ALUMNI FORUM AGENDA

ALUMNI FORUM AGENDA
Madrid, February 6th, 2015
Registration
08.30 h. and Wel f Registration and Welcome Coffee
09.00 h.
Inauguration
Host of the Day: Kiron Ravindran, Associate Dean of the Master in Management Program
 Diego del Alcazar, MBA 1984, President of IE
 Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño, MBA 1989, President, IE University. Dean, IE
Business School
 Fernando Barnuevo, MIDE 1985, President, IE Alumni Association
 Julia Sanchez, IMBA 2007, Head of Global Alumni Relations, IE (Video
Presentation)
09.30 h.
Why Innovation Matters?
 Kiron Ravindran, Associate Dean of the Master in Management Program
09.40 h.
Keynote Speech; Innovation is Hope
 Moderator: Guillermo de la Dehesa, Chairman of the Board, IE
 John Hope Bryant, U.S President´s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for
Young Americans. Author of “How the Poor Can Save Capitalism”. Founder,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Operation HOPE
10.10 h.
Q&A with John Hope Bryant
10.30 h.
New Funding Models
 Rodrigo Niño, CEO at Prodigy Network - Crowdfunding in Real Estate
10.50 h.
Panel Discussion; Social Innovation
 Moderator: Concepción Galdón, Area 31 Director, IE Entrepreneurship &
Innovation Center
 Rodrigo Niño, CEO at Prodigy Network - Crowdfunding in Real Estate
 Ramon Marmolejos, IMBA 2008 Founder of Emzingo and IE Alumni
 Johannes Wilms, IMBA 2009 Managing Director of Sunny River Kenya,
Schoeller Water
11.30 h.
Futurescope Workshops: Elevator Pitches
 New Technologies presented by José Almansa, MBA 1999; Co-Founder Hub
Madrid
 Cyber Security presented by Avi Biran, CEO & Co-Founder of Cyber
Odysseys
 Business Opportunities at the Bottom of the Pyramid presented by Ramón
Marmolejos, Founder of Emzingo
 Recruiting 4.0 presented by Steve Cadigan, Former VP of Talent
Management for LinkedIn
 Workspace Design presented by Guzmán de Yarza, Program Director of IE
Master in Design for Work, Retail and Learning Environments
 Creative Leadership: Learning from the "Maestros" presented by Juan
Carlos Pastor, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Academic Director of
the Center for Global Leadership at IE and Alvaro Cañil, Founder of High C
Consulting
11.50h.
Coffee Break + Networking Breakout Rooms
13.00 h.
Plenary Resumes & Recap
Kiron Ravindran, Associate Dean of the Master in Management Program
Beyond Big Data: What´s Next?
13.05 h.
13.50 h.
Panel 1: Transforming Industry Through Data
 Moderator: Kiron Ravindran, Associate Dean of the Master in Management
Program
 Juan Gorricho, Experienced Analytics Executive, The Walt Disney Company
 Oscar Méndez Soto; Founder & CEO of Stratio
Panel 2: The Age of You
 Enrique Dans, MBA 1989, Professor of Information Systems, IE Business
School
 Gonzalo Brujó, Chairman Latin America and Iberia, Interbrand
Q&A with Enrique Dans and Gonzalo Brujó
14.30 h.
Networking Lunch: IE Activity Showrooms; Showcase IE´s activities and provide
opportunities for Alumni to be informed and get involved.
 Area 31
 Campus Life & Alumni Clubs
 Faculty Research, IE University, Executive Education & IE – Brown
 Careers
15.30 h.
Estrella Galicia, la huella de una cerveza "exageradamente buena"
(1-on-1 interview)
 Moderator: Ángel Bonet, MDCM 1997, Partner of Indra Business Consulting &
President Unltdspain
 Ignacio Rivera, CEO Estrella Galicia
16:00
Entregovernments: What Are They? And Why We Need Them?

Al-Zain S. Al-Sabah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs of
Kuwait
16.20 h.
Panel: Driving Innovation through Entrepreneurship
 Moderator: Juan José Güemes, President IE Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Center
 Maria Benjumea, President & Founder Spain Start-up
 Nico Goulet, Managing Partner at Adara Venture Partners
 Pedro Moneo, Founder & CEO Opinno
 Marco Marinucci, IXMBA 2004, Co-founder and Managing Partner MTS Venture
Partners, CEO Mind the Bridge Foundation, IE Alumni
 Neda Aldehany, IMBA 2010, Founder of Brilliantlab
17.10 h.
Intro on How to Create a Culture of Innovation from a Talent Perspective
 Steve Cadigan; Former VP of Talent Management for Linkedin
17.30 h.
Panel; How to resolve conflict between new ideas & execution?
 Moderator: Vandyck Silveira, CEO of FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance
 Daniel Carreño; President & CEO GE Spain
 Eugenio Prieto, MBA 1988, President AT Kearney Spain and Portugal
 Carina Szpilka, EXMBA 1996, Digital Transformation Expert
 Al-Zain S. Al-Sabah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs of
Kuwait
18.00 h.
Closing Keynote: Managers in the Future
 Jacob Morgan, Futurist and Author “The future of work”
18.30 h.
Closure
 Julia Sanchez, IMBA 2007, Head of Global Alumni Relations, IE
18.30 h.
Closing Cocktail & Music sponsored by Estrella Galicia