International Forum Schedule

Thursday, September 27, 2007

4:00 pm

College Admissions Session
University of Chicago Vice President and Dean of College Enrollment Michael Behnke will lead an informative session for prospective College students, their parents, and interested alumni. Come learn about the admissions process and life and learning on campus today. Parents are welcome to come with or without children.

6:00 p.m.

Special Pre-Forum Reception
International Forum participants who express an interest and register early will receive a separate invitation to this special reception. Places are limited. Please indicate on the registration form if you would like to receive an invitation.

Friday, September 28, 2007

9:00 am–5:00 pm

Registration
Pick up your registration packet, name tag, and complete schedule. Light refreshments will be available.

If you register for any of the following optional events, you will receive a confirmation that will include information on transportation and where to meet the group. Space is limited for all tours.

8:30 am–11:30 am

Optional Event
Breakfast, Lecture and Tour
The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army Exhibition
At The British Museum
A tour of this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, The First Emperor, will explore one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century and provide an insight into China’s First Emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, and his legacy. Chicago alumnus Michael Willis, AM’77, PhD’88, curator of the British Museum, will greet the group. He will provide a brief introduction to the world of the British Museum and share his personal vision of the exhibition in a lecture titled, “The First Emperor: First or First Among Equals? Thinking about History in the Tradition of William H. McNeil.” Hiromi Kinoshita, Exhibitions Assistant in the Department of Asia at the British Museum, will discuss the tradition of tomb sculpture and ritual deposits in China.

10:00 am–3:00 pm

Optional Event
Kew Gardens
Now a World Heritage Site, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
are home to the world’s largest and most diverse collection of living plants, with more than 40,000 different species. Lady Elinor Crane will host a tour of the Gardens including some of the behind-the-scenes areas. We will also visit an exhibition of Henry Moore sculptures. Lady Elinor is the wife of Sir Peter Crane, FRS, former director of Kew Gardens and now the John and Marion Sullivan University Professor in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. Transportation by bus from the Chicago GSB will be provided and guests will have the opportunity to have lunch on
their own at one of the four cafes at Kew Gardens.

Noon–5:00 pm

Optional Event
Love’s Labour’s Lost at The Globe Theatre
Lunch and a discussion of Shakespeare with David Bevington, Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Chicago, will be followed by a 2:00 p.m. performance of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Globe Theatre. The location for lunch will be within walking distance of the theatre and will be sent to registrants with their confirmation.

6:00 pm–7:00 pm

International House Alumni Reception
Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD
Bill McCartney, Executive Director of the University of Chicago’s International House, will host a private reception for International House alumni.

7:00 p.m.

International Forum Opening Dinner
Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD
University President Robert J. Zimmer will join alumni, parents, and friends to celebrate Chicago’s global accomplishments and future goals.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

9:00 a.m.

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:45 a.m.

Welcome
Edward A. Snyder, Dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Economics, Chicago GSB.

10:30 a.m.

Panels
Choose among three panels of Chicago faculty, alumni, and experts from around the world.

Expanding Cosmic Horizons
A decade of discovery in cosmology and particle physics has yielded a surprising mystery: 95% of the universe is made up of two components we don’t understand. Dark matter holds our galaxy together, and dark energy drives the ever-accelerating expansion of our universe. Scientists around the world are in a race to understand these and, thus, elucidate the origin of the universe and reveal our cosmic destiny. The panel will discuss some of the exciting new projects on the horizon such as the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, the Pierre Auger Project in Argentina, and the South Pole Telescope.

Moderator: Rocky Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the College and Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago

Andrew Jaffe, SM’90, PHD’94, Reader in Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Imperial College

Young-Kee Kim, Professor of Physics and Deputy Director of Fermilab, University of Chicago

Angela Olinto, Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago

Engaging Cultural Differences in Western Europe
Coming to terms with diversity in an increasingly multicultural world has become one of the most pressing public policy projects for western liberal democracies in the early 21st century. One way to come to terms with diversity is to try to understand the scope and limits of toleration for difference at different national sites (for example, France, Norway, England, the USA) where immigration from foreign lands has complicated the cultural landscape and where even liberal citizens in the cultural mainstream are no longer quite so sure they want
to celebrate diversity. Three cultural anthropologists lead a panel discussion of the topic.

Moderator: Richard Shweder, William Claude Reavis Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development and Department of Psychology, University of Chicago

John Bowen, AM’77, PhD’84, Dunbar-Van Cleve Professorship in Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis

Unni Wikan, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway

The Evolving International Entrepreneurial Economy: Funding, Founding and Forming Buyouts and New Ventures
In this session, Scott Meadow, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, will discuss the growth of private equity and new ventures outside the United States. Who are the financiers and innovators that are creating this asset class internationally? What are the milestones and progress in creating and recapitalizing the key projects? How can these ventures help build a stable financial future?

Moderator: Scott Meadow, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, Chicago GSB

Frank Ballantine, Attorney, Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Robert Covalt, MBA’67, President, RBC Associates

Blair V. Jacobson, MBA’99, Director, Citi Private Equity

Arno Schenk, MBA’85, Executive Member of the Board of Directors, Quadrant AG

12:30 p.m.

Lunch and keynote lecture, Beyond Freakonomics: The Latest Musings of Steven Levitt, Alvin H. Baum Professor of Economics, Director of the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory.

Chartered Accountants' Hall
Great Hall, One Moorgate Place, London, EC2R 6EA

2:30 p.m.

Panels
Same as above

4:00 p.m.

Afternoon Tea and Reception

7:00 p.m.

Group Dinners
If you are interested in organizing or attending a self-host dinner with alumni from a specific class, school, division, or region, please indicate this on your response form or contact Penka Bergmann in the Chicago GSB Alumni Office in London at penka.bergmann@ChicagoGSB.edu or +44-(20)-7070-2230.

7:00 p.m.

London Phoenixphest
Dim T, 2 More London Place, London SE1 2JP
Join University of Chicago young alumni* for dinner following the International Forum. This dinner is part of Phoenixphest—a tradition of young alumni parties happening around the world from September 27–29.
*Young alumni gatherings are designed with graduates of the last 15 years in mind, but all alumni are welcome to attend.