Presentations and Events

Beyond client engagements, Mr. Halperin has been invited to present his thoughts and ideas before myriad audiences in the US and internationally. He relishes opportunities to speak across issue and organizational silos, to creatively provoke audiences, and to seed new ideas through presenting at and participating in events. The range of issues and places is captured in the examples below.

• Presentations at the Sustainable Food Lab, discussions at CERES, and moderating panels at the James Beard Foundation
• Orchestrating and presenting at major events at the Museum of Natural History in Copenhagen during the climate change Conference of Parties (COP) and at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, for SustainAbility
• Creating the Policy Leadership Forum at Resources for the Future (as a new vehicle to host Senator Joe Lieberman and other thought leaders such as then-Senator Barack Obama) and engaging in public conversations with leaders such as Achim Steiner (UNEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations), Eric Schmidt (Excecutive Chairman, Google), or C. Douglas McMillon (CEO and President, Walmart).

(To view samples of Mr. Halperin’s presentations at film screenings, the James Beard Foundation Food Conference, COP-15 and on the National Mall in Washington, DC, please visit Jonathan J. Halperin's Vimeo page.)

Selected Presentations and Events

• The Conscious Benefit Business Summit
  The Premier Education Event at the Intersection of Conscious Leadership, Workplace Culture and Sustainable Business
  A Virtual Online Event
  (January 2018)

• "Smart on Crime" Innovations Conference at John Jay College
  New York, New York
  (October 2017)

• Plenary Presentation: Greyston Bakery and Open Hiring
  PRME Regional Meeting Agenda
  College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
  Guelph, Ontario
  (October 2017)

• Business Doing Good--Jonathan Halperin "Open Hiring at Greyston Bakery and Beyond"
  Conference Call sponsored by Good Citiesz
  (October 2017)

• Jonathan J. Halperin keynotes at the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit
  Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit and the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio
  (June 2017)

• The Impact of Diversity, Inclusion & Equity in the Workplace
  Jonathan J. Halperin joins a panel to offer insights on what being an inclusive company means, why it matters and what you can do to bring diversity to your organization.
  Washington, DC
  (May 2017)

• Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders Forum
  Race, Class, Gender & Power in the Food System
  Louisville, KY
  (June 2016)

• CERES
  Business Not as Usual: Sustainability in an Age of Disruption
  Boston, MA
  (May 2016)

• Brown Advisory
  Navigating Our World: Moral Courage in a Time of Disruption
  Washington, DC
  (April 2016)

• Global Alliance For the Future of Food
  Washington, DC
  (March 2016)

• Environment, Health, Safery & Sustainability Roundtable
  Washington, DC
  (March 2016)

• Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders
  Building Power in the Center for an Inclusive Food System
  Des Moines, IA
  (December 2015)
• The 2015 JBF Food Conference: Rethinking the Future of Food
  New York, NY
  (October 2015)

• Fourth Bowie State Annual Food Day Symposium
  Bowie State University in Collaboration with USDA and Prince Georges Food Equity Council
  Bowie, MD
  (October 2015)

• Environmental Grantmakers Association Annual Fall Retreat
  Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY
  (September 2015)

• CERES: The Future is Now
  New York, NY
  (June 2015)

• CERES 2015
  San Francisco, CA
  (May 2015)

• TEDx Manhattan
  Changing The Way We Eat
  New York, NY
  (March 2015)
  
  
• Changing the Menu
  Washington, DC
  (March 2015)

• Feeding the Future
  The Washington Post
  Washington, DC
  (December 2014)

• Setting a Bigger Table
  Washington Association of Regional GrantMakers 2014 Annual Meeting
  Washington, DC
  (November 2014)

• The New York Times' Food for Tomorrow, New York, NY  (Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture)
  Farm Better. Eat Better. Feed the World.
  (November 2014)

• The James Beard Foundation, New York, NY
  Health and Food: Is Better Food the Prescription for a Healthier America?
  (October 2014)

• Global Sustainability Summit, Boston, MA
  Managing Landscapes for Sustainable Agriculture
  (August 2014)
  
  
• CERES, Boston, MA
  The Future is Now
  (May 2014)
  
  
• Hope Street Group, Washington, DC
  Colloquium
  (April 2014)
  
  
• Mundo Verde, Washington, DC
  Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Campus
  (April 2014)
  
  
• Aspen Institute, Washington, DC
  Foundation Presidents’ Series
  John Ettinger, CEO, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
  (April 2014)
  
  
• The World Bank, Washington, DC
  Meeting Global Food Needs with Lower Emissions:
  Dialogue among Scientists, Practitioners and Financiers
  (April 2014)
  
  
• Aspen Institute, Washington, DC
  Foundation Presidents’ Series
  Larry Kramer, President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  (March 2014)
  
  
• UN Global Compact, Washington, DC
  Consultation on the Food and Agriculture Business Principles
  (March 2014)
  
  
• Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative, The Hague, The Netherlands
  Expert Workshop on Landscapes and Sustainable Agriculture
  (February 2014)
  See dispatch: Risks Over Time
  
• CERES, Boston, MA
  Investor Summit on Climate Risk
  (January 2014)
  
  
• James Beard Foundation Food Conference, New York, NY
  (October 2013)
  
  
• CERES Conference, San Francisco, CA
  (May 2013)
  See dispatch: Buses and Sustainability
  
  Sustainable Food Laboratory Annual Summit, Annapolis, Maryland
  (April 2013)
  See dispatch: Enough Defining
  
  
• Green School National Conference Palm Beach, Florida
  (February 2013)
  Embedding Sustainability (with Kristen Scotchmer, Executive Director, Mundo Verde, PCS)   
  
  
• James Beard Foundation Food Conference, New York, NY
  (October 2012)
  See dispatches:

Authenticity and Empathy in the American Food System
A Place at the Table
What are the Ingredients of Trust?

• Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, CO
  (July 2012)
  See dispatches:

What is the Modern Corporation?
Autonomous Technology
I really want to like Walmart, but I don't. At least not yet.
Cities of the Future
Finding North
Time and Money
Farm Bill and Foreign Aid
Rational Middle and Social Ballast
Beyond Pie Charts

• CERES Conference, Boston, MA
  (April 2012)
  See dispatch: The Photosynthesis Economy

• Global Philanthropy Forum, Washington, DC
  (April 2012)
  See dispatch: Markets, Governments and People

• Council on Foundations CEO retreat meeting, Miami, FL
  See dispatch: Saving Souls or Changing Systems?
  (February 2012)
  
  
• James Beard Foundation Food Conference, New York, NY
  See dispatch: How Money and Media Influence the Way America Eats
  (October 2011)
  
  
• Dana Meadows Sustainability Institute, Norwich, VT
  See dispatch: Seeds of Change
  (October 2011)
  
  
• Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, CO
  See dispatch: A Conversation with Bill Clinton about Climate
  (July 2011)
  
  
• Sustainable Food Laboratory Summit, Portland, OR
  See dispatch: The Sustainability Principle
  (July 2011)
  
  
• CERES Conference, Oakland, CA
  (May 2011)

Selected Previous Events

• "Communications Challenges in the New Russian Foundation"
  Public Relations Society of America
  (January 1995)

• "Ukraine: Planting Now for Future Harvest"
  US-NIS Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  (March 1994)

• "Russian Telecommunications Opportunities and Challenges"
  RACC
  (January 1994)

• Klipstein Lecture Series, Rutgers Prepatory School
  (March 1992)

• "Opportunities in the Soviet Union for U.S. Suppliers of Bottled Water and Point of Use Equipment and Services"
  (November 1991)

• "Information: A Strategy for Economic Growth"
  Special Libraries Association
  (November 1991)

• "Covering the New US-Soviet Relations"
  National Press Club
  (October 1991)

• "Information for Soviet Entrepreneurship"
  Mission to Moscow
  (April 1991)

• "Exporting/Importing"
  New York University
  (May 1991)

• Keenan Institute Panel Discussion on Aid to St. Petersburg
  (February 1991)

• "The Soviet Perspective on Business Information"
  Ron Coplen Leadership Address
  (January 1991)

• "American Business and the Global Environment"
  Department of State
  (June 1990)

• "Forest Products Exports II: Accessing World Markets"
  Southeastern International Trade Conference
  (April 1990)

• "The Opening of the Soviet Market: Implications for Perestroika for Global Business"
  Business Week
  (December 1989)

• First National Conference on Market Opportunities for Pollution Control Services, Systems and Technologies in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
  (October 1989)

• "The Soviet-American Relationship: USA/USSR Global Policy in Transition"
  International Exchange Conference
  (October 1989)