MIT
Industry Leaders in Technology & Management Lectures
A lecture series bringing outstanding
corporate leaders to MIT to address contemporary industry issues, sponsored
by CTPID and the MIT Office of Corporate Relations since 1995. About the Series | New and
Recent Lecturers |
Lecturers Since 1995
McNerney Drives Organic Growth at 3M
W. James McNerney
Chairman and CEO, 3M Corporation
February 18, 2005
3M has a history of reinventing itself from within, rather than by mergers and acquisitions. The latest transformation began when W. James McNerney took over as chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2001. McNerney's leadership team regrouped the company's engineers into results-focused, energized teams while maintaining 3M's creative and entrepreneurial spirit.
A Transformed Nissan Faces Environmental, Industry, and Service Challenges
Carlos Ghosn
President and CEO, Nissan Motor Company
November 10, 2004
Carlos Ghosn became President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nissan Motor Company in 1999. As Nissan joined forces with the Renault Group, Ghosn and his team transformed their company, breaking most of the rules of Japanese Industry. As a result, the company turned from a chronically unprofitable enterprise into one of today's few profitable automakers.
Aging
Population Drives Rise in Global Health Costs
Dr. Daniel Vasella
Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG
September 18, 2003
Daniel Vasella, MD, is chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Novartis
AG. As the first
CEO of Novartis, Vasella had a leading role in the merger of Sandoz and
Ciba-Geigy. Under Vasella, Novartis has strategically focused the business
on healthcare with pharmaceuticals as its core.
Lecturers Since 1995
- Franz
B. Humer, Chairman and CEO, Roche Holdings Ltd., Nov. 2002
- Philip
Watts, Chairman, Royal Dutch/Shell, Nov. 2002
- Louis
Gerstner, Chairman, IBM, Oct.
2002
- Vance
Coffman, Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin, April 2002
- Michael
Eskew, Chairman and CEO, UPS, Feb. 2002
- Michael
Ruettgers, Executive Chairman, EMC, May 2001
- Tom
Engibous, CEO and Chairman, Texas Instruments, Feb. 2001
- Richard
A. McGinn, Chairman and CEO, Lucent Technologies, May 2000
- George
M.C. Fisher, Chairman, Eastman Kodak Company, April 2000
- Henri
Termeer, President, Genzyme Corporation, May 1999
- Daniel
Burnham, CEO, Raytheon Corporation, March 1999
- William
Spencer, Chairman of the Board, Sematech, April 1998
- Herbert
Allison, President and CEO, Merrill Lynch, May 1998
- Raymond
Gilmartin, Chairman, President and
CEO, Merck, March 1998
- William
Weisz , Retired Chairman of the Board,
Motorola Inc., December 1997
- Morris
Chang, Chairman and President, Taiwan Semi-Conductors Manufacturing
Corp., October 1997
- Ivan
Seidenberg, President and COO, Bell Atlantic, September 1997
- Charles
Koch, Chairman and CEO, Koch Industries, May 1997
- Aaron
Feuerstein, President and CEO, Malden Mills, April 1997
- L.D.
DeSimone, Chairman and CEO, 3M Corporation, December 1996
- Andrew
Grove, President and CEO, Intel Corporation, October 1996
- Jack
Smith, CEO and Chairman of the Board, General Motors Corporation,
September 1996
- Jorma
Ollila, President and CEO, Nokia Corporation, March 1996
- Gordon
Binder, Chairman and CEO, Amgen, Inc., February 1996
- Alex
Trotman Chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Company, September 1995
About
the Series
America's
most influential and innovative business leaders share their insights
about contemporary industry developments with the MIT community through
the MIT Industry Leaders in Technology and Management Lecture Series.
Since
1995, the lecture series has strengthened the dialogue between the MIT
student body and faculty and the dynamic CEOs, presidents, and board chairs
of major international and U.S. companies who are shaping their businesses
and the future of their industries.
At
the invitation of the MIT president, leaders from Genzyme, Raytheon, Merrill
Lynch, Merck, Motorola, Intel, Bell Atlantic, 3M, Nokia, Amgen, Ford,
and General Motors have visited campus and lectured through this series.
Co-hosted
by the School of Engineering and the Sloan School of Management, the lectures
are sponsored by the Office of Corporate Relations and the Center for
Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development (CTPID). These offices
promote the series to MIT students, faculty, staff, researchers, and local
alumni/ae.
Questions?
Please email us at ctpidcom@mit.edu.
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