Session # 1: Discovering and Managing BoP Opportunities: Key Capabilities
Monday 9:15 – 10:30 am
This session will focus on the capabilities required to uncover existing opportunities in the BoP through market research, data-based methods, and strategic exploration.
Moderator: Robert Katz, Research Analyst, Markets & Enterprise Program, World Resources Institute
Panelists:
Nils Johnson, President/CEO, Gorilla Mobile
Ben Powell, Managing Partner, Agora Partnerships
Maria Beatriz Rodriguez, CEO - Colombia/Ecuador and
Manager – BoP Initiatives for Latin America, Procter &
Gamble
Session # 2: Building BoP Capability: The Role of Gaming and Simulation
Monday 4:30 – 5:45 pm
This session will present a new BoP Game called "Crossroads" which has been developed this past semester at Cornell. The game enables people in companies to develop the skills necessary to pursue the BoP through a gaming approach.
Moderator: Jac Geurts
Panelists:
Jac Geurts, Tilburg University
Anne Geurts, Twynstra Gudde
Session # 3: Creating BoP Opportunities: Key Capabilities
Tuesday 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
This session will delve into the capabilities required to implement the BoP Protocol approach described in the plenary which involves co-creation and joint design of the BoP opportunity.
Moderator: Erik Simanis, Co-Director BoP Protocol, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell and Patrick Donohue, Founder, BRINQ
Panelists:
Justin DeKoszmovszky, SC Johnson, Manager
Strategic Sustainability
U. Purnachand, The Solae Company, Business
Manager