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April, 2009 • Nº 70

Global Reunion 2009: New York Calling

First it was Amsterdam; then, London and Munich... and now... New York. Are you going to miss the chance to reunite with over 1,000 alumni and IESE professors in one of the most exciting cities in the world? We have prepared an exceptional academic and cultural program to make this yet another historic Global Alumni Reunion. To take advantage of the best flight and accomodation offers, negotiated especially for alumni, book before the end of April. Join us in The Big Apple! You'll be green with envy if you don't...

Continuous Education | Community | Professional Development | Membership Advantages

Continuous Education Program

4/16/2009 Reykjavik
A primer on financial crisis: What do we know?
Prof. Pedro Videla

4/20/2009 Pamplona
Companies that successfully involve their employees
Prof. Manuel Velilla

4/22/2009 New York
How did innovation become a priority in a recession?
Prof. Paddy Miller

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E-conferences

Programs

	Talent in Times of Crisis Professor Nuria Chinchilla, who has recently launched a blog, discusses, together with other speakers, short-term recruitment policies, which, although popular at the moment, could have a negative effect once the current economic situation improves. Investing in talent is, even today, a worthwhile and profitable investment.
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	Networking: The Transition from Old Boys' Networks to Online Social Networks IESE Professor Fabrizio Ferraro and Soenke Martens, Country Manager, XING Spain, analyze the growing importance of online networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook and XING in relation to career development, organizational change, innovation and creativity.
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	Entrepreneurs of the Future The 2nd Investment and Growth Forum attracted a lot of attention from the Spanish mainstream media. Television broadcasters and journalists gathered at IESE to cover the speeches of some of the leading figures from the investment sector.
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III Conference: Sport in Business Management, 4/20, Barcelona

Develop your Communication Skills, 4/21-23, Barcelona

Special Series: Managing the Crisis, 4/27, Barcelona, 5/5, Madrid y 6/10, Barcelona

I Intenational Tourism Summit: Building the future, 5/4, Barcelona

Creative Cultures: Making Innovation Work, 5/4-8, New York

The Media Sector in a New Environment, 5/5, Madrid

Managing a High Performance Team, 5/5-7, Barcelona

Professional Coaching: Investing in Talent, 5/18-21 and 6/29-30, Barcelona

Getting Things Done, 5/19-22, Barcelona

Global CEO 2009, 5/25-29, Madrid

A New Approach in the Management of Cultural Institutions, 6/1-4, Madrid

Entrepreneurs: In Search of New Opportunities for Growth, 6/22-24, Madrid

PDD: Madrid (4/17), Valencia (4/21), Pamplona (9/17) PDG: Madrid (4/23)

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Executive Education

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Research

	From Executive to Leader: A Learning Process Pablo Cardona, Helen Wilkinson Learning to be a good leader is like climbing an "eight-thousander." It requires the proper education, training and dedication. Directed at executives, IESE’s Pablo Cardona and Helen Wilkinson identify the 10 “positive habits” that are fundamental to becoming a good leader.
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	After the Crisis: What next? Antonio Argandoña Amidst the media storm over the financial crisis, IESE Professor Antonio Argandoña offers us a global vision of the economy in the first few years of the 21st century, analyzing past experiences in search of lessions for the future.
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Campus

Upcoming Events

	Jordi Canals Presents IESE's Plan for North America IESE's Dean, Jordi Canals, joined around 100 alumni and friends at special alumni event in New York, during which he stressed the important role of the United States as a world leader in paving the way out of the crisis, while emphasizing the importance of maintaining an optimistic outlook.
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	Registration Opens for the MBA Alumni Reunion Online registration for the MBA Alumni Reunion, which will be held on Saturday 30th May, is now open. IESE Professor Luis Palencia, Academic Director for this year's event, has organized a bilingual academic program in which 13 IESE professors will participate. Your classmates are waiting for you...
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Read the Alumni Association Annual Report (PDF, 348 Kb) : for information on the long-term aims and projects of the Association and our activities during the 2007-2008 academic year.

Class Reunions:

Madrid, 4/2: PDG-A-08, PDG-C-08 and PDD-F-08 Prof. Santiago Álvarez de Mon

Madrid, 4/16: PDD 04 Five-Year Reunion (PDD-A, B, C, D, E & F) Profs. Luis Manuel Calleja and Ignacio Urrutia

Madrid, 4/23: PDD-B-08 Prof. Javier Díaz-Giménez

Madrid, 4/25: PDD-C-08 Prof. Luis Manuel Calleja

Barcelona, 5/20: PDG-2-08 Prof. Antonio Subirá

International Sessions:

Amsterdam, April 22: 50th Anniversary IESE Alumni Event, Dean Jordi Canals

New York, April 22: Prof. Paddy Miller

Lima, April 22: Prof. Vicente Font

Sao Paulo, April 23: Prof. Jorge Mitsuru Matsuoka

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Professional Development

Newsmakers

The Alumni Association supports the career development of its Members.

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New offers

Members benefit from special discounts on products or services offered by the companies with which the Alumni Association has sponsorship agreements.

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IESE Spring Fling
Last weekend, from 27-29th March, IESE MBA students organized the "Spring Fling 2009: Where Business meets Sports" in the sports grounds of INEFC in Barcelona. 800 MBA students from 6 European business schools participated in 19 different sporting events, two parties and a conference, chaired by Prof. Tony Dávila, in which speakers Emilio Sánchez Vicario and Gabriel Masfurroll participated. Despite the rain, the event was a huge success, not least because IESE proved themselves champions!