| Kellogg School conferences bring together
experts, spark innovation and showcase academic excellence Each
year, conferences at the Kellogg School give Kellogg
students practical outlets to develop their leadership
skills. At the same time, these meticulously planned events
bring together business experts from around the world to
discuss innovation and strategy in a variety of arenas ---
from marketing to real estate to private equity. The conferences are one way for the Kellogg School community
to share its thought leadership with others, while providing
an excellent forum for researchers, practitioners and MBA
students to network with each other.
Here
are a few highlights from recent Kellogg School conferences.
View select conference speaker videos at Kellogg
World: Interact.
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Latin
American Business Conference:
Minister of Finance and Public Credit for Mexico Gil
Diaz was a featured speaker at the Latin American
Business Conference in February. Prominent speakers Jorge
Uribe, vice president of Procter & Gamble Latin America,
and Alonso Martinez, senior vice president at Booz Allen
Hamilton, also shared their perspectives on doing business
in the region.
Video
coverage of Gil Iiaz's Keynote
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Marketing
Conference:
Linda Wolf, chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide, explored
the cutting edge of brand building during her keynote
address at the 2004 Marketing Conference, "Marketing
Breakthroughs: What's New and What's Next." In addition
to Wolf, speakers at the student-organized January
event included Mark Addicks, chief marketing officer
for General
Mills, and Chicago restaurateur Charlie Trotter.
Video
coverage of Linda Wolf's Keynote
Address is available.
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Digital
Frontier Conference: Keynote speaker Steve
Bennett, president and CEO of Intuit, discussed
the importance of customer-driven innovation and leadership
during his address at the tenth annual Digital Frontier
Conference in January. Other conference speakers included
James Shanks, executive vice president of CDW, and Dan
Sheeran, senior vice president of marketing for RealNetworks.
Kellogg School Professors Mark
Jeffery and Mohanbir
Sawhney also shared insights from their technology
research, including their survey of 130 top CIOs who
described how their firms invest in information technology.
Video
coverage of Steve Bennett is available, including
the Presentation (42 minutes) and Question
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Real
Estate Conference:
Michael Moskow, president of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Chicago, spoke to participants at the school's
Nov. 5 Real Estate Conference. Themed "Property Markets
in the New Millennium --- Investing in Uncertain Times,"
the conference focused on the tumult in capital markets
and the economy over the past five years, analyzing the
growing disconnect between real estate pricing and operating
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Black
Management Conference:
Carole Brown '89, senior vice president at Lehman Brothers
and Chicago Transit Authority Board chairman,
addressed participants at the Black Management Conference,
held in February at the James L. Allen Center. Brown challenged
conference participants to leave their communities stronger
than they found them. With its theme, "Leaving a Legacy,
Enjoying the Journey," conference speakers such as Barack
Obama, democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate and current
Illinois state senator for the 13th district, and John
Rogers, founder, chairman and CEO of Ariel Capital Management,
also delivered keynote addresses inspiring MBA students
to apply their leadership skills in the nonprofit sector.
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