Concept:
On the evening of July 1st, 2015 “The 7R Future Leadership Institute” will organize a Networking Table in Berlin. The subject of discussion will be ‘Entrepreneurship in modern days and times’. We will as a group (the so called 7R Group) attend the ESMT Annual Forum the following day. The Topic of this year’s forum is “Entrepreneurship: Moving beyond the familiar”. (The Forum itself is free to the public, but requires upfront registration.) Beware, the 7R Group is limited to 4 people.

Booking:
If you want to join the 7R group and attend the networking table on July 1 followed by the ESMT Annual Forum on July 2, please contact Gert Van Mol at info@fli.institute

Costs:
There is a significant difference if you are a member of The 7R Future Leadership Institute or not.

1. If you are a member of “The 7R Future Leadership Institute”, the cost to join the 7R Group is free. (You are responsible for booking and paying your travel and stay. If you require help with your travel and stay, contact info@fli.institute).

2. If you are not a member of “The 7R Future Leadership Institute”, you can join the 7R Group in Berlin paying a fee of 285 Euros. After paying the fee of 285 Euros you will be allowed to join the 7R Group (limited to 4 people) attending a private and limited leadership discussion on the evening of July 1, and you will be allowed to join the 7R Group attending the ESMT Leadership Summit on July 2 as presented below.

Schedule:

1 July: Evening: The 7R Future Leadership Institute Networking Table

Venue: to be confirmed

Attendees: By invitation only

2 July: Leadership Summit at ESMT, “Entrepreneurship: Moving beyond the familiar”.

Venue: ESMT – European School of Management and Technology, Schlossplatz 1, 10178 Berlin, Germany

Attendees: Free to the public, but requires upfront registration

ESMT Program:

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Moving beyond the familiar

July 2, 2015: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING BREAKFAST

10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
OPENING REMARKS:
Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD
President and EY Chair in Governance and Compliance

KEYNOTES:
Dr. Dieter Zetsche
Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler

Brigitte Zypries
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

N. R. Narayana Murthy
Founder of Infosys

11:15 – 11:45 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP. CREATING AND LEADING SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES
A high-level panel discussion on vision, innovation, and frameworks

Monica Dodi
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Women’s Venture Capital Fund

Prof. Paul Heidhues, PhD
Professor of Economics, Lufthansa Chair in Competition and Regulation, and Director of PhD Studies, ESMT

Dr. Jürgen Heraeus
Chairman Supervisory Board, Heraeus Holding

Alexander Kudlich
Group Managing Director, Rocket Internet

Jörg Rheinboldt
CEO, Axel Springer Plug and Play

Moderator: Manuela Kasper-Claridge, Head of Business and Science, Deutsche Welle

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
NETWORKING LUNCH

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

Entrepreneurship in China
Dr. Jens Weinmann

Explorers and Exploiters / Innovation and Execution
Prof. Matthew S. Bothner, PhD

GTEC – a long-term, open, collaborative approach
Benjamin Rohé

How startups start up their reputation
Prof. Gregor Halff

HR, startup-style
Christoph Räthke

Next generation leadership
Dr. Nora Grasselli

Peer coaching: a brief introduction
Prof. Konstantin Korotov, PhD

The new intrapreneurship challenge: Embracing digital disruption
Prof. Joe Peppard

Trial and error: Setting sail for your move beyond the familiar
Dr. Johannes Habel

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK

4:00 – 5:15 p.m.
INTRAPRENEURSHIP. TRIGGERING AND SECURING INTERNAL INNOVATION
A high-level panel discussion on fueling organic growth and shielding creativity from the corporate noise

Prof. Peter Bearman, PhD
Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics, Columbia University

Prof. Matthew S. Bothner, PhD
Professor of Strategy and Deutsche Telekom Chair in Leadership and HR Development, ESMT

Melanie Kreis
Board Member HR, Deutsche Post

Thomas Sattelberger
Former Executive Board Member Deutsche Telekom, Continental, and Lufthansa Passage Airline

Moderator: Ali Aslan, journalist and television host

5:30 – 6:15 p.m.
ESMT RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AWARD
The ESMT Responsible Leadership Award is bestowed annually to honor a person demonstrating extraordinary leadership in promoting responsible business practices. Recipient to be announced.
Herman Van Rompuy, 1st President of the European Council, recipient Responsible Leadership Award 2014, will hold the laudatory speech. More information: https://annualforum.esmt.org/program/esmt-responsible-leadership-award

6:15 – 7:00 p.m.
EVENING RECEPTION