Impact Investing Conference - The Organizers

Summary of the First Conference on Impact Investing

The following post summarizes the background information on the organizors that organized the first conference on Impact Investing regarding the topic Impact Investing - What for?

 

The Organizers

 

HSG Representative Office São Paulo 

Established in July 2010, the South America HSG Hub in São Paulo aims to strengthen its relations and networking in the region by running an on-site representative office, which focuses on long-term aspectsand respects the local culture and interests. 

The Hub Office of the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in São Paulo is developing as a center for grass-root research, gathering knowledge from both practical experience in the field and from cooperating with established companies, the local community and partner universities.

The HSG CooperativeLab, a match-making platform for SMEs in the region, provides students and researchers from the University of St. Gallen an opportunity to gain practical insights on location by offering traineeships. The program, which has pre-defined performance indicators and features mentorship by the University of St. Gallen’s alumni network in Latin America, aims to encourage responsible entrepreneurial leaders of tomorrow.

INSPER

Insper is a non-profit school of business and economics located in São Paulo with the primary mission of generating and disseminating knowledge in these fields.

As of 11 May 2009 the Institution adopted the new brand Insper Institute of Education and Research, replacing the brand Ibmec São Paulo. The change allows the School to differ from the two other homonym institutions located in Rio de Janeiro (Ibmec and the Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais).

Insper is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), the Association of MBAs (AMBA), and is a full member of the International University Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON).

Insper offers undergraduate and graduate programs for the different stages of a career. Part of Insper's mission is to promote rigorous academic research that involves real-world issues, thereby helping to enhance public policies and organizational practice.

Swisscam

Since 1945, the Swiss-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce has offered its services and experience to support Swiss and Liechtenstein-based companies establishing and expanding their trade relations in Brazil. Swisscam’s Board of Directors is composed of extremely experienced and knowledgeable business people and executives. By keeping close contact with its approximately 250 members, and with its highly motivated and highly qualified multilingual team, Swisscam has excellent connections and valuable know-how for assisting its members with various aspects of doing business in Brazil. The areas Swisscam covers include administration, international relations and business consulting, and the services it provides include commercial enquiries, market surveys, match-making and networking, event organization and trade fairs.