Exploring Corporate Responsibility for Atrocity Prevention

10:15 – 10:30 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks

David Simon, Assistant Dean for Graduate Education, Senior Lecturer in Global Affairs and Director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University

10:30 – 11:20 AM
Keynote Address

Max Fisher, International reporter for the New York Times and author of The Chaos Machine

11:30 – 12:30 PM
Panel 1: Corporate Risk, Due Diligence & Regulation

Cecely Richard-Carvajal, Senior Associate at Article One
Todd Cort, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability; Faculty Director of Sustainability Program, MBA for Executives; Faculty Co-Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
Annika van Baar, Assistant Professor at the Criminology department of the School of Law of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Moderator: Akriti Gaur, Robina Fellow at Yale Law School

1:30 – 2:30 PM
Panel 2: Investors, Advocacy & External Pressure

Sam Jones, President and Co-Founder of Heartland Initiative
Simon Billenness, Executive Director at Campaign for a New Myanmar
Christina O'Connell, Business and Human Rights Campaigner at Access Now
Moderator: Scott Worden, Faculty at Jackson School of Global Affairs

3:00 - 3:50 PM
Closing Discussion: Where Do We Go From Here?

Michael Posner, Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business

3:50 - 4:00 PM
Final Remarks

David Simon, Assistant Dean for Graduate Education, Senior Lecturer in Global Affairs and Director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University