2008 Stefan A. Riesenfeld Symposium

Realizing The Potential: Global Corporations And Human Rights

Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall, University of California Berkeley School of Law [Google Map]

Symposium Agenda:

1:00 – 1:30 – Opening Address – Monica Oberkofler, Ph.D, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Gap Inc.

1:30 – 2:50 – First Panel: The Potential Of Transnational Corporations To Advance Human Rights Practices.

Moderator: Professor Laurel Fletcher (UC Berkeley School of Law)

Panelists: Professor Patrick Keenan (University of Illinois College Law)

Professor Christiana Ochoa (Indiana University School of Law)

Professor Hannah Garry (University of Colorado Law)

2:50 – 3:00 – Coffee Break

3:00 – 4:20 – Second Panel: The Role Of The Legal Profession In Realizing The Potential Of Corporate Social Responsibility

Moderator: Professor Richard Buxbaum (UC Berkeley School of Law)

Panelists: Chip Pitts (BLIHR, Stanford Law School, former Chief Legal Officer of Nokia, Inc.)

Aron Kramer (President and CEO, Business For Social Responsibility)

Professor David Vogel (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Political Science; Author of The Market For Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility)

4:20 – 4:30 – Break

4:30 – 5:30 – Keynote Address – Professor David Weissbrodt

5:30 – 7:00 – Institute for Global Challenges and the Law Reception, Riesenfeld Award Ceremony: Honoring Professor Weissbrodt.