Mixing Business and Pleasure
Friday, April 19, 2013
Work the Network
3 pm
Posner Center
Chapter leaders, alumni volunteers and members of reunion classes will provide insight to current students during "Work the Network," a program designed to introduce students to the alumni chapters they will be joining during summer internships and after graduation. The event will wrap up at B**rs where alumni and students will have an opportunity for casual interaction and an opportunity to strengthen the Tepper School community.
Reunion registration opens
3 pm
Main Lobby
Friday alumni B**rs
5 pm
Main Lobby and Courtyard
Join our current Masters students for this unique business school tradition. Faculty will be invited to join us. Appetizers and beverages will be provided.
Friday Night Class Receptions
Various times
After B**rs, join your classmates for an exciting evening in Pittsburgh. Designated areas are being reserved for your classes at various hotspots throughout the town. 1Each individual class reception will be included in cost of registration.
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Saturday, April 20, 2013
Registration opens
9 am
Rachel Mellon Walton Room
Continental breakfast available
Black Business Association Breakfast
9 am
Room 324
Student and alumni members of the Tepper School's Black Business Association will enjoy breakfast together and an opportunity to network.
Tepper School tour led by current student leaders
9:15 am
Meet in Rachel Mellon Walton Room
Why Capitalism?
10 am
Dr. Allan Meltzer, The Allan H. Meltzer University Professor of Political Economy
Discussion
Mellon Auditorium
State of the Tepper School
11:30 am
Dean Robert M. Dammon, Professor of Financial Economics
Address & Lunch
Posner Center Boardroom
MSCF Meet Up
1:30 pm
Room 324
MSCF alumni are invited to join Dr. Stephen Shreve and Dr. John Lehoczky for an opportunity to catch up on program news and reconnect with fellow MSCF graduates.
Academic Insights with Faculty Leaders
1:30 pm
Room 152
Energy – What’s Next?
Dr. Jay Apt, Professor of Technology; Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center
Energy has always been a boom and bust sector. Prof. Apt will discuss some of the background on energy trends and pressures for change that wax and wane, with an emphasis on his specialty, electric power, as well as summarizing some of Tepper’s research on renewable electricity.
1:30 pm
Room 153
Collective Intelligence in Human Groups
Dr. Anita Williams Woolley, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior & Theory
Most of us are familiar with the idea of "general intelligence" in individuals, but no one has systematically examined whether a similar kind of "collective intelligence" exists for groups of people. In two studies with 192 groups, we find converging evidence of a general collective intelligence factor that explains a group's performance on a wide variety of tasks. This "c factor" is not strongly correlated with the average or maximum individual intelligence of group members, but is correlated with the level of social perceptiveness of group members, the equality in distribution of conversational turn-taking, and the proportion of females in the group. Ongoing research explores the relationships among collective intelligence, diversity, and learning as well as tools for enhancing collective intelligence.
2:30 pm
Room 152
Staying Happy with What We Have
Dr. Jeffrey Galak, Assistant Professor of Marketing
The unfortunate reality of human psychology is that we are seldom happy with the things that we have. Whether it be because of comparisons with our peers, or simply because of boredom, the things we once loved seem to lose favor with us over time. Dr. Galak will discuss the psychological background of these problems and provide some remedies for how we can avoid them.
2:30 pm
Room 153
Mastering Your 70% Zone
Dr. Jeffrey R. Williams, Professor of Business Strategy
The most important capacity your organization has is the ability to regenerate itself. Gaining advanced commitments to the future by shifting your organization’s energy forward more effectively than your rivals is the ultimate responsibility of leadership. Here are steps that can help to identify, early on, and secure commitment to, those decisive initiatives that shape your company’s future.
Faculty Meet and Greet: Afternoon Tepper Tea
3:30 pm
Posner Center
Saturday Evening Reunion Celebration at the Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
6:30 pm - 10 pm
- All-class dinner reception
- Music, food stations and passed hors d'oeuvres, and assorted soft drinks, juices, beer and wine
- Free parking, shuttle service available from Springhill Suites Bakery Square, Courtyard Shadyside, and Renaissance Downtown
- On-site childcare available
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
1 Schenley Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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