About the Conference

IAVE and Credit Suisse, one of the world’s leading financial institutions, co-hosted the European Conference on Corporate Volunteering in Zurich Switzerland on August 31 – September 1, 2015. Businesses of all sizes and from any industry, headquartered or operating in Europe, were invited to participate. Representatives from over 77 different corporations and organizations were in attendance.

The goal of the conference was to significantly advance both the discussion and the practice of corporate volunteering in Europe, engaging key thought leaders as well as executives and managers of companies committed to developing strong, high impact volunteer efforts.

Headline Speakers

We were pleased to welcome two outstanding global leaders as our headlining speakers at the conference.

Dr. Michael Hastings: LORD HASTINGS of SCARISBRICK CBE
Global Head of Corporate Citizenship
KPMG International

Dr Michael Hastings: LORD HASTINGS of SCARISBRICK CBE is a recognized global leader for corporate social responsibility, both during his tenure at KPMG and previously at the BBC. He has been an active participant in the World Economic Forum, including as leader of the WEF Agenda Council – The Future of Civil Society. He is Chairman of Millennium Promise UK and is a member of the global Millennium Promise Board. He has been honored by Her Majesty The Queen of England with an independent peerage to the House of Lords. The University of Kent awarded him a Doctorate in Civil Law in recognition of the work he has led on international development and corporate responsibility. He serves a President of ZANE, a development agency focused on Zimbabwe.

Richard Dictus
Executive Coordinator
United Nations Volunteers

Richard Dictus took position as Executive Coordinator of United Nations Volunteers in 2013, bringing over 25 years of experience, in increasingly responsible positions, with various agencies in the United Nations system. He has served in Malawi, Yemen, Sudan, Lesotho, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Fiji and UNDP Headquarters in New York. He leads over 7,300 UN Volunteers who work at the forefront of peace and development in some of the most difficult working environments in the world and more than 150 professionals who support their work in 86 field offices worldwide. Through his leadership, UNV is playing a major role in ensuring the recognition of volunteering as a strategic asset to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. He is actively building strong volunteer-based partnerships with the private sector.

Dinner Speaker

We were happy to feature Patrick Warnking as the Dinner Speaker for the European Conference on Corporate Volunteering. Patrick has been the Country Director of Google Switzerland since 2011. From 2007 to 2011 he was leading the Google teams for Entertainment, Publishers, Classified.

Attendees

We thank our participants from over 77 different companies and organizations, who helped make the conference a great success.

Corporations

NGOs & Others

Accenture
ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd
Allianz
Arthur Cox Solicitors
Audi
AXA
Bank Hapoalim
Biogen
C&A
CH Business Consulting
Citi
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Post
Discovery Health
EMC
Google
GSK
Henry Brothers
Hoffman La Roche
HSBC
IBM
IronSource

JTI SA
Julius Baer
KPMG
“la Caixa” Banking Foundation
Liberty Information Technology
Medtronic
Microsoft
Mondelēz
Monsanto
Novartis
Novo Nordisk
RBC
Ricoh
Samsung
Sonova
Sparring Partners Ltd.
Swiss Re Foundation
UBS
UPS
Wix
xcelarate GmbH
Zurich Insurance Group

B360 education partnership
Freiwilligen-Zentrum Augsburg
Bavarian Network of Volunteer Centers
BMW Foundation
Bürgerinstitut e.V.
Business in the Community Northern Ireland
Corporate Volunteer Association Turkey
Emerging World
engageability
Habitat for Humanity
National Research University Higher School of Economics
IAVE
Joblinge
Philias
Plan International Switzerland
Pro Bono Lab France

Pro Juventute
Proboneo
Ruach Tova
Russian Managers Association
Russian Volunteer Development Center
Social Input Association
Swiss Red Cross
Taproot
The Tzeva Foundation
Timecounts
United Nations Volunteers
University of Hamburg
UPJ e.V.
Volunteer Now
WaterLex
Züricher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

The Venue

The conference was held at Seminarhotel Bocken in Zurich, Switzerland.

SEMINARHOTEL BOCKEN
Bockenweg 4
CH-8810 Horgen
Telephone: +41 44 727 55 55
[email protected]
www.bocken.ch

The Program

The program content was developed with significant input from multiple European companies. Its primary focus was on the forces shaping corporate volunteering, globally, regionally and within companies – opportunities, innovations and challenges. It explored such issues as how companies can increase the impact of their volunteer efforts, how they can leverage technology to increase participation and how volunteering can be a strategic asset in achieving business goals. It also will shed light on how companies can build strong strategic partnerships with leading NGOs, United Nations agencies and one another to contribute to the UN’s post-2015 development agenda.

The conference included several plenary sessions featuring our headline speakers and forum sessions in which companies were given the opportunity to share their experiences and showcase their volunteer efforts. Conference presentations are now available to view online.

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