• Registration desk is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  
  
• Breakfast for toolkit and first-time attendees is set for 7-8 a.m.
  
  
• Developmental workshops and concurrent sessions begin.
  
  
• Keynote speaker highlights opening lunch.
  
  
• Local schools sponsor the cocktail reception and dinner.

Monday, Nov. 1

• Registration desk is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  
  
• Exhibit hall is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  
  
• Developmental workshops and concurrent sessions continue.
  
  
• The council holds its annual business meeting and makes its benchmarking presentation at lunch.
  
  
• Silent Auction and cocktail reception is held from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
  
  
• Dinner for faculty members takes place from 8:30 to 10 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 2

• Registration desk is open from 7 a.m. to noon.
  
  
• Exhibit hall is open from 7 a.m. to noon.
  
  
• Regional breakfasts are scheduled for 7:30-9 a.m.
  
  
• Concurrent sessions are held in the morning.
  
  
• A special information session on the 2005 conference in Barcelona is planned.
  
  
• Brunch features another speaker and marks the official conference end.
  
  
• The Board of Trustees meets from 1-5 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 3

• The Board of Trustees meets from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sessions

In June, conference subcommittee members began reviewing proposals for the concurrent sessions and developmental workshops. The concurrent sessions and developmental workshops will showcase successful executive and professional MBA practices.

Look for details on the concurrent sessions and developmental workshops that were selected in upcoming issues of Exchange, as well as on the Executive MBA Council web site at www.embac.org.

If you have questions about proposals, contact the Concurrent/Developmental Subcommittee Co-Chairs John Fraser, University of Iowa, john-fraser@uiowa.edu, or Lucy Maillette, Michigan State University, maillette@bus.msu.edu.

Sponsorships

The 2004 Executive MBA Council Conference offers opportunity for networking, professional development, and camaraderie. It also offers schools opportunities to sponsor major conference events including breakfasts, coffee breaks, lunches, receptions, and dinners.

Schools can contribute in ways that they feel are affordable and appropriate. Many events will have multiple sponsors. Contributors will be recognized at the sessions, as well as in:

• Information distributed in advance of the event
  
  
• Powerpoint presentations that will be used during the conference
  
  
• Signs at break and buffet tables
  
  
• Other conference materials and the conference web page

Interested? Those schools who sign up early will have more opportunities for recognition. Contact Barry VanDyck, University of Notre Dame, barry.vandyck.1@nd.edu; Tony Hansford, University of California at Irvine, hansford@gsm.uci.edu; or Maury Kalnitz, Executive MBA Council, maury@embac.org with questions, ideas, and requests.

Also, for your convenience, a Sponsorship Commitment Form is available on the Executive MBA Council web site.

Planning team
Many thanks to the Executive MBA Council Planning Committee, who volunteer their time to make this conference a great experience for all participants. If you are interested in volunteering to help with the conference, please contact one of the co-chairs.

- Kay Henry. Rice University – Co-Chair

- John Lewandowski, Purdue University – Co-Chair

- Salvador Aceves, University of San Francisco

- Sara Bradbury, University of Georgia

- Deborah Fallahay, University of Chicago

- John Fraser, University of Iowa

- Mary Lynn Gillespie, The Conference Link

- Robert Gleeson, University of California at Berkeley

- Dan Gropper, University of Auburn

- Tony Hansford, University of California at Irvine

- Carrie Hurd, The Conference Link

- Viktoria Kish, ISP

- John Lyon, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton West

- Lucy Maillette, Michigan State University

- Regena Mitchell, University of Otago

- Martin Rapisarda, Vanderbilt University

- Carlos Ruiz-Gonzalez, IPADE Business School

- Mary Ann Spilman, University of Maryland

- Erika Steuterman, Purdue University

- Barry VanDyck, University of Notre Dame

- Pam Wiese, Washington University

- Maury Kalnitz, Executive MBA Council

- Karen Mc Lintock, Executive MBA Council