Third International Symposium on Cross-Sector Social Interactions

The main topic will be ‘Making a difference: Enhancing the impact of partnerships for the social good’ and the symposium will count with speakers from public, private and academic institutions across the globe. The event will be held at Erasmus University, 24-25 May.

Entitled ‘Making a difference: Enhancing the impact of partnerships for the social good’, the aim of the symposium is to address of one of the most important challenges of contemporary partnership research – how to approach the question of impact. The event is jointly organised between ‘The Partnership Resource Centre’ at Erasmus University (Netherlands) and Hull University Business School (UK), and supported by EABIS.

Speakers include:

• Professor James Austin, Harvard Business School
• Professor Sandra Waddock, Carroll School of Management at Boston College
• Rob Swartbol, Director-General of International Cooperation of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, the Netherlands
• Professor Andrew Crane, Schulich School of Business, York University
•  J. van der Gronden , director WWF Nederlands
• Professor Ans Kolk, University of Amsterdam Business School
• Professor Nigel Roome, Vlerick School of Management (Belgium) and Chair of the Academic Board of the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS)
• Tom de Man, CEO Heineken Nederland
• Professor Rob van Tulder, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
• Dr May Seitanidi, Hull University Business School

For more information and registration, please visit the event website.