Sheryl Connelly – “Why Companies need Futurists”

Sheryl Connelly, Global Head of Trends and Futuring at Ford Motor Company, will be at the Ross School of Business to speak to students about her career as a futurist, why companies need futurists, and the use of scenario planning in developing and stress testing a company’s strategy. In a world where the pace of […]

Eli Lehrer – “Saving the Earth, Shrinking the State”

Saving the Earth, Shrinking the State Co-sponsored by the Erb Institute, ConservAmerica and College Republicans at UM Eli Lehrer is the President of the R Street Institute, a conservative think-tank that, among others things, supports a conservative approach to addressing climate change. Event details Watch the recording of Saving the Earth, Shrinking the State

Monica Ellis – “Tackling our Global Water Challenge”

Tackling Our Global Water Challenge Monica Ellis is the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF), a leading not-for-profit foundation that advances sustainability through public-private partnerships. Event Details | More about Global Water Challenge

Katherine Burson / Erb Colloquium

Katherine Burson Associate Professor of Marketing, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Abstract: Energy consumption is a growing concern, driving legislation requiring manufacturing of more fuel-efficient cars and more transparent scales to convey fuel-efficiency. However, consumers’ understanding of fuel efficiency and its cost when expressed on different scales is unclear. Expanded scales of fuel […]

Glen Dowell / Erb Colloquium

Glen Dowell Area Coordinator of Management and Organizations; Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, Johnson School of Business, Cornell University Co-Sponsor: Ross Strategy

Dev Jennings / Erb Colloquium

Dev Jennings Academic Director, CCCSR: Winspear Professor of Business, University of Alberta Title: “Institutional theory and the natural environment: Research in (and on) the Anthropocene”

Susan Kayser / Erb Colloquium

Susan Kayser Dow Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Erb Institute; Energy Institute, University of Michigan Title: “The Cost of Corporate Social Responsibility after a Catastrophe”

Transportation, Economics, Energy and the Environment (TE3) Conference

Registration closes on October 22, 2015 Visit the conference site for more information. Hosted by: University of Michigan Energy Institute Sponsored by: Apparent, Ford, Oak Ridge National Labratory, Toyota, Michigan Mobility Transformation Center and the Erb Institute