Events

Upcoming CSE Events

2010 Sustainable Business Career Fair
The Best of the Blues!

Hosted jointly by Duke's Fuqua School of Business and UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School

Date & Time: Friday, January 20, 2010, 11:00am - 4:00 pm
Location: Duke University, Durham, NC

The CSE hosts an annual career fair to connect MBA and graduate students with recruiters from companies and organizations seeking talented business leaders with a background in sustainable enterprise. Participants include recruiters and business managers from corporations as well as nonprofit and government organizations.

CSE Distinguished Speaker: Rob Watson, “Founding Father of LEED”
Rob Watson, ECOTECH International, Chairman, CEO and Chief Scientist, will discuss the future of green building.

Date & Time: Thursday, February 11, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Koury Auditorium at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School

Under Rob's direction as the "Founding Father of LEED" and as its national Steering Committee Chairman between 1994 and 2005, LEED became the most widespread and fastest-growing standard by which green buildings are measured worldwide. A pioneer of the modern green building movement for over twenty years, in 2007 Rob Watson founded ECOTECH International and its subsidiaries, American SINOTECH and American INDOTECH to meet the fast-growing demand for green building technologies and services in China, India and the U.S.As the Director of International Energy and Green Buildings Programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Mr. Watson worked in China on green building programs and market development since 1997. He is a green building adviser to the municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai Shenzhen and Shenyang and has assisted the Chinese government to develop energy-saving standards for commercial buildings and residential buildings that reduce energy consumption by 50%. The recipient of several national and international awards for green buildings, in 2005, China's Ministry of Construction (MOC) recognized Rob with one of its first "Green Innovation" awards--the only foreign expert so honored--for his work on green buildings in China.

Free and open to the public. Free parking available in the Business Deck.

Please RSVP to cse@unc.edu.

5th Annual Social Venture Capital Investment Competition (SVCIC)

Hosted by UNC Kenan-Flagler’s MBA Net Impact Club

Date & Time: March 19-20, 2010
Location: UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School

Building on last year’s successful event, in which eight top-notch MBA schools fielded teams (including NYU, the 2009 winner), we aim to broaden the SVCIC education this year.  In addition to negotiations with real entrepreneurs and feedback from experienced VC judges, the SVCIC team plans on providing more education to participants prior to the weekend of the competition.

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