Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania : LES LEADERS DU MONDE DES AFFAIRES ET DE L'UNIVERSITÉ DÉBATTENT DES FACTEURS CLÉS DANS LA PÉRIODE POST CRISE AU FORUM WHARTON GLOBAL ALUMNI A MADRID

La Wharton School de l'Université de Pennsylvanie, avec ses 85 000 élèves venant du monde entier, tiendra pour la première fois son prestigieux Global Alumni Forum à Madrid.


Madrid le 30 avril 2010 : sur le thème " Un tout nouveau monde : et maintenant où allons-nous ? ". Le Forum Wharton Global Alumni aura lieu à Madrid les 24 et 25 juin 2010 et il traitera de sujets allant de la finance, à l'énergie, les télécommunications en passant par l'innovation et le tourisme. Des chefs d'entreprise et d'éminents professeurs de la Wharton School débattront des nouvelles formes de leadership dans le monde des affaires dont la récupération économique mondiale va avoir besoin.

Dean Thomas S. Robertson of the Wharton School said, "the goal of the Wharton Global Alumni Forum is to create a platform to discuss the many challenges and opportunities we incur in the current economic climate. It is especially timely to hold this year's forum in Madrid as we will discuss subject matter relevant to the European region and the world. With our global reputation for intellectual leadership and excellence in business education, Wharton holds a unique position in bringing together leaders and thinkers to discuss these issues."

The Global Alumni Forum in Madrid is expected to draw over 500 business leaders from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, made up of Wharton alumni and their invitees.

According to Sebastián Escarrer (WG'93,) Chairman of the Organizing Committee, a Wharton graduate and Vice Chairman of the Sol Meliá group, and Chairman of Wharton EMEA Executive Board: "this will be a unique opportunity for Madrid to hold a Forum like this, an honour that it will share with only the main financial capitals in the world." The forum will be supported by the Wharton alumni Club Spain, chaired by Pelayo Primo de Rivera.

Topics for panel discussions include:
- The Future of Energy
- The New Financial World
- Technology and Innovation
- Relaunching Private Equity
- Real Estate: Exploring the Road to Recovery
- The challenges of tourism
- Internationalization

Master classes will be given by Wharton's leading professors on topics of interest to the region including Jeremy Siegel, on finance, Mauro Guillen, on business globalization, and Olivia Mitchell, on risk management and Raffi Amit, on entrepreneurship.

Between others, speakers include:

- Alfredo Sáenz, CEO, Santander
- Ana Patricia Botín, Chairwoman, Banesto
-Baldomero Falcones, Chairman and CEO, Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A (FCC)
- Antonio Vázquez, Chairman, Iberia Airlines
- Taleb Rifai, Secretary General for World Tourism Organization
- Angel Cano, Chief Executive Officer, BBVA
- César Alierta, Chairman Telefónica
- Javier Monzón, Chairman, Indra
- Miguel Torres, President and CEO, Bodegas Torres (Wine Cellar)
- María Garaña, Managing Director Spain, Microsoft
- Amparo Moraleda, Chief Operating Officer, Iberdrola International Division
- Lady Barbara Thomas Judge, Chairwoman of the British Atomic Energy Authority
- John Mack, Chairman, Morgan Stanley
- Jean Claude Baumgarten, President-World Travel and Tourism Council
- Mohammed Alshaya (WG'84), Executive Chairman, M.H. Alshaya Co.
- Corrado Passera, Managing Director and CEO, Intesa Sanpaolo
- Luis Alberto Moreno, Chairman, Interamerican Development Bank
- Alberto Durán, Founder & CEO, Mundivox
- Oscar Fanjul, President, Omega Capital
- Saad Abdul Latif, CEO-Pepsico Asia, Middle East & Africa
- Roberto Canessa, survivor Andes Plane's crash
- Ángel Corcóstegui, Founder-Magnum Industrial Partners
- Antonio Garrigues Walker, Chairman-Garrigues
- Carmen Becerril, Chairwoman- Acciona Energía
- Felipe Oriol, Founder-Corpfin
- Isaac Devash, Founding Partner - Israeli International Funds
- Antoine Drean- Founder, Triago

Wharton's presence in Europe continues to grow through our fourteen alumni clubs across the continent. As a continued commitment to greater understanding in this region, Wharton publishes its thought leadership online newsletter, Knowledge @ Wharton with its 1.4 million subscribers, in Spanish and Portuguese. Universia Knowledge@Wharton is a bi-weekly online resource that offers latest business insights, information and research from a variety of sources. Please visit http://www.wharton.universia.net.

About the Wharton Global Alumni Forum

Since 1993, thirty nine Wharton School Global Alumni Forums have been held in thirty one of the world's leading cities across five continents including Shanghai, Mumbai, London, Beijing, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Dubai and Paris. The forum in Madrid is one of two this year - the other held in Seoul in May. For a full listing of the speakers and topics of the Wharton Global Alumni Forum in Madrid, please visit: http://www.whartonmadrid10.com/Madrid10

About the Wharton School

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school - is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the global business community. The School has more than 4,700 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 12,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and an alumni network of more than 85,000 graduates.

For more information:

María Umbert
Vice President Communications
SOL MELIA
[email protected]
971 224464

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