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Click weekday for detailed information on events and activities. All events take place at the Sheraton Centro Historico unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, June 23
Evening Dinner and group outing for early arrivals.
Location: TBD

 

Thursday, June 24
Noon – 7:00 PM Wharton Expo
Location: Don Alberto 3/4

 

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MBA Admissions Information Session
Location: Don Américo

Eric Chambers
MBA Admissions and Financial Aid
The Wharton School

 

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Career Development and Placement Session
Location: Don Genaro

Peter Degnan
Director, Career Services
The Wharton School


7:00 PM

Buses depart from Sheraton for Cocktails and Welcome Dinner
Location: Meet in Sheraton Lobby

 

7:30 PM

Cocktails and Welcome Dinner
Location: Palacio de los Condes de Valpararaíso

Master of Ceremony
Fernando Pino

Welcome Remarks
Patrick T. Harker, CE’81, GCE’81, GR’83, HOM’87
Dean
The Wharton School

Soumitra Dutta
Dean of Executive Education
The Roland Berger Professor of Business and Technology
INSEAD

Julio A. de Quesada, WG’76
Chairman of the Organizing Committee

Alejandro Encinas (Invited)
Secretario de Gobierno
Gobierno del DF

Keynote Speaker
Andres Oppenheimer
Columnist - Editor
Latin America

Dinner and Ballet Performance

Raffle Introduction and Ticket Sales

 

Friday, June 25
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Guest Program (click for more information)
Please meet in the lobby.


8:00 AM – 3:30 PM Wharton Expo
Location: Don Alberto 3/4

 

9:00 AM – 10:40 AM

Plenary Session: The Future of Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities
Location: Don Diego 2-4

Moderator:
Ambassador Andres Rozental, G'67
President
Mexican Council on Foreign Relations

Panelists:
Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow
President
Institute of Americas

Hernán Büchi
Counselor for Liberty and Development
Chile

Eduardo Wanick
CEO, DuPont Latin America &
Global Vice President, Growth in an Emerging Market

Enrique Krauze
CEO
Editorial Clío

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Keynote Speech: Globalization Strategy / Challenges and Opportunities
Location: Don Diego 2-4

Master of Ceremony
Stormy Byorum
CEO
Cori Investment

Keynote Speaker
Lorenzo Zambrano
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Cemex S.A. de C.V.

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM

Coffee Break

 

12:15 PM – 2:15 PM

First Concurrent Panel Discussions:

Competitiveness
Location: Don Diego

Moderator: Professor Emilio Castilla
Assistant Professor of Management
The Wharton School

Panelists
Soumitra Dutta
Dean of Executive Education
The Roland Berger Professor of Business and Technology
INSEAD

Dr. Roberto Newell
Director General
Competitiveness Institute

Felipe Mellado
Managing Director
Grupo Industrial Saltillo

Marcos de Oliveira
President & CEO
Ford Motor Company Mexico

Lic. Eugenio Clariond Reyes-Retana
Chairman and CEO
Grupo IMSA, S.A.

Corporate Governance
Location: Don Julian

Moderator:
Professor Eric Orts
Professor of Legal Studies and Management
The Wharton School

Panelists:
Antonio Carlos Vidigal
Professor of Corporate Governance
IBMEC Business School

Ricardo Haneine
Vice President and Director General
AT Kearney

Jorge Fabre Mendoza
General Manager
Excellency Center for Corporate Governance

Guillermo Cruz Reyes
Partner, Deloitte
Director of Corporate Governance Services

Ruben Aguilar
Consejero
Banamex - Citigroup

Pensions and Growth
Location: Don Américo

Moderator: Professor Olivia Mitchell
Professor of Insurance and Risk Management
The Wharton School

Panelists
Santiago Levy Algazy
CEO
IMSS

Benjamín González Roaro
CEO
ISSSTE

Jose Luis Salas
Director General
Lorant, Martinez, Salas.

 

2:30 – 4:00 PM

Lunch
Location: Don Diego 2-4

Keynote Speaker
Fernando Canales Clariond
Economy Secretary
México
Topic: Mexico's Economic Growth towards Globalization

The Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards
2004 Awards Ceremony

Presenter
Narayana Murthy
Chairman and Chief Mentor
Infosys Technologies

Juan Toro
Tax Comissioner
Chile

Lorenzo Zambrano
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Cemex S.A. de C.V.


4:30 – 6:00 PM

Second Concurrent Panel Discussions

The Wharton Global Family Alliance
Location: Don Julian

Wharton will unveil the Wharton GFA, a major global initiative in the area of family business and family wealth creation.

Co-Moderators
Professor Raffi Amit
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management
The Wharton School

Laird Pendleton
Chairman of the Advisory Board
Wharton Global Family Alliance

Panelists
Leslie Mayer
Senior Fellow
Wharton Global Family Alliance

Todd Millay
Executive Director
Wharton Global Family Alliance


Energy
Location: Don Genaro

Moderator: Professor Lourdes Casanova
Lecturer in Comparative Management
INSEAD

Panelists
Nauman Ahmad
Vice President, Finance
Wartsila

Raúl Muñoz Leos
CEO
PEMEX

Alfredo Elías Ayub
CEO
Federal Electricity Commission

Luis Téllez
CEO
Carlyle Group

Pedro Haas
Principal
McKinsey & Company

Jose Freitas
Executive Manager
Gas and Energy International
Petrobas

The Hispanic Market
Location: Don Américo

Moderator: Professor Gerald A. McDermott
Assistant Professor of Management
The Wharton School

Panelists
John Authers
Mexico City Bureau Chief
Financial Times

Alejandro Cabezut, G'90, WG'90
Community Banking President
Wells Fargo & Co.

Julio A. Ramirez, WAM'99
President Latin America and the Caribbean Regions
Burger King Corporation

Al Zapanta
CEO
US Chamber of Commerce

Asima Syed
Senior Vice President
GRUMA Corporation

 

6:30 PM

Plenary Session

Speaker
Todd Thomson, WG’87
EVP Finance, Operations & Strategy and CFO
Citigroup, Inc.

Closing Remarks
His Excellency President Vicente Fox (invited)


8:30 PM Buses depart from Sheraton for Farewell Cocktails and Dinner
Location: Sheraton Lobby

 

9:00 PM Farewell Cocktails and Dinner
Location: Palacio de Corres

Keynote Speaker
David Li, WG'92
Managing Director
China Merchants Holdings (International) Co., Ltd.

Keynote Closing
Eduardo Sojo
, G’83
Public Sector Advisor
Government of México

Closing Remarks
Julio A. de Quesada, WG’76
Chairman of the Organizing Committee

Raffle Drawing and Prizes Awarded

Entertainment/Latin Fiesta

 

Saturday, June 26
Morning

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