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Agenda of the Conference 2005

This year's conference is dedicated to Entrepreneurship in Germany in the current times of globalization. We see in the courage to set up a business and entrepreneurial activities the foundation of economic progress and believe that this topic is of particular interest for Germany right now.

The agenda is subject to minor modifications.

(latest update 11/13/2005)
Friday, 11/18/2005
starting 6 pm Reception and getting to know each other
Location: Kellogg Lounge
Alternatively to the reception at 7 pm Swiss MBA Night
Topic: Swiss-US Business Relations
See agenda here
Location: Berghoff Bar Downtown Chicago
10 pm Chicago Nightlife I: Fulton Lounge
Saturday, 11/19/2005
(the conference is held in the Hyde Park Center of the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business located on the Hyde Park campus)
8:00 am Registration and Breakfast
8:45 am Welcome Note from the Deans

Deputy Dean Stacey Kole, Chicago GSB, Full-Time MBA Program
Senior Associate Dean Kathleen Hagerty
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
9:15 am Opening Speech - Walter Koebele, CEO Pfizer Germany
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:15 am
Panel 1: "Made in Germany" - Leader in a global competition, startegies of the past and the future

Panel participants:
- Michael Reitermann, Siemens Nuclear Medicine
- Dr. Michael Klemm, DPWN / DHL
- Rudolf Wötzel, Lehman Brothers

- Frank Dettke, Porsche North America

Moderator: David Braun, GACCoM

11:15 am
Panel 2: Private Equity and Venture Capital in the US and the German speaking region

Panel participants:
- John Chapman, Techno Venture Management
- Prof. Dr. Klaus Nathusius, GENES GmbH
- Prof. Dr. Rüdiger von Rosen,
Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V.

- Dr. Theodor Weimer, Goldman Sachs


Moderator: Prof. Dr. Peter Witt, WHU Koblenz

12:15 pm
Lunch and Time for the Sponsors

12:30 - 13:15 Uhr
Siemens Mgmt. Consulting, room C02
Goldman Sachs, room C01

13:30 - 14:15 Uhr
SAP, room C06
Deutsche Post World Net, DHL, room C05

2:30 pm

Panel 3: - Successful entrepreneurial experiences in Germany

Participants of this entrepreneurial round table:
- Cyriac Roeding, CBS Paramount Digital Media
- Franz-Josef Miller, Time-Matters
- Jochen Sauerborn, UBS Sauerborn


Moderation: Organisationsteam
3:50 pm Coffee Break
4:00 pm Closing Speech - Dr. Meffert, McKinsey & Company Entrepreneurial Germany - Prospectives for a profitable growth
4:45 pm Conference 2006 & German MBA Club
Inofficial closing of the event
5:00 - 6:15 pm Back to the hotel, fast nap
The busses leave for the Sears Tower at 6:10 pm in front of the hotel
6:30 pm Mc Kinsey invites you
Location: Sears Tower, 67th floor
8:00 pm Gala Dinner Reception & Speech
Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel,
previously US ambassador in both Western and Eastern Germany
Egon Kochanke
, from the German Embassy in Washington DC.
Location: Sears Tower, 99th floor
11:00 pm Chicago Nightlife II: Clubbing
Sunday, 11/20/2005
10:00 am Brunch at the Hilton, Conference 2006 follow-up
12:00 pm Chicago & GER, Bauhaus in Chicago
2:00 pm Closing drink
Latest News

10/30/2005: over 100 students have registered, sponsors and partners are supporting the event and Lothar Späth and the Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Wolfgang Clement welcome all participants.

04/24/2005: Background of the Conference added...
04/03/2005: Conference website goes live...
 
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