Boston Events and Photos for 2013
Jan - Monday 28th Jan : "Life Portfolio" with Mark SHEPARD, Sr Consultant at New Directions
Feb - Monday 25th February : "Changing Global Landscape" - Nicole SAHIN, CEO of Globalization Partners Inc,
March - Wednesday 3rd April : "The Change Management Imperative" : Dan Leidl, author "Team turnarounds; A playbook for transforming under-performing teams", and consultant at LRN in New York.
April - Monday 29th April : "Clean Tech"
May - Monday 10th June : "Corporate Social Responsibility" : The view from Corporate, VC and Academia.
June - Tuesday 9th July : Member Social
Sept - Monday 23rd September : Doing Business in BRAZIL
Oct - Monday 28th October : 3D Printing
Nov - Monday 25th November : "Monetizing Social Media"
Dec - Thursday 19th December : Member Social
Feb - Monday 25th February : "Changing Global Landscape" - Nicole SAHIN, CEO of Globalization Partners Inc,
March - Wednesday 3rd April : "The Change Management Imperative" : Dan Leidl, author "Team turnarounds; A playbook for transforming under-performing teams", and consultant at LRN in New York.
April - Monday 29th April : "Clean Tech"
May - Monday 10th June : "Corporate Social Responsibility" : The view from Corporate, VC and Academia.
June - Tuesday 9th July : Member Social
Sept - Monday 23rd September : Doing Business in BRAZIL
Oct - Monday 28th October : 3D Printing
Nov - Monday 25th November : "Monetizing Social Media"
Dec - Thursday 19th December : Member Social
May 2013 - Corporate Social Responsibility
Tina ADOLFSSON moderates an expert panel on Corporate Social Responsibility, understanding the view from VC, Academia and business. Panelists from right to left: Julianne ZIMMERMAN Co-Founder and MD of Vodia Ventures; Nicola PEILL-MOELTER Director of Environmental Sustainability at Akamai; and Leith SHARP from the Sustainable Futures Academy at Harvard
March 2013 - Change Management Imperative
Dan LEIDL, presents to the Boston Chapter IERG group key concepts from his book : "Team turnarounds; A playbook for transforming under-performing teams".
February 2013 - Changing Global Landscape
Nicole SAHIN, CEO of Globalization Partners moderates a panel that highlights essential new material surfacing from the changing global business landscape, with (L-to-R); Rob DIETAL Vice Consul UK (T&I); Adrian MUTTON, CEO Sannam S4 India; Anna XIA, Partner China Market Ignition
January 2013 - Life Portfolio
Mark SHEPARD Senior Consultant from New Directions animates a discussion on how to structure your "Life Portfolio" thinking about career and activity options as life brings changes and challenges
Boston Events and Photos for 2012
Jan - "Asset Protection for Expats" : by Vacovec and Chodos
Feb - "Cloud Computing": explanation for non-technical Executives, followed by how this rapidly evolving technology will be impacting different business environments
Mar - "Going Global - enabling successful JVs in Emerging markets" : Marco Buchbinder, Global Head of GTM Equity Investments, EMC
April - "4th Clean/Green panel: Thought Shifts" in collaboration with BWF, NEWiEE and the Brattle Group
May - Sen Tarr, Minority Leader MA Senate, speaks on enabling business
June - Member only Social: "TheHappyChocolatier" in Acton MA
Oct - Executive Presence: Ralph Roberto, President KeyStone Partners
Nov - Driving Innovation through Social Networks - Steve Wardell, VP Marketing at Activate Networks
Dec - Member only Social: Wine Tasting (Waltham)
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December 2012 : Member Social @ Bokx109
End of year social at the Bokx 109 bar in Newton. Members mingled and got to know each other much better.
November 2012 : Driving Innovation through Social Networks
Steve Wardell, VP of Marketing from Activate Networks Inc talks about the value of Organizational Network Analytics to companies looking to improve performance, results and effectiveness.
April 2012 : Thought Shifts - Benefits of Investing with the Environment in Mind
Our 4th Annual Clean/Green panel focused this year specifically on the value of investing with the environment in mind, with our Moderator Christine Jantz from Jantz Morgan LLC (left), and our expert panel (below left) representing different points of view on this subject.
The panel was made of (L to R) :-
Karina Funk (Brown Advisory);
Jiong Ma (Braemar Energy Ventures); Janet Besser (New England Clean Energy Council); and
Laura Sesody (Boston Properties)
Karina Funk (Brown Advisory);
Jiong Ma (Braemar Energy Ventures); Janet Besser (New England Clean Energy Council); and
Laura Sesody (Boston Properties)
March 2012 : Going Global - enabling successful JV's in Emerging Markets
The March meeting was hosted by FoleyHoag in Waltham MA, and featured Marco Buckbinder, Global Head of GTM Equity Investments at EMC Corp discussing his views about how to enable JV's to be successful in Emerging Markets.
February 2012 : Cloud Computing
February 2012 meeting kindly hosted by Dassault Systemes in Waltham, MA.
Moderated panel discussion on Cloud Computing, led by IERG member John BLYZINSKYJ (standing far R) and from Right to Left :- Dave TEWKSBARY, Software Development & Research @ DS Enovia Corp; Ian FINLEY, VP Research @ Gartner Inc; Tony VIOLA, VP and Global Head Industry Marketing @ iGATE Patni Technologies Inc; Joel LOVE, Co-Founder & CTO @ ColdStor Data.
Moderated panel discussion on Cloud Computing, led by IERG member John BLYZINSKYJ (standing far R) and from Right to Left :- Dave TEWKSBARY, Software Development & Research @ DS Enovia Corp; Ian FINLEY, VP Research @ Gartner Inc; Tony VIOLA, VP and Global Head Industry Marketing @ iGATE Patni Technologies Inc; Joel LOVE, Co-Founder & CTO @ ColdStor Data.
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Boston Events and Photos for 2011
Jan - "Expat Assignments – China" : in cooperation with the CrossBorderAlliance
Feb - "Global Wireless Bandwidth Challenges and Opportunities" : Panel
Mar - "Role of Public Diplomacy in International Business" - US State Dept representative from Washington DC
Apr - CleanTech Panel: "Intl Green Sustainability Initiatives" : @ Harvard (Cambridge, MA)
May - "GoingGlobal : Brazil vs India vs Turkey" - FDI face-offs on opportunities, considerations and choices within these diverse Emerging Markets
June - Member-Only Social – wine tasting special @ WINESTONE in Chestnut Hill, MA
Sept - "International M&As" – sourcing/evaluating overseas opportunities : panel
Oct - "Board-level assignments" - Mike Jeans, President NewDirections
Nov - "SocialMedia Today" : views from CEO of SocialSphere Inc (John della Volpe)
Dec - Member-Only Social - Tartufo Restaurant, Newton MA
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December 2011 Social - Diego Tebaldi, President IERG Boston Chapter and Tartufo Owner and Chef Dante Bellucci at the December 2011 IERG Social hosted by Tartufo Restaurant Newton MA
December 2011 Social - Members savor the delights at Tartufo whilst networking.
December 2-11 Social - Current IERG member Joe Mueller and new member Helene Barnekow
April 2011 meeting - International CleanTech panel at Harvard:
Shruthi RAO, Moderator.
Jim HUNT, Chief of Environment and Energy Service, City of Boston.
Dave McGLINCHEY, Sr Program Leader for Energy & Environment, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
April 2011 Meeting - Jed WILLARD, Director of The Public Diplomacy Collaborative, Harvard Kennedy School speaks to IERG members
March 2011 - Gloria Cabe – Senior Advisor at the Global Partnership Initiative, U.S. Department of State (Washington DC) speaks about the Role of Public Diplomacy in International Business
March 2011 - Diego TEBALDI, President IERG Boston and Jed WILLARD, Director of The Public Diplomacy Collaborative, Harvard Kennedy School
January 2011 - Expat Assignments in China, in collaboration with the CBA (CrossBorderAlliance)
November 2010 - Optimizing LinkedIN, Pat O'Malley, LinkedIN Guru, shares some key tricks and secrets with the IERG group
