Schedule for 2014 AllWorld Summit@Harvard

April 28 - Harvard Campus & Harvard Faculty Club

9 - 12 PM     AllWorld Adventure Race, Reading Room

An annual highlight, in teams entrepreneurs race through the Harvard campus testing their competitive spirit. Participants will be divided into teams from different countries with the objective of finding them most clues and beating out all the other teams.

12 – 1 PM     Attendee Introductions and Lunch, Main Dining Room
Each attendee will introduce themselves

1 – 3:30 PM     Entrepreneurs Leadership Academy, Library
Goal: Scale 100 AllWorld companies in the next three years

Build the Right Team for Sustained High Growth

Paul Kenny, founder Cobone.com & Triperna.com, will share his strategies for leading Cobone's leadership team to high growth and high profitability. He was selected as the 10th most influential person at the age of 30 in the Middle East and one of the 25 most important people in technology in the region. In 2012, Paul won the Middle East Entrepreneur of the Year by Gulf Business and the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year.

How CEOs & Entrepreneurs Build High Performing Teams

Mike Hoff began his career in the UK in senior management positions both in Europe and the Middle East including Al Tayer Group and Kingfisher Plc. In these organizations he worked at strategy execution and product development in order to optimize growth and profitability of multiple international brands. Mike has a reputation for developing high performing teams. He is the top coach of the Entrepreneurs Leadership Academy.

3:30 – 4:00 PM     Break

4 – 5:00 PM     How Will You Measure Your Life?, Library

Karen Dillon is the co-author of How Will You Measure Your Life, which Forbes Magazine says is "one of the more surprisingly powerful books of personal philosophy in the 21st century". Karen will lead a workshop on finding meaning and happiness in life and how high achievers can all too often fall into trap that lead to unhappiness. Prior to co-authoring her recent book, Karen was the Editor of Harvard Business Review and is now a Contributing Editor. For ten years, she was the Deputy Editor of Inc. magazine chronicling the growth of America's top entrepreneurs.

April 29 - Harvard Faculty Club, Library

9 - 11 AM     Transforming Strategy: Creating Shared Value

Rebroadcast of Professor Michael Porter, Harvard Business School Professor & AllWorld Chairman.  AllWorld Summit Session (2012) on Strategy & Shared Value followed by live video Q&A

Michael Porter urges entrepreneurs to work at the intersection of strategy and shared value, where both a company and society move forward.  Porter’s 2012 Harvard Business Review article on Shared Value won the McKinsey Prize for best article. “The things we call social issues are the biggest business opportunities of the future.” Hear Michael Porter’s lecture to AllWorld Entrepreneurs and join in a one hour discussion with him.

11 – 11:30 AM     Break

11:30 – 12:30     Sharpen Your Strategy – a live video Q&A with Michael Porter

12:30 – 1:30 PM     Lunch, Main Dining Room

1:30 – 2 PM      The President’s Entrepreneurial Policy Agenda

Adil Kabani is one of the top thinkers in private equity in emerging markets and holds senior positions with Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. Adil will provide AllWorld entrepreneurs with an overview of the President's entrepreneurial policy agenda and  how this model can be applied to emerging markets to unleash innovation and economic growth in your respective countries.

2– 2:30 PM     Breakthrough:  Lessons from the Front Lines of the Start Up World

K. Shelly Porges has worked with 6 startups with 5 successful exits and over $200 million raised.  She is the former Senior Advisor, Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) at the U.S. State Department.  Before joining the State Department, she had a distinguished career in the private sector and is a recognized marketing and strategy expert having launched products, brands and companies.

2:30 PM     Break

3 – 5 PM     Global Sales Strategies - the ADVANCED VERSION

Ken Morse is the co-founder of 6 high tech startups with MIT friends and classmates: five went public or were successfully merged; one was a disaster.  He is also a professor in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Global Sales Strategies, and served as the  Founding Managing Director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, 1996-2009. He is the Chairman of Entrepreneurship Ventures Inc. This highly interactive session will help you focus on getting your sales machine firing on all 8 cylinders. According to Ken, sales is not everything: it is the only thing!

5 – 6 PM    Drinks on the Harvard Faculty Club Patio

April 30 - Harvard Faculty Club, Library

9 – 10:30 AM     Negotiating for Growth

Dr. Joshua Weiss is the co-founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University. Dr. Weiss will lead a dynamic workshop on business negotiation for growth drawing on his books You Didn't Just Say That: Quotes, Quips and Proverbs When Dealing in the World of Conflict and Negotiation. He is Managing Director of the  Abraham Path Initiative which was recently rated as the #1 new walking trail in the world by National Geographic.

10:30 – 11AM     Break

11 – 12:30 PM    The Birth of Inc.500 and Driving Growth

George Gendron is a founder of Inc. magazine and the Inc. 500. In his role as Editor-in- Chief he worked with hundreds of American entrepreneurial stars and investors, and documented companies and trends before they became household names. Hear the story of a how a small group of journalist founded Inc. magazine and the Inc.500,  bringing to life the technology entrepreneurship revolution.

12:30 – 1:30 PM    Lunch & Adil Kabani, Main Dining Room

Funding Options for Accelerated Growth

Adil Kabani will discuss his role at OPIC, the U.S. Government's development finance institution which currently manages a $16 billion portfolio of investments. He will provide AllWorld Entrepreneurs with an array of funding options and strategies to access growth capital to successfully access capital and expand into a variety of emerging markets.

1:30 – 5PM     Building A Global Brand - In the digital age, your brand is essential to success.

1:30 – 3 PM    The Art & Science of Branding

Jeff Hoffman is one of the founders of Priceline.com. He is an innovator in the fields of Internet, e-commerce, and entertainment, and worked with President Obama's National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is also the founder of ColorJar, which helps entrepreneurs accelerate their ideas. This session will focus on identifying your company’s positioning strategy to guide your team and develop your winning brand.  Check out Jeff's great blogs on Inc.com.

3 – 3:30 PM    Break

3:30 - 4 PM     Learn from Loai Nassem, the Founder and CEO of Lomar, one of Saudi Arabia's most successful new brands. With nearly ten years in advertising and communications, in 2005 Loai launched his fashion design business with the concept of "Redefining the Thobe" - Lomar. The brand was so strong that it quickly became a sensation.

4 - 5 PM     Discussion on Building a Global Brand facilitated by Deirdre Coyle & George Gendron

May 1 - Long Fellow Room, The Charles Hotel

9 – 10:30 AM     Entrepreneurs and the Next Big Market - Governments

Anne Habiby will lead this insightful session. Across the world, governments are turning to entrepreneurs to solve problems, deliver innovative solutions and government services. Some of the top AllWorld Entrepreneurs count government as their #1 customer. Where are the opportunities in the next five years? To succeed, entrepreneurs have to compete against large established firms for government contracts. What strategies work best?

Charles Hotel Address: 1 Bennett Street, Cambridge MA

10:30 - 11 AM     From the Summit to the World: AllWorldXChange

11 - 12 noon      Closing Remarks and Certificate Handout