Program 2009
European Entrepreneurs Summit - Roundtable
at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Avenida Pearson 28
on November 6, 2009
Re-Thinking Growth
Need is the mother of invention
November 5th, 2009
20.00 h Welcome Cocktail
hosted by The Boston Consulting Group
at CIRCULO ECUESTRE, Balmes 169, BIS
November 6th, 2009
09.00 Introduction
by Jordi Canals, Dean for IESE Business School
Juan Roure, IESE Business School and Co-Founder of Europe's 500
Martin Schoeller, President Europe's 500 and
09.10 Global Economy - Quo vadis?
Europe in global context (sectorial regional matrix, what grows where)
Do we have to expect a second wave of more unemployment and further decrease of demand? Most likely scenarios (and how to adjust), Re-defining the EU economic model, actual programs of the European Union to encounter the recession
Speaker:
Dr. Manfred Bergmann, Head Industrial Policy, DG Enterprise and Industry, Belgium
Carlos Fernandez, Managing Director Informa, Spain
Prof. Pedro Videla, Professor for Economics, IESE Business School Barcelona, Spain
10.30 The Female Economy: How to capture your share of the world's largest, fastest growing market.
Speaker:
Antonella Mei-Pochtler, Senior Vice-President, The Boston Consulting Group, Vienna
11.00 Break
11.30 How to navigate through financial turmoil? A practical private equity perspective for enterpreneurs
Speaker:
Michael Hehn, Managing Director Morgan Stanley Private Equity, UK
Gabriel Masfurroll, Founder and President USP Hospitales, S.A. Spain
Johann von Wersebe, Executive Director Morgan Stanley Investment Banking, Germany
12.30 Family Business - advantage of value orientation under stress test
Large and diversified family businesses benefit from their long-term orientation and avoid frictions from short-term nervousness. Views from within
Speaker:
Fernando Casado, Managing Director of Instituto de la Empresa Familiar, Spain
Susanna Gallardo, Member of the Board Grupo Corporativo Landon, Spain
Robin Menzel, Partner Augusta & Co PLC, UK
Andrew Wates, Director Wates Family Holdings UK, Vice-Chairman FBN Int., UK
13.30 Lunch
14.45 PPP-on the rise; eg renewable energy
Solar energy and especially concentrated solar power (CSP) may be one of the big energy solutions for the future and one of the big drivers of new jobs. It is an area where public private partnerships (feeding in tariff) are necessary. Spain is in the lead.
Speaker:
Juan Laso, CEO of T-Solar and President of the Association of Solar Industries, Spain
15.30 Crisis? What Crisis?
This is the thrilling history of one of the most important odysseys of survival in man time. His achievements are a powerful testimony to his attitude of survival. A lession in skills of leadership and tactical planning, not only for the human survival, but for the survival of companies.
Speaker:
Nando Parrado
17.00 Can Unions help restructuring?
The dramatic drop in demand in the EU and US favours aligned interest between employers and unions for survival concept and social support
Exemplary models e.g. job rotation models
Speaker:
Thierry Dedieu, Confederal Secretary of the CFDT, France
Martin Schoeller, Chairman Schoeller Industries, Germany
Mr. Kari Tapiola, Executive Director for Standards, Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, ILO, Geneva
18.00 European Asian Cooperation
While Europe stagnates Asia continues to grow strongly on its way from a developing economy to an industrialized economy. European know-how leaders and Asian entrepreneurs need to cooperate.
Speaker:
Steven Daley, Ph.D. President Market-based Management Group, Koch Industries INC US
18.30 Conclusion and Closing
by Juan Roure, IESE Business School and Co-Founder Europe's 500 and
Martin Schoeller, President Europe's 500
20.00 Dinner
hosted by The Boston Consulting Group
at CIRCULO ECUESTRE, 169 BIS
+49 89 55277 106
