Conference Schedule

8:00-8:30 am	Registration & Morning Refreshments
8:30-9:45 am	Morning Kickoff Presented by Rivertide Consulting Sponsored By Nixon Peabody LLP Welcome: Kate Luczko, NHBSR Interim Executive Director, Erik Barstow, Attorney, Wiggin & Nourie, P.A., NHBSR Board Co-Chair Conference Overview: Bonnie Kurylo, Division Manager, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, NHBSR Board Co-Chair, Spring Conference Co-Chair
9:45-10:00 am	Morning Break
10:00-11:45 am	Morning Breakout Sessions (choose one) New Hampshire's Changing Workforce: The Growing Need for Flexibility Sponsored by Stonyfield Farm New Hampshire's population is aging. Employers face a growing demand for workplace flexibility that accommodates both older employees' needs and a competitive business environment. Views of retirement are changing. Employees often want to keep working; employers face losing valuable older workers and knowledge gaps. With an aging population, issues of family caregiving will increase. How can employers use flexibility to respond to older workers and ensure business success? Speakers: Sharon Cowen, Family and Consumer Resources Educator, UNH Cooperative Extension; Eileen Pannetier, President & CEO, Comprehensive Environmental Inc.; Connie Roy-Czyzowski, Vice President, Human Resources, Northeast Delta Dental; Stephanie Marshall, Senior Partner, MKS Performance Solutions, LLC; David M. Harrington, Human Resources Director, Devine Millimet Attorneys At Law; Kelly A. Clark, State Director, AARP New Hampshire Successfully Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility into Your Core Strategy and Culture Sponsored by Barker Architects PLLC This panel session will share and discuss experiences, challenges, and best practices for transitioning from CSR and sustainability activity that is separate from, but supportive of, overall company strategy to fully-integrated CSR planning and implementation. It will also share best practices in change leadership that will help you to successfully integrate and embed your new CSR/sustainability initiative into the culture of your organization. This session will also showcase real-world experiences from New Hampshire companies that are leading the way in integrating CSR into their strategy and culture. Speakers: Bryan Sheehan, President, SymbioSus Sustainability Consulting, Inc.; Ken Koornneef, PE, President, Nobis Engineering, Inc.; Beth Holzman, CSR Strategy & Reporting Manager, The Timberland Company; Patricia Carrier, Manager, Plant Services, HiTech Division, New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc. Current Trends in Managing Corporate Citizenship Sponsored by Now or Never Media With formal titles, cross-functional teams and management systems in place, corporate citizenship has become an essential part of business. This panel will discuss the new trends in strategy, internal coordination and management tactics that all companies, large and small, will need to master to run their businesses responsibly today and in the future. Speakers: Ross Gittell, James R. Carter Professor, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire; Gina Goff, Director of Community Involvement, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.; Barbara Couch, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hypertherm Managing Sustainability Performance with the Balanced Scorecard Sponsored by Image 4 Developing, aligning and integrating your sustainability objectives to the company strategy can be a challenge. A more demanding exercise is the development of measures for these sustainability objectives. This session is designed to provide an overview and fundamentals for developing a sustainability scorecard to assist you in measuring, tracking performance, communicating and reporting on your sustainability strategy, and making it systemic in scope by linking it to the business strategy. Speakers: Monica L. Nakielski, Principal, Harmeda; Devon Long-Lytle, Consultant, Sustainable Business Strategies; Jeff Allar, Vice President, Human Resources, Stonyfield Farm; Kathrin Winkler, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility, EMC
12:00-1:30 pm	CEO Panel & Awards Luncheon Presented & Sponsored By Vested for Growth, A Program of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund Cornerstone Award Presentation: Lisa Hardin Berghaus, Marketing Specialist, Monadnock Paper Mills, Spring Conference Co-Chair & NHBSR Board Member, Governor John Lynch invited CEO Panel Moderated by Jon Greenberg, Executive Editor, New Hampshire Public Radio
1:30-1:45	Afternoon Break
1:45-3:30	Breakout Sessions The four morning sessions will repeat during the afternoon.
3:30-4:00	Conference Wrap-Up