Topics are focused on recent challenges to modern national economies and business enterprises: - Globalization and Challenges of the Modern World - Enterprise in Turbulent Environment - Entrepreneurship Caught Between Creativity and Bureaucracy

The conference welcomes proposals for presentations that advance our understanding of any of the following themes: - The mosaic of class, race, and gender. - Class, power, and social structure. - Class and community. - Class in a global economy. - Middle class? Working class? What's the...

Topic: Sharing Prosperity, Delivering Results UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs and World Bank leaders discussed what it will take to boost income growth among the bottom 40%.

Under the theme of "Land Governance in the Post-2015 Agenda: Harnessing Synergies for Implementation and Monitoring Impact", the 2014 conference will focus on building a shared understanding of best practices in land governance. By providing an opportunity to strengthen collaboration between...

The conference, to be held in San Fransisco, will bring together business leaders, entrepreneurs and senior policymakers to share hands-on experience of proven, profitable, and innovative approaches for a more active and beneficial presence at the bottom of the pyramid. The conference is aimed...