Mission
DBCS targets some of the brightest students from universities across North America to gather a multilateral perspective on issues related to sustainability. The conference invites leading experts from corporations, non-government organizations and academia to speak to students and provide them with the tools and knowledge they need to help ensure a sustainable future. DBCS focuses on the three realms of sustainability that affect and are affected by business practices: social, economic and environmental.
Achievements
Highly anticipated among post- secondary students, MBCS has developed a reputation for gathering a large and inspiring forum of individuals each year. From the students and future leaders in business to the speaker panels, we are growing into one of the most distinguished business conferences on sustainability among Canadian universities. The 2008 “Looking Backward to Move Forward” conference brought Dr. David Suzuki to speak to over 700 students, parents, professors and business professionals. The confer- ence was responded to with strong interest from the Montreal community, which stirred up both national and local media coverage. This provided us the momentum we needed to further improve for the “Awake” conference in 2009, which took on a more diverse perspective and included keynote addresses by Steven Guilbeault of Équiterre and Robert Weiss of GE Canada. The 2010 Conference was designed to act as “ A Catalyst For Change”, and featured Dr. John Francis, avid environmentalist and UN Peace Ambassador and Scott Hammell, entrepreneur and motivational speaker. In 2011, the conference focused on bringing a new sustainable approach to business with the theme “Redefine. Redesign. Rebusiness.” This conference brought in the renowned author, journalist and founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org Bill McKibben to deliver the keynote address.