STARTCUP TICINO 2017: TURN YOUR IDEA INTO REALITY WITH EMBA

STARTCUP TICINO 2017: TURN YOUR IDEA INTO REALITY WITH EMBA

STARTCUP TICINO 2017: TURN YOUR IDEA INTO REALITY WITH EMBA

Awarding the best new business ideas in Ticino

An initiative of the START-UP promotion center

USI EMBA is pleased to present this exceptional opportunity.

StartCup Ticino is a competition for the creation of ideas and entrepreneurial innovative projects, realized in Canton Ticino.
The aim is to create new start-up companies: the top 5 finalists will be awarded on 6th December 2017 and will be automatically admitted to the second phase of selection for the Swiss Economic Award and to the 3rd Swiss Venture Day Ticino.

StartCup Ticino is an initiative of Centro Promozione Start-Up (CP Start-Up) USI-SUPSI promoted by the Regional Innovation System for awarding the most innovative projects, aiming to highlight the entrepreneurial spirit on the territory.On December 6th, 2017, the top five ranked projects will be awarded with a prize of 50.000, 30.000, 20.000 and 10.000 CHF.
Thanks to the extraordinary support of EMBA the winner will receive a study grant to attend the Masters in
Business Administration at USI.Details and information at www.startcup-ticino.chApplication deadline is June 25th, 2017.


 

Overview of Pini Swiss Engineers: Friday 5th May, 2017 at 6pm

Overview of Pini Swiss Engineers: Friday 5th May, 2017 at 6pm

Overview of Pini Swiss Engineers: Friday 5th May, 2017 at 6pm

Pini Swiss
When: Friday 5th May, 2017 at 6pm
Where : USI Executive Center, Blue Rom, Via Buffi 13, Lugano Campus
Keynote Speaker: Olimpio Pini

Event description:
This session provides an overview of Pini Swiss Engineers.
Pini Swiss Engineers is a Swiss leading engineering company.
The firm has become one of the best in the field thanks to a new approach, based on flexibility, dynamism, technical innovation, and young people.
The company works on building projects, infrastructures and tunnels with high public interest, among which some major tunnels underneath the Alps, as Alptransit.
The corporate culture is based on respect, positivity, competence, integrity and transparency towards clients and co-workers.
In the different expertise sectors, Pini Swiss operates not only on local territories but also for international projects. Do you want to find out more? Come and learn about this exceptional Swiss reality!

Limited places, for reservation emba@usi.ch

 

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Olimpio Pini is CEO and Multidisciplinary project leader at Pini Swiss Engineers.
He previously had experience in many engineering projects: AlpTransit, the new Lugano Ponte Tresa railway, road traffic engineering of Lugano city, just to name a few.
He graduated from ETH Zurich in Engineering in 1980 and has a postgraduation in Management of Technologies and in Complexity Management with System Dynamics at St Gallen University.

 

MAY 4th -7th BE AN EXECUTIVE MBA STUDENT FOR A DAY

MAY 4th -7th BE AN EXECUTIVE MBA STUDENT FOR A DAY

MAY 4th -7th BE AN EXECUTIVE MBA STUDENT FOR A DAY

Join us for the rare opportunity to attend one of our EMBA courses for a day!
Have an espresso, take a tour of our state-of-the-art Executive MBA center, and talk with your future professors and current program participants.

This session we are offering three course options:
Problem Solving and Decision Making at Board Level
Organizational Behavior
Quantitative Methods
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Problem Solving and Decision Making at a Board Level
• Learn what it means to be a board member and understand the managerial, behavioral, and financial implications of this role.
• How to make quick decisions in complex situations.
• Understand the logic and different types of owners in order to better predict the strategic behavior of the company

 

Thursday May 4th 10:00 -18:00
Friday May 5th 8:30 – 18:00
Saturday May 6th 8:30 – 18:00
Sunday May 7th 8:30 – 12:30

 

Prof. Bernardo Bertoldi teaches at the Department of Management at the University of Turin and at ESCP Europe London and Turin campus; after accomplishing his PhD (2003) in management and corporate finance, he focused his research activity on entrepreneurship and family capitalism.In 2007 he attended the EECPCL (European Entrepreneurship Colloquium on Participant Centered Learning) and the CWCD (Case Writing and Course Development Seminar)at Harvard Business School.
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Organizational Behavior
• Learn how to develop a vision and inscribe it into your organization’s culture.
• Energize and influence others when authority is lacking and conflict looms large.
• Learn how to build a network of trusted contacts across organizational roles and boundaries, and to make painful choices when needed. This course aims to increase the personal and situational awareness needed to both develop and deploy one’s leadership skills.

 

Thursday May 4th 13:30 -18:00
Friday May 5th 13:30 – 18:00
Saturday May 6th 13:30 – 18:00

 

Prof. Gianluca Carnabuci holds a Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is Associate Professor of Organization and Management at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, and Professor at SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy. His research focuses on the role of collaboration, interpersonal relations and social networks on the performance of individuals and organizations. He has taught and teaches Organization Theory and Organizational Behavior at the undergraduate level; Networks and Organizations at the graduate level; Knowledge & Organization at the PhD level; Organizational Design, Change Management, Leadership and Negotiation at the executive and MBA level.
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Quanititative Methods
• Learn the most frequently used quantitative methods for analyzing data and solving decision problems.
• To use these methods to solve a number of business cases from a variety of contexts.
• To learn how to use Excel spreadsheets and other software to implement these quantitative methods.

 

Thursday May 4th 10:00 -12:30
Friday May 5th 8:30 – 12:30
Saturday May 6th 8:30 – 12:30
Sunday May 7th 8:30- 12:30
Prof. Kostis Christodoulou

 

Prof. Kostis Christodoulou has been teaching courses on Quantitative Methods, Decision Analysis, Business Statistics, Risk Management and Financial Modelling to MBA students and business executives at London Business School, City University Business School (where he received the MBA teaching award) and at ALBA Graduate Business School. He holds a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences from London Business School, a M.Sc. in Mathematics & Operations Research from the London School of Economics and a ΒΑ in Mathematics & Computer Science from Swarthmore College.

 

APRIL 21st -24th BE AN EXECUTIVE MBA STUDENT FOR A DAY

APRIL 21st -24th BE AN EXECUTIVE MBA STUDENT FOR A DAY

APRIL 21st -24th BE AN EXECUTIVE MBA STUDENT FOR A DAY

Join us for the rare opportunity to attend one of our EMBA courses for a day!
This session we are offering two course options: Negotiation and Organizational Behavior

Negotiation  

Professor Kandarp Mehta

Kandarp Mehta currently lectures at the IESE Business School in Barcelona. He has been a visiting scholar at the Kellogg School of Management in the USA and ISE Business School in Brazil. His research is focused on creativity in organizations and negotiations. He frequently works as a consultant with start-ups on issues related to Innovation and Creativity. His doctoral thesis was about the process of creativity in the context of the motion picture industry. He has conducted several Negotiation and Creativity Workshops for corporate executives and management students in Europe, USA and India.
Attend one of the following sessions:

FRIDAY APRIL 21st

10:00-18:00

Introduction to Negotiation
SATURDAY APRIL 22nd

8:30-18:00

Being Creative in Negotiation
SUNDAY APRIL 23rd

8:30-17:30

Conflict Management in Negotiation
MONDAY APRIL 24th

8:30-12:30

Multi-Stakeholder Situations in Negotiations

 

Organizational Behavior

Professor Gianluca Carnabuci

Prof. Gianluca Carnabuci holds a Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is Associate Professor of Organization and Management at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, and Professor at SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy. His research focuses on the role of collaboration, interpersonal relations and social networks on the performance of individuals and organizations. He has taught and teaches Organization Theory and Organizational Behavior at the undergraduate level; Networks and Organizations at the graduate level; Knowledge & Organization at the PhD level; Organizational Design, Change Management, Leadership and Negotiation at the executive and MBA level.

Attend one of the following sessions:

THURSDAY APRIL 20

13:30-15:00

Introduction: Formal vs. Informal Organization

FRIDAY APRIL 21

13:30-18:00

Manage Yourself- Self-Awareness and Leadership

SATURDAY APRIL 22

13:30-18:00

Negotiating Upwards: Persuasion and Win-Win

 

Space is limited, book now at:
emba@usi.ch
http://www.emba.usi.ch/

 


 

Be a leader and a global manager – 21 April 2017, from 18.00 to 19.00

Be a leader and a global manager – 21 April 2017, from 18.00 to 19.00

Be a leader and a global manager – 21 April 2017, from 18.00 to 19.00

When: 21 April 2017, from 18.00 to 19.00

Where: USI EMBA, 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 aperitivo.
For reservations: emba@usi.ch

 

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Piergiorgio Balbo is currently executive Vice President Operations of FIAMM, with leading position in the last 15 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.

 


 

Silicon Valley Meets Switzerland – Friday March 31st, 2017

Silicon Valley Meets Switzerland – Friday March 31st, 2017

Silicon Valley Meets Switzerland – Friday March 31st, 2017

This Friday USI EMBA will be attending Silicon Valley Meets Switzerland. This event is a great opportunity to learn about the latest technology trends from Silicon Valley start-ups and how IT trends impact businesses and consumers.

Feeling inspired to take your career to the next level? Stop by the EMBA desk and have a coffee with our alumni ambassador Carlo who will be available to answer any questions you might have about our world-class EMBA program. You will also have the opportunity to register for our next complimentary “EMBA for a Day” session in April. At USI EMBA we embody the Swiss tradition of excellence and are proud to say that many of our alumni are currently working for important IT firms such as Google and Acer. We look forward to seeing you there!

Friday March 31st, 2017

Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano

http://www.siliconvalleymeetsswitzerland.com/