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

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

WELCOME ADDRESS

The Honorable ELAINE L. CHAO
US Secretary of Labor
Introduction:
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman & CEO, The Blackstone Group

SESSION #1 - Empire Room

Using Your Last 12 Months in Office to Their Fullest

Adam Aron, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Stephen Berger, Odyssey Investment Partners
Ashton B. Carter, Kennedy School of Government
William H. Donaldson, SEC
Cynthia A. Glassman, US Department of Commerce
Michael F. Holland, Holland & Company
Dennis Kneale, CNBC
Edward M. Lamont, Lamont Digital Systems
Charles E.F. Millard, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Donald E. Powell, Gulf Coast Rebuilding
Keith L. Reinhard, DDB Worldwide
Donald H. Straszheim, ROTH Capital Partners

Respondents
Daniel C. Esty, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
James P. Firman, The National Council on the Aging
Clarke Murphy, Russell Reynolds Associates
Jonathan Spector, The Conference Board

SESSION #2 - Empire Room

Investing in the Unknown:
Taking Needed Risks with Highly Uncertain Outcomes

Erin Burnett, CNBC
Christopher B. Galvin, Motorola
Richard J. Harrington, The Thomson Corporation
Ellis B. Jones, Wasserstein & Co.
Richard C. Levin, Yale University
Ian Livingston, BT Group
Joseph W. McGrath, Unisys Corporation
B. Teja Raju, Maytas Infra Limited
Wilbur L. Ross Jr., WL Ross & Co.
Stephen A. Schwarzman, The Blackstone Group
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Verizon Communications
*John A. Thain, Merrill Lynch & Co.

Respondents
Joseph L. Bower, Harvard Business School
N. Anthony Coles, NPS Pharmaceuticals
Robin L. Weiss, NYSE Euronext

LEGEND IN LEADERSHIP AWARD

RICHARD J. HARRINGTON
President & Chief Executive Officer
The Thomson Corporation

Award Presentation by:
John C. Bogle
Founder, The Vanguard Group
Anne M. Mulcahy
Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corporation

THE WALDORF=ASTORIA

Reception - Hilton Room 

Dinner - Hilton Room 

Session # 3 - Hilton Room

Why Do I Bother to Battle?
Courageous Champions of Conscience and Controversy

John C. Bogle, The Vanguard Group
Richard W. Edelman, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide
Thomas A. James, Raymond James Financial
Robert J. Kueppers, Deloitte & Touche USA
Ira M. Millstein, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Jed S. Rakoff, US District Court-Southern New York

Respondents
Norman J. Bartczak, Columbia University
Steve Frankel; Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Harvey J. Goldschmid, former Commissioner, SEC
Timothy P. Harkness, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Raymond L. Kotcher, Ketchum
Mark S. Ordan, The Mills Corporation

FRIDAY - DECEMBER 14, 2007

THE WALDORF=ASTORIA

7:00 AM - Breakfast
Hilton Room

SESSION #4 - Empire Room

Knowing Your Future Customers

Marty Albertson, Guitar Center
John Eyler, Toys “R” Us
Mark Fields, Ford Motor Company
Raymond V. Gilmartin, Merck & Co.
Rick Goings, Tupperware Brands Corporation
Gregory E. Hyland, Mueller Water Products
Kevin M. Lane, Mastertaste
David Neeleman, JetBlue Airways Corporation
E. Stanley O’Neal, Merrill Lynch & Co.
Maurizio Tucci, SELEX Communications
Brian C. Walker, Herman Miller
Steven B. Wheeler, Booz Allen Hamilton

Respondents
Garry Brewer, Yale School of Management
Sanford R. Climan, Entertainment Media Ventures
Robert G. Cross, Revenue Analytics
John H. Clippinger, Harvard Law School
Damon Danielson, WePlayTV
Ravi Dhar, Yale School of Management
Jean Picker Firstenberg, American Film Institute
Stephen A. Greyser, Harvard Business School
Barry Nalebuff, Yale School of Management
Larry Selden, Columbia University

SESSION #5 - Discussion Groups

The Biggest Change You Currently Face

Promenade A
Barbara L. Allen, Fairmont Medical Center-Mayo Health System
Stewart D. Friedman, The Wharton School
Andrew Ward, Terry School /University of Georgia

Promenade B
Stephen M. Davis, Davis Global Advisors
James Kristie, Directors & Boards
Stephen K. Wagner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Promenade C
Kenneth L. Coleman, Accelrys Software
Eric A. Spiegel, Booz Allen Hamilton
Robert Stefanowski, GE Corporate Finance EMEA

Empire 1
Max Anderson, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Arnold S. Cohen, The Partnership for the Homeless
Dorothy Cowser Yancy, Johnson C. Smith University

Empire 2
John M. Cook, CT Investments
Diane Hessan, Communispace Corporation
Stacy J. Kenworthy, Fourth Quadrant Solutions


SESSION #6 - Empire Room

Will We Ever Get There?
Leading the Team to the Promised Land

Thomas J. Clarke Jr., TheStreet.com
Elisabeth DeMarse, DeMarseCo
Mark J. Emkjer, Accelrys Software
Gilbert Fiorentino, Tiger Direct
A.D. Frazier, Danka Business Systems
Charles W. Gould, Volunteers of America
F.J. Pollak, TracFone Wireless
Dennis F. Ratner, Ratner Companies
William V. Roberti, Alvarez & Marsal
Terry Stecz, Edison Schools
Charles A. Tribbett III, Russell Reynolds Associates

Respondents
Jeffrey B. Brenzel, Yale University
Michael Beer, TruePoint, Harvard Business School
Robert F. Bruner, Darden School/University of Virginia
Donald C. Burr, People Express Airlines
Art Hopkins, Macquarium Intelligent Communications
Thomas A. Kolditz, United States Military Academy
David Miller, Yale Center for Faith & Culture
Nikos Mourkogiannis, Panthea Leadership


Lunch - Hiltom Room

SESSION #7 - Hilton Room

Did the Media Become the Message?
Heisenberg Meets McLuhan

Geoffrey Colvin, FORTUNE
Ben W. Heineman Jr., The General Electric Company
Tom Herman, The Wall Street Journal
Joann S. Lublin, The Wall Street Journal
Alan Murray, The Wall Street Journal
Thomas A. Stewart, Harvard Business Review
Jonathan Wald, CNBC

Respondent
D. Quinn Mills, Harvard Business School

2:15 PM - Adjournment