Dear friend,

It is a pleasure for me to invite you to the International Entrepreneurship Conference that will take place at IESE Barcelona on May 26, 2008 to celebrate IESE's 50th anniversary. 

Not only have we gathered some of the most successful Spanish businessmen, but also leading entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world. This is an occasion for us to deepen our knowledge on important matters such as:

• How the investor community evaluates entrepreneurial ventures?
• What are the opportunities created by a booming regional economy?
• Further than the well-known key success factors, how successful entrepreneurs made it happen?
• How can you nurture entrepreneurship in multinational companies?

Additionally, my good friend Howard Stevenson from Harvard Business School will give us an academic vision of entrepreneurship in order for us to contrast practical insights with the leading theories in the field.

Of course, we will have lunch and a cocktail reception,  giving you a great chance to get to know the panelists better and network among leaders of our global community!!

I very much look forward to seeing you on May 26.

With kind regards,

Pedro Nueno

8:15-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:15 Welcome Session
Jordi Canals, Dean IESE Business School

9:15-9:30 Introduction
Pedro Nueno, IESE Business School

9:30-10:45 Keynote Speech. Eastern Europe: Unleashing entrepreneurship in a booming economy
Moderated by Pedro Nueno, IESE Business School
Tibor G. Szekeres, Founder, Ella Bank
 
10:45-12:00 Investors' Panel: What are we looking for in an entrepreneur?
Moderated by Joan Roure, IESE Business School
Klaus Hommels, Private investor, European Business Angel of the year 2007
Maite Ballester, 3i, Managing Director
Ignacio García Nieto, Riva Y García, Chairman and Founder
Iñigo Alli, Eurecan, Director

12:00-12:30 Coffee Break

12:30-14:00 Unusual key success factors from IESE entrepreneurs
Moderated by Pedro Nueno, IESE Business School
Eusebio Díaz-Morera (MBA 69), EDM Holding, Chairman
Andrea Christenson (MBA 83), Kathe Kruse Puppen, CEO
Enrique Quemada (MBA94), One to One Capital Partners, Chairman
Carlos Nueno & Marc Subirats (MBA 2000), Advance Medical, Founders

14:00-15:30 Lunch

15:30-17:00 Intrapreneurship: How do you empower entrepreneurship in your company?
Moderated by Tony Davila, IESE Business School
Baldomero Falcones (MBA 72), FCC, Chairman
Rafael Suñol Trepat, (PADE-I-99)Catalana D`Iniciatives C.R., S.A., Executive Vicepresident
           
17:00-18:00 Keynote Speech: An Academic Vision of Entrepreneurship
Moderated by Pedro Nueno, IESE Business School
Howard H. Stevenson, Senior Associate Dean, Harvard Business School

18:00-18:30 Closing Remarks
Tony Davila, Pedro Nueno, Julia Prats, Juan Roure
   
18:30-20:00 Networking Cocktail