The MBA World Summit is about shaping a Global Leadership Community. Since its inauguration in 2014, it has prided itself as the pinnacle international gathering for the global MBA community. Year by year, 100 of the most exceptional and rigorously selected MBA talents from the top business schools worldwide (out of more than 3.000 applicants) are invited to attend this exclusive conference. All of them will be involved in co-creating the agenda of the four-day Summit, which focuses on the three pillars of nurturing a collaborative culture, facilitating high-impact exchange and championing interdisciplinary approaches to global business and societal problems. Attendees debate the most pressing issues of our times as well as future challenges and engage in a vibrant best-practice sharing.

1. The Pinnacle Summit of the
Global Leadership Community
March 1st
- 4th
, 2017 | Berlin
Official
Program

2. DEAR FRIENDS
the MBA World Summit 2017 is just around the
corner and we are exhilarated to hereby relea-
se the official program which is more exciting
than ever before.
Once again, it will engage the most inspiring
MBA students hailing from the finest teaching
institutions around the world as well as superb
leaders and organisations representing the ma-
nifold stakeholder groups of all walks of life.
Together, they will collaboratively discuss the
pressing issues of our time, challenge the as-
sumptions of a more-than-ever complex world,
share courageous visions and push action for-
ward to actively shape a global agenda with a
positive societal impact.
This year the MBA World Summit is hosted by a
city that maybe unlike any other place on this
planet is standing tall as a symbol for the dest-
ructive consequences of disjuncture and isola-
tion and the awe-inspiring power of unification
and collaboration at the same time. The fall
of the Berlin wall was nothing short of a tur-
ning point in the history of humanity that has
marked our era and moved the world closer to-
gether. Today, however, the feeling that we are
again at an inflection point in history is more
and more prevalent. In this vein, we could not
ask for a more suitable venue to come together
to engage in open-minded and vivacious dis-
cussions about the future of our world - each of
us being ambassadors of different perspectives
and ideas.
We are very much looking forward to welcome
the 2017 batch of charismatic, dynamic and vi-
sionary MBAs who successfully passed our rigo-
rous multi-staged selection process during the
last months and invite them to join the Global
Leadership Community (GLC) comprising all
Summit participants – past, present and future.
Since its inauguration in 2014 the GLC is deeply
anchored in the believe that positive innova-
tion and progress are always created when
the best of all disciplines come together in a
trustful-creative atmosphere and share their
experiences, expertise, goals and passions. It
embraces a philosophy of inclusive physical
encounter in a fast-paced digital world as a
forceful enabler for the creation of actionable
meaning and meaningful actions.
The sustained commitment to continuously
strive to make a positive impact is the common
denominator, and the diversity and integrati-
ve spirit of the GLC the core of its impactful
power. Within a short time span the GLC has
grown to a flourishing and truly global com-
munity. Today, GLC’ler regularly meet in over
30 so called City Circles forging strong bonds,
launching ground-up initiatives and engaging
in a vibrant exchange being at the forefront
of global discussions and innovation across all
societal sectors. In the years to come the GLC
will be complemented by physical hubs loca-
ted at hot spots around the globe to further
accelerate its growth and momentousness. Af-
ter successfully establishing the first of these
hubs, the “QX-Manor”, in Frankfurt, Germany –
which has become a “home-away-from-home”
and a lively place of meaningful encounters in
no time – the next location will be opened in
New York City.
The capstone event of our community remains
the MBA World Summit with its highly stimula-
ting environment. To emphasize the unfolding
impact of the GLC we expanded the Summit
concept by an “impact day” throughout which
the MBAs will participate in social expeditions
to become actively involved in crucial local
and international projects, and take part in
(an extended version of) the Big Idea Lounge
where entrepreneurial ideas and business op-
portunities are forged together with European
Investors and the movers-and-shakers of the
Berlin and German start-up scene.
We are eternally thankful for the ongoing sup-
port of all our partners and alumni making the
MBA World Summit possible. We are certain
that the Summit will again be enriching – pro-
fessionally and personally – and of immense
value for everyone participating.
We could not be more excited to meet you all
in Berlin!
Cheers!
Thomas, Yannick, Jessica &
the MBA World Summit Organizing Committee
Thomas Fuchs
Founder & CEO
QX-Quarterly Crossing
Yannick Reiss
Managing Director & CIO
QX-Quarterly Crossing
Jessica Fröhlich
Head of Organizing Commit-
tee MBA World Summit

3. LEADERS5
16:00PM-17:00PM
LEADERS4
15:00pM-16:00PM
LEADERS3
14:00PM-15:00PM
LEADERS2
12:00PM-13:00PM
LEADERS1
11:00AM-12:00PMTHE VOICES on Thursday
LUNCH BREAK 13-14 PM
NIDHISH
NAIR
Schulich School
of Business
Rockstar-ish
Transforma-
tions
(1)
VICTORIA
SOUTHERN
Mannheim
Business School
Reimagining
the System:
Can Private
Firms Fight
Inequality?
(2)
HOSANNA
ODHNER
Yale School of
Management
The business
case for
empathy: using
its power to
understand
consumers,
improve effec-
tiveness, and
create value.
(3)
JEAN PAUL
DESTARAC
Iese Business
School
Servant
Leadership:
A Search for
Meaning in
Work
(4)
COMPANY PRESENTATION
(6)
PAVAN
MADDURI
University of
Pennsylvania:
Wharton
Developing
Finetech in
developing
economies:
East Africa
(5)
MAANAS
MEDIRATTA
Esade Business
School
Evolution of
Entrepreneur-
ship
(7)
CONOR
LEARY
Columbia
Business School
Can social
missions con-
tribute to the
bottom line?
(8)
ELIZABETH
CHARLES
New York
University Stern
The Value of
the multinatio-
nal identity in
the media
(9)
MAXIMILIAN
SCHAEFER
Harvard Business
School
Bringing search
funds to Europe
ZEESHAN
ASHRAF
Nanyang Business
School
Gender
stereotypes
at workplace
in Asia
ROMAN
FERNANDEZ
IE Business School
Secret
Weapons
of the
Networking
Ninja
DAVID
MORCZINEK
MIT Sloan
Silicon Valley
to Berlin -
Entrepreneur-
ship around the
world
DUSAN
MILJEVIC
London Business
School
Imporove
standard in
developing
countries
through
digitalization
and technology KRISTINA
PARTSINEVELOS
University of
Oxford: Saïd
Dating the
Media:
the guide to
getting your
company
noticed
PABLO
RODRIGUEZ
VERDEGUER
SDA Bocconi
How can MBAs
play a major
role in boosting
Entrepreneur-
ship?
JOHANNES
HEBEL
University of
Hong Kong
Vision
Workshop:
“Oh it`s just
one bag - this
doesn’t really
matter, right?“
ALEXIS
JEFFRIES
University of
Southern California
Marshall
The Art of
Storytelling:
The Secrets
that the
C-Suite know
but BSchool
won't teach
you.
CYNTHIA
SONG
University of Cali-
fornia Berkley
Difficult
Conversations -
how to discuss
what matters
most.
(10)
PRIYANKA
BAGAI
Indian Institute of
Management Bangalore
My MBA taught
me I'm not
good enough.
Now I'm better!
AMY
KAO
Yale School of
Management
Big Data:
What it means
to you and how
it can trans-
form our lifes
ANJITA
LAL
Iese Business
School
Who are you?
- an ambivert,
introvert,
extrovert
HELOISE JANSE
VAN RENSBURG
University of
Cape Town GSB
Is business in
Africa rising?
Reality or
fallacy
TOMASZ
HAJDUK
Insead
Did MBA
students
become a
counter-cul-
ture? How to
promote our
values in an
increasingly
nationalist
world?
DEREK
SIN
National University
of Singapore
Business School
Exploring
Family
Business
in Asia:
Breaking the
third-generation
curse?
PROBAL SHOME
Mannheim Business School
BO-ERIK ABRAHAMSSON
University of Oxford: Saïd
How #insurtech is disrupting the
insurance industry
(11)
(13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
(23)(22)(21)(20)(19)
(25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
COMPANY PRESENTATION
COMPANY PRESENTATION
COMPANY PRESENTATION
COMPANY PRESENTATION
(12)
(18)
(24)
(30)

4. THURSDAY, MARCH 2ND
8:30 - 9:30 ESMT Conference Registration & Networking (Schloßplatz 1)
9:30 - 10:45 ESMT Welcoming: Marcel Kalis | Head of Career Services at ESMT - Berlin
" ESMT Keynote Speech: Norbert Bisky | Iconic Artist & Professor
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1ST
15:30 - 16:00 Amazon Conference Registration & Networking (Krausenstraße 38)
16:00 - 17:00 Amazon Start of Conference & Opening Speeches
" Amazon Keynote Speech: Dr. Katrin Gruber | Senior Category Leader, Amazon
17:00 - 20:00 Amazon Welcome-Reception: Networking and Flying Dinner
FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD
09:30 - 15:30 DISCOVER MORE - seven various Expeditions
20:00 - 23:00 12 Apostel (Restaurant) Networking-Dinner
23:30 - late Felix Club Party till late at one of Berlin's finest clubs
18:00 - 18:30 Short-Walk Bertelsmann: Unter den Linden 1 (alte Kommandantur)
18:30 - 20:00 Bertelsmann Welcoming: Hays Steilberg | Executive Vice President Corporate HR, Executives and Talent
" Bertelsmann Tim-Eisenmann-Award
" Bertelsmann Outlook 2018: Raymond Ledwaba | Head of Organizing Committee MBA World Summit 2018
20:00 - 23:00 Bertelsmann Networking Dinner “Berliner Food”
Summit Laboratory Sessions (SLS)
Leaders Start time Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6
#1 11:00 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
#2 12:00 (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
Lunch 13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
#3 14:00 (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
#4 15:00 (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24)
#5 16:00 (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30)
(1) BIG IDEA LOUNGE
@ Axel Springer
(2) CORPORATE EXPEDITION
@ Bertelsmann
(3) CORPORATE EXPEDITION
@ Roland Berger
(4) CORPORATE EXPEDITION
@ Amazon
Company
interviews
(in parallel)
SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH
10:30 MotelOne Spittelmarkt Check-Out & Start Cultural Expeditions
THE AGENDA in total THE MAIN VENUE
Main part of the conference will be held at
the historical campus of the ESMT Berlin –
the former state council building of the Ger-
man Democratic Republic (GDR) - where we will also be gathering in the former office of
Erich Honecker, the last president of East Germany’s “Democratic Republic -GDR“. The
building is now hosting a world-class faculty committed to leadership, social responsi-
bility, European competitiveness as well as the management of technology. Its location
in the heart of the international melting-pot Berlin provides the university with a truly
divers student and teacher body as well as an exceptional collaborative spirit. For its
students, the only 11-year old ESMT offers a Master´s in Management, a Full-time MBA,
an Executive MBA as well as executive education in the form of open enrollment and
customized programs.
(5) SOCIAL EXPEDITION
"Boat building and marine services"
(6) SOCIAL EXPEDITION
"Lobbying and service in Berlin's queer community"
(7) SOCIAL EXPEDITION
"Refugees Welcome - cooperation of
professionals & volunteers"
(1) Berlin Shopping Tour (2) Governmental Quarter (3) Alternative Art

5. THE SPOTS in detail
Get a first impression of vi-
brant Berlin and take a look
behind the scenes of one of
the world’s most innovative tech companies. Our Partner com-
pany Amazon invites us to kick-off the summit with a casual
get-together in their offices in the bustling heart of Berlin. In a
surrounding where Amazon’s employees shape the future of digi-
tal commerce, our Welcome Reception is a perfect „ice-breaker“
where participants meet for the first time in an inspiring setting
to get to know each other and engage in first conversations.
12 APOSTEL
The Twelve Apostle's Restaurant is
a feast for both the eyes and your
tummy located right in Berlin
Mitte. Beautiful frescos line the
interior walls, niches and round
arches and ceiling depicting the
twelve Biblical apostles of Christ,
all this located right at the above ground train rails. The décor is flashy Italian
Renaissance and the atmosphere is usually busy and bustling, not only due to
the unusual location but also the amazing cuisine. The XII Apostel is trendy and
popular because of its novel idea of offering 12 thin base pizza varieties, one
named for each apostle of Jesus Christ.
FELIX
CLUB
Chic 2-story nightclub with a 20m bar, glitter ball over
the dance floor plus VIP & smoking lounges.
The FELIX Club is located next to the Brandenburg Gate
and not far from the Potsdammer Platz.
With its fascinating atmosphere it a place for Berliner
and internationals likewise.
A place of communication,
cultural exchange, music and
literature – and an architectural
jewel in a historic setting:
Bertelsmann has developed
“Unter den Linden 1” into a
vibrant, multifaceted venue in the heart of Berlin. It´s the
perfect location for everyone to engage into in-depth
discussions over an enjoyable networking dinner.

6. THE BIG IDEA LOUNGE
The „Big Idea Lounge“ gives exceptional MBA entrepreneurs the opportunity to
engage with European Business Angels, VCs and Investors.
Invited are all MBA entrepreneurs who already have founded their own venture or are
located in a pre-founding phase and have not yet pursued their own business ideas,
but are planning to do so after graduation. Many of these entrepreneurial-minded students
use their top-MBA program as a networking-, visibility and most of all accelerator-tool to
sucessfully boost their own businesses after graduation.
During the event, the participants gather in so called „Ideation Panels“ (IPs), where they
engage into in-depth discussions about on-going business topics among each other to-
gether with investors, industry experts and the who-is-who of Berlin‘s movers and shakers.
Pre-selected investors are invited to host certain Ideation Panels either as panel anchor or
industry expert.
Additionally, seed-staged and further progressed start-ups are able to present their bu-
siness-ideas in a private atmosphere in front of a selected number of European top-level
investors to pitch for funding or strategic partnerships.
Lastly, sustainable relationship among the students, investors and entrepreneurs can be built
during several casual networking occasions.
• On-going entrepreneural business topics
presented by top-MBA entrepreneurs and
disussed with investors as well as indus-
try experts
• The IPs are focussing on the prospective
future opportunities of certain industries
and how startups can disrupt and shape
for may years to come
• Investors are invited to host the Ideation
Panels either as a panel anchor or indus-
ty expert
Ideation
Panels
• Opportunity to discuss future business
opportunities with international founders
presenting their businesses in a priva-
te and exclusive atmosphere in front of
selected top-investors
• Opportunity to meet top-MBA entrepre-
neurs in an early seed- or even pre-foun-
ding phase before they have not yet see-
ked any funding
• Attendees passed a rigorous, multi-sta-
ged application process
Equity
Pitches
• Intensification of conversations and exch-
ange with up to 50 top-MBA founders and
entrepreneurs as well as the who-is-who
of Berlin‘s movers and shakers
• Opportunity to conduct pre-scheduled
Face-to-Face Interviews to discuss pos-
sible engagements with top-MBAs in a
private and intimate atmosphere
• Casual, informal and open ambiance
Great ideas need:
1) Doers to put them into practice
2) Investors
3) Partners and
4) the Right Timing.
We are happy to host the first
group at the „Unternehmerclub“
of our accelerator and find out
together about no. 4)!
5) Let’s get big ideas realized!
Networking
Lounge
“
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FRIDAY - DISCOVER MORE
pick one out of seven various Expeditions from the
following pages and get involved!!
Partners of the Big Idea Lounge:
Ulrich Schmitz
Managing Director,
Axel Springer Digital Ventures

7. THE CORPORATE EXPEDITIONS
Here’s your chance for a
backstage pass into the music
and TV businesses!
Jump on our private tour bus and get
to know more about Bertelsmann’s
activities in the German capital and
surroundings. Our excursion will
start with a visit to the international
headquarters of BMG Rights Manage-
ment, a new kind of music company.
Get exclusive insight into the music
business with CEO Hartwig Masuch,
who will be explaining how BMG hel-
ps artists and songwriters like the
Rolling Stones, Bruno Mars and Iron
Maiden make the most of their songs
and recordings in the digital age.
We’ll then drive to UFA Serial Drama,
a leader in daily television shows in
Germany and Europe. Here we’ll check out the film set of one of the most popular German
serial dramas and hear how daily shows are produced.
Finally, we’ll head over to UFA Lab, the digital studio of UFA, which produces award-winning
digital and transmedia entertainment. You’ll meet one of our former Bertelsmann
Entrepreneurs Program (BEP) participants, now Head of Ventures at UFA Lab. He’ll give you
his take on the future of story-telling, as well as some advice on how you can be a part of it.
Love solving challenging
problems?
Learn how our consultants sha-
pe digital transformation in the
healthcare sector. You will solve
a case in groups and take diffe-
rent perspectives. Together with
our digital health experts Vanessa Baehner and Lennart Boesch you will develop
and discuss your approaches. Learn how our experts solve digital challenges and
be inspired by their knowledge. Also you have the chance to get to know our col-
leagues during business lunch and have time to discuss about career opportuni-
ties at Roland Berger.
Visit our corporate offices
in Berlin and get a feeling
of what it’s like to work at
Amazon.
You will have the chance to find out more about
our different ventures, such as Seller Services,
Amazon Smile or Amazon Music. Pick the brain of
our Sr. Leaders and get in touch with MBA alum-
ni that have joined our Leadership Development
Program.
We look forward to meeting you!
09.30 am – 10.00 pm:
Welcome Session
09.30 am – 12.00 pm:
Spotlight on fulfillment by amazon
12.00 pm – 01.30 pm:
Lunch
01.30 pm – 03.00 pm:
Dive into our culture and departments with
Amazon Leaders look forward to meeting you!
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8. THE SOCIAL EXPEDITIONS
In recent years, societies around the world are changing in an ever-increasing velocity and
volatility. Internationalized cities and countries stand opposite of ingratiating nationalists
movements. Globalization on the one hand faces protectionism on the other hand and open,
liberal as well as multi-cultural societies are opposed to rigorously sealed communities, who
exclude and prosecuted minorities and people with different orientations. For the first time
in its history, the MBA World Summit tries to grabble these challenges by enabling students to
take a deeper look at those socially impactful issues and become actively involved in meaning-
ful local as well as international projects.
For all social-minded MBA students who take part in the social expeditions, the day starts with
an introductory workshop that might offer an promising governmental and societal approach
to tackle issues like poverty, unemployment, exclusion, discrimination or the influx of refuge-
es. Afterwards the students gain first-hand experience by getting engaged with the leadership
of three selected social projects based in Berlin to learn more about their relevant work and
to assist them with solving problems they face due to recent global as well as local challenges.
9:30 - 10:30 | INTRODUCING THE GERMAN WELFARESTATE
–the unique construction of Germany’s Social System
Christian Reumschüssel-Wienert (Senior Consultant),
Deutscher Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin
www.paritaet-berlin.de
Boat-building and marine services
On the surface, the Organization is designing,
building and repairing high quality boats. But
more importantly, they engage in occupational
rehabilitation and integration especially for
people with psychosis and neurosis in different
industries and services. By now, they employ
more than 800 mentally ill and handicapped people in
their boat-business with the aim to re-integrate them
into the labour market. More information on www.u-s-e.org
"Integration of psychosocial
handicapped Persons into the
common labour market."
Wolfgang Grasnick
(Managing Director)
Lobbying and service
in Berlin's queer community
The Organization provides a wide range of services to gay
and bisexual men, trans* and inter* people, people living
with HIV/Aids as well as their relatives or partners in form
of a counseling centre, assisted living, home nursing and
health care or group talks. For more than thirty years, a
skilled team of doctors, educators, health scientists, ped-
agogues, psychologists, psychotherapists, social scientists
and social workers, administrators as well as many volun-
teers and freelancers dedicated their work to help people
from all kinds of nationalities, cultures and religions.
As a counseling centre, they offer confidential 1-on-1 or
group counseling-sessions in all matters of life like for ex-
ample Coming Outs, mental health, age related problems,
alcohol and drug abuse as well as addiction and HIV/Aids.
The organization is able to provide services in many langu-
ages such as Arabic, English, French, Greek, Polish, Slovak,
Spanish, Czech, Russian or Turkish and cover even more
through providing a suitable interpreter.
More information www.schwulenberatungberlin.de
"Antidiscrimination activities
in organizations."
Marcel DeGroot
(Managing Director)
Refugees Welcome –
cooperation of professionals and volunteers
Unionhilfswerk is a large organization that offers a broad
variety of social services e.g. in the field of neighborhood
care, health care as well as care of people with handicaps,
old people and – as a new branch – refugees from diffe-
rent countries. With their slogan "We design individual life
quality", Unionhilfwerk employs more than 2800 full-time
worker and more than 1000 volunteers who offer help to
more than 5500 people in Berlin daily. The organization
came into existence in 1946, a time where social help was
especially needed. Today, the Unionshilfewerk is one of the
biggest social organizations in Berlin.
Furthermore, the Unionhilfswerk also offers various forms
of support for refugees: assistance with legal issues, help
with accommodation and flat search, mediation for job
search as well as support with medical problems. They also
offer help for children and teenagers.
More information www.unionhilfswerk.de
"Integration of refugees into urban society."
Birgit Karsten
(Executive director de-
partment of refugees)
11:30 – 15:30 | SOCIAL EXPEDITIONS
You will be able to see where and how people work in each institution, get involved in presentations and discus-
sions on strategic topics and challenges with the management directors of those institutions.The refreshments
and lunch are taken care of.!
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9. THE CULTURAL EXPEDITIONS
Berlin Shopping Tour
Forget New York, Paris or Milan and
make a shopping-stop at Berlin’s
world-famous KaDeWe instead!
The “Kaufhaus des Westens”, or
“Department Store of the West”, is Europe’s
second largest department store and a true para-
dise for shopaholics. After three insightfull days
of high-impact exchange, take some time off and
stroll along Berlin’s most prestigious shopping
hotspots, the Galeries Lafayette, the Ku'Damm
or the KaDeWe. Since we all know that intensive
shopping makes you hungry, we complete our
tour at the eighth floors of the KaDeWe, its wide-
known temple of gourmet food, yum!
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Governmental Quarter
Berlin’s truly fascinating history of-
fers a variety of geopolitical decisive
events that no other city in the world
has to offer. A such diverse history that it fasci-
nates everyone within a single glimpse of a mo-
ment. So join us on a tour through Berlins historic
governmental quarter and take a closer look at the
glass dome of the Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate
or the Holocaust Memorial. Exhibit richly textured
global history that stares you in the face at every
turn. The list of historic and politically significant
buildings and monuments within walking distance
of each other is an unprecedented
experience without which you
shouldn’t leave Berlin!
Alternative Art
Aiming for your next Insta-gram hit? – Then take a closerlook at Berlin’s surprisinglyinfluential urban street artculture!
Join us on a discovery trip to some of Ber-
lin’s most creative street art, Graffiti and
urban culture! Walking along the East Side
Gallery and discovering world famous street
art paintings along the Berlin Wall will give
you a whole new perspective on Berlin’s
richly textured history. Kreuzberg is full of
small and hidden curiosities as well as big
mural paintings that are just waiting to be
the perfect background!
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After three insightfull days of inspiration wewill top off the MBA World Summit by deepdiving into Berlin's culture:

10. THE MAP
Grand Hyatt
Felix Club
ESMT
MotelOne
Spittelmarkt
Amazon
Axel Springer
Unternehmerclub
Bertelsmann
12 Apostel
Felix Club
Behrenstraße 72,
10117 Berlin
Social Expedition: "Boat-building and marine services."
Wassersportallee 2, 12527 Berlin
Social Expedition: "Lobbying and service in Berlin’s queer
community." Niebuhrstraße 59/60, 10629 Berlin
Social Expedition: "Refugees Welcome – cooperation of professio-
nals and volunteers ." Richard Sorge Straße 21A, 10249 Berlin
not marked on this Map:
Grand Hyat
Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 2,
10785 Berlin
Bertelsmann
Unter den Linden 1,
10117 Berlin
ESMT
Schloßplatz 1,
10178 Berlin
12 Apostel
S-Bahnbögen 177-180,
Georgenstraße 2,
10117 Berlin
MotelOne
Spittelmarkt
Leipziger Str. 50,
10117 Berlin
Amazon
Development Center Germany GmbH:
Krausenstraße 38, 10117 Berlin
Axel Springer Unternehmerclub
Markgrafenstraße 14, 10969 Berlin
Roland Berger
Roland Berger Office Berlin: Bertolt-
Brecht-Platz 3, 10117 Berlin

11. THE PARTNERS
Our deepest gratitude goes to our generous host, the European School of Management and
Technology for providing us with an excellent premise for the MBA World Summit 2017.
Special thanks to Marcel Kalis, Head of Career Services at the ESMT for the amazing support
throughout the entire preparation process.
Furthermore, we would like to convey our sincere appreciation to our partner companies for
their resilient partnership and for sharing the vision of the MBA World Summit.
In addition, a huge “Thank You!” to everyone spreading our message – Career Centers, MBA
Club Presidents and again all our great alumni & members of the
Global Leadership Community (GLC).
Our greatest thanks, however, go to all those MBA students shaping the MBA World Summit‘s
agenda year by year with all their expertise and passion – in the end only you guys
make the MBA World Summit what it is today.
THANK YOU – with our best wishes,
The MBA World Summit Organizing Committee
THE SPEAKER: NORBERT BISKY
ICONIC ARTIST
AND PROFESSOR
Norbert Bisky is one of the most important
and worldwide recognized contemporary
German Artists. He studied at the Hochschu-
le der Künste in Berlin, were he was a stu-
dent of George Baselitz. Today he has been
solo exhibited in the most prestigious gal-
leries around the world and is included in
ultra premium collections such as Museum of
Modern Art, New York or National Museum of
Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea. His
colourful, exuberant and image laden pain-
tings converge the seemingly perfect, bright
and healthy images with the hidden message
of societal issues, death and terror. His art
transmits the instability and contrast that
illustrate our current state of affairs. Bis-
ky has lived through many of the events he
paints: on the edge of the tsunami in Thai-
land, during the attacks on a famous Mumbai hotel or after the sudden death of his younger
sibling. Using powerful colours, he reformulates personal experiences of terror.
Being exposed to Bisky‘s large-scale canvasses is to have a sense of being drawn into the
forceful events they represent. Bisky carries the viewer into the maelstrom of black images
which, like visual storms, open visionary spaces. Dark skies burst wide open. Bodies emerge
into the spotlight of turbulent rampancy. The paintings by the 46-year-old depict the world
from their apocalyptic perspective. Love and death are very close to each other here. At
times, they coincide. Future, past and present occur simultaneously in the lucid paintings.
More than anything, they are biographical.
Three main aspects of Bisky‘s work come to the fore in this context: the martyrdom of love,
the martyrdom of painting and the apocalyptic scenography of the world. Furthermore all
of his paintings contain, in the words of the artist, a religious nucleus. Bisky considers the
religious moment an inalienable part of good painting.
Bisky's impact goes far beyond his art: he was professor at the Geneva University of Art and
Design (HEAD) and is also a guest lecturer and professor for various universities in Switzer-
land, UK and Germany. With his students, he uncovers the questions and problems of our
time and transmits them into art. He deals with questions like the bad side of big data, the
impact of growing energy consumption, implications of increased mobility and many more.
He inspires not only trough controversy, but also trough guidance for putting the current
developments into bold, thought provoking art.

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