Eni joins the Performance Theatre as partner
After we successfully collaborated during the Performance Theatres in Venice and Beijing we are delighted that Eni now officially is a partner of the Foundation, joining our existing partners Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Gazprom Export, MasterCard, Royal Dutch Shell, Tata Group and Telenor Group.
MasterCard newest partner of the Performance Theatre
We are very pleased to announce that MasterCard Worldwide is a new partner of the Performance Theatre Foundation, joining existing partners Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Gazprom Export, Royal Dutch Shell, Tata Group and Telenor Group. Performance Theatre partners aim to inspire business leaders to realise a new kind of growth, to enlarge their strategies to see beyond quarterly results to deliver long-term value to both shareholders and society as a whole.
Gates Foundation’s Hillman joins ILA committee
We are very pleased to announce that Jeremy Hillman, Director of External Communications at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a former BBC journalist, will join the Inspired Leadership Award (ILA) committee. Before leading the Gates foundation’s global external communications team, Hillman ran the BBC’s Business and Economics Department at a time when the broadcaster won numerous awards for the depth and quality of its business coverage.
The theme for The Performance Theatre 2012 will be: Your voice – our future growth In 2011, the world has seen volatile markets, political uprisings, and natural disasters. In the midst of this, a wave of possibility is rising. New democracies are taking shape across the globe, and digital communication and social networking are transforming…
On 16-17 June 2011, The Performance Theatre met in Beijing – its first time in China, the world’s most talked-about country. True to the theatre’s tradition we met in some of Beijing’s most interesting venues – the Great Hall of the People, the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and Taimiao, the former Imperial Ancestral Palace. The programme…
The Performance Theatre 2011 will be staged in Beijing on 16-17 June. By then, the Chinese government will have just published the 12th Five-Year Plan. This year´s programme will address the plan´s core priorities and the implications for the world´s approach to growth – how we need to change our systems, processes and behaviours on…
On 17-18 September 2010, The Performance Theatre celebrated its tenth anniversary in Venice, Italy. Our theme was “Bridges to Tomorrow’s Growth”. From the Ponti di Rialto to the Ponti di Sospire, the bridges that populate Venice’s beautiful and bizarre landscape provided a fitting background for our discussions. We asked ourselves: what are the “bridges” we…
Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University. His academic and popular writing explores the relevance of Tibetan Buddhism to contemporary thought, science, culture and politics. The first American to be ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk, Professor Thurman is the author of over 20 books, including “Why the…
“A new generation of young leaders is emerging, more aware and better prepared technologically to deal with global challenges than we were. Our generation is well-placed to encourage and help this new breed of leaders-though we haven´t always been the best role models.” Click here to read “The Bridge: A Generational Dialogue“.
David Gelles covers social media for the Financial Times. This working session will explore how the information revolution and the explosion of social networking are shaping politics and consumer behaviour.