THE YALE CEO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Happy Days:
Are They Here Again?

 
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 THE WALDORF=ASTORIA

THURSDAY - DECEMBER 18, 2003

12:30 PM - Lunch Reception
Lois XVI suite

2:00 PM - The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University
Empire Room

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

SESSION #1
Uncommon Views on Common Markets:

Comparative Views on Global Comparative Advantage

Peter D. Bell, CARE
Ashton B. Carter, Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense
Douglas R. Conant, Campbell Soup Company
John M. Cook, PRG-Schultz International
Brian Duperreault, ACE Ltd.
Richard W. Edelman, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide
Mark Fields, Premier Automotive Group, Ford Motor Company
Rick Goings, Tupperware
Robert D. Hormats, Goldman Sachs International
Thomas R. Keene, Bloomberg News
Philip I. Kent, Turner Broadcasting System
Herbert V. Kohler Jr., Kohler Co.
David H. Langstaff, Argotyche
Edward J. Mathias, The Carlyle Group
James J. Schiro, Zurich Financial Services
Stephen A. Schwarzman, The Blackstone Group
Toshiaki Taguchi, Toyota Motor North America
John F. Ward, Russell Corporation

Respondents
Paul Bracken, Yale School of Management
John A. Quelch, Harvard Business School
S. Prakash Sethi, Zicklin School, Baruch College

SESSION #2
Trust Us, We’ve Fixed the Governance Problem:

What Is Better, What Is Worse

Betsy S. Atkins, Baja
Joseph W. Brown, MBIA
Richard E. Cavanagh, The Conference Board
Peter C. Clapman, TIAA-CREF
Joele Frank, Joele Frank Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Bill George, Medtronic
Cynthia A. Glassman, Securities and Exchange Commission
Harvey J. Goldschmid, Securities and Exchange Commission
Charles W. Gould, Volunteers of America
Douglas E. Hill, Edward Jones
George R. Hornig, Credit Suisse First Boston Private Equity
Kenneth J. Hunter, Council of Better Business Bureaus
Bethany McLean, Fortune
Nell Minow, The Corporate Library
William G. Parrett, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Andrea Redmond, Russell Reynolds Associates
Thomas J. Saporito, RHR International Company
Christopher Shays, US House of Representatives
Barbara Ley Toffler, Columbia Business School
Sandy Warner, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Sherron S. Watkins, “Time Magazine Person of the Year”
Martin E. Winter, Independent Board Advisory Services

Respondents
Rick Antle, Yale School of Management
Sanjai Bhagat, University of Colorado at Boulder
Stephen A. Greyser, Harvard Business School
Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago Business School

6:30 PM - Dinner Reception
Hilton Room

7:30 PM - Dinner
Hilton Room

LEGEND IN LEADERSHIP AWARD

Award Presentation
Jean Picker Firstenberg, American Film Institute
Philip I. Kent, Turner Broadcasting System

JACK VALENTI
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Motion Picture Association

SESSION #3
The Return of Tech Hypes & Hopes:

Why Be an Early Mover?

Bradbury H. Anderson, Best Buy Co.
John Henry Clippinger III, Parity Communications
Jean Picker Firstenberg, American Film Institute
W. Austin Ligon, Carmax Auto Superstores
W. Robert Reum, AMSTED Industries
Dorothy K. Robinson, Yale University
Jeffrey R. Rodek, Hyperion Solutions Corporation
Al Trujillo, Recall Corporation
Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association

Moderator
Benn R. Konsynski. Goizueta School, Emory University

FRIDAY - DECEMBER 19, 2003

6:45 AM - Breakfast
Hilton Room

8:00 AM - Sessions
Empire Room

SESSION #4
We’re Back Better than Ever:

Lessons from Recovered Enterprises

Stephen Berger, Odyssey Investment Partners
Richard C. Breeden, Former Chairman, SEC
Chip Davidson, The Brookdale Group
Elisabeth DeMarse, Bankrate
James J. Dunne III, Sandler O’Neill & Partners
James Hagedorn, The Scotts Company
John Hancock, MFI Furniture Group
Jennifer Prosek, Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek
John R. Seffrin, American Cancer Society

Respondents
Christopher Lovelock, Yale School of Management
Sim B. Sitkin, Fuqua School, Duke University
Dick R. Wittink, Yale School of Management

SESSION #5 - Discussion Groups
The Impossible Dream:

If I Could Only...

Group A - Hilton Room
Dante L. Capitano, RHR International Company
Alfred G. Goldstein, Sears Specialty Retailing

Group B - Hilton Room
Marc F. Adler, Macquarium
Stacy J. Kenworthy, OptiFacio
Daniel Reardon, North Highland Company

Group C - Hilton Room
Charles M. Masson, Masson & Company
James D. Rosenfeld, Goizueta School, Emory University

Group D - Empire Room
Thomas J. Clarke Jr., The Street.com
Paul D. Lapides, Kennesaw State University
Joseph E. McCann, Sykes College, The University of Tampa

Group E - Empire Room
James Guthrie, National Advertising Review Council
Dorothy Cowser Yancy, Johnson C. Smith University

SESSION #6
These Are the Good Days:

Happy Days Never Left

G. Raymond Empson, Keep America Beautiful
John McCorry, Bloomberg News
Judith A. McHale, Discovery Communications
Ted Merz, Bloomberg News
Wenda Harris Millard, Yahoo!
Allen L. Parchem, RHR International Company
William D. Perez, S.C. Johnson & Son
Thomas A. Stewart, Harvard Business Review
Marcy Syms, Syms Corp
Charles Tribbett III, Russell Reynolds Associates

Respondents
Michael Beer, Harvard Business School
William H. Starbuck, Stern School, New York University

TOYS “R” US
Times Square

12:30 PM - Lunch

ANDY BOROWITZ
Award-Winning Humorist
Author, Who Moved My Soap

JAMES CRAMER
Co-Host, Kudlow & Cramer
Co-Founder, TheStreet.com

2:15 PM - Adjournment