Newswise —
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Friday, Oct. 21, 2011University of VirginiaOld Cabell Hall, South Lawn
In 2011, we live amidst significant challenges and opportunities for well-being, both personal and collective. These challenges include unhealthy eating and rising obesity; low savings rates and inadequate financial planning (including abuse of credit); effective and safe use of the Internet; substance abuse (e.g., drugs, tobacco, alcohol); and environmental deterioration from poor disposal practices. At the same time, we have many opportunities for well-being, including exercise; hobbies; an array of artistic endeavors; conservation (e.g., efficient water use, recycling); and communal consumption (e.g., product sharing), among others.
As implied, well-being is not merely a matter of pleasure. It is a state of flourishing that involves health, happiness, and prosperity across different dimensions of everyday life, including the physical, emotional, social, economic, spiritual, environmental, and political. Business organizations, researchers, and educators are recognizing that they must serve a larger proactive role in facilitating well-being. Specifically, the McIntire School’s 2011 Fall Forum is designed to address the essentialness of well-being as a focus of business leaders—for their employees, customers, and communities—and as a focus among business researchers and educators to inspire and inform rising executives and business strategies, policy initiatives, and consumer behaviors in the present and future.
The keynote speaker for this forum is Professor Punam Anand Keller of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Keller is an internationally recognized scholar, teacher, and consultant in the areas of health promotion and financial literacy. Two panels of additional experts from business, nonprofit and governmental organizations, and university education will discuss and respond to Keller’s address.
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