Thursday, July 17, 2008, 6 pm (USC Town and Gown)
IBEAR XXX Commencement Ceremony and Dinner

Friday, July 18, 2008 (USC Davidson Conference Center)
9:00 am      Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking

10:00 am    Opening Pleanary Session. Dean Jim Ellis; Jack Steele, founding Dean; Roy Herberger, founding director of IBEAR and past president, Thunderbird; Y.H. Cho, Chairman, Korean Air; Dick Drobnick, past director; Yoshihiro Sano, founding IBEAR associate director; IBEAR History in Pictures.

11:15 am    Warren Bennis, University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute at USC, “Reflections on Leadership: 30 Years Later”

12:00 pm    Networking Lunch with IBEAR Faculty, past and present

1:00 pm     Alumni Driven Networking Sessions
  1.) Greater China and India Affinity Group Networking
  2.) US, Latin America and Europe Affinity Group Networking
  3.) Personal Finances: The Next Big Opportunity

2:00 pm      Alumni Driven Networking Sessions
  1.) Financial Services, Banking, Real Estate Alumni Affinity
        Group Networking
  2.) IT, Technology, Telecom, Consulting Alumni Affinity
        Group Networking
  3.) Sales, Marketing, Business Development Strategy
        Alumni Affinity Group Networking

3:15      “The Next 30 Years: Opportunities and Challenges,” Presentation by IBEAR consulting team on the IBEAR brand, marketing and the future; Shiro Naba (IBEAR XII), CEO, Ferragamo Japan (or) Trojan Legacies: Today’s USC Admission Realities

4:15 pm - 9:00 pm – Outdoor Closing Fiesta
Great Food, Kid’s Entertainment, Contests, Salsa Demo and Dancing, Rock and Roll by The Retreads

Saturday, July 19, 2008
Class organized alumni gatherings or activities