IBS Speakers Fora, Spring 2008

Every semester IBS holds its series of speakers fora, which bring to the School leaders in business and government from the US and around the world. See a list of distinguished past speakers at the International Business School.

The Economics Department of the university, which is co-located with IBS, also runs a series of seminars on economic subjects.

All dates and times for the CEO and Entrepreneurs Forum are subject to change. Please contact Karen Bonadio , External Affairs Coordinator, with any questions or for more information.

CEO Forum

Date	Speaker	Time and Location
March 31, 2008	Business, Ethics and Society Week - Keynote Address: Stanley S. Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs and President, IBM International Foundation	Lee Hall 2:00 PM
April 30, 2008	Asper Forum on Global Entrepreneurship: Keynote address by Jon Luther, CEO, Dunkin' Brands	Lee Lecture Hall 9:30 AM
January 22, 2008	CEO Forum: Seth Cohen '84, Group Head of OffShoring, UBS AG	Dean's Conference Room 12:00 AM
March 4, 2008	Roundtable discussion with Steven Mermelstein, MA '92, CFA, Sandelman Partners.	Alumni Common Room 12:00 PM
March 12, 2008	CEO Forum: Kevin Callaghan, Managing Director, Berkshire Partners	International Hall 11:00 AM
March 17, 2008	CEO Forum: Eddie Chernoff '73, President, Motors & Armatures, Incorperated	Lee Lecture Hall 3:30 PM
March 19, 2008	CEO Forum: John Clarkeson, Chairman Emeritus, Boston Consulting Group	Lee Lecture Hall 9:30 AM
March 24, 2008	CEO Forum: Jeri Finard ’81, former EVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Kraft Foods	Lemberg 54 11:00 AM
April 3, 2008	CEO Forum: Jonathon Jacobson, Managing Member, Highfields Capital Mangement	Lee Lecture Hall 11:00 AM
April 10, 2008	CEO Forum: Michael Granoff, Founder, Maniv Investments	Lemberg Academic Center 3:30 PM
April 15, 2008	CEO Forum: Andy Teich, President, Commericial Vision Systems, FLIR Systems	International Hall 12:00 PM
April 16, 2008	CEO Forum: Stephanie Schear Tilenius '89, MA '90, Vice President, eBay	Alumni Common Room 9:30 AM
April 16, 2008	CEO Forum: David Friend '78, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Palladium	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM

Entrepreneurs Forum

Date	Speaker	Time and Location
April 30, 2008	Asper Forum on Global Entrepreneurship: Keynote address by Jon Luther, CEO, Dunkin' Brands	Lee Lecture Hall 9:30 AM
January 22, 2008	Entrepreneurs Forum: Scott Tobin '92, General Partner, Battery Ventures	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM
January 29, 2008	Entrepreneurs Forum: Dianne Durkin, President, Loyalty Factor	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM
February 5, 2008	Entrepreneurs Forum: Sanjay Manandhar, Interim CEO, CTO, Aerva Corp	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM
February 12, 2008	Entrepreneurs Forum: Cynthia Fisher, Founder, ViaCord and ViaCell	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM
February 26, 2008	Entrepreneurs Forum: Michael Frieze, CEO, Gordon Brothers	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM
March 4, 2008	Entrepreneurs Forum: Irwin Heller, Managing Partner, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM
March 11, 2008	Entrepreneurs Forum: Barnet Liberman P’06, P’09, Entrepreneur/Real Estate Developer/Inventor, ORB Management, LTD	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM
March 18, 2008	Entrepreneurs Forum: Arthur Goldstein, Retired Chairman and CEO, Ionics, Inc.	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM
March 25, 2008	Entrepreneurs Forum: Bruce Heafitz, Founder and Chairman, Optimus Energy Partners	Lee Lecture Hall 5:00 PM

Corporate Responsibility Forum

Date	Speaker	Time and Location
March 31, 2008	Business, Ethics and Society Week - Keynote Address: Stanley S. Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs and President, IBM International Foundation	Lee Hall 2:00 PM
January 22, 2008	Corporate Responsibility Forum: Roger Berkowitz, President, Legal Sea Foods	International Hall 12:00 PM
February 1, 2008	Corporate Responsibility Forum: Andrew Savitz, Author of The Triple Bottom Line and former lead partner, Sustainability Business Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers	International Hall 12:00 PM
February 15, 2008	Corporate Responsibility Forum: Mike Lawrence, Executive VP for Corporate Responsibility and Crisis Prevention Management, Cone Inc.	International Hall 12:00 PM

Real Estate Forum

Date	Speaker	Time and Location
January 30, 2008	Real Estate Forum: Joshua Katzen, President, J.W. Katzen Co.	Lee Lecture Hall 11:00 AM
February 25, 2008	Real Estate Forum: Richard Kadish, President and Jennifer Kadish Cassell, Assistant General Counsel from CAPREIT, Inc.	Lee Lecture Hall 11:00 AM
February 27, 2008	Real Estate Forum: Mark Mancuso, SVP and Director of Community Center Development, New England Office, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.	Lee Lecture Hall 11:00 AM
March 5, 2008	Real Estate Forum: Jonathan Keller '83, President, The Fremont Group	Lee Lecture Hall 11:00 AM
March 10, 2008	Real Estate Forum: Kenneth Witkin, President and CEO, CBRE Realty Finance	Lee Lecture Hall 11:00 AM
March 20, 2008	Real Estate Forum: Robert Beal, Partner and President. The Beal Companies	Off-campus Tour 8:30 AM
March 26, 2008	Real Estate Forum: David Hodes '77, Managing Director, Real Estate Private Fund Group, Credit Suisse	Lee Lecture Hall 11:00 AM

Research Seminars and Brown Bag Lunches

Date	Speaker	Time and Location
March 18, 2008	Research Seminar: Ruth Judson (Board of Governors, DC)	Alumni Common Room 1:30 PM
March 20, 2008	Research Seminar	Alumni Common Room 1:30 PM
March 27, 2008	Research Seminar: Erich Muelegger (Kennedy School)	Alumni Common Room 1:30 PM
April 3, 2008	Research Seminar: Gautam Gowrisankar (Arizona)	Chancellor's Suite 1:30 PM
April 8, 2008	Research Seminar: Rajeev Dehejia (Tufts)	Alumni Common Room 3:00 PM
April 17, 2008	Research Seminar: Eric Edmonds (Dartmouth)	Alumni Common Room 1:30 PM
April 17, 2008	PRMIA Survey Presentation: Robert Reitano	Lee Hall, Rm 180 3:00 PM
April 29, 2008	Research Seminar: Hamid Mehran (Federal Reserve, NY)	Alumni Common Room 1:30 PM

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