Editor's note: Due to popular demand, the event is sold out; however, seats may be available April 28 on a limited basis. Walk-ins will be accommodated on the day of the event as space allows. Interested parties may place their names on a wait list, in person, at Mitchell Hall starting at 10 a.m., Friday, April 28.  Seats will be distributed in order of the wait list as they become available.In addition, the event will be streamed live on the web at UDLive.

The University of Delaware Biden Institute will hold its inaugural event Friday, April 28, as some of the nation’s top thought and business leaders will gather on campus to discuss how corporate America’s primary focus on maximizing short-term profit has affected business, the economy and the middle class.

Entitled “Win-Win: How Taking the Long View Works for Business and the Middle Class,” the panel will explore the problems of short-termism and how policies that refocus businesses on long-term investments – in everything from research to employee training – would be good for the economy and the American people.

Former Vice President Joe Biden will moderate the panel, which will include

• Charles Elson, director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and Woolard Chair in Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware;

• Jeff Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the Yale School of Management;

• Carsten Stendevad, senior fellow of Bridgewater Associates and former CEO of ATP;

• Kip Tindell, co-founder and chairman of The Container Store;

• Sarah Williamson, CEO of FCLT Global;

• Mark Wiseman, global head of active equities, BlackRock, and chairman of BlackRock Alternative Investors; and

• Jeff Zients, former director of the National Economic Council and former CEO of Advisory Board Company.

University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis will open the event with welcoming remarks.

The panel discussion will begin at 12:30 p.m., April 28, in Mitchell Hall on the University’s Green. As of Monday, April 24, this event has reached its seating capacity. It willl be webcast live on UDLive.

For additional information, please call 302-831-8911 or email special-events@udel.edu.

About the Biden Institute at UD

The Biden Institute pairs the 47th U.S. vice president’s long-time work in domestic policy issues with UD’s strengths in public policy education and research. Part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA), the institute is a research and policy center, focusing on solutions to issues ranging from economic reform and environmental sustainability to civil rights, criminal justice, women’s rights and more.