When: Wednesday 15.11

Where: Fattoria Moncucchetto – Wine & Foods

For more info please visit: http://www.crocerossaticino.ch/

When: Thursday 22 2018, 21:00-22:00

Where: Room A33, Università della Svizzera italiana

What challenges will you be faced with as you join your family firm? Can you make a real contribution, have a real impact? Find out by listening to those who have moved up through the ranks … in the family! 

With the exceptional presence of our EMBAs Alessandra Juri Zanolari and Nicola Tettamanti:

– Alessandra Juri Zanolari, Vice Director, Juri Elettronica; 
– Nicola Tettamanti, Head of sales, Tecnopinz; 

&

– Martino Piccioli, President, Plastifil; 
– Karam Zaid Kilani, Deputy General Manager, Farah Medical Campus

– Moderator: Gianluca Colombo, EMBA Director and Master of Management Director

About Long Night of the Careers

When: 14.12.18, h 18.00

Where: Executive Center, Università della Svizzera italiana

Corporate Diplomacy: the Key for Success in Global Business

For international companies, navigating the unchartered waters of global business is becoming increasingly challenging. Geopolitical and economic uncertainties coupled with the necessity to engage strategically with a wide variety of different stakeholders in different markets with different cultural and institutional systems create new layers of complexity that require a new set of skills.
To create successful global strategies, today companies need to engage in corporate diplomacy, which is the ability to build strategic relationships with external stakeholders and leverage them to improve corporate reputation and create economic value. Political and cultural intelligence, strategic stakeholders’ engagement as well as the ability to communicate effectively across markets and cultures are all “soft skills” that are becoming essential to prevent and mitigate “hard” risks.
Drawing on both academic research and practical examples, the lecture will show how, in today’s volatile, ambiguous, and uncertain world, corporate diplomacy has become a competitive advantage for companies with international ambitions.

Guest Speaker

Diego Gilardoni, an international strategic consultant with professional experience in Europe, US, Asia and Africa, advises international companies faced with the communication and cultural challenges associated with operating in an increasingly complex global business environment.
An expert on China, he is the author of “Decoding China. Cross-cultural strategies for successful business with the Chinese” (Itim International, 2017).

Gilardoni is also an international speaker specialized in global business, corporate diplomacy and reputation. He has been invited to international conferences such as the Istanbul Leadership Summit, the World Communication Forum, the High Forum for Intercultural Business Communication in Beijing, the annual convention of the China International Public Relations Association and the Euro-China Forum in Brussels.
A graduate in History from the University of Fribourg, he holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Global Business from the University of Oxford and an Executive Certificate in Advocacy in International Affairs from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.

The event is in collaboration with AIF, Associazione Imprese Familiari.

Christmas Gala Dinner 2018

30th November

Catch up with former colleagues, make new contacts, and celebrate the holiday season in the magical ambience of the Swiss Diamond Hotel.

On 30th November the EMBA Club will hold its annual Gala Dinner at Swiss Diamond Hotel, Vico Morcote.

In an elegant and refined atmosphere, the Chef will serve a light and innovative game-based cuisine, a harmony of combinations and delicate flavours, together with a selection of international wines.

Christmas Aperitif
Music & Drinks

14th December

Come and join us for an aperitif the 14th December at Executive Center, USI, Lugano, 19 pm.
Let’s celebrate Christmas time together!

Feel free to invite your friends and family!

Awarding the best new business ideas in Ticino

USI EMBA is pleased to present this exceptional opportunity.

Boldbrain is an accelerator aimed at “early stage” startups and ideas.

The target are technological innovations and the goal is to provide participants the needed tools to assess whether their idea is valid or not and if it has the prerequisites to be transformed into a scalable business. Boldbrain will provide the useful basis to start the challenging path of development of the startup.

This is the new Ticinese acceleration program for innovative startups, which replaces the historic and famous StartCup Ticino.

The final event of the program is a celebratory moment that will allow the finalists to present their project in front of a heterogeneous audience and a popular jury that, together with the judges’ evaluations, will decree the 5 winners of the competition.

The event will be organized in the Aula Magna of Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano, in the presence of the political authorities, the Rector of USI and other important representatives of the Ticino business world, on Tuesday 4th December at 18:00.

USI EMBA plays a fundamental role in wanting to transform Ticino into an active society, which is why it rewards the most innovative project of Boldbrain with a full scholarship, trying to recognize and give merit to the entrepreneurial spirit and continuous education.

When: 09 November 2018, from 18.00 to 19.00

Where: USI Executive Center, Blue Room

Keynote Speaker: Piergiorgio Balbo

Event Description

This session provides an interesting overview of FIAMM and it looks at the importance of a business model based not only on quality, service and cost, but also on environment and innovation.
A good strategy has to focus on marketing intelligence, risk assessment and reduction of working capital. You will be able to understand what exactly risk is and learn how to reduce the risk of supply interruption.
Do you want to be a leader and a global manager? Curiosity, honesty, integrity: those are just some of the competencies that you need, come and learn the others!
The meeting will be in the Blue Room of the Executive Center from 18.00 to 19.00 to be followed by an aperitivo.
For reservations: emba@usi.ch

Piergiorgio Balbo is currently Executive Vice President Reserve Power Solutions of FIAMM Energy Technology (a Hitachi Group Company), with leading position in the last 20 years in the “Automotive” and in the “Energy Storage” business.

He previously had experience in the automotive machine tools industry as a Sales and Project Manager of VERECO and LANDIS GEAR and three years of experience in the Telecom business as a Project Manager at ATP-ITALTEL Sistemi.

He graduated from University of Padova in Electronic Engineering with Executive Programs at University of Michigan and SDA Bocconi.