Archive for November, 2008

Events

GES 2009

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The “Global Engagement Summit” (GES) is an annual meeting organized by about 60 undergraduate students from Northwestern University (Illinois, USA). Its main goal is to build the capacity of the next generation of global change leaders to cross borders and partner with new communities to produce responsible, innovative, sustainable solutions to shared global programs. The summit began in the year 2005 as an attempt to develop better training for students participating in on-the-ground international development and social entrepreneurship and to put driven students in touch with one another and with innovative nonprofit leaders. The GES has grown with time, and it’s founding members have established a center that helps in the international immersion of programs.

The workshop will be held in Northwestern University’s campus located in Evanston, Illinois, on April 8-12 2009. There will be workshops and critical discussions to help participants have the tools to move beyond their “good intentions” to produce real change. Development of skills and resources will be some of the many topics in the agenda.

If you are a motivated student who wants to generate real, plausible change in the world, and have designed a project to achieve it, do not hesitate to apply for a place in the GES. You will not only improve your capacity to generate change in the world, but also access new resources to help you do it. Do not miss out on this opportunity!
What: Global Engagement Summit
When: April 8-12 2009
Where: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (USA)
Apply in: http://northwesternges.org/apply.php

Events

Campus For Finance – New Year’s Conference

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The ninth edition of the “New Year’s Conference” will take place on January 15 and 16 2009 in Vallendar, Germany. It is organized every year by the Otto Bleisheim School of Management, and brings together 200 students and important personalities from the academical and corporative spheres.

This year’s main topic is “Behavioral Finance – How to Account for Irrationality?” and makes reference to real-world phenomena which can only be understood accounting for decisions that are either irrational or the result of preferences that deviate from neoclassical assumptions. During the two days of the meeting there will be lectures, discussions and workshops. In addition, a Corporate Fair will be hosted, and the most prestigious companies within the financial services industry will be represented.

Amongst this year’s notable speakers are Prof. Robert J. Aumann (Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for 2005), Hans-Paul Bürkner (President and CEO of The Boston Consulting Group), Stephan Gemkow (CFO – Lufthansa) and Walter B. Kielholz (Chairman of the Board of Directors – Credit Suisse Group)

If you are interested in attending the conference you have time until November the 30th to complete your subscription! Subsidies will be provided to foreign students. For further information, please visit the event’s official web-site, http://www.campus-for-finance.com/ .

SABF News

New Paradigms, New Challenges

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On November 4th, the 2009 Edition of the SABF was presented. It is interesting to note that the forum is headed towards its fifth edition, and while that number may not sound very big, it outlines the importance of an often forgotten concept: CONTINUITY. That idea was the core of the compliments from Admiral Enrique Molina Pico, ITBA’s dean, and the National Minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Dr. Jose Lino Barañao, who outlined not only the fact that the project began more than five years ago, but also that even with none of the original members remaining in the organizing team, the SABF is still growing strongly. According to Barañao, another good thing about the forum is that it not only analyzes current subjects, but it also generates ideas and solutions.

Amongst others attending the event were José Luís Roces (Provost – ITBA), students, representatives of the companies that support the SABF, juries, ITBA professors and some lecturers from past editions, including: Víctor Valle (Finance Director, Latin-America, Google Inc.), Diego Luzuriaga (President – Aquariana), Jorge Tersoglio (Director, Department of Economy, Finance and Legals of Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires) and Cecilia Smoglie (Director, Departments of Mechanical and Naval Engineering of ITBA).

First in the Agenda was the recap of the SABF 2008, held in August of this year, which had “Empowering Agents of Change” as its main subject. After analyzing the progress made and discussing the important conclusions reached after three days of debate, the main topic of the next edition was presented. The subject is titled “New Paradigms, New Challenges” and makes reference to the different issues that have arisen in the past few years on a social, environmental and economical level. The viability of our current global system is in threat. These new tendencies are defining new paradigms. The aforementioned issues will be the main items of discussion during the three days of the conference, which will take place on August 7th, 8th and 9th 2009.

If you are interested in participating in the SABF 2009 you must write an essay focused on one of three sub-topics which will be announced in the coming days. You may apply between January 1st and May 10th 2009. For further information please visit our website, www.sabf.org.ar, where you’ll find a text about the main topic. We hope we can count with your enriching presence in SABF 2009!