The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business today announced that sponsor packages are now available for its inaugural Positive Business Conference, which will take place May 15-17, 2014 at the Ross School of Business. The Conference will focus on the latest trends, research and results in positive business, with real-world business cases of impact on employees, communities, the environment and company profits. Initial sponsors include Procter & Gamble, Nielsen, Humana, Interface and more.

The three-day Positive Business Conference will bring together nearly 500 business professionals, academics, students and industry luminaries with an interest in positive business. "Positive Business" suggests that it is possible to achieve strong bottom line success while creating great workplaces, strong relationships with the community and a sustainable relationship to the environment. The program will feature keynote addresses, practitioner case studies, presentations of cutting-edge research from Ross faculty and hands-on workshops. Sponsors will have the opportunity to attend private VIP networking events. Topics and sessions of interest include how participants can integrate positive business into different industries and job functions, ranging from legal strategies, entrepreneurship and more.

Excitement for the first Conference is already building as more and more major companies adopt positive business practices within the workplace. Confirmed speakers include senior executives from Whole Foods Market, Procter & Gamble, and Ford Motor Company. Speakers will present case studies of the implementation and successes of their own positive business strategies within their organizations as relate to customer engagement, environmental sustainability, and employee empowerment and wellbeing and more. Sponsors benefit from exposure to this forward-thinking group of leaders.

A limited number of sponsorship opportunities are available, with packages starting at $1,500. Sponsorship package benefits include complimentary conference tickets, preferred conference seating, promotion at the conference and recognition on the conference website as well as conference program. In addition to these traditional sponsorship opportunities, companies are invited to sponsor receptions during conference meals. To learn more about opportunities to support the Positive Business Conference, contact pbconference@umich.edu. For more information on the Positive Business Conference, please visit http://positivebusinessconference.com/.

About Ross
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is a vibrant and distinctive learning community grounded in the principle that business can be an extraordinary vehicle for positive change in today's dynamic global economy. The Ross School of Business mission is to develop leaders who make a positive difference in the world. Through thought and action, members of the Ross community drive change and innovation that improves business and society.
Ross is consistently ranked among the world's leading business schools. Academic degree programs include the MBA, Part-time MBA (Evening and Weekend formats), Executive MBA, Global MBA, Master of Accounting, Master of Supply Chain Management, Master of Entrepreneurship, Master of Management, BBA, and PhD. In addition, the school delivers open-enrollment and custom executive education programs targeting general management, leadership development, and strategic human resource management.

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