Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management
Women & Money
1:30–2:15 p.m. EST
Faculty Moderator: Kristin Mugford, Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community
Alumni Speakers: Beverly Anderson (MBA 1997), CEO and President, BECU ; Mary Erdoes (MBA 1993), CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management
Closing Remarks
2:15–2:30 p.m. EST
Speaker: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration; Co-chair, Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative
See event details.
- 2024 Fall Reunion Livestreams—September 27 & 28, 2024
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Tap into the energy and excitement of reunion from wherever you are around the world. View recorded livestream sessions with Dean Datar and HBS faculty members for insights on a range of important issues facing business and society today.
Friday, September 27
Dean’s Welcome Address
8:30–9:30 a.m. EDT
Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing his key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world.Navigating Uncertain Times: Teaching Through Political Shifts and Advancing the Curriculum
10:00–11:15 a.m. EDT
Speakers: Matthew Weinzierl, Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean, Chair, MBA Program and Debora Spar, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean, Business in Global Society
How can we best prepare students to navigate an uncertain world? How do we make sense of the changes in American and global politics over the past decades with our students?
In this session, Professors Matthew Weinzierl and Debora Spar will share their approach on making sense of political shifts and integrating current events into their courses. They will also provide updates on evolving the curriculum through new programs in areas such as AI, Business in Global Society (BiGS), Purpose of the Firm, and the School’s ongoing work in open inquiry and constructive dialogue.
Video Recording
(login required)Saturday, September 28
Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
10:00 a.m. –11:15 a.m. EDT
As a push for innovation intensifies in many industries, the “fail fast, fail often” rhetoric has made failure downright fashionable. Yet despite happy talk, most people would rather do anything but fail. Failure, it seems, is fine in theory, and fine for other people, but difficult to accept for ourselves. Professor Amy Edmondson will share ideas and practices for thinking about and learning from failure to effectively to thrive in an uncertain world.3 Technologies That Will Change the World. How Will They Affect Your Journey as a Leader?
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. EDT
What does it take to live a purposeful life in an age where everything can change and where existential threats are real? Professor Shikhar Ghosh will examine 3 recently developed technologies that have passed commercial viability and are on track to change the foundations of business and society in the next decade — AI, Blockchain and Synthetic Biology — and examine their impact on who we are as individuals and as a species.
- 2024 Spring Reunions—May 30-June 2, 2024
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During the 2024 Spring Reunions on May 31 and June 1, HBS faculty will address a wide range of important issues facing business and society today as seen through the lens of their research and teaching.
Friday, May 31
Dean’s Welcome Address
8:30–9:30 a.m. EDT
Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing his key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world.Competing in the Age of AI
10:00–11:15 a.m. EDT
Speaker: Karim Lakhani, Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
We have entered a new era in which artificial intelligence (AI) is challenging the very concept of how a company is put together. AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Professor Karim Lakhani discusses how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes traditional constraints on scale, scope, and learning that have limited business growth for hundreds of years. From Airbnb to Ant Financial, research shows how AI-driven processes are vastly more scalable than traditional ones, enable companies to straddle industry boundaries, and open up powerful opportunities for learning.
Saturday, June 1
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
11:45 a.m. –1:00 p.m. EDT
Happiness levels are plummeting in the United States. People disagree about why this slump is happening—technology, polarized culture, the economy, politics, etc.—but we all know it’s happening. Journeying toward greater happiness is possible, no matter how challenging life’s circumstances may be, and getting there is an art and a science. In this session, Professor Arthur Brooks will discuss his latest research on happiness, dispel the myths about finding unrealistic, perfect bliss, and share ways to improve your life right now by making finding greater happiness a choice.Perspectives on Harvard Climate Leadership: Veritas vs. Human Nature—Which Future Will We Choose?
2:30–4:00 p.m. EDT
Hosted by the Class of 1974
Moderated by Roger Shamel, MBA 1974.
Climate change has been described as "the most consequential threat facing humanity" by Harvard President Bacow, and as "the defining challenge of our generation" by Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella. How well our generation responds to this challenge will make a huge difference for the world that we experience in the coming decades—for our children, and for the world that future generations inherit. The Climate Leadership Panel, moderated by HBS Class of 1974 MBA Roger Shamel, will offer a variety of helpful perspectives on global climate change leadership challenges and opportunities.
- Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers—Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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As leaders, how do you navigate the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities arising within the rapidly evolving realm of artificial intelligence (AI)? Leading with AI addressed this question by convening experts at the forefront of AI with business leaders who recognize its profound impact and potential.
The conference was presented in partnership by HBS Alumni Relations and the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3), a pioneering hub dedicated to the study of transformative technologies.
For the full list of speaker bios, visit the conference website.
The plenary sessions of the Leading with AI conference were recorded and will be available on the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard's YouTube page.
Join the conversation in the D^3 Slack community
Welcome
Srikant Datar
George F. Baker Professor of Administration & Dean of the Faculty
Harvard Business School
Karim Lakhani
Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Co-Founder and Chair
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard
Tsedal Neeley
Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004)
Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice
Harvard Business School
Co-Intelligence
Ethan Mollick
Associate Professor
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Investing in the Future of AI
Moderator
Karim Lakhani
Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Co-Founder and Chair
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Panelists
Azeem Azhar
Founder
Exponential View
Marcelo Claure
Founder & CEO
Claure Group
Mary Erdoes (MBA 1993)
Chief Executive Officer, Asset & Wealth Management
JPMorgan Chase
AI and Healthcare
Moderator
Robert Huckman (PHDBE 2001)
Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Panelists
Francesca Dominici
Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population, and Data Science
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Nicolò Fusi
General Manager
Microsoft Research
Sham Kakade
Co-Director
Harvard University Kempner Institute
Armen Mkrtchyan
Origination Partner
Flagship
AI and Marketing
Join Sir Martin Sorrell and Associate Professor Ayelet Israeli for a discussion about the profound impact of AI on marketing operations, including visualization and copyrighting, hyper-personalization, media planning and buying, and general efficiency and organizational knowledge. The session will delve into how AI-driven strategies are revolutionizing job structures and marketing efficiencies, underscored by insights into privacy regulations and the future of personalized advertising.
Sir Martin Sorrell (MBA 1968)
Executive Chairman
S4 Capital
Ayelet Israeli
Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Leading AI-nization: Fueling Growth with Data and AI
Join Mickey Mikitani and Professor Tsedal Neeley to discuss how Rakuten continues to set the pace as a global innovation leader. They will discuss building an ecosystem and operating model that leverages an extraordinary level of data. The conversation will cover the strategic initiatives driving AI adoption and the personal journeys fostering continuous learning. The discussion also will explore how Rakuten harnesses this data to redefine the future, highlighting both the challenges and triumphs of AI integration on a grand scale.
Mickey Mikitani (MBA 1993)
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Rakuten Group, Inc.
Tsedal Neeley
Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
The Power of AI
Explore with Ewa Duerr, head of product management at Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence, the new era of AI we’ve entered—with multimodal, multilingual, and generative capabilities that enable companies to build applications that can understand, think, and act on information the way that humans do. This paradigm shift in AI technology is driving an explosion of use cases transforming industries, governments, and society as a whole. It also is posing numerous questions around its responsible use. In this session, participants will look at how enterprises have embraced generative AI, will take a deep dive into its impact and key use cases across industries, and will examine how Google Cloud can help accelerate this transformation.
Ewa Duerr
Head of Product Management, Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence
Google
AI Regulation
Join us for a panel moderated by Mitchell Weiss, the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at HBS, featuring insights from Anita Lynch, board member at Nasdaq US Exchanges; Jonathan Zittrain, the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School; and Noah Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. This session will tackle the many possible paths forward for AI regulation. Attendees will gain a sense of where it may be headed and how they can navigate this arena given evolving policy and technical landscapes.
Moderator
Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004)
Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice
Harvard Business School
Panelists
Noah Feldman
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
Harvard Business School
Anita Lynch (MBA 2008)
Board Member
Nasdaq US Exchanges
Jonathan Zittrain
George Bemis Professor of International Law
Harvard Law School
Creativity in AI with Music
Explore the transformative impact of AI on music in this session, which offers an inside look at the creative processes of a music artist and a sound engineer. Witness how Grammy-nominated artist Abbas "Bas" Hamad and Grammy Award–winning sound engineer and CEO of EngineEars, Derek Ali, collaborate in the studio to forge a new track. Participate in a live demonstration by Ali, who will highlight the revolutionary role of AI in music production. Then, a panel of our speakers will provide a comprehensive exploration of how AI is reshaping creativity within the music industry. Panelists will share their personal experiences and insights, underlining the significant implications of AI across various roles in music creation.
Moderator
Karim Lakhani
Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Co-Founder and Chair
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Panelists
Derek Ali
Founder & CEO
EngineEars
Abbas “Bas” Hamad
Recording Artist
Digital Data Design Innovation Prize Ceremony – “The Cubies”
Join us in honoring those who are shaping our digital future and innovating for a better tomorrow at the 2024 Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Innovation Prizes ceremony. "The Cubies" will celebrate excellence and provide a beacon of inspiration, highlighting pioneering spirits and groundbreaking advancements in AI and digital transformation. Professor Sunil Gupta and Zain Verjee host this landmark event that will close the conference with energy and motivation to reinvent your digital future.
Hosts
Sunil Gupta
Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Zain Verjee
Founder & CEO
theZVG
Closing Remarks
Karim Lakhani
Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Co-Founder and Chair
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard - Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey in Conversation: Build the Life You Want
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Build the Life You Want
Harvard Kennedy School and HBS Professor Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey share in a conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, about the pair’s new book, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier. In this intimate, powerful conversation, you’ll hear them discuss what they’ve learned about happiness, how to build your blueprint for a more fulfilling future, the adventure that awaits you in the process, personal stories that didn’t make it into the book, and more. - Accelerating Climate Solutions—May 10, 2023
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Welcome Remarks
George Serafeim (DBA 2010), Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration
Lynn Schenk, Director, HBS Business & Environment Initiative
Beyond Business as Usual: Climate Disruptors
Faculty Moderator: Jim Matheson (MBA 2001), Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Speakers:
Danielle Colson (MBA 2022), Cofounder & Chief Operating Officer, Mantel
Richard Needham (MBA 2002), Chief Commercial Officer, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Carmichael Roberts, Partner, Breakthrough Energy Ventures; Cofounder & Managing Partner, Material Impact
This session will allow the audience to draw inspiration from founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs in a range of businesses who are making real change. Short presentations from each disruptor will be followed by discussion focused on their examples of rethinking and disrupting business-as-usual to accelerate climate solutions.Competition or Collaboration? Navigating a Path for Successful Climate Alliances
Faculty Moderator: Peter Tufano (MBA 1984, PHDBE 1989), Baker Foundation Professor
Speakers:
Angela Barranco, Executive Director for North America, Climate Group
Mindy Lubber, President & CEO, Ceres
Curtis D. Ravenel, Senior Advisor, Co-Chair and Vice-Chair, Glasgow Alliance for Net Zero
Eric Usher, Head, UNEP Finance Initiative
Typically, we think of firms as being in perpetual competition with each other. When it comes to topics like climate, we need to shift to a perspective of collaboration. But this becomes a delicate balance between anti-competitive legal territory and the benefits of the collective development of standards and crystallization of emerging demand signals, all paving the way for smart regulation. This session will focus on what (climate) alliances do, why individual firms/investors would find it difficult to act alone, the management and leadership challenges of running an alliance, and the uncertain legal status of some of the groups.Driving Climate Performance through Accountability and Governance
Faculty Moderator: George Serafeim (DBA 2010), Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration
Speakers:
Carter Roberts (MBA 1988), President & CEO, World Wildlife Fund
Debora L. Spar (PMD 62, 1991), Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society; Board Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983), Board Partner, Gradient Ventures
Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital
This panel will highlight how we can effectively build the governance mechanisms for climate action. Thousands of companies have publicly announced targets for carbon reductions, aligned executive compensation with those targets, allocated resources to achieve those targets, and built board-level sustainability committees and structures to ensure the governance of their climate strategy. At the same time, investors are increasingly engaging with companies to drive climate action privately and by exercising their shareholder votes. Meanwhile, several NGOs have built certifications and other monitoring and assessment tools to understand how companies are progressing against their targets. This panel will explore the different mechanisms and ideas that have emerged on how to drive performance through accountability and governance.How Climate Is Central to Every Business
Speakers:
Shirley Lu, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
John Macomber (MBA 1983), Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Mike Toffel, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management; Faculty Chair, HBS Business & Environment Initiative
Gunnar Trumbull (PMD 76, 2001), Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration
This session will underscore that climate is a central business issue that extends across all business disciplines. To achieve climate goals, we need business leaders to build skills across disciplines and to understand how climate change considerations are being infused into all areas of management. Faculty from different units at HBS will illustrate the connection between climate change and their discipline through examples of cases they have written or taught.Rebuilding Industry and Infrastructure: The Need for a New Climate Workforce
Faculty Moderator: Eleanor Laurans (MBA 2006), Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Speakers:
Evette Ellis, Cofounder & Chief Workforce Officer, ChargerHelp!
Kate Gordon, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy
Gordon Jones, President, College of Western Idaho (CWI)
Building the workforce is critical to scaling climate ventures, to valuation, and to public uptake of climate technologies both existing and new. The current skills gap and workforce shortage could be one of the biggest obstacles to achieving our climate goals. This session will examine different approaches, from policy to trade schools to exciting new and incumbent companies putting the workforce at the core of their business models.Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
Speakers:
Scott Jacobs (MBA 2007), CEO & Cofounder, Generate Capital
Girish Nadkarni (MBA 1988), Senior Advisor, OCGI Climate Investments
Jayant Sinha (MBA 1992), Member of the Indian Parliament and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance
Dan Stephens Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
What money do we need and what skills do we need to finance a decarbonized future? How can we–and must we–reimagine our approaches to finance to accomplish our climate goals? This session will demonstrate how financiers along the capital stack are examining climate risk, return, and opportunity to seed, pilot, and scale a wide range of impactful projects, companies, and markets.Your Role in the Climate Future
Baker Foundation Professor - Entrepreneurship Summit—November 4-5, 2022
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Entrepreneurial Solutions to World Problems
Panelists:
Colin Hill, GNS Healthcare
Evan Marwell (MBA 1992), Educational Superhighway
Chris McKown (MBA 1981), Iora Health
Shara Ticku (MBA 2017), C16 BiosciencesSolutions that Work: Increasing Diversity in Startups, VCs, and Tech
Moderator: Colleen Ammerman, Director, HBS Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative
Panelists: Gil Addo (MBA 2011), RubiconMD
Professor Jeffrey J. Bussgang (MBA 1995), on behalf of Hack Diversity, Flybridge VC
Sarah Fay, Glasswing Ventures, All Raise
Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007), Graham & Walker Venture Fund, Female Founders Alliance
Klarman Hall regularly welcomes students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other visitors to participate
in symposia, conferences, and programs that address the largest challenges facing
business and society. Recordings from select Klarman Hall sessions are available below.
Coming soon! Livestream sessions from 2025 Reunions will be available June 13 and 14. See below
for session times and descriptions.
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- 2025 Reunion Livestreams—June 13-14, 2025
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Friday, June 13
Dean’s Welcome Address
8:30–9:30 a.m. ET
Both livestreamed and recorded
Speaker: Srikant Datar, Dean of the Faculty, George F. Baker Professor of Administration
The AI Journey: What Changes, What Remains the Same
10:00–11:15 a.m. ET
Speaker: Shikhar Ghosh (MBA 1980), MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration
What does it take to live a purposeful life in an age where the foundations of our society can be changed by AI and the core processes of sciences, like biology and physics, can be accelerated to where we could get a hundred years of development in a decade? What is likely to change? What will remain the same? How should we think about planning careers, educating our children, dealing with the normal seasons of our lives? Professor Shikhar Ghosh will examine some of the implications of technologies like synthetic biology and AI that have passed commercial viability and are on track to change the foundations of business and society in the next decade. How will they change who we are as individuals and as a species?
Critical Thinking
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: William A. Sahlman, Baker Foundation Professor; Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus
The secret sauce of Harvard Business School is shared responsibility for learning. That’s fundamentally different from the traditional model of teaching — the learned expert transferring knowledge to eager students. At HBS, the teacher asks questions, and the students make statements that become the basis for debate and learning. The goal in this session will be to provide frameworks for critical thinking, with an emphasis on assessing current media articles on complex topics like healthcare, climate change, and education. Participants will explore the distinction between news and opinion and will suggest why skepticism and exploration are critical to sense-making.
Saturday, June 14
Your Calling...and how to find it
10:00–11:15 a.m. ET
Speaker: Arthur Brooks, Professor of Management Practice
Your calling—the ineffable sense that you are meant to do something—is elusive to find. What is more, in our professional lives, we often seek our calling in ways that lead to unintended misery. What makes this process so counterinitiative? And what does the best science and philosophy say about finding our calling in healthy and fulfilling ways? In this session, Dr. Arthur C. Brooks will explore answers with his new research top of mind.Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
As the push to innovate intensifies in many industries, the “fail fast, fail often” rhetoric has made failure downright fashionable. Here’s the problem: The sunny rhetoric in books, articles, and podcasts is too often simplistic and superficial. It fails (!) to make the crucial distinctions that separate good failure from bad, resulting in difficulties for best practices to take hold in most organizations. Despite happy talk, most people would rather do anything but fail. Failure, it seems, is fine in theory, and fine for other people, but difficult to accept for ourselves. Moreover, our efforts to learn from failure skew towards the self-serving and ego-preserving, as the pressure to look successful has never been greater. In organizations without psychological safety, these dynamics are exacerbated.
This session will focus on ideas and practices for thinking about and learning from failure. Professor Amy Edmondson will address three types of failure: basic, complex, and intelligent, and use this taxonomy to show how some people and organizations can fail well—to advance the mission of an individual, team, or organization. Only by embracing our fallibility, along with the fallibility of the organizations we create and work in, can we truly navigate these challenges effectively to thrive in an uncertain world.
- 2025 Reunion Livestreams—June 6-7, 2025
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WEEKEND 1
Tap into the energy and excitement of HBS Reunions from wherever you are around the world. Join livestreams with Dean Datar and HBS faculty members, live from Klarman Hall, for insights on a range of important issues facing business and society today.
Friday, June 6
Dean’s Welcome Address
8:30–9:30 a.m. ET
Speaker: Srikant Datar, Dean of the Faculty, George F. Baker Professor of Administration
Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing updates on the School and progress towards its key priorities.Reskilling in the Age of AI
10:00–11:15 a.m. ET
Speaker: Raffaella Sadun, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for HBS Publishing
The rapid evolution of new technologies is reshaping the landscape of skills and occupations, impacting organizations across diverse industries and at a global level. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) projects that approximately 1.1 billion jobs will undergo significant transformation due to technology within the next decade. Notably, the ability to adapt to these evolving occupational demands varies widely among firms and countries, exerting substantial influence on productivity growth at both micro and macro levels. As we navigate these technological waves, the imperative to reskill—through training programs designed to facilitate the transition from obsolete to in-demand occupations—has gained prominence, particularly in response to the rise of new AI-based technologies. This session will explore the feasibility of implementing large-scale reskilling programs within a reasonable time frame, leveraging new research on the topic. Attendees will delve into the challenges and opportunities associated with such initiatives for individuals, firms, and policy makers.
The Future of Democracy
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Vincent Pons, Byron Wien Professor of Business Administration
The signs of weakening democracy are increasing, both in France and in other countries: declining voter turnout, the rise of populist voting and polarization, distrust toward institutions and elected officials, and the proliferation of protest movements. This presentation will discuss these recent trends, their causes, and their consequences, placing them in a brief historical perspective. Finally, attendees will consider remedies that could help revitalize our democracies.
Saturday, June 7
Data, Tariffs, and Inflation: Tracking the Truth Behind Political Claims
10:00–11:15 a.m. ET
Speaker: Alberto Cavallo, Thomas S. Murphy Professor of Business Administration
How can data reveal the real impact of economic policies? In this session, Professor Alberto Cavallo will showcase how high-frequency pricing data has been used to expose government misreporting of inflation and, more recently, to challenge political claims about the effects of tariffs on prices. Drawing from his research, he will illustrate how data-driven approaches provide transparency in economic debates, helping businesses, policymakers, and the public navigate a landscape where economic narratives are often shaped by political agendas.Taking Bold Bets: Leadership and Challenges of Reinvention
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET
Livestreamed, Not Recorded
Speaker: Ryan Raffaelli, Marvin Bower Associate Professor
In this session, Professor Ryan Raffaelli will share insights from his last decade of research on the concept of reinvention and how organizations and their leaders respond to technological changes that threaten to upend their current business model. Attendees will learn how an organization’s past success can be either an asset or a liability in driving future growth. Raffaelli’s research introduces three reinvention traps—rooted in organizational identity, architecture, and collaboration norms—that can hinder adaptation. Drawing from studies of Moleskine, Corning, Amazon, independent bookstores, and Swiss watchmaking, attendees will gain practical strategies to overcome the reinvention traps and lead new pathways for innovation in their organizations.
- Women's Leadership Summit: Celebrating and Advancing Women Leaders
November 7 & 8, 2024 -
In early November, over 600 HBS alumni came back to campus for the Women’s Leadership Summit.
For the full list of speaker bios, visit the conference website.
Thursday, November 7
Welcome Address
10:00–10:30 a.m. EST
Women & Tech
10:30–11:15 a.m. EST
Alumni Speakers: Carolyn Everson (MBA 1999), Board Director, Private Equity Senior Advisor, The Coca Cola Company, The Walt Disney Company, Under Armour, Permira, and BCG; Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007), Founder and General Partner, Graham and Walker Venture Fund; Michelle Zatlyn (MBA 2009), Co-Founder and COO, Cloudflare
Challenging Conventional Wisdom: What and How HBS Alumnae are Doing
3:30–4:00 p.m. EST
Why Women Won
4:00–5:00 p.m. EST
Speaker: Claudia Goldin, Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences and Henry Lee Professor of Economics,
Harvard University
Friday, November 8
(login required)Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
8:00–9:00 a.m. EST
Speaker: Amy Edmondson (PHDOB 1996), Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
(login required)Leading Transformation with a Digital and AI Mindset
9:20–10:20 a.m. EST
(login required)What's Next for the United States and the World?
10:40–11:40 a.m. EST
Women & Money
1:30–2:15 p.m. EST
Alumni Speakers: Beverly Anderson (MBA 1997), CEO and President, BECU ; Mary Erdoes (MBA 1993), CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management
Closing Remarks
2:15–2:30 p.m. EST
See event details.
- 2024 Fall Reunion Livestreams—September 27 & 28, 2024
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Tap into the energy and excitement of reunion from wherever you are around the world. View recorded livestream sessions with Dean Datar and HBS faculty members for insights on a range of important issues facing business and society today.
Friday, September 27
Dean’s Welcome Address
8:30–9:30 a.m. EDT
Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing his key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world.Navigating Uncertain Times: Teaching Through Political Shifts and Advancing the Curriculum
10:00–11:15 a.m. EDT
How can we best prepare students to navigate an uncertain world? How do we make sense of the changes in American and global politics over the past decades with our students?
In this session, Professors Matthew Weinzierl and Debora Spar will share their approach on making sense of political shifts and integrating current events into their courses. They will also provide updates on evolving the curriculum through new programs in areas such as AI, Business in Global Society (BiGS), Purpose of the Firm, and the School’s ongoing work in open inquiry and constructive dialogue.
(login required)Saturday, September 28
Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
10:00 a.m. –11:15 a.m. EDT
As a push for innovation intensifies in many industries, the “fail fast, fail often” rhetoric has made failure downright fashionable. Yet despite happy talk, most people would rather do anything but fail. Failure, it seems, is fine in theory, and fine for other people, but difficult to accept for ourselves. Professor Amy Edmondson will share ideas and practices for thinking about and learning from failure to effectively to thrive in an uncertain world.3 Technologies That Will Change the World. How Will They Affect Your Journey as a Leader?
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. EDT
What does it take to live a purposeful life in an age where everything can change and where existential threats are real? Professor Shikhar Ghosh will examine 3 recently developed technologies that have passed commercial viability and are on track to change the foundations of business and society in the next decade — AI, Blockchain and Synthetic Biology — and examine their impact on who we are as individuals and as a species.
- 2024 Spring Reunions—May 30-June 2, 2024
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During the 2024 Spring Reunions on May 31 and June 1, HBS faculty will address a wide range of important issues facing business and society today as seen through the lens of their research and teaching.
Friday, May 31
Dean’s Welcome Address
8:30–9:30 a.m. EDT
Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing his key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world.Competing in the Age of AI
10:00–11:15 a.m. EDT
Speaker: Karim Lakhani, Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
We have entered a new era in which artificial intelligence (AI) is challenging the very concept of how a company is put together. AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Professor Karim Lakhani discusses how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes traditional constraints on scale, scope, and learning that have limited business growth for hundreds of years. From Airbnb to Ant Financial, research shows how AI-driven processes are vastly more scalable than traditional ones, enable companies to straddle industry boundaries, and open up powerful opportunities for learning.
Saturday, June 1
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
11:45 a.m. –1:00 p.m. EDT
Happiness levels are plummeting in the United States. People disagree about why this slump is happening—technology, polarized culture, the economy, politics, etc.—but we all know it’s happening. Journeying toward greater happiness is possible, no matter how challenging life’s circumstances may be, and getting there is an art and a science. In this session, Professor Arthur Brooks will discuss his latest research on happiness, dispel the myths about finding unrealistic, perfect bliss, and share ways to improve your life right now by making finding greater happiness a choice.Perspectives on Harvard Climate Leadership: Veritas vs. Human Nature—Which Future Will We Choose?
2:30–4:00 p.m. EDT
Hosted by the Class of 1974
Moderated by Roger Shamel, MBA 1974.
Climate change has been described as "the most consequential threat facing humanity" by Harvard President Bacow, and as "the defining challenge of our generation" by Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella. How well our generation responds to this challenge will make a huge difference for the world that we experience in the coming decades—for our children, and for the world that future generations inherit. The Climate Leadership Panel, moderated by HBS Class of 1974 MBA Roger Shamel, will offer a variety of helpful perspectives on global climate change leadership challenges and opportunities.
- Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers—Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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As leaders, how do you navigate the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities arising within the rapidly evolving realm of artificial intelligence (AI)? Leading with AI addressed this question by convening experts at the forefront of AI with business leaders who recognize its profound impact and potential.
The conference was presented in partnership by HBS Alumni Relations and the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3), a pioneering hub dedicated to the study of transformative technologies.
For the full list of speaker bios, visit the conference website.
The plenary sessions of the Leading with AI conference were recorded and will be available on the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard's YouTube page.
Join the conversation in the D^3 Slack community
Welcome
Srikant Datar
George F. Baker Professor of Administration & Dean of the Faculty
Harvard Business School
Karim Lakhani
Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Co-Founder and Chair
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard
Tsedal Neeley
Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business SchoolMitchell Weiss (MBA 2004)
Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice
Harvard Business School
Co-Intelligence
Ethan Mollick
Associate Professor
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Investing in the Future of AI
Moderator
Karim Lakhani
Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Co-Founder and Chair
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Panelists
Azeem Azhar
Founder
Exponential View
Marcelo Claure
Founder & CEO
Claure Group
Mary Erdoes (MBA 1993)
Chief Executive Officer, Asset & Wealth Management
JPMorgan Chase
AI and Healthcare
Moderator
Robert Huckman (PHDBE 2001)
Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Panelists
Francesca Dominici
Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population, and Data Science
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Nicolò Fusi
General Manager
Microsoft Research
Sham Kakade
Co-Director
Harvard University Kempner Institute
Armen Mkrtchyan
Origination Partner
Flagship
AI and Marketing
Join Sir Martin Sorrell and Associate Professor Ayelet Israeli for a discussion about the profound impact of AI on marketing operations, including visualization and copyrighting, hyper-personalization, media planning and buying, and general efficiency and organizational knowledge. The session will delve into how AI-driven strategies are revolutionizing job structures and marketing efficiencies, underscored by insights into privacy regulations and the future of personalized advertising.
Sir Martin Sorrell (MBA 1968)
Executive Chairman
S4 Capital
Ayelet Israeli
Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Leading AI-nization: Fueling Growth with Data and AI
Join Mickey Mikitani and Professor Tsedal Neeley to discuss how Rakuten continues to set the pace as a global innovation leader. They will discuss building an ecosystem and operating model that leverages an extraordinary level of data. The conversation will cover the strategic initiatives driving AI adoption and the personal journeys fostering continuous learning. The discussion also will explore how Rakuten harnesses this data to redefine the future, highlighting both the challenges and triumphs of AI integration on a grand scale.
Mickey Mikitani (MBA 1993)
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Rakuten Group, Inc.
Tsedal Neeley
Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
The Power of AI
Explore with Ewa Duerr, head of product management at Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence, the new era of AI we’ve entered—with multimodal, multilingual, and generative capabilities that enable companies to build applications that can understand, think, and act on information the way that humans do. This paradigm shift in AI technology is driving an explosion of use cases transforming industries, governments, and society as a whole. It also is posing numerous questions around its responsible use. In this session, participants will look at how enterprises have embraced generative AI, will take a deep dive into its impact and key use cases across industries, and will examine how Google Cloud can help accelerate this transformation.Ewa Duerr
Head of Product Management, Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence
Google
AI Regulation
Join us for a panel moderated by Mitchell Weiss, the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at HBS, featuring insights from Anita Lynch, board member at Nasdaq US Exchanges; Jonathan Zittrain, the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School; and Noah Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. This session will tackle the many possible paths forward for AI regulation. Attendees will gain a sense of where it may be headed and how they can navigate this arena given evolving policy and technical landscapes.
Moderator
Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004)
Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice
Harvard Business School
Panelists
Noah Feldman
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
Harvard Business School
Anita Lynch (MBA 2008)
Board Member
Nasdaq US Exchanges
Jonathan Zittrain
George Bemis Professor of International Law
Harvard Law School
Creativity in AI with Music
Explore the transformative impact of AI on music in this session, which offers an inside look at the creative processes of a music artist and a sound engineer. Witness how Grammy-nominated artist Abbas "Bas" Hamad and Grammy Award–winning sound engineer and CEO of EngineEars, Derek Ali, collaborate in the studio to forge a new track. Participate in a live demonstration by Ali, who will highlight the revolutionary role of AI in music production. Then, a panel of our speakers will provide a comprehensive exploration of how AI is reshaping creativity within the music industry. Panelists will share their personal experiences and insights, underlining the significant implications of AI across various roles in music creation.
Moderator
Karim Lakhani
Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Co-Founder and Chair
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Panelists
Derek Ali
Founder & CEO
EngineEars
Abbas “Bas” Hamad
Recording Artist
Digital Data Design Innovation Prize Ceremony – “The Cubies”
Join us in honoring those who are shaping our digital future and innovating for a better tomorrow at the 2024 Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Innovation Prizes ceremony. "The Cubies" will celebrate excellence and provide a beacon of inspiration, highlighting pioneering spirits and groundbreaking advancements in AI and digital transformation. Professor Sunil Gupta and Zain Verjee host this landmark event that will close the conference with energy and motivation to reinvent your digital future.
HostsSunil Gupta
Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Zain Verjee
Founder & CEO
theZVG
Closing Remarks
Karim Lakhani
Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Co-Founder and Chair
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard - Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey in Conversation: Build the Life You Want
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Build the Life You Want
Harvard Kennedy School and HBS Professor Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey share in a conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, about the pair’s new book, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier. In this intimate, powerful conversation, you’ll hear them discuss what they’ve learned about happiness, how to build your blueprint for a more fulfilling future, the adventure that awaits you in the process, personal stories that didn’t make it into the book, and more. - Accelerating Climate Solutions—May 10, 2023
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Welcome Remarks
George Serafeim (DBA 2010), Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration
Lynn Schenk, Director, HBS Business & Environment Initiative
Beyond Business as Usual: Climate Disruptors
Speakers:
Danielle Colson (MBA 2022), Cofounder & Chief Operating Officer, Mantel
Richard Needham (MBA 2002), Chief Commercial Officer, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Carmichael Roberts, Partner, Breakthrough Energy Ventures; Cofounder & Managing Partner, Material Impact
This session will allow the audience to draw inspiration from founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs in a range of businesses who are making real change. Short presentations from each disruptor will be followed by discussion focused on their examples of rethinking and disrupting business-as-usual to accelerate climate solutions.Competition or Collaboration? Navigating a Path for Successful Climate Alliances
Speakers:
Angela Barranco, Executive Director for North America, Climate Group
Mindy Lubber, President & CEO, Ceres
Curtis D. Ravenel, Senior Advisor, Co-Chair and Vice-Chair, Glasgow Alliance for Net Zero
Eric Usher, Head, UNEP Finance Initiative
Typically, we think of firms as being in perpetual competition with each other. When it comes to topics like climate, we need to shift to a perspective of collaboration. But this becomes a delicate balance between anti-competitive legal territory and the benefits of the collective development of standards and crystallization of emerging demand signals, all paving the way for smart regulation. This session will focus on what (climate) alliances do, why individual firms/investors would find it difficult to act alone, the management and leadership challenges of running an alliance, and the uncertain legal status of some of the groups.Driving Climate Performance through Accountability and Governance
Speakers:
Carter Roberts (MBA 1988), President & CEO, World Wildlife Fund
Debora L. Spar (PMD 62, 1991), Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society; Board Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983), Board Partner, Gradient Ventures
Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital
This panel will highlight how we can effectively build the governance mechanisms for climate action. Thousands of companies have publicly announced targets for carbon reductions, aligned executive compensation with those targets, allocated resources to achieve those targets, and built board-level sustainability committees and structures to ensure the governance of their climate strategy. At the same time, investors are increasingly engaging with companies to drive climate action privately and by exercising their shareholder votes. Meanwhile, several NGOs have built certifications and other monitoring and assessment tools to understand how companies are progressing against their targets. This panel will explore the different mechanisms and ideas that have emerged on how to drive performance through accountability and governance.How Climate Is Central to Every Business
Speakers:
Shirley Lu, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
John Macomber (MBA 1983), Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Mike Toffel, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management; Faculty Chair, HBS Business & Environment Initiative
Gunnar Trumbull (PMD 76, 2001), Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration
This session will underscore that climate is a central business issue that extends across all business disciplines. To achieve climate goals, we need business leaders to build skills across disciplines and to understand how climate change considerations are being infused into all areas of management. Faculty from different units at HBS will illustrate the connection between climate change and their discipline through examples of cases they have written or taught.Rebuilding Industry and Infrastructure: The Need for a New Climate Workforce
Faculty Moderator: Eleanor Laurans (MBA 2006), Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Speakers:
Evette Ellis, Cofounder & Chief Workforce Officer, ChargerHelp!
Kate Gordon, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy
Gordon Jones, President, College of Western Idaho (CWI)
Building the workforce is critical to scaling climate ventures, to valuation, and to public uptake of climate technologies both existing and new. The current skills gap and workforce shortage could be one of the biggest obstacles to achieving our climate goals. This session will examine different approaches, from policy to trade schools to exciting new and incumbent companies putting the workforce at the core of their business models.Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
Speakers:
Scott Jacobs (MBA 2007), CEO & Cofounder, Generate Capital
Girish Nadkarni (MBA 1988), Senior Advisor, OCGI Climate Investments
Jayant Sinha (MBA 1992), Member of the Indian Parliament and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance
Dan Stephens Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
What money do we need and what skills do we need to finance a decarbonized future? How can we–and must we–reimagine our approaches to finance to accomplish our climate goals? This session will demonstrate how financiers along the capital stack are examining climate risk, return, and opportunity to seed, pilot, and scale a wide range of impactful projects, companies, and markets.Your Role in the Climate Future
Baker Foundation Professor - Entrepreneurship Summit—November 4-5, 2022
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Entrepreneurial Solutions to World Problems
Panelists:
Colin Hill, GNS Healthcare
Evan Marwell (MBA 1992), Educational Superhighway
Chris McKown (MBA 1981), Iora Health
Shara Ticku (MBA 2017), C16 BiosciencesSolutions that Work: Increasing Diversity in Startups, VCs, and Tech
Moderator: Colleen Ammerman, Director, HBS Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative
Panelists: Gil Addo (MBA 2011), RubiconMD
Professor Jeffrey J. Bussgang (MBA 1995), on behalf of Hack Diversity, Flybridge VC
Sarah Fay, Glasswing Ventures, All Raise
Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007), Graham & Walker Venture Fund, Female Founders Alliance