Sunny december in Madrid, the sale has started....

This is the famous Giühwein, a typical Austrian tradition...

Our photographer stops by the cooking pot...

The wholehearted...

Freeeeeezeeeeeee

The Gourmet Club 2006, coordinated by João de Sousa Barroca, David Millán, Susana Sariego and Christopher Perras, all IMBA06, has organized a series of 4 events this year to display the rich gastronomy and wine culture of Spain.

First, in November 2005, the Club hosted a wine tasting by Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen (CRDO) Ribera del Duero, a region famous for its intense reds, full of ripe aromas and elegance – one shouldn't expect less from the region home to Vega Sicilia’s reputed wines!

Shortly thereafter the Club welcomed the turrón makers “Hijos de Manuel Pico Llórens” of Jijona, a family owned company that presented a wide variety of the typical Spanish delicacy and demonstrated how they manage to keep the manufacturing authentic.

In April Mr. Agustín Lago from CRDO Rías Baixas conducted a wine tasting of this Galician denomination, renowned for its superb, fruity whites. He presented four Albariño wines, including a rare bottle served at the Wedding Reception of HRH the Prince of Asturias!

Finally, in July the Club hosted Ms. Carmen Aumesquet from CRDO Jerez. After the "Jerez discovery" session, all agreed with Shakespeare's famous quote: "If I had a thousand sons, the first human principle I would teach them would be to abjure all insipid drinks and dedicate themselves to sherry wine" .

We thank all these sponsors for making possible the IE Gourmet Club!!!

Please join IE's LGBT network and its friends for a Cocktail to celebrate the New Year!!!
Date: Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Time: 22:00
Venue: Areia Lounge
Address: Calle Hortaleza 92

HOLA STUDENTS, FRIENDS, FACULTY OF INSTITUTO DE EMPRESA!

It’s time to enjoy the magic of Xmas!!!

The IE NEt Impact Chapter proudly presents the first IE Xmas Market. We invite you to participate in a unique event where we will be serving hot wine specially prepared.
It’s time to get to know people from other classes and masters!!!
This is the perfect occasion for you to relate to people from your section or other sections in a relaxed afternoon environment. Be prepared to face the winter!
It’s also time to have a positive impact on society!!!
The profit will be sent (together with the funds that BOTW raises during the Christmas Auction Party as well) to an NGO in Kenya, Africa, called Koinonia (www.koinoniakenya.org). You will also have a chance to buy fair trade products brought to you by Alexander Corrie (imba2006) who is in the beginnings of a start-up social entrepreneurship project. There will be 100% organic cotton T-shirts (OneMadrid) and “kikois” from Kenya.
When and Where?
TOMORROW Wednesday Dec. 20th, 15:00-20:00, Serrano 99´s terrace.

Please be informed that this is a cash-bar event. All monies raised will be donated to Koinonia.

For Spanish version, continue reading...

HOLA ALUMNOS, AMIGOS Y PROFESORES DEL INSTITUTO DE EMPRESA!

Ha llegado el momento de disfrutar de la magia de las Navidades!!!
El Net Impact Chapter (también conocido como club de responsabilidad social) orgullosamente les presenta el primer Mercado de Navidad del IE. Te invitamos a participar en este evento único, en el que serviremos vino caliente especialmente preparado para esta ocasión.Ha llegado el momento de conocer gente de otras Secciones y otros Masters!!!
Esta es la ocasión perfecta para que te relaciones con personas de tu clase o de otras en un ambiente distendido, aunque no necesariamente nocturno. Ven con mucho abrigo para enfrentar el invierno!
También ha llegado el momento de tener un impacto positivo en la sociedad!!!
Los beneficios obtenidos de la venta del vino serán destinados (junto a lo que logremos reunir también en la Christmas Auction Party del BOTW) a una ONG situada en Kenya, Africa, llamada Koinonia (www.koinoniakenya.org). Además, tendrás oportunidad de comprar productos de comercio justo, traídos por Alex Corrie (imba2006) que está en los comienzos de su proyecto de empresa socialmente responsable. Podrás adquirir camisetas de algodón orgánico (OneMadrid) y “kikois” de Kenya (una especie de pareos producidos por personas discapacitadas).
Dónde y Cuándo?
Miércoles 20 de diciembre, 15:00-20:00, terraza de Serrano 99.

Fecha de torneo: 13 de Enero de 16:00 horas a 21:00 horas, en caso de lluvia se aplazaría al 27 de Enero sábado a la misma hora.

Lugar del torneo: El estudiante. (Plano)

Máximo de parejas a inscribir: las 32 primeras parejas que se inscriban en bsanz@extelcout.com, reciban e-mail de confirmación y paguen la cuota de participación antes de la fecha máxima que les sea indicado..

Este torneo puntuará para la clasificación final de jugadores del Instituto de Empresa, que determinará los campeones al final de temporada. Importante: debe haber como mínimo un alumno del Instituto de Empresa por pareja, debiendo formalizarse en la medida de lo posible las parejas entre alumnos del IE.

Date: 13th January, time 16:00 to 21:00, if it will rain, we will change the tournament to 27th January at the same time.

Place: El estudiante. (Map)

Number of players: a maximum of 32 couples.

How to register: you send an email to bsanz@extelcout.com, then you will receive an email with the confirmation and how you must pay the tournament fee.

This tournament scores to ie paddle league. Important: There must be at least an IE student on each pair.

CATEGORÍAS: LIBRE.

HORARIOS: sábado 16 de Diciembre: De 16:00 h a 20:00 h. en caso de lluvia antes del torneo no durante, se aplazaría al 13 de Enero sábado a la misma hora, por lo que reservaros ambas fechas.

SISTEMA DE COMPETICIÓN:

TODAS LAS PAREJAS JUGARÁN 8 PARTIDOS CON DIFERENTES PAREJAS.
Se formarán grupos de 4 parejas al azar todos contra todos en partidos de 1 set con tie break. Una vez resuelto cada grupo se formarán 4 nuevos grupos en función de la clasificación obtenida: Los 4 primeros masculinos y femeninos de cada grupo irán al grupo 1 los 4 segundos al Grupo 2 y a así sucesivamente.

Cada grupo dispondrá de 2 pistas, reduciendo al máximo la espera entre los enfrentamientos. En caso de empate prevalecerá el enfrentamiento directo.

De este modo, todas las parejas jugarán 8 partidos con independencia de los resultados que obtengan.

El campeón del grupo 1 será el campeón del Torneo.

OBSEQUIOS:

- Al final de torneo se hará un sorteo de Material deportivo.

PREMIOS:

CAMPEÓN DEL TORNEO: Trofeo a la pareja ganadora.

INSCRIPCIÓN:

Individual, todos los partidos serán con parejas y rivales diferentes, bolas y premios. Precio de inscripción: 30 € por persona.

- Tras realizar la pre-inscripción por mail especificando los nombres de la pareja (por favor intentad que estén formadas solo por gente del i.e.), se enviará un mail de confirmación a todos los inscritos especificando que han sido aceptados para el torneo y especificando la forma de pago y plazo máximo. SÓLO ESTARÁN INSCRITAS AQUELLAS PAREJAS QUE RECIBAN UN MAIL DE CONFIRMACIÓN.

- La inscripción se hará a través de e-mail a bsanz@extelcout.com

SCHEDULE:

Saturday 13th January: 16:00 h - 20:00 h., if it will rain, we will change the tournament date to 27th January at the same time.

RULES:

ALL THE COUPLES WILL PLAY 8 MATCHES WITH DIFFERENT COUPLES.

We will make 8 groups with 4 couples, one couple will play with the 3 couples of its group, in the next round we will create new groups based on the result s of the round before. All the matches have 1 set - tie break.

Each group has 2 courts to play, playing all the time. The champion of the first group in second round will win the tournament

PRESENTS: At the end of the tournament we will raffle paddle equipment.

PRIZES

TOURNAMENT CHAMPION: Trophy.

REGISTRATION: 30 € per person.

After sending an e-mail for registration with the name of each of the person of the pair (please, remember to have at least an IE student per pair), you will get a confirmation e-mail with the participants list and the way of payment. ONLY THE PARTICIPANTS WHO RECEIVES THIS E-MAIL WILL BE ENROLLED

For registration, please send an e-mail to: bsanz@extelcout.com

Dear TechIE people!

As we talked about in the first meeting for the Club, we will hold TOMORROW a pre-Christmas meeting to discuss about specific activities to carry out during 2007, in room P-413 (Pinar, 18), starting at 4 pm.

Hopefully the meeting won't be too long for those of us finishing works before holidays it won't be too time consuming. For the people that cannot attend the meeting and want to suggest something, please send an email to techie.club@ie.edu, and Merry Christmas and see you next year!

Summarizing a bit some of the things that we discussed during the presentation in our first meeting:
TechIE Day to be organized perhaps by end of April, beginning or May. I'd like MBAs, IMBAs, EXMBA, etc. to tell us depending on their schedule, which could be the best time to attend (depending on exams, projects, etc.), so IE people is more willing to come.
Brainstorming: concretized in expert panels (and?). Some of our targets could be to try to bring Enrique Dans and/or/vs Martin Varsavsky, which are very related to IE.
Blogs / newsletter : this requires continuity
Publish publications, articles, focusing on business development plans: collaboration required among us, as this involves certain workload added to our Programmes
Partnering with other Clubs for certain mixed panels (GBE, Net Impact, ... ?)
Promote IE among today's new internet media (?): videos, content,... The idea would be to make IE present in those places where American Universities may be taking the lead
The Club should provide some kind of 'output' to make visible our actions

IEFinance
c l u b

Dear IE Students Community,

Do you like Finance?
Do you want to know more about the Banking sector?
Are you planning to make a career move into the Finance Industry after graduation?

=> If you have any interest in FINANCE - BANKING and would like to be Actively Involved as a Team Member in organising events and sharing your experience/ inputs on Finance related subjects, please join us:

Tomorrow TUESDAY 19th of December from 4pm to 6pm in room B-305 (Maria de Molina 13).

If you have any question about this first meeting, please send an e-mail to jaruiz.imba2007@alumno.ie.edu
We hope to see you many...
IEFinance
c l u b
INSTITUTO DE EMPRESA
Business School

CLUB COORDINATOR: JOAQUIN ALEXANDRE RUIZ TARRE
International MBA candidate 2006-07
Phone n°: +34 6000 350 33
E-mail: jaruiz.imba2007@alumno.ie.edu

¿Donde/Where? MOMA (Reservado para la fiesta / Reserved for the party)
¿Qué/What? Graduation Party and BOTW
¿Quiénes/Who? Everyone is invited / todo el mundo…
¿Cuándo/When ? VIERNES, 15 DE DICIEMBRE, 2006
¿Horario/Schedule? 00:00 till dawn (Come early / venid pronto)
¿Precio/Price? 7€. Tell the staff at the entrance that you are from IE, and they will give you a bracelet. Di en la puerta que vienes del IE para que te den una pulsera.
¿Dirección/Address? Calle José Abascal 56
¿Metro? Gregorio Marañón
¿Indumentaria/Dress Code? ¡Important! Camisa y zapatos / Dress Smart (no trainers).

Upcoming Events:
BOTW is pleased to announce the following events for the remaining days of the year:

Friday 15th: 2006 Celebration Party
Join 2006 students to share the joy of their recent graduation. YOU CAN'T MISS IT!!! It will be "THE Party"...You will receive further notice.

Thursday 21st: Christmas Party!!
We are planning a "Student Auction". It’s your chance to bid for one of the selected students to serve you company for the evening. The benefits of the auction would be given to an NGO. More activities are being planned for that night...You will receive further notice.

Sunday 31st: New Year's Eve
Those of you who are staying in Madrid for New Year's Eve are welcome to celebrate the last night of the year with BOTW group. If you are interested, please pre-register yourself on the student office so we can arrange the adequate Bar. The approximate price would between 60-80 euros which includes open bar service. Make your reservation ASAP. Further details will be emailed to all participants.

If you have any suggestions do not hesitate to contact the BOTW committee (botw@ie.edu)

El Instituto de Empresa a través de un grupo selecto de empresarios, alumnos y docentes está promoviendo la relación con Colombia y para ello hemos organizando un primer foro que permita crear un espacio donde se integre la realidad del país con el aporte académico. De igual forma, esta será una muy buena oportunidad para desarrollar network, dado que estará abierto a todos los alumnos, antiguos alumnos y empresarios que de una u otra forma están interesados en Colombia.

Contaremos con dirigentes que nos ayuden a obtener la visión real de Colombia frente al resto del mundo.

Vamos a desarrollar un foro de discusión en el que participará ProExport, y el Instituto de Empresa, donde quisiéramos además contar con todos aquellos que de una u otra forma son “Amigos de Colombia”.

La primera edición del FORO AMIGOS DE COLOMBIA - REALIDAD Y OPORTUNIDADES, contará con D. Mauricio Campillo anterior Presidente de la Alianza TEAM S.A, actual alumno del Internacional Executive MBA en el Instituto de Empresa quien dictará la conferencia, “Tratado de Libre Comercio EEUU – Colombia, aspectos relevantes”. El posterior foro de discusión será moderado por D. Antonio Díaz Morales, Subdirector General del IE, quien acaba de volver de Colombia después de reunirse con los presidentes de las más grandes empresas del país y quién aportará su visión crítica, académica y empresarial.

Fecha: 14 de Diciembre 2006
Hora: 6.00 PM
Lugar: Instituto de empresa
Serrano 99 – 101
Madrid – España

Solo contaremos con 60 plazas disponibles con lo cual es necesario confirmar asistencia a la siguiente dirección: ClubAmigosColombia@ie.edu, la inscripción será por orden de recepción de e-mails.

General Information
¿Donde / Where? DIDO
¿Qué/What? IE Bar of the Week (BOTW)
¿Quiénes/Who? Compañeros del IE y amigos
¿Cuándo/ When ? MARTES, 5 DE DICIEMBRE, 2006
¿Horario/Schedule? 23:00 a 6:00
¿ Dirección/ Address? Calle López de Hoyos 25
¿Metro? Avenida de América, Gregorio Marañon

(Español)
¿Oferta Especial? Por favor, dile al portero que eres un estudiante de IE para que te entregue una pulsera o sello, y así poder comprar copas a € 6.
¿Qué es BOTW? El Bar of the Week es el club social más grande y activo en el Instituto de Empresa.
¿Indumentaria? ¡Importante! Camisa y zapatos.

(English)
Special Offer? Just tell the staff at the door that you are from IE and they will give you a bracelet or stamp so you can have € 6 cocktails.
What is BOTW? The Bar of the Week is the largest and most active social club at the Instituto de Empresa.
Dress Code? Important! Dress smart, no trainers.

Due to large and increasing demand for football, the Football Organisation Committee (FOC) has come up with some changes to accommodate this; so please read this post carefully in order to remain on the ball!

Debido a la alta y creciente demanda de fútbol, el Football Organisation Committee (FOC) ha realizado varios cambios, por lo que haced el favor de leer este anuncio detenidamente!!

We are organising our first 7x7 football tournament on the 17th of December. From this date onwards there will be a tournament every Sunday (except in holidays and examination weeks of course).

What are you expected to do?

- Form your own team of 7-10 players.
- The captain of your team has to register the team with us via email by the 13th of December (3:00 pm).
- Each team will have to commit for the first 5 tournaments and therefore pay 175 Euros each.
- The captains (and others if they wish) must attend the meeting hosted by the FOC on the 14th of December where they can pay us the above stated fees and we can give further information on the tournament to them.

Thanks and good luck!

FOC (Attique, Toto, Diego)

Se va a realizar un Torneo de Fútbol 7 que se jugara todos los Domingos (excepto en vacaciones y exámenes) y comenzara el 17 de Diciembre.

¿Qué vamos a hacer?

-Tenéis que formar vuestro propio equipo 7-10 jugadores.
-El capitán del equipo debe registrar el equipo mandándonos un email antes del 13 de Diciembre.
-Cada equipo abonara 175 € para jugar los primeros 5 partidos.
-Los capitanes (y el que quiera) deben asistir a la reunión que el FOC celebrara el 14 de Diciembre donde deberán abonar la cuota y se les dará información detallada del torneo.

Gracias y suerte a todos,

FOC (Attique, Toto, Diego)

Twenty three people from 10 countries have attend the dinner on 24th, Nov, which was organized by Asian Family Club. Since this November has been named as the Month of Japan, the dinner has been put in a Japanese Restraunt in Madrid. Although the major people are from the same continent, many of us are happy to discover the differences between Japanese Culture and the culture of own country.

Thanks for all the efforts made of Eiji and his Japanese classmates that night. December will be the month of Korea. Let's wait and see.

For further information of Asian Family Club, please contact Hai Wei Wang through hwwang.imba2007@alumno.ie.edu

IE Business School promotes the debate on corporate responsibility, social enterprise and sustainability

Madrid, November 2006. On November 17, IE Business School brought together world experts in corporate responsibility, renewable energies and the development of social business projects to analyse challenges and opportunities in their respective fields.

They all took part in the 1st IE Social Responsibility Workshop, an event organised by students currently undertaking the International MBA at IE, and sponsored by Sanitas and Acciona.

During the workshop the Social Entrepreneurship Award was announced, an award for the best social business plan designed by students from IE and partner schools of the Sumaq Alliance in Argentina, Venezuela and Brazil. The award, which came with a prize of €3000, is for projects that have social impact as a central component of the enterprise, while being both economically and socialy sustainable, as well as their potential to be implemented in other countries. In this first edition, the judges panel decided to share the prize and gave the award to the Help Argentina project drafted by students from the University of San Andrés (Argentina) and the Venezuela Option project developed by students from IESA (Venezuela).

Speakers at the 1st IE Social Responsibility Workshop included the following:

Jed Emerson, advisor to Al Gore on matters of sustainability, world expert in strategic philanthropy and sustainable investment and Senior Fellow of Generation Foundation. Founding director of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund, has had faculty appointments at Stanford and Harvard Business Schools and twice been selected by the Nonprofit Times as one of the 50 Most Influential People in the Nonprofit Sector.

Daniel Lubetzky, President of PeaceWorks Holdings and promoter of the One Voice civic movement in which thousands of Israeli and Palestinian citizens work together to achieve peace in the Middle East, fighting against radicalism to reinforce their economic, business and social bonds. Since the year 2002, One Voice has managed to involve more than 200,000 Israeli and Palestinian citizens in projects involving the civil fight for peace and business development in the region. The movement has received the King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Prize and has offices in Tel Aviv, Ramallah, New York, London and Ottawa, where it coordinates its activities.

Jeroo Billimoria, founder of Childhelpline, an NGO that helps children who live in the streets of India. Childhelpline helps the millions of disadvantaged children who live in the streets in India through a free 24-hour telephone line that puts them in contact with a broad network of social organisations. Thanks to the franchise growth model, Childhelpline has grown quickly in 31 cities in India and has already provided services for 4.5 million Indian children. For further information about the NGO, please log on to: http://www.childlineindia.org.in.

Cristóbal Colón, founder of La Fageda, a company that was created 24 years ago and which employs patients from psychiatric hospitals. La Fageda is a non-profit cooperative society whose main objective is the social and labour integration of the mentally ill and/or disabled through a work centre that enables the development of their personality and independence. The centre has four activities: a dairy products plant, a plant nursery, a gardening centre and a cattle farm. La Fageda is the third-largest manufacturer of yoghurts in Catalonia.

The 1st IE Social Responsibility Workshop was broadcast live over the Internet at www.ie.edu/netimpact, the official website of the event.