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AN INVITATION from
Roger L. Martin, Dean

RE: Rotman Integrative Thinking Seminar, 12:45 - 2:15 pm, Monday, September 16, 2002, Room 134 (Ground Floor), Rotman School, 105 St. George Street, Toronto

You and your guest(s) are invited to take part in the eleventh session of our ongoing Rotman Integrative Thinking Seminar Series, which showcases leading integrative thinkers. Solving complex problems and making robust decisions in a turbulent business environment requires integrative thinking skills. In addition to having knowledge of specific functional disciplines, we believe that business leaders need to develop the ability to create mental linkages to understand the disciplines together. Through innovative research and with leading faculty, the Rotman School is developing and implementing the world's first curriculum for teaching integrative thinking.

Registration and lunch boxes will be available from 12:45 until 12:55 pm. At 1:00 sharp I will begin the seminar with a summary of key learnings from the first ten sessions in our series. I will then introduce our esteemed guest speaker, Nandan Nilekani, CEO, President, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Infosys Technologies Limited. Nandan will recount his career and his style of thinking and management that helped him and his colleagues build Infosys into a world leader in the consulting and information technology services sector. He will speak for about 45 minutes and answer questions for 20 minutes. The seminar will adjourn no later than 2:15pm. Infosys is headquartered in Bangalore, India with 10,000 employees around the globe. For the year ended March 31 its revenues were US$545 million, despite a very challenging economic environment in its industry.

The cost to participate is $125 per person plus GST. For alumni of the Rotman School or the University of Toronto the cost is $99 per person plus GST. Lunch will be provided. You may wish to bring a client or colleague. Dress is business casual. Underground parking is available. The entrance is just south of the Rotman School. The net proceeds from the seminar will be invested in our Rotman Vision Fund where they will be directed to the School's most pressing needs.

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To fax your registration, please complete all details below and fax this page to (416) 978-1373 by noon on September 13. I hope to see you there. If you are unable to attend this one but wish to be invited to future sessions, please email us at jhildebrandt@rotman.utoronto.ca .
Lastly, if you know people who would be interested in receiving this invitation, please forward it to them or e-mail their contact details to jhildebrandt@rotman.utoronto.ca and we will invite them.

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Cost: $125/person plus GST = $133.75 (includes lunch)
Rotman Alumni Cost: $99/person plus GST = $105.93 (includes lunch)
Dress Code: Business casual
Parking: Entrance to underground parking is just south of the building
Questions? Please call Jennifer Hildebrandt at (416) 946-7462, E-mail: jhildebrandt@rotman.utoronto.ca


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If paying by cheque, please return this form and your cheque (payable to University of Toronto) to Jennifer Hildebrandt, Rotman School, 105 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E6

 

EVENT FACT SHEET

Event: Rotman Integrative Thinking Seminar (eleventh session in a series)

Time and Place: 12:14-2:15 pm, September 16, 2002, Room 134 (Ground Floor), Rotman School, 105 St. George Street

Presenter: Nandan Nilekani, CEO, President, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Infosys Technologies Limited

Host: Roger L. Martin, Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Cost: $125/person plus GST = $133.75 (includes lunch)

Cost for Rotman Alumni: $99/person plus GST = $105.93 (includes lunch)

Parking: Entrance to underground parking is just south of the building

Dress Code: Business casual

Overview of Rotman Integrative Thinking Seminars:
The Joseph L. Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto offers the Rotman Integrative Thinking Seminar Series to educate its graduate and doctoral students, faculty, alumni and the rest of the business community and to showcase leading integrative thinkers. Solving complex problems and making robust decisions in a turbulent business environment requires integrative thinking skills. In addition to having knowledge of specific functional disciplines, we believe that business leaders need to develop the ability to create mental linkages to understand the disciplines together. Through innovative research and with leading faculty, the Rotman School is developing and implementing the world's first curriculum for teaching integrative thinking.

Nandan M. Nilekani's Biography:
Nandan M. Nilekani was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Infosys in March 2002. Prior to assuming his current position, he held the post of Managing Director, President and Chief Operating Officer. He is one of the founders of Infosys and has served as a director on the company's board since its inception in 1981. Mr. Nilekani co-founded India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) as well as the Bangalore Chapter of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE). Mr. Nilekani serves on the London Business School's Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board. In addition, he is a member of the Global Advisory Council of The Conference Board, an international research and business membership organization. He is the Co-chairman of the Business Leaders Dialogue of the Initiative for Social Innovation Through Business (ISIB) at The Aspen Institute. He also serves as the Co-chairman of the Advisory Board of the IIT Bombay Heritage Fund.

Mr. Nilekani has been involved in various initiatives of the central and state governments. He is the Chairman of the Government of India's IT Task Force for the power sector and the Chairman of the Bangalore Agenda Task Force set up by the Karnataka state government. He is also a member of the Planning Commission's steering committee on communications and information for the formulation of the tenth Five Year Plan. In addition, Mr. Nilekani has served as a member of the subcommittee of the Securities and Exchange Board of India that dealt with issues related to insider trading, and as a member of the Reserve Bank of India's Advisory Group on corporate governance. Mr. Nilekani received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay in 1978. He received the institute's Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1999.

Roger L. Martin's Biography:
Professor Martin began his seven-year term as Dean of the Rotman School of Management in 1998. He received his AB from Harvard College, with a concentration in economics in 1979, and his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1981. Much of his earlier career was spent with the Monitor Company, a strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts with offices worldwide. He joined the company in 1985 and two years later founded its Toronto office. He was named to the firm's global executive committee in 1991, and a year later returned to Monitor's head office. He served as Co-Head of the company in 1995 and 1996. He was founding Chairman of Monitor University, the company's educational arm. Roger is Chair of the Ontario Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress. He is a Director on the Boards of Thomson Corporation, Celestica Inc., the Ontario SuperBuild Corporation and the Canadian Film Centre. He is also a Trustee of The Hospital for Sick Children.

Questions? Please call Jennifer Hildebrandt at (416) 946-7462, Email: jhildebrandt@rotman.utoronto.ca

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