PRELIMINARY ALUMNI FORUM AGENDA

PRELIMINARY ALUMNI
FORUM AGENDA
Madrid, February 6th, 2015
Registration
08.30 h. and Wel f Registration and Welcome Coffee
09.00 h.
Inauguration
 Diego del Alcazar, President of IE
 Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño, President, IE University. Dean, IE Business
School
 Fernando Barnuevo, President, IE Alumni Association
 Julia Sanchez, Head of Global Alumni Relations, IE (Video Presentation)
09.40 h.
Why Innovation Matters?
 Kiron Ravindran, Associate Dean of the Master in Management Program
10.00 h.
Keynote Speaker; 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”
10.20 h.
Q&A with John Hope Bryant
10.30 h.
New Funding Models
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; Founder of Emzingo and IE Alumni
 Johannes Wilms, Managing Director of Sunny River Kenya, Schoeller Water
11.30 h.
Networking Breakout Rooms, Futurescope Concept and Coffee Break
 Robotics presented by Jose Almansa; Co-Founder Hub Madrid
 Cyber Security by Avi Biran, CEO & Co-Founder of Cyber Odysseys (TBC)
 Business Opportunities at the Bottom of the Pyramid by Ramón
Marmolejos, Founder of Emzingo
 Innovation in the Workplace by Steve Cadigan, Former VP of Talent
Management for Linkedin
 Workspace Design by Guzman de Yarza Program Director for our Master in
Design for Work, Retail and Learning Environments
12.45 h.
16.00
Plenary Resumes & Recap
1 on 1 with Daniel Carreño; President & CEO of GE Spain interviewed by Alumni
 Kiron Ravindran, Associate Dean of the Master in Management Program
13.00 h.
Beyond Big Data: What´s Next?
 Panel 1: Transforming Industry Through Data
 Moderator: Professor of Big Data Programme, IE Business School
 Juan Gorricho, Experienced Analytics Executive, The Walt Disney Company
 Eugenio Prieto; President AT Kearney, EMEA
 Internet of Things; Speaker (TBC) or Smart Cities
13.50 h.
Panel 2: The Age of You
 Moderator: Enrique Dans, Professor of Information Systems, IE Business
School
 The Attention Economy & Trends in Mobile
 Gonzalo Brujo, Chairman Latin America and Iberia, Interbrand
 Code Halo; Creating a Virtual Identity by Cognizant
14.15 h.
1 on 1 with Entrepreneurs; Interview Format
 Moderator: Angel Bonet.
14.45 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
16.00 h.
Youth & Entrepreneurship
 Al-Zain S. Al-Sabah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs of
Kuwait
16.10 h.
Panel: Driving Innovation through Entrepreneurship
 Moderator: Juan Jose Güemes, President, IE Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Center
 Nico Goulet, Managing Partner at Adara Venture Partners
 Pedro Moneo, Founder & CEO Opinno
 Maria Benjumea, President & Founder Spain Start-up
 Marco Marinucci, Co-founder and Managing Partner MTS Venture Partners,
CEO Mind the Bridge Foundation, IE Alumni
16.30 h
Talent: How to Create a Culture of Innovation
 Steve Cadigan; Former VP of Talent Management for LinkedIn
16.50 h.
Panel; How to resolve conflict between new ideas & execution?
 Moderator: Vandyck Silveira, General Manager Executive Education, IE
Business School
 Daniel Carreño; President & CEO GE Spain
 Maria Garaña, President and CEO Microsoft Ibérica
 Carina Szpilka, Digital Transformation Expert
 Eugenio Prieto; President AT Kerney, Spain and Portugal
17.20 h.
Closing Keynote: Managers in the Future
 Jacob Morgan, Futurist and Author “The future of work”
18.00 h.
Award for Most Active Alumni presented by Julia Sanchez, Head of Global Alumni
Relations, IE
18.30 h.
Closing Cocktail & Music