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Click each weekday for detailed information on events and activities. All events take place at the Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel or are within walking distance of the hotel unless otherwise noted.
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Wednesday, May 19 |
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7:00 PM |
Pre-Program: Bolshoi Theater (Tickets are sponsored by SUN Group)
Performance: "Nabucco" by Giuseppe Verdi
Please meet in Aurora lobby at 6:15 PM. Space is limited
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Following the Bolshoi Theater |
Dinner
at Café Pushkin following the Bolshoi Theater
Transportation will be organized to and from Café Pushkin.
(Cost of dinner on your own)
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Thursday, May 20 |
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8:00 AM – 5:15 PM |
The Wharton Russian Symposium
External Program: Insights into global business
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8:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
Wharton Expo
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8:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
Russian Cultural Excursion in the town of Klin
Buses depart from Marriott Aurora Hotel at 8:00 AM
Tour of SUN Interbrew Brewery
Tour of Tchaikovsky Museum
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1:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
Various Moscow Sightseeing Options
Please meet in Marriott Aurora Lobby
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4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
Career Development & Placement Session for Alumni
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5:15 PM – 6:00 PM |
MBA Admissions Information Session
Rose Martinelli
Director, MBA Admissions
The Wharton School
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6:00 PM |
Buses depart for Kuskovo Palace from Marriott Aurora Lobby
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7:00 PM |
Cocktails and Welcome Dinner
Kuskovo Palace
Remarks
Shiv Vikram Khemka
WG’90, G’90
Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Patrick T. Harker
CE’81, GCE’81, GR’83, HOM’87
Dean
The Wharton School
Gabriel Hawawini
Dean
INSEAD
Speakers
Mikhail Gorbachev
First President
USSR
Raffle Announcement
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Friday, May 21 |
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8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
Wharton Expo
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9:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
Plenary Session
"Engines of Global Growth"
Moderator
Patrick T. Harker
Dean
The Wharton School
Thomas W. Dunfee
Professor of Legal Studies
The Wharton School
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11:00 – 12:30 PM |
Morning Concurrent Panel Discussions:
Russia and the CIS: Geopolitics and Growth
Moderator
Bulent Gultekin
Associate Professor of Finance
The Wharton School
The Russian Blue Chips: Key Drivers of Russia's Future
Russia's Integration: East and West
Moderator
Bruce Kogut
Professor of Strategy
INSEAD
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1:00 – 2:30 PM |
Lunch
Host
Patrick T. Harker
Dean
The Wharton School
Table Hosts - Leading Russian Personalities
The Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards
2004 Awards Ceremony
Presenter: Mr. Narayana Murthy
Chairman and Chief Mentor
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
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3:00 – 4:30 PM |
Afternoon Concurrent Panel Discussions:
The Wharton Global Family Alliance
Moderators
Raffi Amit
Professor of Entreprenuership and Management
The Wharton School
Laird Pendleton
Chairman of the Advisory Board
Wharton Global Family Alliance
Financing Investment Globally/Financing and Investment Strategy
Moderator
Richard Herring
Professor of International Banking; Professor of Finance
The Wharton School
Emerging Consumer Markets
Moderator
Stephen Kobrin
Professor of Multinational Management
The Wharton School
Global Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure
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6:00 PM |
Buses depart for Metropol Hotel from Marriott Aurora and Hyatt Hotels
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6:30 PM – 7:30 PM |
Alfa Bank - Lauder Institute Award and Cocktail Reception
Keynote Address
Mikhail Fridman*
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Directors
Alfa Group
Alfa Bank - Lauder Institute Award for Excellence in Foreign Investment in Russia
Presenter: Mikhail Fridman*
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7:45 PM – 10:00 PM |
Gala Banquet
Remarks
HRH Prince Michael of Kent
Keynote Speaker
Raffle Drawing and Prizes Awarded
Entertainment
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10:00 PM – 11:30 |
Shuttle buses depart to Moscow hotels
For those not traveling to St. Petersburg
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11:30 PM |
Buses depart to train station
For those traveling to St. Petersburg
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11:55 PM |
Overnight first class train departs for St. Petersburg
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Saturday, May 22 |
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7:55 AM |
Arrival
in St. Petersburg via overnight train from Moscow
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8:30 AM |
Arrival at the Kempinski Grand Hotel Europe
(Check-in is not until 2:00pm) |
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9:00 AM -
10:00 AM |
Breakfast at the Grand Hotel Europe
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10:00 AM -
12:30 PM |
Guided tour of the Hermitage
Meeting with Mikhail B. Piotrovsky, Director of the Hermitage
Tour to include access to the 'Golden Vaults'
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1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Lunch at Europe restaurant
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2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Check-in and free time at the hotel
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3:45 PM - 5:45 PM |
Guided city tour
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6:00 PM |
Depart to Konstantinovsky Palace via "Meteor" hydrofoil
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6:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
Dinner and Cultural program at the Konstantinovsky Palace
Special performance by the Terem Quartet
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10:00 PM - 3:00 AM |
Party "Night life in St. Petersburg", Onegin Club (optional)
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Sunday, May 23 |
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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Breakfast
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10:30 AM |
Depart to Peterhof by buses
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Tour of the Peterhof Park and Fountains
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch at the Gallery restaurant
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Tour of Peterhof Palace
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3:00 PM |
Depart to St. Petersburg by buses
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4:00 PM |
Arrival in St. Petersburg and transfer by buses to the hotel
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4:00 PM - 22:00 PM |
Free time: individual program including boat trips and helicopter excursion
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Option 1: |
Stay overnight in St. Petersburg and depart from LED airport on Monday
(Transportation to the St. Petersburg airport to be provided)
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Option 2: |
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5:00 PM |
Check-out from the hotel
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11:35 PM |
Departure to Train Station
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11:55 PM |
Train Departure to Moscow
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8:00 AM Monday |
Arrival in Moscow |
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