THE YALE CEO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Global Market Patterns
and
Local Neighborhood Opportunities

 
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June 5 and 6, 2008

Presenting Sponsors:

CNBC
Deloitte & Touche LLP
The NASDAQ OMX Group Educational Foundation, Inc.
Russell Reynolds Associates
Thomson Reuters

Institute Sponsor

UPS

THURSDAY - June 5, 2008

12:30 PM - Lunch Reception

2:30 PM - Welcome
Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, CELI/Yale School of Management

SESSION #1

When Global Markets Hit Bottom: Does the System Restart on Its Own?

Opening Comments
Jeffrey L. Bewkes, President & CEO, Time Warner Inc.
Magnus Böcker, President, The NASDAQ OMX Group
Joseph W. Brown, Chairman & CEO, MBIA
William H. Donaldson, 27th Chairman, SEC
S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO, Infosys Technologies
William D. Zollars; Chairman, President & CEO; YRC Worldwide

Stephen Berger, Chairman, Odyssey Investment Partners
Geoffrey Colvin, Senior Editor-at-Large, FORTUNE
Cynthia A. Glassman, Under Secretary, US Department of Commerce
Michael F. Holland, Chairman, Holland & Co.
Dennis Kneale, Media & Technology Editor, CNBC
Xiaojing Li, General Manager, Bank of China USA
Charles E.F. Millard, Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Nachiket Mor, Deputy Managing Director, ICICI Bank
Clark Murphy, Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates
Alan Murray, Assistant Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Paula Rosput Reynolds, President & CEO Safeco Corporation
Howard B. Slaughter Jr., CEO, Landmarks Community Capital Corporation
Jonathan Spector, CEO, The Conference Board
Robert Stefanowski, President & CEO, GE Corporate Finance EMEA


Respondents
Robert F. Bruner; Dean, Darden School; University of Virginia
 Ashton B. Carter, Kennedy School of Government, former Assistant Secretary of Defense
Tom Herman, Senior Special Writer, The Wall Street Journal

SESSION #2

Building Foundations of Trust Across Distant Markets: Lessons on India and China

Opening Comments
Neelam Deo, Consul General of India, New York
Russ Fradin, Chairman & CEO, Hewitt Associates
Richard J. Harrington, Chairman, Thomson Reuters
Reuben Mark, Chairman, Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Amit Mitra, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
Zeng Wei, Chairman, Palm Springs Holdings Co. Ltd.

Erin Burnett, Anchor, CNBC
Willie W. Chan, CEO, Temasek Management Services
Rui Chenggang, Director & Anchor, China Central Television
Diane K. Jorkasky, Vice President, Pfizer Global Research & Development
Gary E. Knell, President & Chief Executive Officer, Sesame Workshop
Himanshu Kohli, Founder Partner, Client Associates
Raymond L. Kotcher, CEO, Ketchum
Suneeta Reddy, Executive Director, Apollo Hospitals
Keith L. Reinhard, Chairman Emeritus, DDB Worldwide

Respondents
Zhiwu Chen, Professor, Yale School of Management
Barry Nalebuff, Professor, Yale School of Management
Gustav Ranis, Professor Emeritus of International Economics, Yale University
Jagdish N. Sheth; Professor, Goizueta Business School; Emory University

Reception & Dinner

LEGEND IN LEADERSHIP AWARD

LOUIS V. GERSTNER JR.
Chairman, Carlyle Group
Former Chairman & CEO, IBM

Award Presentation by:
Richard J. Harrington
Chairman, Thomson Reuters


Session # 3

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished:
Leading Turnarounds

Opening Comments
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Former Chairman & CEO, IBM
Arthur C. Martinez, Chairman & CEO Emeritus, Sears Roebuck & Co.
Robert P. May; CEO, Calpine Corporation; former CEO, HealthSouth

Adam Aron, Chairman & CEO, World Leisure Partners
Marty Evans, former CEO, American Red Cross
A.D. Frazier Jr., Chairman & CEO, Danka Business Systems
John J. Legere, CEO, Global Crossing
Patricia A. Sellers, Editor-at-Large, FORTUNE
Charles A. Tribbett III, Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Respondents
Thomas A. Kolditz, Professor, United States Military Academy

FRIDAY - JUNE 6, 2008

7:00 AM - Breakfast

SESSION #4

Old Lessons on Finding the New New Thing

Opening Comments
George F. Colony, Chairman & CEO, Forrester Research
W. Rodney McMullen, Vice Chairman, The Kroger Co.
K.K. Modi, Chairman, Modi Enterprises
Kevin P. Ryan; Chairman & CEO, AlleyCorp; Founder, DoubleClick
Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman & CEO, The Blackstone Group
Thomas G. Stemberg, Founder, Staples

Daniel J. Arnold, President, Road Ranger
Thomas J. Clarke, Chairman & CEO, TheStreet.com
N. Anthony Coles, President & CEO, Onyx Pharmaceuticals
Damon Danielson, CEO, WePlayTV
Elisabeth DeMarse, President & CEO, CreditCards.com
Art Hopkins, President, Macquarium Intellligent Communications
Richard L. Kauffman, President & CEO, Good Energies
David H. Langstaff, Founder, Argotyche
Dan Reardon, President & CEO, The North Highland Company

Respondents
John Henry Clippinger, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
Ravi Dhar, Professor, Yale School of Management
Benn R. Konsynski; Professor Goizueta Business School; Emory University
Vivek Wadhwa, Professor, Duke University


SESSION #5 - Discussion Groups

Taking Big Chances:
Unleashing Entrepreneurial Initiative Despite Global Realities

Group 1
Bradley R. Agle, Katz School, University of Pittsburgh

Group 2
Tara A. Cortes, Lighthouse International
Andrew J. Ward, Terry College, University of Georgia

Group 3
Roger L. Krakoff, Sigma Partners
Amy Wrzesniewski, Yale School of Management

Group 4
Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia Business School
Steven E. Prokesch, Harvard Business Review

Group 5
Jennifer Prosek, Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek Communications
Ronald A. Warren, LMAP



SESSION #6

Global Statesmanship and the Limits of the Modern Corporation

Opening Comments
Ben W. Heineman Jr., former EVP & General Counsel, The General Electric Co.
Kenneth G. Langone, President & CEO Invemed Associates
Ira M. Millstein, Senior Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Joele Frank; Managing Partner; Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Raymond V. Gilmartin; Lead Director, Microsoft Corporation; former CEO, Merck & Co.
Timothy P. Harkness, Partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Robert J. Kueppers, Deputy CEO, Deloitte
Donald T. Nicolaisen, former Chief Accountant, SEC
Ramesh Ramanathan, Co-Founder, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy

Respondents
Constance E. Bagley, Professor, Yale School of Management
Norman J. Bartczak, Professor, Columbia Business School
Garry D. Brewer, Professor, Yale School of Management
David W. Miller, Executive Director, Yale Center for Faith & Culture
Joel R. Reidenberg; President, Faculty Senate; Fordham University


Lunch

SESSION #7

Private Industry Leadership, Public Voices, and the Promise of Global Trade

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Honorable ELAINE L. CHAO
US Secretary of Labor