History - Speakers
| 2011 | Title |
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Charles Gassenheimer
Chairman and CEO Ener1, Inc. |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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R. David Hoover
Chairman and CEO Ball Corporation |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Kevin T. Kabat
Chairman and CEO Fifth Third Bancorp |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Derica W. Rice
CFO and Executive Vice President, Global Services Eli Lilly and Company |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Gerry A. Dick
Inside INdiana Business Creator and Host |
Moderator |
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Diane C. Swonk
Senior Managing Director and Chief Economist Mesirow Financial |
Luncheon Session/Keynote Speaker |
| 2010 | Title |
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Robert A. Eckert
Chairman and CEO Mattel, Inc. |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Ronald A. Gettelfinger
President International Union, UAW |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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James S. Turley
Chairman and CEO Ernst & Young LLP |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Marshall Goldsmith
Renowned Executive Coach & Author, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There |
Luncheon Session/Keynote Speaker |
| 2009 | Title |
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Susan Dentzer
Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs Health Correspondent, PBS’ NewsHour with Jim Lehrer |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Amory Lovins
Founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute Author, Small Is Profitable and Winning the Oil Endgame |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Bill McKibben
Environmentalist Author, Deep Economy and The End of Nature |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Michael A. Evans, Ph.D.
Founder, President, and CEO AIT Laboratories |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Douglas J. Lattner
Chairman and CEO Deloitte Consulting LLP |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Michael G. Rippey
President & CEO ArcelorMittal USA |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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David Brooks
New York Times Columnist Regular Analyst on PBS’ News Hour with Jim Lehrer and NPR’s All Things Considered |
Luncheon Session/Keynote Speaker |
| 2008 | Title |
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Anton H. (Tony) George
President and CEO Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Catherine A. Langham
President and Owner Langham Logistics, Inc. |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Michael A. McRobbie
President Indiana University |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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David E. Simon
Chairman and CEO Simon Property Group, Inc. |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Frederick W. Smith
Chairman, President, and CEO FedEx Corporation |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
Governor State of Indiana |
Luncheon Session/Keynote Speaker |
| 2007 | Title |
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Andrew N. Liveris
President, CEO, and Chairman The Dow Chemical Company |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Robert A. Malone
Chairman and President BP America |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Kent Trent Chief Strategy & Policy Officer Duke Energy |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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T.M. (Tim) Solso
Chariman and CEO Cummins Inc. |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Alvin Toffler
Preeminent Futurist and Global Forecaster |
"Revolutionary Wealth and its Implications for Energy and the Environment |
| 2006 | Title |
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Sidney Taurel
Chairman and CEO Eli Lilly and Company |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Michael B. McCallister
President and CEO Humana Inc. |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Ralph F. Hake
Chairman and CEO Maytag Corporation |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Daniel F. Evans, Jr.
President and CEO Clarian Health Partners |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Larry C. Glasscock
Chairman, President, and CEO Wellpoint, Inc. |
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion |
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Tommy G. Thompson
Independent Chairman, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services |
"The Future of Health Care: Why Business Must Lead" |
| 2005 | Title |
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Aaron Brown
Anchor NewsNight with Aaron Brown CNN |
"Where in the World is Corporate America?" |
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Ursula M. Burns
Senior Vice President and President Business Group Operations, Xerox Corporation |
"From Survival to Success: How the Power of People, Process and Values Reinvented Xerox" |
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William G. Parrett
Chief Executive Officer Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu |
"At the Crossroads of Globalization: Choices and Challenges for America and China" |
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Jeffrey H. Smulyan
Chairman of the Board Emmis Communications Corporation |
"Change, Globalization and the New American Corporate Culture" |
| 2004 | Title |
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John T. Lampe
Chairman, CEO, and President Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. |
"Leadership in Challenging Times" |
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Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr.
Global CEO PricewaterhouseCoopers |
"Managing Risk During Times of Significant Change" |
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Steven J. Beck
President Indiana Venture Center, Inc. |
"The Renaissance of Entrepreneurship in Indiana" |
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General Peter Pace
United States Marine Corps Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
"Leading Change in the U.S. Military" |
| 2003 | Title |
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Arthur Levitt
Former Chairman United States Securities and Exchange Commission |
"Corporate Leadership Post-Enron" |
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Karen Gibbs
Co-host Wall $treet Week with Fortune |
"Navigating Today's Tumultuous Financial Markets" |
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Hardwick "Wick" Simmons
Chairman and CEO The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. |
"Whither the Markets, Investor Confidence, and the Banking and Financial Services Community? The Effect of the Ongoing Crisis in Corporate Governance" |
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J. George Mikelsons
Founder, Chairman, CEO and President ATA Holdings Corp. |
"Righting Wrongs, Restoring Confidence, Building Trust: Repairing the Foundation of Our Capitalist System" |
| 2002 | Title |
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Ronald W. Dollens
President and CEO Guidant Corporation |
"Turbulent Times: What Matters Most Now" |
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John Yokoyama
Owner ''World Famous'' Pike Place Fish Market |
"Organizational Vision: Building It, Leading It, Maintaining It" |
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Richard Lambert
Editor Financial Times |
"A Global Perspective on the Post-'9/11' World" |
| 2001 | Title |
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Sidney Taurel
Chairman, President, and CEO Eli Lilly and Company |
"New Economy Opportunities, Old Economy Discipline" |
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Edward J. Sanderson, Jr.
Executive Vice President Oracle Corporation |
"E-Commerce: What's Real and What's Not" |
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Lawrence Summers
Former Secretary of the Treasury and Arthur Okun Distinguished Fellow in Economics, Globalization and Governance The Brookings Institution |
"The New Economy: From Here, Where?" |
| 2000 | Title |
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Thomas L. Friedman Foreign Affairs Columnist The New York Times |
"How the World Works Today: A Guidebook to Globalization" |
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David Brancaccio Senior Producer and Host PRI/NPR’s Marketplace |
"The Coming 136 Trillion Dollar Boom: How It Will Transform Society and Business in the Coming Decades" |
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Scott McNealy CEO and Chairman of the Board Sun Microsystems |
"The Network Economy: How to Survive and Thrive in It" |
| 1999 | Title |
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John Deutch Professor MIT Institute |
"Technology Change in the Performance of U.S. Industry" |
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Robert A. Lutz CEO and Chairman Exide Corporation |
"Leadership: The top Strategy for the New Millennium" |
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Laura D’Andrea Tyson Dean, Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley |
"Has the Technological Revolution Created a New Economy?" |
| 1998 | Title |
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Lester Thurow Professor of Management and Economics MIT |
"Winning Strategies for the 21st Century" |
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Robert W. Galvin Chairman of the Executive Committee Motorola, Inc. |
"Renewal and Creativity" |
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Lou Dobbs Executive Vice President CNN |
"The Future of the Domestic Economy and the U.S. Financial Markets" |
| 1997 | Title |
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Warner C. Blow President and Chief Executive Officer Sterling Commerce, Inc. |
"Electronic Commerce and the Value Chain" |
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Guy Kawasaki Apple Fellow and Author |
"How to Drive Your Competition Crazy" |
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Barbara Mackoff Management Psychologist and Author |
"The Inner Work of Leaders" |
| 1996 | Title |
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Samuel K. Skinner President Commonwealth Edison |
"The 1990s - The Decade of Change for American Business" |
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C. William Pollard Chairman The ServiceMaster Company |
"The Soul of the Firm as it Moves to the 21st Century" |
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Paul J. Orfalea Founder and Chairperson Kinko's Inc. |
"The Kinko's Success Story: A commitment to Co-workers and Service Fuels Kinko's Growth" |
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James A. Autry Author and Retired Senior Vice President Meredith Corporation |
"Love and Profit: Finding the Balance in Life and Work" |
| 1995 | Title |
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Randall L. Tobias Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Eli Lilly and Company |
"Turning Big Challenges Into Opportunities: The Eli Lill Experience" |
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Brian P. Lamb Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Founder C-SPAN |
"C-Span: From Entrepreneur to Image maker" |
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Lynn Martin Former Secretary of Labor and U.S. Congresswoman, 1981-1991 |
"Potomac Fever - Challenges and Opportunities for Business" |
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James A. Cannavino Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development IBM Corporation |
"Information Technology for Competitive Advantage" |
| 1994 | Title |
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Robert E. Allen Chairman and Chief Executive Officer AT&T |
"Information: The New Currency of the Global Economy" |
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Jack F. Reichert Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brunswick Corporation |
"Riding the Wave of Leadership" |
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Patricia C. Barron President, Engineering Systems Division Xerox Corporation |
"Managing for Maximum Velocity" |
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Dan Quayle 44th Vice President of the United States |
"Working Forward" |
| 1993 | Title |
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Frederick W. Smith Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Federal Express Corporation |
"Managing for the Future: The FedEx Approach" |
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Ben Lytle President and Chief Executive Officer Associated Insurance Companies, Inc. |
"Health Care in America: The Challenges to Reform" |
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Dana G. Mead President and Chief Operating Officer Tenneco Inc. |
"Leading Change in the Modern Corporation" |
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Panel Presentation |
"A Look at the Next Five Years" |
| 1992 | Title |
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Fred G. Steingraber Chairman and Chief Executive Officer A. T. Kearney, Inc. |
"Managing to Compete with the Best of the Best" |
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Oscar Robertson Founder and President Orchem Chemical Company and Oscar Robertson & Associates |
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Paula Nelson Author, Television Commentator, and Executive |
"Soar with Your Strengths" |
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Panel Presentation |
"Workforce 2000" |
| 1991 | Title |
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Frank P. Popoff President and Chief Executive Officer The Dow Chemical Company |
"The '90s Agenda: A Business Perspective" |
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Dick Schaap ABC-TV Sports Commentator, Editor and Author |
"The Thin Line" |
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John B. McCoy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Banc One Corporation |
"Banking of the '90s" |
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Panel Presentation |
"Opportunities in Central Europe" |
| 1990 | Title |
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Paul H. O'Neill Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Aluminum Company of America |
"Quality and Efficiency: The Keys to the Global Market" |
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Carolyn Corbin Consultant and Author |
"Strategies 2000: Creating a Positive Business Culture" |
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Dick Enberg NBC-TV Sportscaster |
"Winners or Losers: The Ultimate Result of Competition" |
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Henry R. Kravis Partner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company |
"Enhancing Competitiveness and Revitalizing Industry through Economic Change" |
| 1989 | Title |
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Vaughn L. Beals Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Harley-Davidson, Inc. |
"Back in the Black - The Harley-Davidson Story" |
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Robert J. Darnall President and Chief Operating Officer Inland Steel Industries, Inc. |
"Inland's Turnaround and Its Strategies for Improving Competitiveness" |
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Walter B. Wriston Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Citicorp |
"New Wine in Old Bottles" |
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Louise R. McNamee President and Chief Operating Officer Della Femina, McNamee WCRS, Inc. |
"Advertising Leadership in the '90s" |
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Panel Presentation |
"Leadership: Personal Perspectives" |
| 1988 | Title |
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Nancy K. Austin Co-Author, ''A Passion for Excellence'' |
"The Leadership Difference for the Successful Competitior" |
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Ralph Ingersoll II Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ingersoll Publishing Company |
"The Successful Leader: A Personal Perspective" |
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Charles V. Doherty President Midwest Stock Exchange, Inc. |
"After the Fall, What? A Leadership Challenge" |
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Herb Cohen Author, ''You Can Negotiate Anything'' |
"Negotiating Skills: The Essence of Effective Leadership?" |
| 1987 | Title |
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Ann Clurman Senior Vice President Yankelovich Clancy Shulman |
"Social Change and Consumer Behavior" |
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George M. Steinbrenner Owner, New York Yankees Chairman, American Ship Building Company |
"Creating Change: A Personal Perspective" |
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Harold A. Poling President and Chief Operating Officer Ford Motor Company |
"The State of American Competitiveness" |
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June M. Reinisch Director, Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction Indiana University |
"The Real Sex Differences: Impact on Professional/Personal Lifestyles" |
| 1986 | Title |
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Austin H. Kiplinger Economic and Political Journalist Editor, Kiplinger Washington Letter |
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Keith Reinhard Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Needham Harper Worldwide, Inc. |
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Panel Presentation |
"Innovation in Transportation: Surviving Deregulation" |
| 1985 | Title |
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Louis Rukeyser Financial Journalist and Host Wall $treet Week |
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Gerald Greenwald Vice Chairman of the Board Chrysler Corporation |
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Panel Presentation |
"Intrapreneurship: Fostering Entrepreneurial Activity in the Corporation" |
| 1984 | Title |
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J. Peter Grace Chairman and Chief Executive Officer W. R. Grace & Company |
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James E. Olson Vice Chairman of the Board AT&T |
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Panel Presentation |
"The Role of State Government in the Economic Development of the Private Sector" |
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Panel Presentation |
"Keeping Ahead of the Pack in Public Policy Response" |
| 1983 | Title |
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Louis Rukeyser Financial Journalist and Host Wall $treet Week |
"What's Ahead for the Economy" |
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David T. Kearns President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director Xerox Corporation |
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Panel Presentation |
"Economic Impact of Sports on Central Indiana" |
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Panel Presentation |
"The Indianapolis/Tokyo Work Commitment Study: First Results" |
| 1982 | Title |
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George W. Ball Senior Managing Director Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb Incorporated |
"Foreign Policy Perspectives on the Eighties" |
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Philip Caldwell Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Ford Motor Company |
"Rebuilding America's Competitiveness: The Pursuit of Excellence" |
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Panel Presentation |
"Strategic Planning from Top Management’s Perspective" |
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Panel Presentation |
"Japanese Production Systems—What Relevance Here?" |
| 1981 | Title |
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Louis Rukeyser Financial Journalist and Host Wall $treet Week |
"What's Ahead for the Ecomomy" |
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Lyle J. Everingham Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer The Kroger Company |
"Selling the 'Product' in Productivity" |
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Panel Presentation |
"The Future of the U.S. Automobile Industry" |
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Panel Presentation |
"Quality of Work Life: Revitalizing the American Workplace" |
| 1980 | Title |
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John H. Perkins President Continental Illinois Corporation and Continental Illinois National Bank |
"Perspective on the Economic Dilemma of the 1980's" |
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Robert M. Bleiberg Editor Barron’s Weekly |
"What Does Business Really Want" |
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Panel Presentation |
"The Many Faces of Productivity in the U.S." |
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Panel Presentation |
"The Business Outlook for 1980: An Update" |
