Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship (ASE) Conference:
How Technology is Knocking Down Doors and Fueling Social Innovation

May 4, 2009
George Washington University, Cafritz Conference Center
800 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
www.aseconference.org

Individuals of all ages, from all walks of life are turning to their computers, the Internet, their PDAs, anything they can get their hands on to stay connected!

The goal – leverage this connectivity to enable individuals to find opportunities for service and to spur social change. Please join us, on May 4, 2009 at George Washington University as leaders of all facets of the American Social Sector join together for this one-of-kind event. The common element: technology – the role it is already playing in social innovation and where it will take us! In addition to plenary sessions and keynote speakers, conference attendees will choose breakout sessions that best fit their background and further their own professional development. The conference will be held in Washington, DC and simulcast to Hampton Roads, Virginia – using the Old Dominion University TeleTech Network.

For more information and to register, visit: www.aseconference.org

Conferences Hosted

CSL Hosts International Identity Conference
The Center for the Study of Learning hosted the 14th Annual International Conference for the Society of Research on Identity Formation from March 29th to 31, 2007. Among the guest speakers was Dr. Carol Hoare, from GWU Department of Counseling, who presented on the Unconscious and Identity in the works of Erik Erikson. The local coordinators for the conference were Dr. Liliana Meneses, CSL research associate and Sue Simmons, ELP Office Manager.

CHaOS '04 Research Conference
The fifth annual research conference on human and organizational studies was a great success, with about 120 people attending the presentations. This conference celebrated sixteen years of learning for the Center and the ELP.

Conference highlights included a keynote guest speaker, Mr. William Spenla, Manager of Leadership Learning and Development from DuPont Corporation. Mr. Spenla addressed the conference attendees on leadership development in a globalizing firm. Additionally, the conference included over 30 presentations in the form of symposia, panels, and concurrent sessions. Among the presentations were 15 from ELP alumni, many of whom discussed aspects of their dissertation findings. Topics of the sessions provided insights in such areas as change, leadership, culture, research methods, teams, adult learning and organization theory. Thanks to our guest speakers and all of the volunteers who assisted with registration and check-in.

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Conferences Attended

• The Fifth Annual Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe, Limerick, Ireland.
• European Group on Organizational Studies (EGOS), Vienna, Austria.
• International Society for the Study of Work and Values, Tallinn, Estonia.
• Academy of International Business, Quebec City, Canada.
• International Management Development, Cordoba, Spain.
• International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, Gold Coast, Australia.
• International Society for the Study of Work and Values, Warsaw, Poland.
• Global HRM Associations, Barcelona, Spain.
• International Society for the Study of Work and Values, Jerusalem, Israel.
• United Nations High Commission for Refugees Forum, Geneva.
• Global Institute for Action Learning. Tokyo.
• Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario, Toronto.
• Hong Kong-American Chamber of Commerce.
• Asia Management Center, Singapore.
• Association of Management Centers, Shenzhen, China.
• Korea Society for Corporate Education, Seoul.
• Hong Kong Productivity Council.
• Global Action Learning Forum. Munich.
• Singapore Human Resources Institute, Singapore.
• Society for Human Resources, Hong Kong.
• Brazilian Association of Human Resources. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• National Institute for Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand.
• International Management Centers Association, Miri, Malaysia.
• Finnish Human Resources Conference, Helsinki.
• Global Action Learning Forum, Johannesburg.
• Argentina Management Association, Buenos Aires.
• International Federation of Training and Development Organizations, Puerto Alegro, Brazil.
• American Psychological Association, Vancouver.
• Fourth International Conference on Human Resource Development in Asia.
Taipei, Taiwan.
• International Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe. Leeds, UK.
• Sixth International Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe. Leeds, UK: Leeds Metropolitan University.
• Fifth International Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe, Ireland.
• Second International Conference on Human Resource Development in Asia. Bangkok, Thailand: NIDA.
• The Fourth Asian Conference of the AHRD, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Second Asian Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development, November, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Fourth Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe, Toulouse, France.
• Third Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe, Edinburgh, UK.
• Second Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe: Learning at the Workplace, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
• The Ninth Annual World Business Congress: Managing in a Turbulent Business Environment, International Management Development Association, San José, Costa Rica.
• Toronto, International meetings of the Academy of Management.
• Toronto, International meetings of the Academy of Management.
• Vancouver, October 2000, International meetings of the Strategic Management Society.
• Paris, International meetings of the Strategic Management Society.
• Deauville, High Reliability Organizations International Conference.
• Family Enterprise Research Conference, Universidad de Monterrey, San pedro Garza Garcia, N. L. Mexico.
• The annual meeting of the Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Conference, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
• Eastern Academy of Management International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Paper presented at Lancaster University, UK.
• Critical Management Studies Conference, Lancaster University, UK.
• Fifth International Conference on Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management, Lancaster University, UK.
• Fifth International Conference on Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management, Lancaster University, UK.
• Fourth Conference on Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management, Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, Canada.
• Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada.

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