Spring 11 MASTER.indd - Thunderbird Magazine
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eleven<br />
reasons<br />
to attend<br />
<strong>11</strong>.<strong>11</strong>.<strong>11</strong><br />
<strong>Thunderbird</strong> combines<br />
three events into<br />
one historic gathering<br />
Two giant saguaros<br />
form a No. <strong>11</strong> at the<br />
<strong>Thunderbird</strong> School of<br />
Global Management<br />
entrance in Glendale,<br />
Arizona. The campus will<br />
host a series of <strong>11</strong>.<strong>11</strong>.<strong>11</strong><br />
events during the week<br />
of Nov. <strong>11</strong>, 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
(Photo by Daryl James)<br />
Knowledge will flow, friends will reconnect and history will<br />
unfold during the week of Nov. <strong>11</strong>, 20<strong>11</strong>, when <strong>Thunderbird</strong><br />
combines its inaugural Global Business Dialogue, homecoming<br />
and Tower Grand Opening into a three-in-one <strong>11</strong>.<strong>11</strong>.<strong>11</strong><br />
celebration.<br />
BP CEO Bob Dudley ’79 will deliver the opening keynote address at<br />
the Global Business Dialogue, a two-day forum (Nov. 10-<strong>11</strong>) on the role<br />
of business in creating sustainable prosperity worldwide. The event will<br />
support <strong>Thunderbird</strong>’s new concept for a global community of learning<br />
and practice — one of four strategic priorities outlined in the school’s<br />
Vision 2020.<br />
Sessions will include short talks grouped into four categories: economic<br />
empowerment, energy and natural resources, innovation and technology,<br />
and finance. The overarching theme will be “redefining global leadership.”<br />
The forum also will include networking events with influential global<br />
leaders. Additional sessions will highlight regional business issues.<br />
Homecoming events Nov. <strong>11</strong>-13 will include mixers, Regional Night<br />
with the students and the traditional farewell brunch.<br />
The Tower Grand Opening will mark the culmination of a grassroots<br />
campaign that started in 2007, when a group of students started raising<br />
funds to save the World War II landmark where American, British and<br />
Chinese pilots once trained for battle.<br />
The celevbration will include cocktails, dinner, live entertainment, fireworks<br />
and more, as more than 500 alum come together.<br />
“The week of <strong>11</strong>.<strong>11</strong>.<strong>11</strong> will be historic for <strong>Thunderbird</strong>,” says <strong>Thunderbird</strong><br />
President Ángel Cabrera, Ph.D. “We will celebrate the past and look<br />
forward to the future.”<br />
Register<br />
today<br />
Visit www.thunderbird<br />
.edu/<strong>11</strong>-<strong>11</strong>-<strong>11</strong>, email<br />
alumni@thunderbird<br />
.edu or call<br />
602-978-7359<br />
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