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Schedule and locations subject to change

UPDATED October 23

Thursday, October 25, 2007
All events in Krannert Auditorium except lunch and where noted

8:00 a.m

Registration begins

9:00 a.m.

Welcome from Krannert Dean Rick Cosier

9:15 a.m.

Keynote by Vernon Smith (HDR ’89), Nobel Laureate in Economics (introduction by Professor Tim Cason)

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.

Entrepreneurship Panel

·	Eileen Bedell (BSIM’74, MSIA ’74), President, The Bedell Group
·	Bruce Olson (BSIE ’71, MSIA ’72), President, BBI Group
·	Kelvin Pennington (BSIM ’80), President, Pennington Partners

Noon

Lunch
“How It All Began”—brief history of the Krannert School (PMU Faculty Lounges)

2:00 p.m.

Keynote by Hugo Sonnenschein (MSM ’63, PhD ’64, HDR ’96), President Emeritus and Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago (introduction by Richard Kihlstrom (BA '64), Miller-Friedman Professor of Finance, Wharton School)

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m.

Change Management Panel

·	Joe Forehand (MSIA ’72), Retired Chairman, Accenture
·	Bill Kassling (BSIM ’67, HDR ’06), Chairman, Wabtec Corp.
·	Rick Cosier, Krannert Dean and Leeds Professor of Management

4:30 p.m.

Open Reception - Meet Your Favorite Faculty Member, Rawls Hall Third Floor

6:30 p.m.

Krannert Leadership Speakers Series: George Mitchell keynote speaker (PMU Ballrooms); comments by Purdue President France A. Córdova and Krannert Dean Rick Cosier; Krannert alumni awards

Friday, October 26, 2007
All events in Rawls Hall except where noted

8:00 a.m.

Registration begins

9:00 a.m.

Panel on Managing in a High-Tech Environment (Rawls 1086)

·	Christine Kowalski (MSM ’87), Group Vice President of Operations, Boston Scientific
·	Jerry Rawls (MSIA ’68, HDR ’01), President, Finisar
·	Craig Saddler (BSE ’81), President, Boeing Australia

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Parallel Sessions

Panel on “What It Takes to Lead” (Rawls 1086)

·	Jane Brock-Wilson (BSIM’78), Managing Director, Berkshire Partners
·	Tom Howatt (BSIM ’72, MSM ’73), President and CEO, Wausau Paper
·	Jim Lewis (MSM ’92), President, Disney Vacation Club, Walt Disney Company

Panel on Professional Conduct/Ethics (Rawls 3082)

·	Vicky Bailey (BSIM ’74), Principal, Anderson Stratton International
·	Susan Butler (BSIM ’65, HDR ’99), CEO, Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute
·	Gary Lehman (BSIM ’74), President and CEO, Fairfield Manufacturing

11:30 a.m.

Meet the CEOs (Krannert Auditorium)
Informal meet and greet with Krannert alumni CEOs, including Dick Dauch (BSIM '64, HDR '99), Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of American Axle and Manufacturing

12:30 p.m.

Keynote by Purdue Athletic Director Morgan Burke (BSIM ’73, MSM ’75); appearances by Heisman Trophy finalists Mike Phipps (BSIM’70) and Mark Herrmann (BSM ’81)--tent behind Rawls Hall

1:30 p.m.

Free concert by The Buckinghams

3:00 p.m.

Professional Master's Student-Alumni Social
3rd Floor Commons, Rawls Hall

Saturday, October 27, 2007

9:00 a.m.

Purdue Homecoming Celebration (Krannert tent near Hovde Hall)

Noon

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