1st Annual 2001 SDM Alumni Conference!

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Come join us for the.
1st Annual 2001 SDM Alumni Conference! October 25
26, 2001, Cambridge, MA
" Leadership in a Complex and Changing Business
Environment"

• Featuring
• Prominent industry speakers
• MIT academic experts
• Networking with SDM alumni and current students
• Alumni presentations at Fall 2001 SDM Business
  Trip
• Participating in 2001 Sloan Leadership Conference

For More Information Visit http//sdm.mit.edu/sdm
/alumni/conf01/
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SDS Alumni Conference Theme
" Leadership in a Complex and Changing Business
Environment" Leadership in today's complex ,
global, and rapidly changing business environment
requires a multiplicity of skills. An effective
leader must ensure that the work of the
organization is producing positive value
throughout the entire process to maximize
shareholder wealth. Leaders help to identify the
organizational goals and create a shared vision
of what is at the core of their organization.
Leaders develop and maintain collaborative
relationships, develop the skills groups and
individuals need, and create an environment where
people willingly and enthusiastically rally
around the shared vision and goals. The 1st
annual SDM Alumni Conference SDM alumni
conference will explore the characteristics of
leadership from multiple business perspectives.
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MIT SDM Conference Strategy

• STRATEGY
• Integrate with SDM Business Trip
• Coordinate with SDM Leadership Team
• SDM Front Office to help with logistics
• Theme (Leadership Through Complexity)
• Leverage Sloan Leadership Conference

• AGENDA
• Leadership presentation focus for alumni (Thur)
• SDM Learning Experience to current students (Fri)
• Attend Sloan Leadership Conference (Sat)

SDM Business Trip (Fall 01) Cambridge, MA
SDM Conference Cambridge, MA
Sloan Leadership Conference
Thursday (Alumni) Friday (Current Students
Alumni) Saturday (Sloan Leadership Alumni)
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Examples of Potential Conference Speakers

• Peter Senge, MIT, Sloan School of Management
• Don Davis, MIT, Senior Lecturer and Former CEO
• of Stanley Works (confirmed)
• Peter Stern, CTO, Datek Online (confimed)
• Tom Magnanti, Dean, MIT School of Engineering
• Sam Liggero, VP, Polaroid Corporation (confirmed)

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Overview of Conference Agenda

• Thursday October 25, 2001
• 800 AM - 530 PM
• Presentations from prominent industry speakers,
  MIT academic experts, and SDM alumni
• 600 PM - 900 PM
• SDM Dinner and networking with current SDM
  students at University Park Hotel
• Friday October 27, 2001
• 800 AM - 500 PM SDM
• Alumni participate in Fall 2001 Business Trip
• SDM Alumni presentations and round table
  discussions
• Saturday October 28, 2001
• 900 AM - 500 PM Attend Sloan Leadership
  Conference

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Overview of Sloan Leadership Conference Saturday,
October 27, 2001

• This years Conference, Critical Choices
  Defining Moments of Leadership, addresses the
  difficult decisions that leaders face in an
  evolving environment, and the development of
  organizational leadership to successfully manage
  these decisions.
• As the business environment has been transformed
  in the last decade become increasingly
  networked, blurring the lines between traditional
  business boundaries organizations have been
  forced to develop new and innovative ways of
  leadership. Additionally, the pace of change has
  been frenetic, meaning that often critical
  decisions have to be made quickly and without
  full information.
• In this kind of environment, the critical choices
  and defining moments that affect the companys
  future are more often occurring in the day-to-day
  operations and decisions of the managers
  throughout the organization, as well as in the
  CEOs office. Thus it has become even more
  critical for top executives to impart good
  leadership skills to people at all levels of the
  organization, making leadership a team effort.
• To explore leadership in this evolving
  environment, the conference will discuss topics
  such as
• Leaders guide others through adversity, but what
  guides a leader in his/her actions when faced
  with a defining moment?
• How do you develop and inspire leadership within
  your organization?
• How has the globalization of the economy and the
  various cultural issues involved affected
  business decision-making? Are there differences
  in how these situations are handled in various
  industry contexts?
• What are the key leadership capabilities that
  emerge as successful?

For more information visit http//sloanleader.com
/
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Registration and Hotel Information
SDM Alumni Conference October 25 26,
Cambridge, MA Registration The SDM Alumni
Conference registration fee is 225. You can
register by mail (registration form to be
provided) or electronically through the SDM
Alumni Conference web site at http//sdm.mit.edu/s
dm/alumni/conf01/ Hotel Rooms We have a block
of rooms at a discounted rate of 199/night.
Contact The University Park Hotel before October
3, 2001 to get this special price and ensure a
room will be available. More Information For
more information, visit our SDM Alumni Conference
Web Site at http//sdm.mit.edu/sdm/alumni/conf01/