2011 Rolex MBA’s Conference & Regatta

This edition, the eighth of the initiative, organized by SDA Bocconi Sailing Club, in collaboration with Yacht Club Italiano and, for the second year, with Rolex, is going to reconfirm the success of last year’s edition, with students and alumni from top International Business Schools gathering in the wonderful locations of Santa Margherita and Portofino for four days of regattas, networking events and cultural growth.

23 crews will compete in fleet regattas. The regatta formula is reconfirmed for this year: the 4 best classified teams during Friday and Saturday races will dispute the final match race to reach the final victory.

Here below the list of the business schools that already confirmed their participation:

1. AGSM Australian School of Business (Australia)
2. Columbia Business School (USA) Official Division A Crew
3. Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management (USA) Official Division A Crew
4. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
5. ESADE Business School (Spain) Official Division A Crew
6. Harvard Business School (USA) Official Division A Crew
7. HEC Paris (France) Official Division A Crew
8. IESE Business School (Spain) Official Division A Crew
9. IMD Business School (Switzerland) Official Division A Crew
10. INSEAD (France) Official Division A Crew
11. Instituto de Empresa Business School (Spain) Official Division A Crew
12. Kellogg School of Management (USA) Official Division A Crew
13. London Business School (UK) Official Division A Crew
14. Manchester Business School (UK) Official Division A Crew
15. Melbourne Business School (Australia)
16. MIT Sloan School of Management (USA) Official Division A Crew
17. Rotterdam School of Management (Netherland) Official Division A Crew
18. Sauder School of Business | University of British Columbia (Canada) Official Division A Crew
19. UCLA Anderson School of Management (USA)
20. University of Chicago Booth School of Business (USA) Official Division A Crew
21. Warwick Business School (UK) Official Division A Crew
22. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (USA) Official Division A Crew
23. SDA Bocconi School of Management (Italy) Official Division A Crew
    

A great group of top-ranked institutions, for over 400 participants, between students and alumni, from 60 countries, so far.
The event reaches its clue on Saturday evening at the La Cervara - Abbazia di San Girolamo al Monte di Portofino, where the conference, followed by the Gala Dinner will take place. During the Conference the speakers will debate with Professor Maurizio Dallocchio as discussion moderator.

The winner of 2011 edition will be rewarded during Sunday in Rolex MBA’s Village, on Santa Margherita docks, where more than 40 participant boats will be moored for the four days of the event.
SDA Bocconi Sailing Club, winner of 2010 edition, looks forward to competing once more with colleagues from all over the world for another challenging regatta.

The SDA Bocconi MBA is an intensive full-time program in general management, ranked among the top international MBAs, which combines rigorous academic knowledge with the relevance of managerial experience and business-oriented approach, innovation with creativity and the richness of Italian heritage. Every year the Program attracts hundreds of talented professionals from about 30 different countries, with widely varied backgrounds, diverse interests and experiences and no single industry dominating. A full immersion in a truly international environment, where students work closely together for 12 months and create a network of relations worldwide, while feeling a personal attention from faculty and career coaches, and where contacts with an international and diverse pool of recruiters and the job market are constantly pursued throughout the entire period of study.

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