| 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
|
| 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 |