Schedule
Jon M. Huntsman Hall
G-06 Ambani Auditorium
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA, 19104
Please check back for 2018 Schedule.
2017 Schedule
7:30-8:00 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast
Fitts Auditorium at Penn Law School – 3501 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA
8:00-8:15 a.m.
Welcome & Introductions
Peter Cappelli, Director, Wharton Center for Human Resources
Michael Useem, Faculty Director, McNulty Leadership Program at Wharton
Responsive and Responsible Leadership in a Digital Age
Deborah Brecher, Managing Director, Accenture Strategy
8:15-9:00 a.m.
Commitment to Combat: A Journey in Small Unit Leadership
Jeff Tiegs, Chief Operating Officer, Guardian Group and retired Lieutenant Colonel
9:00-9:45 a.m.
Making Change Happen Through Agile Leadership
Diane Gherson, Senior Vice President Human Resources, IBM
9:45-10:30 a.m.
Leading While Doing What You Love
Maria Oquendo, MD, PhD, Ruth Meltzer Professor & Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
10:30-10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45-11:30 a.m.
Leading in Emerging Markets
Laxman Narasimhan, Chief Executive Officer Latin America, PepsiCo
11:30-12:15 p.m.
Leadership Principles
Tricia Griffith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Progressive Corporation
12:15-1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15-1:30 p.m.
Are You Ready for Gen Z?
Deborah Brecher, Managing Director, Accenture Strategy
1:30-2:15 p.m.
A Conversation with Brett Brown, Head Coach of the Philadelphia 76ers
Led by M. Grace Calhoun, Director of Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania
2:15-3:00 p.m.
Leading Off the Planet
Christopher Cassidy, Chief Astronaut, NASA, U.S. Navy SEAL and Captain
3:00-3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15-4:00 p.m.
Leadership of the White House Press Corps and the Times of Donald Trump
Jeff Mason, White House Correspondent
4:00-4:30 p.m.
Fortune Makers and Summing Up
Peter Cappelli and Michael Useem
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Conference Adjourns & Reception
Great Hall, Penn Law School