November 18, 2009

The symposium will be a platform to discuss key challenges for management in the 21st century based on academic input - yet with directions for answers coming mainly from practitioners. A summary of the discussions will be published on the website.

Programm

Welcome by the host
Markus Beyrer, Director General Federation of Austrian Industries

Introduction to the symposium
Richard Straub, President of the Peter Drucker Society of Austria

Thematic introduction to the themes - "research raises questions"

• Responsibility and Accountability of Management
  Prof. Peter Gomez , Dean Executive School of Management St. Gallen University, Chairman of the Board of Swiss Exchange Group and Eurex Zurich/Frankfurt

• Talent Management and Leadership Development in the 21st Century
  Prof. Günter Stahl , Professor for International Marketing & Management, INSEAD and WU

• Towards an Entrepreneurial Society
  Prof. Nikolaus Franke , Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, WU

Short Q&A and separation into discussion tables

Round-Tables led by a senior executive who takes the role as facilitator and "speaker" for the table in the subsequent feed-back session

Feed-back session - report by the Speakers

Panel discussion with C.K. Prahalad, Fredmund Malik, Adrian Wooldridge (The Economist), Stefan Stern (FT) and Yves Doz, chaired by Prof. Bodo Schlegelmilch

Closing - R. Straub

Cocktail and Networking

Cocktail Sponsor: The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management