Program and Schedule

Tentative Workshop Agenda as of June 14:

Tuesday, June 16		Duques Hall, Rooms: 650 & 651
1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.		Welcome and Opening Lecture: What are Institutions? Why are They Important for Development? Presenter: Dr. Susan M. Phillips, Dean and Professor of Finance, The George Washington University Dr. Jennifer Spencer, Director, GW-CIBER, Coelho Professorial Fellow and Associate Professor of International Business & International Affairs, The George Washington University Dr. Liesl Riddle, Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs, The George Washington University
3:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.		Break
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.		Group Activity Presenter: Dr. Liesl Riddle
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.		Room Check-In
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.		Dinner and Thematic Address: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Institutional Entrepreneur Catalyzing American Development in the 20th Century Presenter: David Woolner, Executive Director of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and Assistant Professor of History Marist College
8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.		Social Event Moonlight Tour of the FDR and other Washington Memorials

Wednesday, June 17		Duques Hall, Rooms: 650 & 651
8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.		Researcher's Perspective: The Challenges of Accessing Financial Capital in Emerging and Developing Countries Presenter: Dr. Meghana Ayyagari, Assistant Professor of International Business The George Washington University
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.		Break
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.		Practitioner's Perspective: Coping with and Combating Corruption Michael Fine, Director of Private Sector Initiatives Transparency International
12:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.		Lunch and Group Activity
200 p.m.-3:30 p.m.		Practitioner's Perspective: Department of State: Promoting International Labor Rights Kohl S. Gill, PhD, Labor Officer, South Asia and Middle East, Science & Technology International Labor Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility U.S. Department of State
3:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.		Break and Participants' Review of Mobil Oil in Aceh, Indonesia Case
4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.		Case Activity and Discussion: Mobil Oil in Aceh, Indonesia Presenter: Dr. Liesl Riddle
6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.		Social Event & Practitioner's Perspective Reception at Pangea Building Local Institutional Capacity in Emerging and Developing Markets: Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Ed Connerley, Senior Advisor, Office of Democracy and Governance, US Agency for International Development

Thursday, June 18		Duques Hall, Rooms: 650 & 651
8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.		Practitioner's Perspective Institutional Development in International Contexts Presenter: Dr. Daniel Kaufmann, Senior Fellow The Brookings Institution
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.		Break
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.		Researcher's Perspective: Moral Maturity, Peace through Commerce, and the Partnership Dimension Presenter: Timothy Fort, Director of the Institute for Corporate Responsibility and the Program on Peace through Commerce, Lindner-Gambal Professor of Business Ethics The George Washington University
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.		Lunch and Practitioner's Perspective: Ranking Institutional Development Around the World Presenter: Svetlana Bagaudinova, Sr. Private Sector Development Specialist Doing Business Project, IFC - The World Bank
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.		Group Activity Using the "Doing Business" Indicators in Business and Teaching
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.		Break
3:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.		Researcher's Perspective: Political Risk Tools for Managers and Researchers Dr. Reid W, Click, Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs The George Washington University
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.		Government Perspectives The Challenges and Opportunities of Institutional Reform Keynote Address: Ambassador Zamira Sydykova, Government of Kyrgyzstan Panel: Dr. Ashraf El Rabiey, Minister Plenipotentiary and Head of the Economic and Commerical Office, Cheif of Mission, Government of Egypt Nguyen Tien Minh, Deputy Chief of Mission, Government of Vietnam Moderator: Wade Channell, Senior Legal Advisor, US Agency for International Development
7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.		Reception

Friday, June 19		Duques Hall, Rooms: 650 & 651
8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-9: 30 a.m.		Participants' Review of BRAC and Aarong Brands Case
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.		Case Discussion: Sector Roles in Emerging and Developing Markets Presenter: Liesl Riddle The George Washington University
10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.		Break
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.		Researchers' Perspective Remitting Change: The Institutional Impacts of Diaspora Investors Presenters: Dr. Tjai M. Nielsen, Assistant Professor of Management Dr. Liesl Riddle The George Washington University
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.		Lunch and Practioner's Perspective Mobilizing the Jamaican Diaspora Movement for Economic Development Presenter: Honorable Genevie Brown Metzger, Consul General of Jamaica, Government of Jamaica
2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.		Practitioners' Perspective: Social Entrepreneurship in Weak Institutional Environments Presenters: Pilar Martinez, Change Manager Chloe Feinberg, eHealth and Franchise Specialist Full Economic Citizenship, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.		Free Time
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.		Meet Buses at Duques Hall
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.		Social Event: Casual Dining Cruise: See the Monuments from the Potomac River! Georgetown Waterfront

Saturday, June 20		Duques Hall, Rooms: 650 & 651
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.		Continental Breakfast and Distribution of Teaching Materials
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.		Practitioners' Panel: How Weak Institutions Affect Firms and Managers in Developing and Emerging Markets Moderator: Rex Pingle, Chief Executive Officer, PMD International Panelist: Mohini Chopra, Vice President of Innovative Stategy & Resource Management, William Wrigley Jr. Company William W. (Bill) Beddow, Director, Emerging Markets Governmental Affairs for Caterpillar Inc.
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.		Lunch and Evaluation