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2004 Workshop
The TMEDA Workshop Agenda
“Innovations in Technology Management - Innovations in Technology Management Education”
Tang Center for Management Education & MIT Faculty Club
50 - 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
Wednesday, June 23rd
  5:00-7:00 pm Tang Center

Advance Registration & Networking – Ting Foyer, Tang Center

7:00-9:00 pm MIT Museum TMEDA Board Dinner - Invitation Only
Thursday, June 24th
7:30 – 8:30 am

Tang Center

Registration & Continental Breakfast - Ting Foyer, Tang Center
8:30 – 8:45 am Tang Center Welcome Remarks
Dean Don Lessard, MIT Sloan School of Management, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management
Dave Weber, Director, MIT Mgmt of Technology Program TMEDA Program Chair and Host
8:45 – 9:30 am Tang Center Opening Keynote – Dean Thomas Magnanti, Institute Professor & Dean, MIT School of Engineering
9:30 – 10:00 am Tang Center Networking Break
10:00 – 11:45 am Tang Center “Core Benefits of Tech Management Programs - The Industry Perspective”
Industry Panel
- Russ Griffith, President & CEO, Datatel Corporation
- Takashi Iwamura, President, Yazaki Management Company, Inc.
- Tim Keenan, CEO, HPTi
- Alan Kantrow, Chief Knowledge Officer, Monitor Group
Moderator: Ed Lewis, Manager, Site Education, Lockheed Martin Maritime
Noon - 1:15 pm Tang Center Lunch
Speaker – Jerry Hultin, Dean, Howe School of Technology Management
Stevens Institute of Technology
1:30 – 3:00 pm Tang Center “Innovations in TM – Innovations in TM Education”
Babson College Boston College
George Mason University Marist College
MIT Northeastern University
Penn/Wharton Polytechnic University
Portland State University RPI
Stevens Institute of Technology Technion Institute of Mgmt.
University of Minnesota
Moderator: Andres Fortino, Dean, School of Management, Marist College
3:00 – 3:30 pm Tang Center Networking Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm Tang Center “Key Objectives and Challenges for TM Education” - Breakout Groups
• “Delivering Management Education Globally”
• “Life Sciences in Tech Management Programs”
• “The Role of Entrepreneurship in TM Programs”
(Each group jointly facilitated by academic and industry leaders)
Overall Moderator: Professor Audrey Curtis, Program Director, Stevens Institute
4:30 – 5:00 pm Tang Center Plenary Session - Summary of Breakout Discussions & Concluding Remarks
Dean Richard Klimoski, School of Management, George Mason University
5:00 – 6:00 pm   Free time – Back to Hotel(s) as needed
6:00 – 7:00 pm MIT Faculty Club Cocktail Reception & Networking – (Adjacent Sloan Building at 50 Memorial Dr)
7:00 – 9:00 pm MIT Faculty Club Dinner and TMEDA Award Presentations
Keynote Speaker – Rick Roscitt, Former President & COO, MCI and Alumnus of MIT and Stevens Institute of Technology

Hosts - Keith Kulper, President, Kulper & Company and Jerry Hultin, Dean, Howe School of Technology Management, Stevens Institute of Technology and Chairman, TMEDA Board
Friday, June 25th
8:00 – 8:30 am Tang Center Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 am Tang Center Welcome Remarks & Launch of New TM Education Journal
Professor Mel Horwitch, Director, Institute for Technology & Enterprise and the Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Polytechnic University, TMEDA Vice Chairman

Professor Shlomo Maital, Past Director, Technion Institute of Management
8:45 – 9:30 am Tang Center Opening Keynote – Dean Denis Simon, Lally School of Management & Technology, RPI
9:30 – 10:00 am Tang Center Networking Break
10:00 – 11:45 am Tang Center “The Impact of TM Programs – An Alumni Perspective”
Alumni Panel – Alumni Speakers from TM Programs
- Roger Foster MIT ’98, HPTi
- Tom O’Donnell MIT ’03, Cisco Systems
- Jay Topper, Polytechnic ’97, CIO/CTO, AGT, Inc.
- Anja Allen, GMU, Enterasys Networks
Moderator, Dr. JP Auffrett, Program Director, George Mason University
Noon – 1:15 pm MIT Faculty Club Lunch
Speaker – Professor Rias J. van Wyck, University of Minnesota
1:30 – 2:30 pm Tang Center Concurrent Session I – TM Thought Leaders (Participants’ Choice)
• “The Business of Life Sciences” - Leslie Platt, Sr. Partner, Ernst & Young
• “Strategic Entrepreneurship” – Prof. Marc Meyer, Northeastern University
• “Global Innovation”- Prof. Bharat Rao, Polytechnic University
2:30 – 2:45 pm Tang Center Short Break
2:45 – 3:45 pm Tang Center Concurrent Session II – TM Thought Leaders (Participants’ Choice)
• “Future Directions for MOT” – Prof. Dundar Kocaoglu, Portland State Univ.
• “Technology Management & E Services” – Prof. Greg Heim, Boston College
• “Leading Technical Professionals” - Prof. Ralph Katz, MIT & Northeastern University
• “Disruptive Technologies – Predator or Prey?” – Prof. James Utterback, MIT
3:45 – 4:15 pm Tang Center Concluding Remarks
Andres Fortino, Dean, School of Management, Marist College, TMEDA President
4:30 – 6:00 pm Stata Center TM Program Alumni Reception & Workshop Conclusion
Come and join us for a festive cocktail reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres in the unique setting of the stunning new Stata Center at MIT. This Frank Gehry-designed complex was just dedicated last month and is actually still in the finishing stages of construction. It has already become an architectural landmark, and is truly one of the most unique buildings in higher education, if not the world! Don’t miss this unique concluding event to a great TMEDA workshop!