Schedule Day 1 - Wednesday, May 16, 2012

*Dress Code: Business Casual for Forum and Business Suit for Thursday and Friday Dinners.

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5:00 PM - 7:00 PMWelcome Reception at Martini Terrace of Milan
 

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Martini Terrace

Schedule Day 2 - Thursday, May 17, 2012

*Dress Code: Business Casual for Forum and Business Suit for Thursday and Friday Dinners.

Time & LocationEvent
8:00 AM - 5:00 PMEntrance Foyer, Palazzo Mezzanotte Piazza degli Affari, 6 20123 Milano Registration Desk Opens
8:00 AM - 9:00 AMArea Scavi RomaniWelcome Coffee
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMOpening Plenary
 

Masters of Ceremony

  Alessandro Barzaghi, L'03

Organizing Board Member, Milan

  Marco De Benedetti, WG'87

President, Organizing Board, Milan

  Federico Tecilla, WG'03

Organizing Board Member, Milan

  Paola Visco, WG'04

Organizing Board Member, Milan

Parterre Hall 

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Parterre Hall
 

Welcome from the Chairman

Corrado Passera, WG’80

Minister of Economic Development, Infrastructure and Transport, Government of Italy, Rome

 

Dean`s State of the School

Thomas S. Robertson

Dean, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

 

Keynote Speech:

"In What Form Will the Eurozone Emerge from the Crisis?" Franklin Allen

Nippon Life Professor of Finance; Professor of Economics

10:30 AM - 11:00 AMArea Scavi RomaniCoffee Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMPalazzo MezzanotteConcurrent Panel Discussion
Sala Blu 70 

Panel #1: Success Stories in Retail: Perspectives from Today`s Leaders

Panel Description
 

Moderator:

Felipe Monteiro

Assistant Professor of Management

 

Panelists:

  Claudio Del Vecchio

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brooks Brothers Group, Inc., New York

  Marco Messini

VP, Southern Europe, Timberland, Milan

  Giuseppe Miroglio

Chief Executive Officer, Miroglio Group, Alba Cuneo

  Alessandro Pozzi

Chief Executive Officer, Tommy Hilfiger Italy, Milan

 

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Sala Blu 70
Parterre Hall 

Panel #2: Private Equity in a Changing Environment

Panel Description
 

Moderator:

Marco De Benedetti, WG'87

Managing Director, The Carlyle Group, Milan

 

Panelists:

  Antoine Dréan, WG'92

Founder,Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Triago, Paris

  Daniel A. D’Aniello

Managing Director, Carlyle Group, Washington, DC

  Kwek Ping Yong, WF'04

Chief Executive Officer, Inventis Investment, Shanghai

 

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Parterre Hall
Sala Blu 60 

Panel #3: Strategic Sustainability in the Global Economy: When Playing by the Existing Rules is not Enough

Panel Description
 

Moderator:

Kenneth Shropshire

David W. Hauck Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative

 

Panelists:

  Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York

  Gianluca Pavanello

Chief Executive Officer, Macron Technical Sportswear, Bologna

  Jennifer Regan

Global Sustainability Director, AEG Worldwide, Los Angeles

  Clemente Signoroni

Founder, G.E.N.Y.A.S, Greengate and Haras de Saint Ours, Aosta Valley

  Nino Tronchetti Provera

Chief Executive Officer, Ambienta SGR, Milan

 

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Sala Blu 60
1:00 PM - 2:00 PMPalazzo Mezzanotte, MezzanineNetworking Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMParterre HallPost-Lunch Plenary
 

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Parterre Hall
 

Raffle Announcement

Claudio Tesauro

President, Save The Children, Milan

 

Keynote Speaker

Diego Della Valle

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Tod's s.p.a., Milan

3:00 PM - 3:30 PMArea Scavi RomaniCoffee Break
3:00 PM - 6:30 PMSala GiallaWharton Ph.D. Seminar
 

Moderator:

Eric T. Bradlow

The K.P. Chao Professor; Professor of Marketing, Statistics, and Education; Co-Director, Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative; Vice- Dean, Wharton Doctoral Programs

 

Speakers:

  Ryan Burg, GRW'11

Assistant Professor, National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow

  Nuno de Sousa Pereira, GRW'06

Dean, EGP-University of Porto Business School, Portugal

  Phanish Puranam, GRW'00 GRW'01

Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship and Chair of the PhD Programme, London Business School, London

  Carlo Favero

Deutsche Bank Chair in Quantitative Finance and Asset Pricing, Bocconi University, Milan

 

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Sala Gialla
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMPalazzo MezzanotteConcurrent Panel Discussions
Sala Blu 70 

Panel #4: The New Consumer-Centricity: A Renewed Challenge for the Fashion Industry

Panel Description
 

Moderator:

Patti Williams

Ira A. Lipman Associate Professor of Marketing

 

Panelists:

  Carlo Capasa

Chief Executive Officer, E.C. - Costume National, Milan

  Marialuisa Gavazzeni Trussardi

President, Finos S.p.A.(Trussardi Group), Milan

  Matteo Marzotto

Chief Executive Officer, Vionnet, Milan

  Nicolas Topiol, WG'91

Chief Executive Officer, Christian Lacroix SNC, Paris

 

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Sala Blu 70
Parterre Hall 

Panel #5: The Economic Outlook in an Era of Unprecedented Challenges

Panel Description
 

Moderator:

Franklin Allen

Nippon Life Professor of Finance; Professor of Economics

 

Panelists:

Lamia Boutaleb, WG'98

Chief Executive Officer, Capital Trust, Casablanca

  Jan G. Loeys

Managing Director; Head of Global Asset Allocation and Alternative Investments, JP Morgan, New York

  Domenico Siniscalco

Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley, London

  Daniel Stelter

Senior Partner; Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group, Berlin

 

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Parterre Hall
Sala Blu 60 

Panel #6: Now for Something Completely Different- Switching to Emerging Markets

Panel Description
 

Moderator:

Arnold J. Rosoff

Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Professor of Health Care Management; Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

 

Panelists:

  Elena Anfimova, WG'04

Portfolio Manager, Firebird Management, Istanbul

  Jason Breemen, WG'02

Managing Director, Everstone Capital, Singapore

  Tarun Kataria, WG'85

Chief Executive Officer, Religare Capital Markets India, Mumbai

  Kyle Shaw, WG'87

Managing Director, Shaw Kwei & Partners, Hong Kong

  Hendrik Susanto, WG'00

Managing Director, Ancora Capital Management, Singapore

 

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Sala Blu 60
8:00 PM - 11:00 PMTriennale MuseumGala Forum Banquet
 

Triennale Design Museum

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Keynote Speaker

Ignazio Visco, GR'81

Governor, Bank of Italy, Rome

Schedule Day 3 - Friday, May 18, 2012

*Dress Code: Business Casual for Forum and Business Suit for Thursday and Friday Dinners.

Time & LocationEvent
8:00 AM - 5:00 PMEntrance Foyer, Palazzo Mezzanotte Registration Desk Opens
8:00 AM - 9:30 AMArea Scavi RomaniWelcome Coffee
9:30 AM - 10:30 AMParterre HallPlenary Session
 

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Parterre Hall
 

Masters of Ceremony

  Alessandro Barzaghi, L'03

Organizing Board Member, Milan

  Marco De Benedetti, WG'87

President, Organizing Board, Milan

  Federico Tecilla, WG'03

Organizing Board Member, Milan

  Paola Visco, WG'04

Organizing Board Member, Milan

 

Keynote Speakers

Jay H. Baker, W'56

Chairman; Jay H. Baker Retailing Center, Former President and Director; Kohl's Corporation, Naples

  Bruce Rockowitz

Group President and Chief Executive Officer; Executive Director, Li & Fung Limited, Hong Kong

10:30 AM - 11:00 AMArea Scavi RomaniCoffee Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMPalazzo MezzanotteMaster Classes
Sala Gialla 

Master Class #1

TRANSFORMING BUSINESS THROUGH CUSTOMER ANALYTICS Eric T. Bradlow

The K.P. Chao Professor; Professor of Marketing, Statistics, and Education; Co-Director, Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative; Vice- Dean, Wharton Doctoral Programs

 

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Salla Gialla
Sala Blu 60 

Master Class #2

GLOBAL OPEN INNOVATION Felipe Monteiro

Assistant Professor of Management

 

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Sala Blu 60
Aula Training 

Master Class #3

Meeting the Challenge of Universal Health Care: Insights from the US and around the World Arnold J. Rosoff

Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Professor of Health Care Management; Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

  Giovanni Fattore

Associate Professor, Bocconi University, Milan

 

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Aula Training
Parterre Hall 

Master Class #4

CAN SPORTS SAVE THE WORLD? Kenneth Shropshire

David W. Hauck Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative

 

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Parterre Hall
Sala Blu 70 

Master Class #5

MANAGING BRAND EXPERIENCES Patti Williams

Ira A. Lipman Associate Professor of Marketing

 

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Sala Blu 70
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMLunch
1:30 PM - 5:00 PMVarious VenuesMeet Milan
 

Adventure #1:Milan and Leonardo Da Vinci

Adventure #1:Milan and Leonardo Da Vinci
 

Adventure #2: Gourmet Tour - Food & Wine Experience in Milan

Adventure #2: Gourmet Tour - Food & Wine Experience in Milan
 

Adventure #3: Fashion Experience

Adventure #3: Fashion Experience
 

Adventure #4: Insider`s Behind The Stage Look at Pinko!

Adventure #4: Insider`s Behind The Stage Look at Pinko!
8:00 PM - 11:55 PMPalazzo RealeFarewell Gala Banquet
 

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Palazzo Reale
 

Raffle Drawing

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