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| Description | Program | Logistics | Registration | Entertainment | Preconference | Acknowledgements |
Conference Chairs:
Cheryl Nakata |
Madhu Viswanathan |
University of Illinois, Chicago |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
Track Chairs:
Kathy Dhanda |
Al Rosenbloom |
DePaul University, Chicago |
Dominican University, Chicago |
Organized jointly by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Chicago, with the participation of Dominican University and DePaul University, the Third Subsistence Marketplace Conference will be held July 9-11, 2010 in Chicago at the University of Illinois-Chicago campus.
The conference will focus on impactful research and commercial and social innovations for subsistence marketplaces that are ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable. Subsistence marketplaces consist of consumers and entrepreneurs who live at or near subsistence levels, and are concentrated in developing countries and regions such as Brazil, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa. As businesses, governments, and nonprofit organizations seek to better understand and serve these communities, the Subsistence Marketplaces Conference is a leading forum for sharing research on and fostering practices in these communities.
Conference plans include:
- a hands-on preconference workshop devoted to designing innovations for subsistence marketplaces or the base of the pyramid
- an opening reception at the UIC Innovation Center, including creativity exercises
- more than 30 research presentations by specialists in academia and practice from around the world
- plenary panels with experts from the private and public sectors
- participatory workshops by IDEO (the world’s leading innovation firm) and thought leaders from the University of Michigan and University of Illinois
- key note addresses by directors of social innovation programs from corporate and nonprofit organizations
- all sessions and workshops will be highly interactive and discussion-focused to maximize knowledge sharing among researchers, practitioners and students
Panelists (subject to final confirmation in some instances) include Jenny Comiskey (IDEO), Mohini Chopra (Global Strategies Group; Previously VP of Innovation Strategy and Resource Management, Wrigley), Paul Munsen (www.sunoven.com), Ladonna Redmond (President and CEO, Institute for Community Resource Development), Kathleen Robbins (Founder, Jatropha Pepinye & former Director of Green Microfinance), Robert Schneider (Senior Alliance Advisor, USAID), and Patrick Whitney (Dean, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology).
The call for papers is available below.
A preconference workshop is planned for July 9.
Preconference Workshop Details and Registration - Separate Registration From Main Conference Required
CANCELLED
Learning from and Designing Innovative Product Solutions for Subsistence Marketplaces or the Base of the Pyramid
This workshop will be immersive and interactive, moving toward deep understanding of subsistence marketplaces as well as envisioning solutions. In order to develop an understanding of subsistence marketplaces, participants will engage in exercises to view the world from the eyes of subsistence consumers and entrepreneurs. The presenter will facilitate a bottom-up understanding generated by participants, and provide insights from extensive research. To envision solutions for subsistence marketplaces, small group assignments will help summarize insights from project based and research based experiences.
- Conference Attire - Business Casual
- Registration on site
- From 5 pm on Friday at the reception at the Innovation Center
- From 8 am on Saturday at the Chicago Foyer of Student Center West
- Venue -
- Friday Reception
- Innovation Center 1240 West Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60607
- Directions
- Parking at Harrison Street Parking Structure (1100 W Harrison)
- Saturday and Sunday Sessions
- Student Center West, UIC, 828 South Wolcott Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60612
- Parking at Wood Street Parking Structure (1100 S Wood Street)
- Friday Reception
- Directions to Campus
- Campus Map
- Parking Map
- Parking for dormitory is in the Maxwell street parking structure (701 W Maxwell)
- Reception at Innovation center - Harrison Street Parking Structure (1100 W Harrison)
- Student Center West (main conference) - Wood Street Parking Structure (1100 S Wood Street)
- Parking rates
- Shuttle service will be provided from the dormitory to the venue. On Friday afternoon, July 9, the shuttle will leave the residence hall at 4:45 p.m. to transport all attendees to the Innovation Center. At 7 p.m. on Friday evening, the shuttle with then pick attendees at the Innovation Center and transport back to the residence hall. On both Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11 the shuttle will pick up attendees promptly at 7:45 a.m. in front of the residence hall and drop off at the main doors of the Student Center West for the conference. The shuttle will pick up attendees at the conclusion of the conference each day.
- Accomodations
- Dormitory - Marie Robinson Hall, 811 West Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60608
- Parking at the Maxwell street parking structure (701 W Maxwell)
- Available for the nights of July 9 and 10
- Please include housing option when registering
- With regrets, family members not allowed
- For arrangements on your own
- Marriott
625 South Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 491-1234
Very limited number of rooms available for discounted rate of $129 per night with mention of conference name - Holiday Inn & Suites
506 W. Harrison St.
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: (312) 957-9100
Fax: (312) 957-0474 - Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro
733 W. Madison St.
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: (312) 829-5000
Fax: (312) 602-2199 - Hotel Blake
500 S. Dearborn St.
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: (312) 663-3200 - Burnham Hotel (1.27 miles)
One W. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: (312) 782-1111
- Marriott
- Registration website
- Early registration
- $250 (June 9 deadline and $50 charge for cancellation)
- $350 with 2 nights housing at UIC dorm (June 9 deadline and $50 charge for cancellation)
- Late registration
- $300 (June 23 deadline and no refunds for cancellation)
- $450 with 2 nights housing at UIC dorm (June 23 deadline and no refunds for cancellation)
- On-site registration
- $350
- Presenters registration (one author per presentation; (use discount code sent by email)
- $100 (June 9 deadline and $50 charge for cancellation)
- $200 with 2 nights housing at UIC dorm (June 9 deadline and $50 charge for cancellation)
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Student registration (please email mviswana@illinois.edu for discount code needed for registration)
- $100 (June 9 deadline and $50 charge for cancellation)
- $100 with 2 nights housing at UIC dorm (June 9 deadline and $50 charge for cancellation)
This conference is made possible by the generous support of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We gratefully acknowledge the following entities for their invaluable support.
- Center for Global Peace through Commerce, Dominican University
- Center for International Business Education and Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Department of Business Administration, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Department of Management Studies, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Innovation Center, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Institute for Business and Professional Ethics , DePaul University
- Office of Public Engagement, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Walter H. Stellner Fund, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
