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Schedule

 

 

Thursday, July 13th 2017

 
Preliminary – as of 7/11/2017.

8:30am

Check-In at Hoffman Hall

9:30am

Welcome
  James Ellis, Dean, Marshall School of Business

Richard Drobnick, Director, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 5-17 and 37-present)

10:00am – 10:45am

IBEAR’s International Business Consulting Project (IBCP)
Experiences in 2016 & 2017
  Moderators: Bob Kiddoo, Associate Professor of Accounting, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 38-present)
Pankaj Bhushan, Associate Director, Marketing IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 28)
  2016 Projects
  Hitachi Energy:
Scott Zolendziewski, Senior Associate, KPMG (IBEAR 38)
  Warner Brothers:
Yan Pronin, Management Consultant, 8020 Consulting (IBEAR 38)
  2017 Projects
  Mercuria:
Peter Latteier, Principal Project Applications Engineer (IBEAR 39)
  OUE/Lippo:
Carlos Paes Barreto Neto, CEO, OAS Arenas (IBEAR 39)
  Saratoga Investments:
Patricia Wanandi, Assistant Vice President, PT Gemala Sarana Wiyata (IBEAR 39)
 

THREE HOT IBEAR START-UPS
  Moderator Jack G. Lewis, Director, IBEAR MBA Program and Advisor, ITO EN North America, Inc. (IBEAR 6-33)

Alfred Fung, CEO, Fun-Gi Games (IBEAR 31)

Peter Lee, CEO and Co-Founder, URB-E (IBEAR 31)

Jim Turner, VP Business Development, Hawksbill Brewing Company (IBEAR 19)

11:00am – 11:45am

Innovative Branding & Marketing Strategies
  Diane Badame, Academic and Program Director of the Master of Science in Marketing Program and Professor of Clinical Marketing, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 37-present)

C.W. Park, Robert E. Brooker Professor of Marketing, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 25-present )

Dennis Rook, Professor of Clinical Marketing, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 21-26)

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Networking Lunch

1:45pm – 2:30pm

Undergraduate Admission Trends in the U.S.
  Timothy Brunold, Dean of Admission, University of Southern California
 

USC and IBEAR Alumni: Building and Strengthening The Trojan Family
  Moderators: Grace Shiba,, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Alumni Association, USC
Fujiko Terayama, Director, Admissions & Alumni Relations, IBEAR MBA Program

Richard Chih-Han Chien, Director, CTE Tech Corp. (IBEAR 29)
Stephen W. Harper, Managing Partner, New Horizon Real Estate Group, LLC (IBEAR 14)
Alberto Garcia Teruel, Director, GRUPO ATSA (IBEAR 10)
 

USC Campus Tour

2:45pm – 3:30pm

Business Applications of Data Mining
  Arif Ansari, Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 25-present)

Rohit Gupta , Segment Manager, Western Digital Corporation (IBEAR 34)

 

World Economic Outlook 2017-18: Implications for Business & Finance
  Richard Drobnick, Director, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 5-17 and 37-present)

Lawrence E. Harris, Professor of Finance and Business Economics, USC Marshall School of Business

Fatemeh Ibrahimi Nazarian, Associate Professor of Clinical of Finance and Business Economics and Academic Director, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 36-present)

Douglas Joines, Professor Emeritus of Finance and Business Economics, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 1,2, 4, 17-24 and 26-29)

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Conversation with three IBEAR Directors
  Moderator James Ellis, Dean, Marshall School of Business
  Richard Drobnick, Director, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 5-17 and 37-present)
Roy Herberger, President Emeritus , Thunderbird School of Global Management and Founding Director, IBEAR MBA Program
Jack G. Lewis, Director, IBEAR MBA Program and Advisor, ITO EN North America, Inc. (IBEAR 6-33)

5:00pm – 5:45pm

Alumni Networking & Reception

6:00pm

IBEAR 39 Commencement

7:00pm

Reception & Dinner

Friday, July 14th 2017

 

10:00am – 10:45am

Leading Corporate Transformation
  Arvind Bhambri, Associate Professor of Management, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 11-28)
Bill Reynolds, Founder, Pacific Coast Energy and Minerals, LLC (IBEAR 10)

11:00am – 12:00pm

“Show Me the Money”: IBEAR Financiers and their Perspectives on Investment and Venture Capital Sourcing
 
Moderator Jeremy Dann, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 37 – Present)
Henry P. Biner, Director of Marketing and Partner, P/E Investments (IBEAR 16)
Peter KH Lin, CFO and Director of Operation and Administration, Pharma/Biotech Industry (IBEAR 23)
Robert Lin, CEO, Seabury Trade Finance Exchange (IBEAR 19)
Ahmed Shabana, Managing Partner, Parkpine Capital (IBEAR 38)
 

U.S. – China Relations: 2017 to 2020
  Baizhu Chen, Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 19, 25-28, and 30-33)

Clayton Dube, Executive Director, USC U.S.-China Institute

Tom Plate, Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies, Loyola Marymount University and South China Morning Post Columnist
 

Campus tours

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Networking Lunch

1:45pm – 2:30pm

Consultancy: Success Stories as Told by IBEAR Alumni
  Moderator Steve Barth, Chair, Business & Entrepreneurship, USC Iovine and Young Academy for Art, Technology and the Business of Innovation (IBEAR 35)
Jia Liu, Engagement Manager, EY (IBEAR 34)
Cautie Ocada, Representative, Ocada & Partners (IBEAR 15)
James C. Wong, Managing Director, Axcelasia Singapore Pte. Ltd. (IBEAR 11)
 

IBEAR’S RECENT INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAMS
  Moderator Suzette Furbeyre, Associate Director of Operations & Services, IBEAR MBA Program
  2015: Doing Business in Southeast Asia: Jakarta and Bangkok
  Sun Migliacci, Tech Strategy Manager, City National Bank (IBEAR 38)
Juan Staudt, Founder, Bullseye (IBEAR 38)
  2016: Doing Business in China: Shanghai and Nanjing
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  Hiroshi Fujii, Researcher, Aviation & Industry Policy Division, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd (IBEAR 39)
Derek (Junjun) Zhou, Senior Service Business Technology Manager, Lenovo (IBEAR 39)
  2017: Doing Business in China and Vietnam: Comparing the Business Environments in Chengdu and Ho Chi Minh City

  Chengdu: In co-operation with the Sichuan Tianfu Financial Group
Cecilia Chan, Managing Director, Octonovem

Ho Chi Minh City: In co-operation with the American Chamber of Commerce

2:45pm – 3:30pm

Career Development & Career Transitions: Capturing New Opportunities as an IBEAR MBA
  Moderator Mark Brostoff, Assistant Dean and Director, MBA Career Services, USC Marshall School of Business

George Sheth, Managing Partner, Diligent Partners, LLC. (IBEAR 18)
Horatiu Stefan, Founder & CEO, Consilium Partners
Yixuan (Jennifer) Zhao, Assistant Researcher, Nanjing University and Chief Secretary, Simou Club (IBEAR 31)
 

Challenges and Opportunities of Alumni Corporate Leaders
  Moderator Carl Voigt, Professor of Clinical Management and Organization, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 25-present)
Yosuke Honjo , President and CEO, ITO EN (North America) Inc. (IBEAR 20)
Shiro Naba, President, Shiroyama Global Advisor, Inc. (IBEAR 12)
Edwin Soeryadjaya, Chairman, Saratoga Investama Sedaya
Alberto Garcia Teruel, Director, GRUPO ATSA (IBEAR 10)

3:45pm – 4:15pm

IBEAR 2017 & Beyond

6:00pm – 7:30pm

Closing Reception at Spire Deck Lounge, Wilshire Grand CENTER
  Yang Ho Cho, Chairman and CEO, Hanjin Group and Korean Air (IBEAR 1)
Richard Drobnick, Director, IBEAR MBA Program (IBEAR 5-17 and 37-present)
Roy Herberger, President Emeritus, Thunderbird School of Global Management and Founding Director, IBEAR MBA Program