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Friday, October 22, 2004
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Optional Tours
Upon your arrival in Paris, we invite you to join us for one of two optional tours to kick off the weekend's activities.

  • Tour A – Paris City Tour 
  • Tour B – Rodin Museum

To read tour descriptions, click here>>


8:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception

Musée Jacquemart-André
Read about the Musée Jacquemart-André>>

Special Exhibit Open for Viewing:
"The Treasures of the Napoleon Foundation"
Read about the Exhibit>>

Welcoming remarks:
Thomas F. Cooley, Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics and Richard R. West Dean of the NYU Stern School of Business

Martin Boyer, MBA '75, Chair of the NYU Stern Alumni in France Regional Group


Saturday, October 23, 2004

Beginning at 8:00 a.m.

Registration
Salon Winter Garden – InterContinental Paris

 

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Plenary Session – The Future of the European Union
Salon Napoleon – InterContinental Paris

Panelists:

  • Jean Claude Casanova, Professor of Economics, Institut d’Etudes Politiques and Director, Policy Department on Economic Activity, Foundation of Political Science, Paris;
  • Lord David Howell, Conservative Party Foreign Policy Spokesman in the House of Lords;
  • Pavel Mertlík, former Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic and Professor at Charles University in Prague;
  • Horst Siebert, President of the Kiel Institute for World Economics and former member of the Council of Economic Advisors of Germany.

Moderator:
Georges de Ménil, Professor of Economics, Ecole des Hautes Eudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris

 

12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. 

Luncheon
Salon Imperial – InterContinental Paris

Welcoming remarks:
William R. Berkley, BS '66, Chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley Corporation and Chairman of the NYU Stern Board of Overseers

Introduction of keynote speaker:
Professor Bernard Ramanantsoa, Dean of HEC School of Management, Paris

Keynote speaker:
Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank

Closing remarks:
Thomas F. Cooley, Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics and Richard R. West Dean of the NYU Stern School of Business

 

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Breakout Sessions

Panel 1: European Capital Markets
Salon Napoleon – InterContinental Paris


Panelists: 

  • Lord Charles Aldington, Chairman of Deutsche Bank London;
  • Baron Alexandre Lamfalussy, Chairman of the Wise Men Group of the European Union and Professor at the EURO – Institut d'Etudes Europeennes, Louvain-la-Neuve;
  • Jos Schmitt, Co-head of Capital Markets and Head of Market Infrastructure, CAPCO; Head of Strategy and Market Operations, Board of the Brussels Stock Exchange;
  • Sir Nigel Wicks, Deputy Chair, Euroclear; Chair, European Union Monetary Committee; Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury to 2000.

Moderator:
Ingo Walter, Seymour Milstein Professor in Ethics and Corporate Governance and Strategy, NYU Stern School of Business


Panel 2: The Global Luxury Market
Salon Aiglon – InterContinental Paris

Panelists:

  • Gerd Finke, Associate Director of Marketing, Fine Fragrances Worldwide, P&G Prestige Beauté;
  • Xavier Guerrand-Hermès, Director and Vice Chairman of Hermès of Paris;
  • Rudolf Janssen, Member of the Department of Marketing at the Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commercials (ESSEC), Paris; Sales Director at Atelier Federico Restrepo;
  • Christian Louboutin, Couture Shoemaker and Founder of the Louboutin Brand;
  • Robert Murphy, Fashion Editor at Women's Wear Daily;
  • Marie-France Pochna, Commentator; Biographer; Lecturer on the History of Fashion at the Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commercials (ESSEC), Paris, and at the London College of Fashion;

Moderator:
Russell S. Winer, William H. Joyce Professor of Marketing and Deputy Dean of the NYU Stern School of Business

Seine River
 

rose window

Louvre pyramid
 

 8:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. 

Gala Dinner
Salon Aiglon – Cocktails: 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Salon Imperial – Dinner: 9:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
InterContinental Paris

Nobel Laureate Address:
Robert Engle, Michael Armellino Professor of Financial Management and 2003 Nobel Laureate in Economics

State of the School Address:
Thomas F. Cooley, Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics and Richard R. West Dean of the NYU Stern School of Business

Alumni toasting
 

Sunday, October 24
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Working Meeting with Regional Alumni Group Leaders
InterContinental Paris


Afternoon 

Optional cultural/museum tours

  • Tour C - Champagne Country / Reims Cathedral (full day)
  • Tour D - Versailles Palace and Giverny (full day)
  • Tour E - Musée du Louvre (half day)
  • Tour F - Walking tour of the Ile de la Cité with visit of la Conciergerie and Sainte-Chapelle (half day)
  • Tour G - Walking tour of the Marais district with visit of the Picasso Museum (half day)

To read tour descriptions, click here>>

Musee DOrsay
 

The NYU Stern Office of Alumni Affairs would like to thank Professor Meredith L. Clausen of the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington for the use of her photographs on this page of the Paris 2004: Global Alumni Conference website.

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