Set for Oct. 30-Nov. 2, the 2004 Executive MBA Council Conference, Building Bridges, Creating Connections, will start only a few weeks from now. Already more than 300 participants worldwide have registered for the conference. Don’t miss out – register online now at http://www.emba.org/annualconference.htm#reg.

Participants will choose from a wide range of professional development activities and also can take advantage of an optional wine tour to Napa and Sonoma Valleys on Saturday or the Annual Executive MBA Golf Outing sponsored by Campus Text.

Experts at hand

The 2004 Executive MBA Conference features the following keynote speakers.


SUSAN SCOTT

Learn to transform your conversations into the building blocks for success. Best-selling author and visionary leadership development architect, Susan Scott will share the leadership power of dialogue as the opening keynote speaker.

For 13 years, Scott ran think tanks for CEOs through TEC Worldwide, a company dedicated to improving the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of CEOs. She designed and delivered training to peers who worked with CEOs in 18 countries, as well as engaging in more than 12,000 hours of one-to-one conversations with CEOs.

In 1999, she founded Fierce, Inc., and wrote the best-selling book based on her innovative perspective on leadership, Fierce Conversations–Achieving Success at Work and In Life, One Conversation at a Time. It became one of USA Today’s top 40 business books of 2002. Scott is recognized as a thought leader in the areas of leadership development and cultural transformation.

Conference participants who attend the keynote address on Sunday will receive a copy of Scott’s book.


MARIA T. GALENO

The closing keynote features a unique legal voice. A partner in the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, Maria T. Galeno has taught trial advocacy for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and also appeared on Court TV as a criminal defense expert. Appointed by former mayor Rudy Giuliani, she served on the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary from 1994 to 2001.

Galeno currently represents clients in government investigations that involve securities fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud, and antitrust violations. As a former Assistant United States Attorney, she prosecuted drug, bank robbery, public corruption, and securities and fraud cases.

In her keynote, Galeno will look at news-making white collar criminal investigations, such as those of Martha Stewart and Ken Lay, and talk about her experiences in trying corruption and securities fraud cases and in working with Giuliani. She also plans to address the issue of ethics and include her thoughts about teaching ethics in Executive and Professional MBA Programs.


Practical focus

Conference developmental workshops and concurrent sessions focus on an important goal – offering the kind of practical knowledge that you can take home and apply to your program. They cover a range of relevant and topical issues:

Developmental workshops

S U N D A Y

• Improving Student Learning and Teacher Evaluations
  Harvey Brightman, Professor Emeritus, Georgia State University
  
  
• Using the Case Method to Teach Career Management
  John Worth, University of North Carolina, and Melinda Allen, Vanderbilt University

M O N D A Y

• Professional & Executive MBA Programs for Fully Employed Professionals - Building Momentum and Revenue by Leveraging Synergies and Success Strategies
  Diane Badame, University of Southern California; Marci Armstrong, Southern Methodist University; and Kathryn Carlson, University of Minnesota
  
  
• Developing the EMBA Team: The Carrot and Stick Approach
  Mary Ann Spilman and Carol Dellamore, University of Maryland University College
  
  
• What EMBA Programs Can Learn From America’s Growth Companies
  Steve McKee, McKee Wallwork Henderson
  
  
• Ethics and Social Responsibility: Bridging Academic and Corporate Life
  Salvador Aceves, San Francisco University; Seung Kim, St. Louis University; Darlene Brannigan Smith, Loyola College in Maryland; and Bonnie Soodik, Sr. VP, The Boeing Company

Concurrent Sessions

S U N D A Y

• Start with the Student’s View – Insights from Directors Who Are Also Program Alumni
  Louise Kapustka, University of Washington, and Erik Charles, University of California, Irvine
  
  
• Building the Alumni Connection
  Donna Blackburn, Melody Paris, and Timothy Roark, Georgia State University
  
  
• Women and the EMBA
  Beatrix Dart, University of Toronto
  
  
• Key Points for Managing the International MBA Experience
  Bie DeGraeve, Tilburg University; Anna Kerkhoff and John Lewandowski,
  Purdue University
  
  
• Emotional Intelligence in the EMBA Curriculum
  Courtney Walsh and Frank Krzystofiak, University of Buffalo
  
  
• A Diamond Award EMBA – Corporate Partnership
  Karen Hallows, George Mason University
  
  
• Keeping Your EMBA Curriculum Current: EMBA Electives and Tracks
  Carol Newcomb and Mara McKee, Ohio State University
  
  
• Research in Executive Education
  Daniel Gropper, Auburn University
  
  
• “ROI” of Alumni Involvement
  Pam Wiese, Washington University-St. Louis; Penny Oslund, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; and Kathryn Carlson, University of Minnesota
  
  
• E-Mail Marketing: The Power and the Perils
  Dan Stotz, Georgia Institute of Technology
  

M O N D A Y

• Program Customization to Achieve Personal and Career Transformation
  David Springate, University of Texas at Dallas
  
  
• It’s Not About the Core: Leadership Learning from EMBA’s
  Steve Feld and Amanda Stowers, University of Maryland
  
  
• The Art and Science of Managing Faculty
  Susan Samuelson, Boston University
  
  
• Going Global: Case History of Asia Launch
  Larry Greiner, University of Southern California; Wei Lu, Shangai Jiao Tong University; Jim Liu, Cisco Systems
  
  
• Building International Learning Communities–“Faculty and Student Experiences of Learning Together, Apart”
  Ian Turner, Henley Management College, and Erich Barthel, Hochschule fur Bankwirtschaft
  
  
• Keeping in Touch with Alumni – A Successful Experience at IPADE Business School
  Carlos Ruiz-Gonzalez, IPADE Business School
  
  
• Leadership in MBA Programs: Creating Connections with Faculty, Staff, and the University
  Gary Selden, Kennesaw State University, and William Lindsey, Loyola Marymount University
  
  
• Economic Development and Its Implications for EMBA Education in China
  Cascade Huan and Ming Huang, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
  
  
• Integrating Common Values, Considerations and Principles into the EMBA Curriculum
  Joe Holt and Barry Van Dyck, University of Notre Dame
  
  
• Career Management: Integrating Leadership, Career, and Academic Assessment
  Anne Ferrante and Jonathan Hochberg, University of Texas at Dallas
  
  
• Building the Global EMBA–Creating International Connections
  Shyam Kamath, Guido Krickx, California State University, Hayward
  

T U E S D A Y

• Turning Managers Into Leaders: Can EMBA Programs Help?
  Ravi Ramamurti, Northeastern University, and Stefanie Lenway, University of Minnesota
  
  
• It’s All About the Experience–Creating Product Evangelists through Customer Experience Management
  Francis Petit, Fordham University, and Chris Koutsoutis, Baruch College
  
• Perspectives: EMBA Employers and the Value Proposition
  Rachel Edgington and Daphne Atkinson, Graduate Management Admission Council; Diane Badame, University of Southern California; and George Bobinski, Binghamton University
  
  
• Social Consulting Experience–Corporate Citizenship in Practice
  James T.C. Wright and Ana Paula G. Oliveira, FIA-University of San Paulo
  
  
• EMBA International Week in Mexico
  Henry Lane, Northeastern University; Jose Antonio Davila, IPADE Business School; and Michael Pearce, University of Western Ontario, Ivey Business School
  

Travel

The venue for the 2004 conference, the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, offers an elegant and luxurious setting.

2 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
800-325-3589 (inside the United States)
415-512-1111 (outside the United States)

San Francisco International Airport serves all major domestic and international airlines, and you can choose several different transportation options to and from the hotel, including rental car, taxi, airport shuttle, or the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

The Airport Express Shuttle costs $15 each way. For $4.95, the BART will take you from the airport to the newly opened Montgomery Street Station, and almost to the door of the Palace Hotel.


Vote Early

This year’s conference will take place during the 2004 U.S. national election. Citizens of the U.S.: Please plan to file your absentee ballot before you leave for the conference.


For more details

The Executive MBA Council web site at http://www.emba.org/annualconference.htm features the full conference agenda and provides additional details.