Schedule
Pre-Conference Events | Thursday, June 2nd
| 08:30 AM to 08:00 PM | Registration | |
| 09:00 AM to 01:00 PM | STEP Academic Meeting -STEP members only | CDCG Building Room 28 |
| 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM | Welcome Reception Introduced by: Dr. Raj Mahto Professor Maria Teresa Roscoe |
Vive Café |
Conference | Friday, June 3rd
| 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pramodita Sharma Professor & Sanders Chair in Family Business, University of Vermont and Editor, Family Business Review Title of talk: Entrepreneurs in Every Generation: How Successful Family Businesses Develop Their Next Leaders |
CDCG Building Rooms 1 and 2 |
| 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM | Poster Session I | CDCG Building 1st floor hall |
| 12:30 PM to 01:45 PM | Lunch | Gourmand restaurant VIP Room |
| 02:00 PM to 03:30 PM | Poster Session II | CDCG Building 1st floor hall |
| 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM | Poster Session III | CDCG Building 1st floor hall |
| 05:45 PM to 06:30 PM | Bus depart for Belo Horizonte | |
| 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM | Awards Dinner Announcement of FERC 2016 Awards & FOBI Scholars |
Conference| Saturday, June 4th
| 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM | Closing Speaker: Dr. Allison Pearson W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Management Mississippi State University Title of talk: Engaging Family Business Owners/Managers and Researchers: Better answers and better questions |
CDCG Building Rooms 1 and 2 |
| 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM | Interaction with Journal Editors 1st Session – JBR 2nd Session – JFBM & JSBS 3rd Session - Michael Stalker and Teresa Roscoe |
CDCG Building Breakout Rooms 2, 3 and 4 |
| 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM | Kick-off to FERC 2017 - Cindy Clarke - University of North Carolina Ashville, NC hosted by University of North Carolina at Ashville. |
CDCG Building Rooms 1 and 2 |
| 12:30 PM to 13:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 01:45 PM to 02:00 PM | Career Academy Introduction Dr. Allison Pearson & Dr. Claudio Muller |
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| 02:00 PM to 06:30 PM | Career Academy Sessions Click here to access the program schedule |
Sunday, June 5th - Ouro Preto Tour (optional)
The trip to Ouro Preto will be provided by the tourism agency Master Turismo. They will have a stand in the CDCG Building during all the Conference (June 2nd to 4th), so the participants can buy the tour. Please see below the proposed schedule. Click here to see the values and the payment methods.| 07:30 AM | Departure to Ouro Preto | Hotel Mercure BH Lagoa dos Ingleses Reception |
| 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Visit to Ouro Preto - Nossa Senhora do Pilar Church (Mother Church, Cathedral, the second in golden quantity church in Brazil) - Museu da Inconfidência (history museum dedicated to those who died in the failed rebellion movement Inconfidência Mineira, for Brazilian independence from Portugal) |
Ouro Preto/MG |
| 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | Lunch | Deguste Restaurant |
| 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM | Return to Hotel Mercure BH Lagoa dos Ingleses | Meeting point to be definied by the guide |
