Issue Management:  A Corporate Imperative to Transform High Hopes to High Value Results

     The stakes – and stakeholder expectations – have hit a record high.  In response, companies have risen to the challenge with well-intended management philosophies.  Yet many grapple with the question of how to implement the “hopes” rooted in corporate citizenship, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, accountability, governance, risk management, product stewardship and transparency.  And without seeing action to back up words, critics are growing more skeptical and impatient.

     In a complex, connected and competitive business world where willingness to settle for a “win or lose” outcome is on the wane, no matter what your good intentions, sooner or later, a gap will open between your actions and stakeholder expectations. “An issue” is inevitable.  A corporate imperative is at hand:  Find solutions to vexing issues in a manner that optimizes stakeholder interest.  More than a management philosophy, Issue Management is a management discipline that uniquely offers a business process and set of tools that make intentions actionable and deliver high value results.

     Don’t expect a showcase of glory stories, not directly relevant to your needs.  Rather, you will hear from speakers at leading companies around the world how they:

• Recognize an escalating issue

• Assess the imperative to act

• Engage and balance stakeholder needs, then

• Measure and communicate the high value results

Thursday, 26 June
9:00 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks by IMC Chair, Vada Manager, Nike, Inc., participant self-introductions
9:30 a.m.	Libby Hutchinson, Washington Mutual
10:00 a.m.	Esther Baur, SwissRe
10:30 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Kristin Klappach, BASF Agricultural Center
11:30 a.m.	Michael Seiders, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP
12:00 p.m.	Participant Discussion
12:30 p.m.	Luncheon
1:45 p.m.	Tony Jaques, Dow Chemical Australia
2:15 p.m.	Speaker Pending
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	Lisa Rosintowski, Colorado Springs Utility
3:45 p.m.	Speaker Pending
4:15 p.m.	Participant Discussion
5:00 p.m.	Chase Awards Reception
Friday, 27 June
9:00 a.m.	Amy Stevens, Sunrise Health HCA
9:45 a.m.	Speaker Pending
10:30 a.m.	Tina Eboka, Standard Bank - South Africa
11:15 a.m.	Vada Manager, Nike, Inc.
12:00 p.m.	Conference Adjourns

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 Special Pre-Conference Workshop on Emerging Issues
Wednesday, 25 June 2008

 

 

     This special one-day pre-conference workshop will feature a blue-ribbon collection of leading issue advocates.  As change agents in their respective fields, these individuals and the organizations they represent are actively turning up the volume on issues that demand and deserve corporate attention.  Who benefits?  Everyone, and especially innovative companies that apply issue management disciplines to avert crisis, mitigate risk and create opportunity.

 

Wednesday, June 25
9:00 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
9:30 a.m.	Bama Athreya, International Labor Rights Forum
10:00 a.m.	Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States
10:30 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Bruce Freed, Center for Political Accountability
11:30 a.m.	Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest
12:00 p.m.	Audience Questions & Answers and wrap up
12:30 p.m.	Luncheon
1:45 p.m.	Mike Treder, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
2:15 p.m.	Victoria Donati, Neil, Gerber & Eisenberg, LLP
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	Speaker Pending
3:45 p.m.	Eric Garland, Competitive Futures, Inc.
4:15 p.m.	Tim Mack, World Future Society
4:45 p.m.	Participant Discussion and concluding remarks
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn

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