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2005 Events
Stanford International Alumni Conference in London
presented by: The Stanford Alumni Association, The Stanford Office of Development, and The Stanford Graduate School of Business
The Stanford International Alumni Conference held in London brought together a diverse group of alumni from all over Europe - with representation from the class of '37 to the class of '04 - for a three-day event where alumni could reconnect with the Stanford community of scholars and leaders and discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the world today.
Jerker Johansson, MBA '86, chair of the European Advisory for Stanford, said that he hoped that from this conference alumni would leave with "a better sense of the exciting cross-disciplinary collaboration the University is now involved in." (March 10-12)
John Roberts Leads Panel on Global Firms in Emerging Economies
Global businesses can be a positive force for economic, political, and social development in the developing world, according to business leaders on the panel on Global Firms in Emerging Economies. Lord John Browne of Madingley, MS '81, group chief executive of BP, emphasized the social responsibility of businesses and corporations to alleviate world poverty. Sir Dominic Cadbury, MBA '64, chairman of the Wellcome Trust and director of Misys and former chairman of Cadbury Schweppes, described the importance of balancing country norms with first-world standards. Sir Deryck Maughan, MS '78, P '05, a director of GlaxoSmithKline and former CEO of Citigroup International, called for unified action: "We will only crack the problems of malaria and AIDS in Africa when [NGOs, charitable organizations, and businesses] work together." (March 12)
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Dave Brady Leads Panel on Geopolitics–The United States, Iraq, Europe, and Democracy
Coit Blacker, Director of the Stanford Institute for International Studies, discussed his expectations regarding Bush administration foreign policy in its second term and outlined two possible choices that the reelected President Bush and the Secretary of State face: a return to traditional, centrist, Republican foreign policy which entails a sharp focus on alliance maintenance or alliance restoration, depending on the challenge or the continuing pursuit of "transformational change in the international system".
Gerhard Casper, President Emeritus, Stanford University, focused on the local nature of politics in a global world, President Bush's focus on democracy and freedom as the center points of his foreign policy looking forward, and the value differences between Europe and the U.S. on "the big abstractions—freedom, democracy, rule of law" and proposed "a detailed analysis, a kind of an inventory of the content of the values we always say we share".(March 11)
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Joss Opens Conference and Challenges Alumni to Change the World
Business is a social institution that can solve world challenges, Dean Robert Joss told the spring Stanford Alumni Conference held in London. "It is not enough to just push the boundaries of knowledge; we need to use this to impact the world," said Joss. (March 11) Article
Stanford Business School Honors GlaxoSmithKline CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier for Global Business Leadership Business School Dean Robert L. Joss presented the Global Business Leadership Award to Garnier during the dinner at the Stanford International Alumni Conference in London. "We are very proud of the achievements of our international alumni who are making a real difference in the world," said Joss. "I am especially pleased to recognize the leadership of Jean-Pierre Garnier. He has shown exceptional ability in
guiding his company through significant and lasting changes that will influence the availability of important drugs both in major markets and the developing world." (March 10) Article