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SPECIAL CONFERENCES FOR THE
SCHOOL’S 50 TH ANNIVERSARY
• Colloquium on the Globalization of Business
Education, Barcelona, October 2007
• 3rd EVPA Annual European Conference, Madrid,
October 2007
• Fifty Years of the Treaty: Assessment and
Perspectives of Competition Policy in Europe,
Barcelona, November 2007
• A Century of Harvard and Fifty Years of IESE,
Madrid, January 2008
• 1st International Conference on Leadership in a
Multicultural World, Barcelona, January 2008
• Chinese Business Women in Leadership,
Barcelona, February 2008
• Doing Good and Doing Well: Leading Student
Conference on Responsible Business in Europe.
Barcelona, February, 2008
• The Future of Leadership and the Role of
Business Schools, Barcelona, April 2008
• MIT-CISR International Practitioners Workshop,
Barcelona, April 2008
• The New Media Landscape (MSI Conference),
Barcelona, May 2008
• 15th International Symposium on Ethics, Business
and Society, Barcelona, May 2008
• International Entrepreneurship Conference: The
Road to Success, Barcelona, May 2008
• 4th International Family-Owned Business
Conference: Fostering Enduring Values, Barcelona
June 2008
• BIT 4th International Conference: Mastering IT in
Business, Barcelona, June 2008
• Trends and Best Practices in Work-Family Balance:
Building Sustainable Societies, Madrid, June 2008
• 1st Conference on Humanizing the Firm and the
Management Profession, Barcelona, June 2008
• Scancor Workshop on Institutional Theory,
Barcelona, September 2008
SUPPORTING
INDUSTRY
• 22nd Meeting of the Automotive Sector:
Managing Global Uncertainty. Barcelona,
November 2007
• 14th Meeting of the Health Technology Sector
Executives, Madrid, December 2007
• 2nd Interactive Advertising Meeting, Madrid,
February 2008
• 1st Audiovisual Sector Workshop, Barcelona,
November 2007
Perhaps 50 years is not a long time in the life of an academic institution, but it is long enough
for IESE to appreciate that its future depends on its ability to generate ideas, attract the best,
and to work with commitment.
And as Dean Jordi Canals stated, “As we continue to grow over the
next 50 years, we seek to preserve IESE's unique character in all our
activities.” This singular character is embodied in the school’s transcending mission to instill
a spirit of service in managers.
During the yearlong celebration of its half-centenary, IESE commemorated the past and
embraced the future. The celebratory events brought us a host of unforgettable moments,
shared with business leaders from both the present and the future. We have caught a glimpse
of some of the big ideas whose time is yet to come, and met with many of those who will make
them possible.
Dean of Harvard Business School (HBS), Jay O. Light, set the stage for celebrations at a
conference on the future of management education on IESE’s Madrid campus in May 2007. The
dean’s address focused on the relevance of the MBA program. Reflecting on HBS’s centenary,
Dean Light approached the topic from a historical perspective.
Dean Light also highlighted HBS and IESE’s deep-rooted association that goes back almost to
the school’s beginnings. Light expressed his joy to visit IESE on the eve of its 50 th anniversary
and described the shared history between IESE and Harvard Business School as a "deeply
valued collaboration."
HBS and IESE’s friendship dates from the appointment of the first Harvard-IESE Committee
in 1963. Initially created to help IESE launch its first two-year MBA program in Europe, the
committee remains active today. The first IESE MBA class graduated in 1966.
HARVARD, A SOLID FRIENDSHIP
After 45 years of close collaboration, it was no surprise that the two institutions would want
to celebrate IESE’s 50th anniversary and HBS’s centenary together. As a result, in January 2008,
professors, students and alumni from both schools met at IESE’s Madrid campus to discuss one
of business and society’s greatest challenges: globalization.
“In this era of globalization, IESE has become a model and an
inspiration to all of us in management education who are striving
to increase our global reach,” HBS’s Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs, W. Carl
Kester, said. “We from Harvard are always astonished when we look
at a map of the world and see all the places you could put a little
flag marking where and IESE program is offered,” he added.
Francisco Belil Francisco Martín Frias
Kenneth S. Rogoff
Roberto F. de Ocampo
Rita Gunther McGrath
Jaime Caruana
José Carreras
Gerhard Heiberg Janne Haaland-Matlary