Finals & Celebration Event
Thursday April 20, 8:30 AM – 3 PM
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center
The Sustainable Global Business Initiative is proud to announce the culmination of the second annual Jindal School of Management’s Sustainability Case Competition.
Our second annual Sustainability Case Competition is coming to a close, and we are excited to see you all at our final event: the Global Sustainability Experience. With keynote speeches from François Gemenne and Vidya Ayyr, MPH, CHW, and presentations from our brilliant finalists, This event is the perfect addition to Earth Week. Breakfast and lunch will be served! All are welcome to join us!
Register here.
Thank you to Vistra Corp. and our organizational committee for making this event possible!
Agenda
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Check-in and Breakfast |
| 9:00 -9:10 | Haley to introduce Dean Pirkul who welcomes everyone to this event |
| 9:10 -10:00 | Keynote 1: Francois Gemenne (virtual) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Team 1 Presentation |
| 10:30- 11:00 | Team 2 Presentation |
| 11:00-11:30 | Team 3 Presentation |
| 11:30-12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30-1:00 | Team 4 Presentation |
| 1:00-1:30 | Team 5 Presentation |
| 1:30-2:30 | Keynote 2: Vidya Ayyr |
| 2:30-3:00 | Awards Ceremony |
Panelists
Francois Gemenne
Director, Hugo Observatory, University of Liège in Belgium
A specialist of environmental geopolitics and migration dynamics, François Gemenne is a senior research associate at the University of Liège in Belgium, where he is the Director of the Hugo Observatory, a research center committed to the study of interactions between environmental changes, human migration, and politics. He also serves as co-director of the Observatory on Defence and Climate of the French Ministry of Defense. He is a lead author for the IPCC and he also lectures on climate change and migration policies in different universities, including Sciences Po and Sorbonne University in Paris.
Vidya Ayyr
Founder & CEO Founder & CEO, BrainCharge; Director, Community Social Impact, Parkland Hospital
Vidya Ayyr, MPH, CHW is the Director of Community Social Impact for the Parkland Health public hospital system in Dallas, Texas, which includes community-based clinics. She works to improve the lives and livelihoods of disadvantaged, at risk, and vulnerable populations.She is a graduate of the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas. In 2017, she was selected for the prestigious Presidential Leadership Scholars program, where her work in partnership with Epic Systems on integrating social determinants of health data with electronic heath records has had a major impact on patient care at Parkland Health and beyond. Vidya also is the founder and CEO or BrainCharge, an organization with a mission to serve the community of caregivers who are supporting individuals impacted by brain-related trauma, injury, or illness.