Reinvention & Resilience: 8th Annual Family Enterprise Conference
How will companies adapt to a post-pandemic world? Reinvention. How do families thrive generation to generation? Resilience. Those are the keywords for the 8th Annual Family Enterprise Conference. With over a dozen speakers across industries and around the globe, you will learn how to adapt to an ever-changing world; one that is more inter-connected than ever. Intimate networking opportunities will give you a chance to speak to others in family enterprises and build meaningful relationships. Please save the date for a stimulating day of conversation.
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| 9:00 - 9:10 a.m. | Welcome |
| 9:10 - 10:00 a.m. |
Academic Presentation: Reinvention Professor Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School |
| 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. |
Panel: Navigating the Post-Pandemic World Confirmed Panelists: Moderated by Joshua Baron, Adjunct Professor of Management, Columbia Business School |
| 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Panel: Family Enterprise in an Inter-Connected World Confirmed Panelists: Moderated by Lauren Rosenberg ’22, Co-President of the Family Business Club |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Panel: Young Alumni: Governance from the Ground Up Confirmed Panelists: Moderated by Winnie Hui ’22, Co-President of the Family Business Club |
| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Virtual Networking Lunch Break |
| 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. |
Keynote Fireside Chat Jon Sebastiani ’12, Founder & CEO of Sonoma Brands Capital Moderated by Professor Stephen Zagor, Columbia Business School |
| 2:15 - 3:00 p.m. |
Panel: Family Office Confirmed Panelists: Moderated by Professor Patricia Angus, Managing Director of the Global Family Enterprise Program |
| 3:00 p.m. | Wrap Up Remarks |
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Jon Sebastiani ’12, Founder & Managing Partner, Sonoma Brands Capital |
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Stephen Zagor, Adjunct Associate Professor of Management, Columbia Business School |
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| PANELISTS |
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Keynote Fireside Chat
Jon Sebastiani ’12, Founder & Managing Partner, Sonoma Bramds Capital
Moderated by Professor Stephen Zagor, Columbia Business School
Academic Presentation: Reinvention
Professor Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School
Navigataing the Post-Pandemic World
Anand Bhatia ’16, Vice President of Bhatia Development Organization
Alice Chen ’05, CEO of Tawa Group
Scott Mitchell, Ladies Store Manager, Richards of Greenwich, Mitchell Stores
Moderated by Joshua Baron, Adjunct Professor of Management, Columbia Business School
Family Enterprise in an Interconnected World
Ben Grossman ’06, Co-President of Grossman Marketing Group
Daniel Korschun, Marketing Department Head and Associate Professor at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business
Patricia Riberas ’18, Transformation and Organization Director at Gestamp
Moderated by Lauren Rosenberg ’22, Co-President of the Family Business Club
Young Alumni: Governance from the Ground Up
Nandini Garg ’19, Director at Rajdarbar Group
E. Smyth McKissick IV ’17, President & CEO of Alice Company
Martim de Mello ’21, Associate at McKinsey & Co.
Marc Rosenberg ’21, Director of Finance at PIM Brands, Inc.
Moderated by Winnie Hui ’22, Co-President of the Family Business Club
Family Office
Jolyne Caruso-FitzGerald, Divisional Vice Chair, Global Wealth Management at UHNW
Eduardo Rossi ’00, Vice President of the Board of Peninsula Participacoes
Thayer Willis, President of Willis Management
Viren Wong, President of Trillyan Invstment Limited
Moderated by Professor Patricia Angus, Managing Director of the Global Family Enterprise Program
