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REAL COLEGIO COMPLUTENSE ESTABLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE PROGRAM
Preliminary Program Summary May 3-6, 2009
SUNDAY MAY 3 8:00 pm
RECEPTION THE INN AT HARVARD / LOBBY AREA (1201 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138) * Dress- Business Casual
MONDAY MAY 4 8:30 am THE HARVARD FACULTY CLUB / LIBRARY ROOM (20 Quincy Street, Cambridge,MA
02138)
8:45 am INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Marisa del Pozo. Executive Program Director. 9:00 am – 10:15 am Maximizing Your Business through Resources and Relationships • Eric Stewart. Senior Advisor U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Principal of Williams & Jensen. Former US Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia.
10:15 am – 10:30 am MORNING COFFEE
2 10:30 am - 11:45 pm US Investment Opportunities for Foreign Investors • AEA Investors- Private Equity Industry. 11:45 pm - 1:00 pm Panel for Discussion. Moderator: Ricardo Martinez Rico CEO of Equipo Economico S.A Challenges of Trade and Investment in the Global Market: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage in the U.S. Market.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm LUNCHEON, THE HARVARD FACULTY CLUB • Ellen Lenny-Pessagno- US Commercial Counsellor- American Embassy in Spain 2:30 pm Departing from The Harvard Faculty Club to Harvard Business School. 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL. BAKER LIBRARY- Seminar Room 102
(Harvard Business School. Soldiers Field. Boston, MA 02163)
Competing in the US easier than in Spain: Landing Successfully in both Markets. CASE STUDY • • Dr. Pedro Nueno, Professor at IESE Graduate School of Management in Spain. Member of the Visiting Committee - Harvard Business School. Manuel Sánchez- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TELVENT (Abengoa Group)
5:00 pm Harvard Business School Tour. Guided by Jim Aisner, Director of Media Relations. HBS Historical Collections of the Baker Library. HBS tour on campus and HBS facilities. The Harvard Coop Bookstore for Business Publications. 6:30 pm DINNER Harvard Business School. Spangler Hall (Meredith Room) (Harvard Business School.
Soldiers Field. Boston, MA 02163)
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How Global Brands Compete. Developing a Strategy to Manage Across Borders • Dr. John A. Quelch, Professor, Senior Associate Dean for International Development, Harvard Business School TUESDAY MAY 5 8:15 am THE HARVARD FACULTY CLUB/ LIBRARY ROOM (20 Quincy Street, Cambridge,MA
02138)
8:30 am- 10:00 am How to make corporate boards more effective: Preparing the challenges ahead in the international markets. • Krishna G. Palepu. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Senior Associate Dean for International Development.
10:00 am- 10:30 am MORNING COFFEE 10:30 am – 11:30 pm How to Design and Protect your business in the US Market place. • Joaquín de la Herrán, Managing Director of CESCE: “Credit Insurance Company” Inc. 11:30 pm- 1:00 pm How countries compete: Strategy, Structure and Government in the Global Economy. • Richard H. Vietor. Senior Associate Dean. Harvard Business School. Unit: Business, Government and International Economy. 1:00 pm- 2:30 pm LUNCHEON, HARVARD FACULTY CLUB
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Panel Discussion- Moderator: Alberto Nadal, Head of the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain, Washington DC • Successful Spanish Companies in the US Market. Case Study.
4 • Speakers: Executive Representatives from US and Spanish Business Groups: 5:30 pm Departing from The Harvard Faculty Club- (20 Quincy Street- Cambridge, MA 02138). City of Boston. Tour
6:30 pm
Cava Reception / Cocktail
NETWORKING EVENT DINNER at the SEAPORT HOTEL (1 Seaport Lane. Boston,
MA 02210)
Sponsored by “Freixenet América Inc.” 7:00 pm Welcome Remarks & Introduction of the Networking Event
The NETWORKING EVENT DINNER is part of the Executive Program effort to promote effective and sustainable business and education partnerships. It offers rigorous curriculum tailored to executives and unparalleled peer networking opportunities for small and medium sized businesses. Objectives/ Goals: Learn from the experts about cutting-edge issues confronting global businesses and how experts are addressing them. Learn the latest affairs practices and trends. Provide Executives with the Information, tools and resources that they need to harness their businesses and to take their company to the next level of effectiveness. Implementation/ Process: Each Table will be focused on one of the five priority business sectors announced by the Executive Program. Our participants will take part in the Round Table that most closely represent their business profile and program goals. Each table will be compounded by US and Spanish Executives representatives of each one of the five priority business sectors. The head of each one of the tables will be an “expert” in the specific business sector of the Round Table, who will be running their “interest” (Key Topics) “expectations” and “needs” according to the information provided by participants through the individuals questionnaires filled at the application process. Each Round Table will designate also a moderator to mediate and facilitate the effectiveness of the entire process.
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WEDNESDAY MAY 6 8:30 am THE HARVARD FACULTY CLUB (20 Quincy Street, Cambridge,MA 02138) 8:30 am- 9:00 amHotel Check Out. Guests should do the check out before 9:00 am 9:30am Panel Discussion: Doing Business in the U.S. – Key Sector Overviews Networking Event Summary Moderated by Alberto Echarri, Partner and Head of M&A and Investment Projects. Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados 10:30am Interactive Discussion with audience
11:00am- 11:30am MORNING COFFEE 12:00 pmFinancial Aspects: Differing Business Procedures Legal Aspects: Doing Business in the US and Spain (Transatlantic Regulations in Trade and Investment: Looking for a one-stop shopping option) • (Speakers will be provided shortly)
1:30 pm Program Concludes