Sessions
Opening Ceremony
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Wed
Tea Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Wed
Keynote Speech 1
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Wed
Meeting concerning publication
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Fri
BA, MBA, MEd, PhD, PGCE, FCMA, CGMA, CPFA, MCMI
David Crowther isrofessor of Corporate Social Responsibility: University of Bedfordshire, UK; London School of Commerce, UK; University of Northamption, UK; Ansted University, Malaysia; Shanghai University, China
Specialisation: finance; business strategy; sustainability; governance and CSR
David Crowther is expert in business administration, a games theoretician and a psychologist while also a qualified accountant who has worked as an accountant, systems specialist and general manager in local government, industry and commerce for 20 years. After a number of years in the financial services sector, including a spell as divisional managing director during which he set up and ran a credit card scheme, he decided to leave the business world and become an academic. In 1994 he joined Aston University and there obtained a PhD in 1999 for research into corporate social performance. In 2001 he became the first Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility in the world. He now holds various positions as Professor as well as being visiting professor in various institutions. He gives advice as Chief Research Fellow at the Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics and has consulted extensively around the world. At Ansted University he is also a member of the Board and President of the Sustainability Research Institute. He has consulted widely including to US Presidential candidates.
David has published more than 60 books and has also contributed several hundred articles to academic, business and professional journals and to edited book collections. He has also spoken widely at conferences and seminars worldwide and acted as a consultant to a wide range of government, professional and commercial organisations. In 2002 he established the Social Responsibility Research Network, an international body which now has several thousand members worldwide. He is listed in Who’s Who in the World and various other directories. His current research focuses on sustainability and governance in the modern environment.
Professional experience: Business & educational consultant; author; publisher; researcher; speaker; lecturer
He can be contacted at davideacrowther@aol.com or davideacrowther@gmail.com