Final Program

International Conference on

Exploring the link between Competitiveness and

Corporate Social Responsibility

April 29^th, 2010

  Pisa, Italy

9:00 Registration

9:30 Welcome - Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

9:40 T. Dodd - European Commission - D.G. Enterprise and Industry

        The EU Programme ‘Responsible competitiveness: fostering CSR in European

industrial sectors’

10:00 M. Frey, F. Iraldo - Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

          Presentation of the Cosmic Project Results

10:45 Coffee break

11.00 Guest Speakers Presentation:

T. Ketola - Vaasa University, Finland

Fair purchases, production and sales as CSR and competitiveness factors

A. Martinuzzi - RIMAS - Research Institute for Managing Sustainability, Austria

EU public policies on CSR and their impacts on enterprise

J. Fontrodona - IESE Business School, Spain

Corporate Social Responsibility: a road towards excellence and competitiveness

12.10 Review of experiences:

Tuscany Region

Regional public initiatives in the field of CSR

GUCCI Group

Gucci’s experience in the supply chain management

Global Compact Italian Network

Global Compact Italian Network initiatives for SMEs

13:00 Lunch

14:30 – 17:30 Selected Papers Presentation

Session 1: 14.30 – 17:00 Presentation of papers on Competitiveness and CSR

Session 2: 14:30 – 16:00 Presentation of papers on Supply side analysis

     16:10 – 17:30 Presentation of papers on Credit and Insurance system

Session 3: 14:30 – 16:00 Presentation of papers on Market demand side analysis      

                     16:10 – 17:30 Presentation of papers on Public policies analysis