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Topic 2023: Owner Responsibility in Today's Economy

Please download full 2023 conference program here.

Speakers 2023

Peter Klein Baylor University

Steen Thomsen University of Michigan

Yupana Wiwattanakantang National University of Singapore

Ed Zajac Kellogg School of Management

Luigi Zingales Chicago Booth School of Management

Topic 2022: Ownership in a Digital World

Last year’s conference put a special emphasis on ‘Ownership in a digital world’. New technologies, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning, and open platforms, bring new opportunities for competitive advantages and novel business models, but may also fundamentally change how firms compete and collaborate.

Please download full 2022 conference program here.

Speakers 2022

Robert Hoskisson Rice University

Felipe Csaszar University of Michigan

Phanish Puranam INSEAD

Robert Seamans NYU

Kevin Boudreau Northeastern University

Julie De Santis Group Product Manager, ITALFARMACO

Pietro Sella CEO, Sella

Paola Cillo Bocconi

Martin Burgherr Chief Client Officer, SYGNUM

Corrado Passera Founder and CEO, illmity

Nicolai Foss Copenhagen Business School

Claudine Gartenberg University of Pennsylvania

Amy Hillman Arizona State University

Topic 2021: The role of firm owners for firm growth and sustainability.

Please download the programme 2021 here.

Speakers 2021

Oliver Hart, Harvard University, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016

Ruth Aguilera, Professor, Northeastern University

Morten Bennedsen, Professor, INSEAD

Emilie Feldman, University of Pennsylvania

Caroline Flammer, Boston University

Luca Garavoglia, Chairman, Campari Group

Felix Grisard, Chairman, HIAG Immobilien Holding AG

André Hoffmann, Vice-Chairman, Roche Holding Ltd.

Marina Nissim, Executive Chairwoman, Bolton Group

David Reeb, National University of Singapore

Todd Zenger, University of Utah