As most of you know by now, we are very excited to celebrate the oikos 30^th Anniversary from the 12^th to the 14^th of October in St. Gallen, Switzerland! Alumni still have a chance to register until the 30^th of September for the Alumni Day. Read more about the Anniversary Celebration on our website.

In this Newsletter you can read about all that we have planned and organized for the 30^th Anniversary events and celebration. You can find out how to apply to be a part of the oikos Executive Board 2018 and read about the truly international oikos LEAP Meeting, taking place from October 7^th to the 11^th in scenic Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. You can also learn about the oikos alumni meet in Paris on October 3^rd. Lastly, in our “30 seconds with” section, meet Carlos Vargas and Stefano Ramelli, the two oikos PhD Fellows.

Enjoy the September edition of our newsletter and follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay updated!
 
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The FutureLab will take place on October 12^th and preparations are moving forward for an engaging and insightful day. Inspiring keynote speakers include Ambassador Michael Gerber (Swiss Special Envoy for Global Sustainable Development), Peter Lacy (Managing Director for Growth, Strategy, and Sustainability, Accenture), and Sophia Tickell (Founder and Director, Meteos). They will address questions of how business can and should be a force for good.
 
In the afternoon panel, three experts from education, social entrepreneurship and economics/academia will tackle the topic of “What reforms are needed to transform economics and management education, and what role can oikos play in this reform?" Panelists include Giselle Weybrecht (advisor, author, thought leader), Shannon Music (Executive Director, VIVA Idea), and J. Christopher Proctor (oikos Associate on Pluralist Economics). 

Some of the workshops you can choose from are: Human Rights and the Supply Chain, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability, Food Security in a Changing World, Past and Future of Economics.

Apply to contribute to the following activities:

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oikos PhD Fellows
 
The oikos PhD Fellowship Programme was initiated in 2006 to support outstanding international PhD students writing their thesis on sustainability in economics or management and to provide them with an opportunity to engage in oikos programmes. Our two PhD Fellows, Carlos Vargas and Stefano Ramelli, tell us about their experience:
 
Carlos Vargas
“I am currently starting the second year of my PhD at the Institute of Banking and Finance at the University of Zurich. My involvement in oikos during 2017 has allowed me to deepen my exposure to current trends in Sustainable Finance worldwide. I believe Sustainable Finance is the present and future of Finance, and goes way beyond conventional understanding. There is so much to be done from the academic side in this topic and I hope to contribute with my part. I also run the Case Study competition at oikos and I am very excited to have launched the 2018 edition last month.”
 
Stefano Ramelli
“I am very pleased to be a part of oikos and the Department of Banking and Finance (DBF) at the University of Zurich. At the DBF, I am a proud member of Prof. Dr. Alexander Wagner’s team. I am broadly interested in how environmental and social considerations are integrated into the various dimensions of Corporate Finance. At oikos, I contribute to the organization of the oikos Young Scholar Finance Academy. The 2017 edition is just over, and I am already looking forward to the next one! I like what I am doing because I am convinced that if we want to make our economy more sustainable we must act on how finance is taught and researched.”