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The fifth annual Social Responsibility Forum, which will occur on November 12 and 13, is right around the corner. The theme for this year’s Forum is “Leading to the Next Big Thing” where our invited keynote speakers and panelists will explore the new directions and opportunities that are being created by the shifts occurring in both business and social mindsets in a rapidly and ever-changing world. Learn more about the Forum » .

We hope you will join us for the largest student-organized event at IE. Space is limited, so register now. Ticket price for students and alumni is €10, and €30 for the general public. The ticket is good both days of the forum.

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Companies

In addition to numerous entrepreneurial ventures, panelists representing many leading companies will be attending the forum to share their ideas on the Next Big Things in the area of Social Responsibility, including:

• Cemex • Microsoft • Accenture
• Nike • Gamesa • Bain & Company
• Allianz • Shell • Everis

Exceptional Keynote Lineup

This year’s keynote lineup will include the following diverse group of individuals, who provide inspirational and illustrative examples of how socially responsible practices can have positive and lasting impacts on traditional business paradigms and on society:

• Sir Robert Swan, Polar Explorer and Environmental Leader
• Philip Armstrong, Head of the Global Corporate Governance Forum
• Rev. Karen Tse, Founder & CEO, International Bridges to Justice
• Wendy Luhabe, Social Entrepreneur
• Joshua Ramo, Managing Director at Kissinger Associates
• Hans Reitz, Founder of the Grameen Creative Lab

Learn more about the keynote speakers »

Break-Out Panel Discussions

The second day of the Forum will feature a total of 11 sessions covering a wide variety of “hot topics” and featuring a diverse collection of engaging speakers. To see the complete description of the panels and the invited speakers, please visit. The panel topics will include:

• IE Alumni: Leading to the Next Big Thing
• Financing Social Ventures
• Women Leading Social Enterprises
• Future of Energy Policy and Regulation
• Social Entrepreneurship: Breaking the Paradigms of Traditional Business Models
• Corporations Benefiting from Social Responsibility
• Education as a Source of Transformation
• Driving Social Change Through Sports
• Developing the Base of the Pyramid: Microfinance and Microinsurance
• Shaping Markets through Disruptive Innovation
• British Petroleum and the Gulf Disaster

Networking Event

In addition to the numerous informal networking opportunities at the forum, there will be a closing networking event at the Hub Madrid, where forum attendees will be able to explore opportunities in CSR and social entrepreneurship and network with professionals and practitioners.

Don’t miss out on what promises to be a great event. See you on November 12 and 13!

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Sponsors

On behalf of IE Business School and its students, we would like to extend special thanks to our sponsors, without whose support this event would not be possible.

On 19th, 20th and 21st October we were in Naples at Orientasud, where students could meet our representative to ask information about IE University and its Bachelors programs.
On the 20th we were present at the 121 Access Fair in Rome, and also in Milan at the QS Connect, another 121 opportunity to meet IE.
Following that on the 21st we participated at the FPP fair, QS grad (mainly for undergraduates) and the QS World MBA Tour fair. Students interested in Law programs also had their opportunity to meet us in Milan at the QS Law fair. We were then in Bologna to meet undergrad students at the FPP fair. Udine was our next destination, where we met students interested in our Master programs. The FPP Undergrad fair took place on the 26th in Rome, where we stayed until the 29th.

Catch up with us in Rome at Palalottomatica for the Campus Orienta fair, mainly focused on high school students looking for prestigious universities.

15th March 2010

Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan5, 

Sveta Nedelya Square Sofia,

Bulgaria

IE Business School representatives  promoting our MBA programs at the QS World MBA Tour in Sofia. Ms. Alba Vázquez, Ms. Vieta-Ha Tran, Ms. Mariana Romero.

Mr. Yavor Achev, IE International Executive MBA, was very helpful at promoting IE spirit among the prospective candidates. Thank you Yavor!

The IE Representatives Annual Meeting is an excellent forum ! Madrid, June 2010

The one –week meeting is dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship and the ideals of leadership and learning at IE. It also acts as a meeting point for IE representatives worldwide.
The Annual Meetings’s program includes extensive and intensive meetings, round-table discussions based on  central themes. The event’s main objectives are to provide insight into the latest management trends whilst strengthening and uniting the IE Community – an active network of experience and encouragement, a mixture of business and moments of leisure.

Our IE Tour for the fairs in Germany takes us to the capital at the end of this week and at the beginning of November to assist in various fairs and events. Isabelle Delacave, Germany’s IE Representative, will be at the “FPP International Education EXPO Roadshow” on the 28th of October at the Intercontinental Berlin in the Budapester Straße, and on the 29^th and 30^th she will be representing IE Universiy at the “Einstieg Abi” fair in the Messe Berlin. The EXPO fair aims to inform bachelor graduates about the possibilities of complementing their studies with the appropriate master degree in the fields of International Business, Finance, Marketing, Digital Business, Communication, Architecture and Environmental Change. The Einstieg Abi fair has a younger public target and informs the candidates about the different Bachelor degrees that IE University has to offer in the beautiful campus of Segovia. The areas of studies of the Bachelor Degrees vary from Business to Psychology, Architecture to Biology and from Tourism to Art History.

On Friday 30^th October an alumni dinner is being organized for all IE alumni who live in the Berlin area, and on Saturday Isabelle will attend the yearly gala dinner of the European Women’s Management Development International Network, the EWMD. The theme of this year’s annual seminar will be “Innovative Leadership for the future” with Mr. Thomas Sattelberger, HR director of Deutsche Telekom as a main speaker. This evening will be an opportunity for us to spread the word about our Women in Business event that will be held in Munich on January 27^th 2011.

On Monday 1^st and Tuesday 2^nd November IE University will be present at ICEF Berlin, a huge networking platform for educators, agents and all service providers in the Education sector. On Tuesday night the IE representative will fly back to her German base…Munich….