Programme including workshop sessions: Updated pdf programme
Wednesday 11.3.2026
10:00–10:30 Registration, coffee (Pinni B, Lasikabinetti)
10:30–10:45 Conference opening (Pinni B1100 / Zoom)
Welcoming words, Professor Johanna Kujala, Conference chair, Tampere University
Welcoming words, Professor Marko Seppänen, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University
10:45–12:00 Keynote (Pinni B1100 / Zoom)
Professor Harry Van Buren: Who and what should matter: The problem of marginalization and lack of voice in business ethics
12:00–13:00 Lunch (Pinni B, Minerva, at own cost)
13:00–15:00 Workshop 1 (Pinni B1100)
- Track 1: Sustainable business I (Pinni B1100)
- Track 2: Kiertotalousmuutos (Pinni B1097, in Finnish)
- Track 3: Sustainable value creation (Pinni B, Lasikabinetti)
- Track 4: Regional sustainability (Zoom)
- Track 5: Business ethics (EBEN track) (Hybrid: Pinni B4113 + Zoom)
15:00–15:30 Coffee (Pinni B, Lasikabinetti)
15:30–17:30 Workshop 2
- Track 1: Sustainable business II (Pinni B1100)
- Track 2: Rethinking sustainability (Pinni B1097)
- Track 3: Responsible organizing (Pinni B, Lasikabinetti)
- Track 4: Responsible finance (Zoom)
- Track 5: Yritysetiikka (EBEN track) (Hybrid: Pinni B4113 + Zoom, in Finnish)
18:00– Conference dinner (Requires registration)
Thursday 12.3.2026
08:30–10:00 Workshop 3
- Track 1: Organizing for non-human nature (Pinni B1100)
- Track 2: Kestävyysraportointi (Pinni B1097, in Finnish)
- Track 3: Vastuullinen organisoituminen (Pinni B, Lasikabinetti, in Finnish)
- Track 4: Stakeholder theory and engagement (Zoom)
- EBEN Doctoral student tutorial (B4074B, B4078, B4079, only for registered participants)
10:00–10:30 Coffee (Pinni B, Lasikabinetti)
10:30–12:30 Workshop 4
- Track 1: Managing circular economy and sustainability (Pinni B1100)
- Track 2: Työhyvinvointi (Pinni B1097, in Finnish)
- Track 3: Sustainability governance (Pinni B, Lasikabinetti)
- Track 4: Ethics and inclusion (Zoom)
- EBEN Doctoral student tutorial (B4074B, B4078, B4079, only for registered participants)
12:30–13:30 Lunch (Pinni B, Minerva, at own cost)
13:30–14:15 EBEN Finland best thesis and best conference paper awards (Pinni B1100 / Zoom)
14:15–15.45 Panel discussion: Shaping the future within the planetary boundaries (Pinni B1100 / Zoom)
Panelists:
- M.Sc. (Tech.) Kristiina Härkönen, Chief Sustainability Officer at Gofore
- Dr. Janne M. Korhonen, Syke
- Dr. Hannele Mäkelä, Tampere University
- Professor Harry Van Buren, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Moderators: Doctoral researcher Maili Marjamaa and Dr. Riikka Tapaninaho
15:45–16.00 Conference closing
Keynote speech on Wednesday 11.3. by Dr. Harry Van Buren:
“Who and What Should Matter: The Problem of Marginalization and Lack of Voice in Business Ethics”
Dr. Harry Van Buren
Harry Van Buren is the Z. Lupton Patten Endowed Chair of Business Ethics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Gary W. Rollins College of Business as well as an honorary professor at Queen’s University Belfast School of Law and a visiting professor at the University of Bath School of Management. He came to UTC after previous positions at the University of New Mexico and the American University of Beirut. His doctorate in business environment, ethics and public policy is from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business, and he has also earned master’s degrees from the University of Illinois in finance, Princeton Theological Seminary in theology, London South Bank University in education for sustainability, and human rights law at Aberystwyth University.
He has published more than 70 articles in outlets such as the Academy of Management Review, Business & Society, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Industrial Relations. His current research interests include business and human rights, preventing human trafficking in global supply chains, business and peace, relational stakeholder theory, and employment ethics. He is the inaugural editor of the business and human rights section of the Journal of Business Ethics, having previously co-edited both the human resource management and the religion sections at that journal. He has held leadership positions in the Social Issues in Management division of the Academy of Management and the International Association for Business & Society. He has co-edited (with Tricia Olsen and Judith Schrempf-Stirling) a book on business and human rights, published by Edward Elgar in January 2025.