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The Jerome Fisher Program in
Management & Technology
35th Anniversary Celebration
November 7-9, 2014
Friday, November 7th
| Time | Location | Description | Presenters |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Campus | Self-guided campus tours | |
| 1:30pm – 5:00pm | Singh Center Galleria, 3205 Walnut Street |
Registration | |
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Singh Center Galleria, 3205 Walnut Street |
Guided Tour of the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology | Noah Clay Director, Nanofabrication Facility, Penn Engineering |
| 2:15pm – 2:55pm | Singh Center, Glandt Forum |
Alumni-Student Mentoring Session |
M&T Alumni and Students |
| 3:00pm – 3:55pm | Singh Center, Glandt Forum |
Parallel Session: Penn Undergraduate Admissions |
Eric J. Furda Dean, Penn Admissions |
| 3:00pm – 3:55pm | Singh Center, Conference Room 035 | Parallel Session: M&T Alumni Interviewing |
Patrick Bredehoft Director, Penn Alumni Interview Program M&T Alumni Interviewers Alan Frost, ’87 Dan McCarthy, ’06 |
| 3:00pm – 3:55pm | Levine Hall, Conference Room 512 3330 Walnut Street |
Parallel Session: Wharton MBA and Executive MBA |
Blair Godfrey Associate Director, Wharton MBA Diane Sharp Director of Admissions, MBA Program for Executives M&T Alumni Eddie Nie, M&T ’10, WG ’15 Diego Hernandez Diaz, M&T ’11, WG ’16 |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Singh Center, Glandt Forum |
Coffee Break and Optional Startup Mentoring Hour |
Students, M&T Alumni Panel, plus Entrepreneurs and VCs including Doug Alexander, ’83 Rob Weber, ’82 Allie Rogers, ’87 |
| 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Skirkanich Hall, Berger Auditorium 210 S. 33rd Street |
M&T Business Plan Competition |
M&T Alumni Panel Lee Hower, ’00 Jesse Beyroutey, ’11 Brandon Christie, ’12 Ken Glass, ’82 (moderator) |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Rittenhouse Hotel 210 West Rittenhouse Square |
Cocktails, Meet and Greet |
Saturday, November 8th
| Time | Location | Description | Presenters |
| 8:00am – 8:55am | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Baker Forum 3730 Walnut Street |
Breakfast, Registration, Networking |
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| 9:00am – 9:10am | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
Introduction, Welcome | Ken Glass, ’82 35th Anniversary Chairman Dr. William F. Hamilton Director, M&T Program |
| 9:10am – 9:25am | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
Update on the Wharton School |
Dr. Geoffrey Garrett Dean of Wharton School |
| 9:25am – 9:40am | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
Update on the Engineering School |
Dr. Eduardo Glandt Dean of Penn Engineering |
| 9:40am – 9:55am | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
M&T Retrospective | Dr. William F. Hamilton Director, M&T Program |
| 10:00am – 10:50am | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Baker Forum |
Coffee Break and Networking by Industry |
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| 11:00am – 11:40am | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
Wharton Guest Speaker | Dr. Adam Grant Professor of Management and Class of 1965 Chair, the Wharton School Top-rated Wharton Professor and author of Give and Take |
| 11:40am – 12:00pm | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
Update on the M&T Program | Dr. William F. Hamilton Director, M&T Program |
| 12:15pm – 1:45pm | Sheraton Hotel, 3549 Chestnut Street |
Lunch Break and Alumni Entrepreneur Guest Speaker, Seating by Region |
Kunal Bahl, ’06 (via Skype) CEO, Snapdeal.com |
| 2:00pm – 2:55pm | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
Alumni Keynote Address | Dr. Garrett Reisman, ’91 SpaceX DragonRider Project Manager |
| 3:00pm – 3:50pm | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Baker Forum |
Networking Coffee Break | |
| 4:00pm – 4:30pm | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
Engineering Guest Speaker | Dr. Vijay Kumar UPS Foundation Professor, Penn Engineering Flying Quadrotors |
| 4:30pm – 4:45pm | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
Strengthening M&T Over the Next 35 Years via Fundraising and Branding |
Allie Rogers, ’87 35th Anniversary Fundraising Chair Tom Opdyke, ’91 35th Anniversary Event Planning Subcommittee Chair |
| 4:45pm – 5:00pm | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Ambani Auditorium |
Closing Remarks | Ken Glass, ’82 Dr. William F. Hamilton |
| 5:00pm – 5:30pm | Outside of Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 38th and Walnut Streets |
Shuttle Bus from Campus to Rittenhouse Hotel (optional) |
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| 6:30pm – 7:30pm | Rittenhouse Hotel | Cocktail Hour | |
| 7:30pm – 9:30pm | Rittenhouse Hotel | Gala Dinner, Seating by Class | Dr. Amy Gutmann (video) University President |
Sunday, November 9th
| Time | Location | Description | Presenters |
| 9:30am – 11:30am | Rittenhouse Hotel | Farewell Brunch | Dr. William F. Hamilton |
M&T 35th Anniversary 
Great agenda – can’t wait to attend! Is there any way to download this calender into google cal? Or do you have your own calendar of events we could subscribe to? Thank you!
hi Alex! Unfortunately we don’t have that functionality. I’m so sorry!