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Thursday, June 28, 2007
6:30 to 7:00 PM
Transfer to Early Arrivals Welcome Dinner From Park Hyatt Lobby
7:00 to 10:00 PM
Welcome Dinner for Early Arrivers Zunfthaus zur Saffran

Friday, June 29, 2007
11:00 AM To Noon
Keynote Address
Mr. Mohammed Sharaf
Chief Executive Officer
DP World
Dubai
Park Hyatt - Ballroom
Noon to 1:00 PM
Opening Plenary Park Hyatt - Ballroom
  Welcome from the Chairman
Mr. Marc Stöckli, WG'96
Managing Director
MOS Advisory Services GmbH
 
  Welcome from the Deputy Dean
Professor David C. Schmittlein
The Ira A. Lipman Professor, Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School
 
  Keynote Address
Mr. Jakob Kellenberger
President
International Committee of the Red Cross
Park Hyatt - Ballroom
1:00 to 2:00 PM
Lunch (Buffet style) Park Hyatt - Foyer
2:00 to 3:00 PM

A Conversation
Mr. Jacob Wallenberg, W'80, WG'81
Chairman
Investor AB
Stockholm

and

Professor Richard Herring
The Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking;
Professor of Finance
The Wharton School

Park Hyatt - Ballroom
3:00 to 3.30 PM
Keynote Address
Mr. Alain Levy, WG'72
London
 
3:45 to 5:15 PM
Concurrent Panel Discussions Park Hyatt
  #1: Family Office Management
Moderator:
Professor Raffi Amit
The Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship;
Professor of Management
The Wharton School

Panelists:
Mr. Carlo Ferrari Ardicini
President
Controlfida
Milan

Mr. Bernard Jan Wendeln, WG'04
Co-founder and Managing Director
WEGA

Dr. Heinrich Liechtenstein
Professor of Financial Management
IESE Business School
Barcelona
Park Hyatt - Sydney
  #2: Quo Vadis Traditional Industries?
Moderator:
Deputy Dean
Professor David C. Schmittlein
The Ira A. Lipman Professor, Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School
Park Hyatt -
Chicago/Shanghai
  Panelists:
Mr. Leslie C. Koo, WG'81
Chairman and CEO, Taiwan Cement
Taipei

Mr. Manuel Rosa da Silva
Executive Board Member
PT Multimedia
Lisbon

Mr. Dattaraj V. Salgaocar, WG'81
Managing Director, V.S. Salgaocar
Goa
 
  #3: Finance and Risk: A Fresh Optic
Moderator:
Professor Urban Jermann
The Safra Professor of International Finance and Capital Markets
The Wharton School
Park Hyatt - Ballroom
  Panelists:
Dr. Ernst A. Brugger
Chairman of the Board &
Member of the Executive Committee
BlueOrchard Finance

Mr. Lonnie Howell
Chief Executive Officer
EFG International

Mr. James Mahoney
Principal, Europe
Investcorp

Mr. Patrick Odier
Managing Partner
Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie
Geneva
 
7:15 to 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception Park Hyatt - Foyer
8:00 to 10:00 PM
Welcome Dinner Park Hyatt - Ballroom
  Raffle Announcement  
 

Keynote Address
Mr. Jan-Michiel Hessels, WG'69
Chairman of the Board
NYSE Euronext
Amsterdam

 

Saturday, June 30, 2007
9:00 to 10:00 AM
Keynote Address
Mr. Peter Wuffli, WAM'99
Group Chief Executive Officer
UBS AG
Zurich
Park Hyatt - Ballroom
10.00 to 10:30 AM
State of the School
Professor David C. Schmittlein
The Ira A. Lipman Professor, Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School
Park Hyatt - Ballroom
10:30 to 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Park Hyatt - Foyer
11:00 AM to 12.30 PM
Concurrent Panel Discussions Park Hyatt
  #1: Life Sciences and Wellness:
Choices, choices, choices

Moderator:
Mr. Philippe Guy
Senior Partner & Managing Director
Boston Consulting Group
Paris
Park Hyatt - Sydney
  Panelists:
Mr. Alex Gorsky, WG'96
Head, Pharma North America
Chief Executive Officer
Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation

Mrs. Vinita Jain
Managing Director, Biotique
New Delhi

Mr. Harry Welten
Chief Financial Officer
ARPIDA Ltd.
Switzerland

Dr. Ralph Zahn
Inventor & Co-Founder
Alicon AG
 
  #2: Luxury: Innovating to Stay Ahead
Moderator:
Professor Janice Bellace, CW'71, L'74, HOM'84

Samuel A. Blank Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics;
Professor of Management
The Wharton School
Park Hyatt -
Chicago/Shanghai
  Panelists:
Mr. Anthony Hamilton Russell, WG'90
Owner, Hamilton Russell Vineyards
Capetown

Mr. Jean-Marc Jacot
SFF Delegate for Watch Making Activities
Sandoz Family Foundation

Mr. José Silva
Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues
General Manager
Geneva
 
  #3: Technology Entrepreneurship in Europe
Moderator:
Mr. Eyal Kaplan, G’90 WG’90
General Partner
Walden
Israel
Park Hyatt - Ballroom
  Panelists:
Ms. Brigitte Baumann, WG'83
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Go Beyond Ltd

Mr. Christophe F. Maire
Technology Entrepreneur and Angel Investor
Nokia
Switzerland

Ms. Jane Royston
President, Create Switzerland
Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Mr. Daniel Star
Venture Capitalist
Intel Capital Israel
Central & Eastern Europe
 
1:00 to 2:00 PM
Lunch (Buffet style) Park Hyatt - Foyer
2:30 to 4:00 PM
Master Classes  
  #1: Private Equity: Emerging Trends of an Industry in Transition

Professor Raffi Amit
The Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship;
Professor of Management
The Wharton School

Park Hyatt - Ballroom
  #2: The Long and Rocky Road to Basel II: The Changing Rules of the Game for International Banking

Professor Richard Herring
The Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking;
Professor of Finance
The Wharton School

Park Hyatt -
Chicago/Shanghai
  #3: International Human Rights and Company Codes

Professor Janice Bellace, CW'71, L'74, HOM'84
Samuel A. Blank Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics;
Professor of Management
The Wharton School

Park Hyatt - Sydney
6:45 to 7:00 PM
Transportation to dinner From Park Hyatt Lobby
8:00 to Midnight
Reception Rapperswil Castle
  Dinner  
  Raffle Drawing  
Announcement of the Date and Location of the Next Forum  
Starting at
Midnight
Transfers back to the Park Hyatt  

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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