Practitioners and academics in an intense dialogue: the last day of the conference is dedicated to business families from across the world. The Family Business Day is a one-day and unique event.
Top-class family business entrepreneurs such as Tim Habbershon (USA), Karl-Erivan Haub (Germany), Martin Looser (Switzerland) and Tobias Solorza (Mexico) will share their experiences with regard to leading a family firm. Their input is complemented with reflexions from renowned academics. As we expect business families from all over the world, this event is held in English. A short overview about the program can be found in the table below.
Program Overview Family Business Day
| Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
| 08.30-08.45 |
Introduction |
Prof. Zellweger & Prof. Goel |
| 08.45-09.45 |
Governance & Value Creation in an Entrepreneurial Family |
Tim Habbershon (Fidelity Investments, USA) |
| 09.45-10.30 |
Long-term Value Creation at Tengelmann |
Karl-Erivan Haub (Tengelmann, GER) |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break |
|
| 11.00-11.45 |
Transgenerational Entrepreneurship |
Ana Urrea (Privax Group, COL) |
| Parallel |
Running a Family Firm in Turbulent Environments |
Tobias Solorza (El Manantial, MEX) |
| 11.45-12.30 |
Governance with a Complex Family Structure |
Martin Looser (Looser Holding, CH) |
| Parallel |
Passing on Entrepreneurial Spirit across Generations: the Bekaert Academy |
Sophie Lammerant-Velge (Bekaert, BEL) |
| 11.00-12.30 (parallel) |
Long-term Value Creation and Entrepreneurship at the Mulliez Family |
Antoine Mayaud (Association Familiale Mulliez, FRA) |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Lunch |
|
| 14.00-14.45 |
An Asian Family Business Story |
Irene Gan (Gan Family, MAL) |
| 14.45-15.45 |
Developing Useful Knowledge - What Should Academics Focus on? |
Prof. Steier plus Panel (Tobias Solorza, Martin Looser, Matti Vanhanen, Joe Astrachan) |
| 15.45-16.15 |
Coffee break |
|
| 16.15-17.00 |
The Finnish Story |
Matti Vanhanen (Former Prime Minister of Finland) |
| 17.00-17.15 |
Closing remarks |
Prof. Zellweger & Prof. Goel |
| After 17.15 |
Closing reception (Apéro) |
|
The information brochure for this event can be found on the right-hand side of this webpage.
To register please use the registration form that can be accessed on the right-hand side of this webpage. If you have any queries, please contact our secretary Selina Kaufmann directly.
We are looking forward to welcoming you!