Meeting

Boston, MA, Thursday, 13 September 2012 - Sunday, 16 September 2012

Annual General Meeting

Boston, MA, Thursday, 13 September 2012 - Sunday, 16 September 2012

Schedule

Boston, MA, Thursday, 13 September 2012 - Sunday, 16 September 2012

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Da Vinci Ristorante is on Columbus Ave, 5 minutes’ walk (1.5 blocks) south west of our Hotel, the Park Plaza.
Chris will head there from the hotel at 6:25 PM if anyone wishes to join him walking over.

Da Vinci Restaurant

Cocktail Reception

6:30 – 7:30 PM

Da Vinci Restaurant

Opening Dinner

7:30 – 9:00 PM

Friday, 13 September 2012
Attire: Formal

Suffolk University Law School is 15 minutes’ walk east of our Hotel (1 block east on Park Plaza, and then left north up Charles St. to footpath across south east corner of Boston Common); Chris will head there from the hotel at 7:45 AM if anyone wishes to join him walking over

Carry a persona ID (drivers licence or ID card) with you - SULS security desk may check it.

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Foyer Classroom 315

Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, Lobby

Spouses Pick Up for
Day at Newport Mansions and Cliffs

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Classroom 315

Real Life Challenges Facing the International Family Business

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Les Charm, Babson College’s Graduate Business School, Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States.

Raul Massone, Massone Pharmaceuticals, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Foyer of Classroom 315

Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Classroom 315

Q&A with Mr Massone and Mr Charm

11:00 – 11:30 PM

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Classroom 315

Cultivating Tomorrow's Leaders in a Family Business

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Lauren Stiller Rikleen, Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Foyer Classroom 315

Deli Platter Sandwich Lunch

12:30 – 1:15 PM

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Classroom 315

Global Views on Advising Family Owned Businesses

1:15 – 2:15 PM

Moderator: Jim Zipursky, Corporate Finance Associates, Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Panelists:

Hiba I. Husseini, Husseini & Husseini, Ramallah, Palestine.
Special Challenges – Perspectives from the Middle East

Gregory Leather, Barringer Leather Lawyers, Sydney, Australia.
Growing the Family Business: How to Deal with the Generational Challenges.Perspectives from Australia

John F. Emanuel, Whyte Hirschboek Dudek, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Succession and Estate Planning for Family Businesses Perspectives from the United States

Philip Jenkinson, Triplet & Associés, Paris, France.
Challenges of Integrating Family and Non-Family Employees, Managers, and Officers Perspectives from Europe

Eduardo Boccuzzi, Boccuzzi Advogados Associados, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Going Public, Can It Work For The Family Enterprise?Perspectives from Latin America

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Classroom 315

Setting up the Workshops

2:15 – 2:30 PM

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Classroom 315

Mergers/Acquisitions/Finance Workshop
headed by Jim Zipursky and Cliff Pearl

2:30 – 3:30 PM

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Classroom 345

Dispute Resolution Workshop
headed by Michael Dailey

2:30 – 3:30 PM

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Classroom 315

Trade Law and Customs Workshop
headed by John Donohue

2:30 – 3:30 PM

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Foyer Classroom 315

Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:00 PM

Suffolk University Law School – 3rd Floor, Classroom 315

Workshops Recap

4:00 – 4:30 PM

Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, Lobby

Bus Departure from Park Plaza Hotel

6:00 PM

Hotel Commonwealth, Hawthorne Bar

Cocktail Reception
hosted by Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers

6:30 – 7:30 PM

Hotel Commonwealth, The Commonwealth Room

Dinner

7:30 – 10:00 PM

Hotel Commonwealth

Bus Departure back to the Park Plaza Hotel

10:00 PM

Saturday, 15 September 2012
Attire: Business Casual

Suffolk University Law School – 4th Floor, Faculty Dining Room

Breakfast

8:00 – 9:00 AM

Suffolk University Law School – 4th Floor, Faculty Dining Room

IBLC Discussions, Marketing and Management Session; and Council Election/Appointment

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Suffolk University Law School – Foyer Faculty Dining Room

Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Jacob Wirth Restaurant

Lunch

12:00 – 1:30 PM

Jacob Wirth Restaurant

15 Registrants will depart for the Whale Watching
Have your pre-printed boarding passes with you!

1:30 – 5:30 PM

Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, Lobby

Historic Tour on Boston's Famous Duck Boats

2:30 – 4:30 PM

Legal Sea Foods

Concluding Dinner

7:00 – 10:00 PM

Sunday, 16 September 2012

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers

Breakfast

7:00 – 11:00 AM

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers

Check-Out and Individual Departure




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