PIM 2009 36th Annual PIM Conference

The 36th Annual PIM Conference

October 21 – 23, 2009, Austin, Texas, USA

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Conference Schedule

Wednesday, October 21: Coordinators’ & Administrative Managers’ Day

Thursday, October 22: Opening, General Meeting

Friday, October 23: General Meeting & Business Meeting

 

Dress Code:
Wednesday and Wednesday evening – business casual
Thursday – business casual
Thursday evening – generally casual, but depends on the chosen “Explore Austin” event  (for Dean’s Dinner: business attire)
Friday – business casual with comfortable shoes for walking
Friday evening – formal attire

 

Date/Time Event Description Location
Wed., Oct. 21 Coordinators’ & Administrative Managers’ Day (AT&T Center)
7:30am onwards

8:30am -10:00am



 
  • Breakfast
     
  • Coordinator Registration
     
  • Tour of the AT&T Executive Education and
        Conference Center
        departing at 8:30am, 9:00am and 9:30am
    		•  Conference  Lobby
    10:00am -12:30pm Keynote Address -
    "No problem Professor, I can post it from Paris"
    Technology-Enabled Information: Communicating with Today's Study Abroad Students     		Orlando R. Kelm Associate Director Business Language Education - CIBER Amphitheater 204
    12:30pm - 2:00pm Buffet Lunch Tejas Dining
    2:00pm - 3:30pm
    Coordinators' Breakout Sessions
    Session 1:

    Numeric equivalence of hours and ECTS to ease equivalence from and to non-European schools

    Irene Torres
    Harriet Ruskin
    Pascal Iten
    Classroom 101

    IESA
    Emory University
    University of St. Gallen

     
    Session 2:

    The role of students associations in promoting internationalization and integrating international
    students
     
    Ursula Cole
    Robin Jensen 
    Patricia Collins
    Valerie Molyneaux     		Classroom 105
    University of St. Gallen
    Copenhagen
    UNC
    Emory University
     
    Newcomers Session Sonia Guidici (PIM) Classroom 106
    3:30pm - 4:00pm Wrap-Up Plenary Amphitheater 204
    4:00pm - 5:00pm Marketplace Tejas Dining
    6:00pm - 8:00pm Opening Reception Welcome to Austin Harry Ransom Center
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    Thurs., Oct. 22 Opening and General Meeting (AT&T Conference Center)
    7:30am - 8:30am
  • Breakfast (and late registration)    		 Conference Lobby
    8:30am - 8:45am Conference Opening Amphitheater 204
    8:45am -10:00am Keynote Address -
    "Joining Business and Technology for a Smarter Planet"     		David Barnes IBM Program Director, Strategy and Emerging Internet Technologies Amphitheater 204
    10:00am -10:30am Coffee Break Conference Lobby
    10:30am -11:45pm
    Morning Breakout Sessions
     
    Dean's Track
    PIM & the UN Global Compact on Principles for Responsible Management Education    		 Classroom 101
  • U.S. Perspective
    		•  Prof. Joseph Thomas Cornell University
  • European Perspective
    		•  Prof. Alfons Sauquet ESADE
  • Asian Perspective
    		•  Prof. Qian Yingyi Tsinghua University

    Track: International Perspective
         Fundraising Approach across Cultures
         		    


    Prof. Ligia Maura Costa
    Prof. Valery Katkalo
    Ms. Kelly D’Adam
    Mr. Jeff Melton
    Classroom 105

     FGV-EAESP
    Saint-Petersburg Uni.
    UT McCombs
    UT McCombs
     
    Track: Regional Education Updates
         Market Conditions for Higher Education Business Schools in the Region: Opportunities and
    Challenges in Difficult Economic Times
    Regional Education Update - North America

    Ms. Magdalena Barragan
    Mr. Bertrand Guillotin
    Prof. Eric Hirst    		 Classroom 106

    UCLA
    Duke
    UT McCombs
    11:45am -12:15pm Group Photo
    12:15pm -1:45pm Buffet Lunch Tejas Dining
    1:45pm - 2:30pm Candidate School Presentations Amphitheater 204
    2:30am - 3:45pm
    Afternoon Breakout Sessions
     
    Dean's Track
    Innovation in a Period of Crisis
         		 Classroom 101
  • Organizational Structure, Fiscal Successful
        Opportunity-Driven Strategies
    		•  Prof. Blair Sheppard Duke
  • Branding and Other Innovations to Succeed
    		•  Prof. Jorge Talavera ESAN
  • Seizing Opportunities during a Crisis
    		•  Prof. Judy Olian UCLA
  • Taping Government Funds to Subsidize
        MBA Education
     
    		•  Prof. Mthuli Ncube Wits Business School
    Track: International Perspective
         The Financing of your MBA/Master's Program
     


    Ms. Ivonne Li
    Prof. Agnes Hofmeister    		 Classroom 105


    CEIBS
    Corvinus University

     
    Track: Regional Education Updates
         Market Conditions for Higher Education Business Schools in the Region: Opportunities and Challenges in Difficult Economic Times
    Regional Education Update - Multiregion

    Prof. Murali Chandrashekaran
    Ms. Bronwen Cooper
    Prof. Michael Ferguson

         		 Classroom 106

    New South Wales
    Otago Business School
    CUHK

     
    3:45pm - 4:15pm Coffee Break Break Area
    4:15pm - 5:30pm
    Late Afternoon Breakout Sessions
     
    Dean's Track
    Global Prognostication: What will the Biz-Ed Landscape look like in 2020?
         		 Classroom 101
  • Will MBA programs expand globally or
        retrench locally?
    		• Prof. James Dean UNC
  • What are the major trends in Executive
        Education
    		•  Prof. Thomas Gilligan UT McCombs
  • Is the world of business education getting
        flatter and/or smaller?
    		•  Prof. George Benwell Otago Business School
  • Global versus local focus of the
        MBA Programs
     
    		•  Prof. Fulvio Ortu BOCCONI
    Track: International Perspective
         The Role of Alumni in a Changing Economic Environment
     

    Prof. Thomas Bieger
    Prof. JB Kurish
    Prof. G. Sabarinathan
    Prof. David Sharp    		 Classroom 105

    University of St. Gallen
    Emory University
    IIM Bangalore
    Ivey
    Track: Regional Education Updates
         Market Conditions for Higher Education Business Schools in the Region: Opportunities and Challenges in Difficult Economic Times
    Regional Education Update - Europe
  • EU Financed Projects: Transatlantic student
        mobility between EU and Canada
     
  • New Short Programs
     
  • HSE merger with two other Finish universities
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    Mr. Mario Tabarini


    Ms. Iris Ritter

    Ms. Mari-Anna Suurmunne
     
    Classroom 106




    BOCCONI

    HEC

    Helsinki School of
    Economics
     
    5:30pm - 6:30pm

    5:30pm - 6:15pm
  • Marketplace
     
  • University Leaders take a tour of the AT&T
        Executive Education and Conference Center
    		•  Tejas Dining

    Conference Lobby
    7:00pm forward

    7:00pm forward
  • Evening Free - Explore Austin Tours
     
  • University Leaders depart for a private dinner
        with Dean Gilligan
    		•  click here for details
    "Explore Austin"

     

    		 Conference  Lobby
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    Fri., Oct. 23 General Meeting and Business meeting (on Campus)
    7:45am - 8:15am Walk to Campus Guided Walk From AT&T Center
    8:00am - 8:30am Continental Breakfast Connector Lobby
    ACES Building
    8:30am - 8:45am Announcements and PIM 2010 Avaya Auditorium
    8:45am -10:00am Keynote Address - "Globalist Lab Rat" Ray Brimble
    Lynxs Group
    President and CEO     		Avaya Auditorium
    10:00am -10:15am Short Coffee Break Connector Lobby
    10:15am-11:45am Business Meeting (Plenary) Avaya Auditorium
    11:45am -1:00pm Tour McCombs or Athletics Complex Walk to UT Club
    1:00pm - 2:00pm Buffet Lunch and Presentation
    "The Business of College Athletics in the US"     		Chris Plonsky
    Women's Athletics Director
    UT Austin    		 UT Club President's Room
    2:00pm - 3:15pm Tour McCombs or Athletics Complex Walk from UT Club
    3:15pm - 5:30pm Break  Free Time
    5:30pm - 5:45pm Arrival at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Texas State History Museum
    6:00pm - sharp Texas: The Big Picture Museum IMAX Theater
    7:00pm - 7:30pm Reception Museum Rotunda
    7:30pm -10:00pm Gala Dinner with musical entertainment by The Cornell Hurd Band Museum Rotunda
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