Program - Darden Business School Visit to SSE March 2001

Program - Darden Business School visit to SSE March 2001

Sunday March 11 Time Location Activity Afternoon/ Arrival to Stockholm Evening Rica City Hotel Kungsgatan - Kungsgatan 47, 111 56 Stockholm. Phone: +46-8 723 7220, fax: +46-8 723 7279

Monday March 12 Time Location Activity 9.00-9.15 SSE - Ruben  Welcome and introduction to SSE; Prof. Leif Lindmark, Rector Past, current and future developments of the Swedish economy 9.15-10.30 SSE - Ruben  Overview of Swedish economy: Pertinent institutional facts with a historcial perspective; Ivo Zander 10.45-12.00 SSE - Ruben  The development of the Swedish financial sector: from deregulation to global integration; Jonas Niemeyer 12.00-13.30 SSE Lunch; Terassrummet 14.00-16.00 OM Visit to the OM Group; Anna Eriksson (405 6612) 14.00-14.45 Anna Eriksson, Vice President: presentation of OM. 14.45-15.30 Stefan Widenfeld, Chief Financial Officer: talks about the strategy and the try to buy the London Stock Exchange. 15.30-16.00 Tobias Enbom, Member & Inv Sales. OM Stock Exchange: present and give a tour of the market-place.

Tuesday March 13 Time Location Activity The start of something new - young entrepreneurs and their fledgling businesses 9.00-12.00 SSE - 349  Nordic Capital; Kristoffer Melinder & Joakim Karlsson  StartupFactory; Sophie Rietz 12.15-approx. 349 Presentation of Kista and Kista Science Park: Bengt Österberg (508 01260 / 070-470 1260) Kista Stadsdelsförvaltning 13.30 19.30- SSE, Stora Dinner with the SSE Student Association (together with Wharton and Kenan-Flagler) Salen At Holländargatan 32 in Stora Salen. Wednesday March 14 Time Location Activity New ventures 9.00-10.30 Brainheart BrainHeart Capital - industrial venture capital firm; Lee Wermelin (0733-77 99 18) Skeppsbron 44 11.00-12.30 Ledstiernan Ledstiernan - venture capital company with a special focus on wireless communication and mobile internet; Johan Wachtmaister - CEO (contact person: Anna Hammarberg: 545 035 00) Birger Jarlsgatan 14 Afternoon/ Flight to Riga evening Metropole Hotel - 36/38 Aspazijas Blv, 1050 Riga. Phone: +371-722 5411, fax: +371-721 6140

Thursday March 15 Time Location Activity 09.00-12.00 SSE Riga  Welcome by Anders Paalzow, Rector of SSE Riga  The Baltic economies: Historical background, privatization and macroeconomic developments: Ingrida Steinbukka  Why invest in the Baltic states? Problems, challenges and opportunities from an international investor´s perspective: US Chamber of Commerce  A banker´s perspective on the Baltic economies: a critical evaluation: Bo Kragh, Svenska Handelsbanken  The financial sector in the Baltic countries and challenges to a regulator: Uldis Cerps 12.00-13.45 SSE Riga Lunch at the school together with SSE Riga students 13.45-14.15 SSE Riga Tour of the school guided by SSE Riga students 14.15-16.00 SSE Riga Panel discussion: Current and future challenges; How to promote growth and prosperity in the Baltic States Uldis Cerps, Bo Kragh, Ingrida Steinbukka, US Chamber of Commerce, Neil Jennings (Arthur Andersen, Latvia), Gunnar Ljungdahl afternoon US Embassy Reception

Friday March 16 Time Location Activity How to create a new economy in an emerging one 9.00-12.00 SSE Riga  Venture capital and the development of new firms in the Baltics: Henrik Karmo  How to become a successful entrepreneur in Latvia: Vitaly Rubsteins  Corporate governance in the Baltic States: Julia Alesheyeva 12.00-14.00 Lunch on your own 14.15-16.00 Hansabank Visit to Hansabank Latvia - presentation of the bank; how to create a modern bank in an emerging economy: Ingrida Bluma & Tina Murmane 19.00 Dinner at Lido Saturday March 17 Time Location Activity 9.00-13.00 SSE Riga Sum up and evaluation of reports. Evaluation of the whole week. Afternoon 20 students fly back to Stockholm and will stay at the same hotel as earlier in the week.

Sunday March 18 Flights back to the US.