Patrick T. Harker, Dean of The Wharton School

Dear Wharton Alumni:

I am pleased to invite you to join me in attending the Wharton Global Alumni Forums in 2004, in Moscow, Shanghai and Mexico City.

The Forums, which were previously known as the Regional Alumni Meetings, have been renamed to better reflect the true nature of the global Wharton audience. Our alumni no longer do business simply on a regional basis. They go where the opportunities are most rewarding, and constantly expand the geographical dimensions of their businesses.

We want to make graduates from every country in the world feel welcome at all the Wharton Alumni Global Forums. We plan to facilitate the professional and personal interaction of our alumni world-wide in every way possible. In an effort to accomplish this goal, Peter Degnan, Wharton's Director of Career Management, plans to hold open forums in each city to which all alumni would be invited to learn about new and improved career services for Wharton graduates.

At each location, local organizing committees under the leadership of senior alumni have planned professionally stimulating and personally rewarding activities, including distinguished keynote speakers, lively panel discussions, intriguing cultural excursions, and relaxed social activities.

I will attend each of the Wharton Alumni Global Forums in 2004, and I anticipate that the knowledge I gain will be both cumulative and unique. I hope that many of you will join me in attending two or even all three Forums. A variety of Wharton professors will join us in each location, giving you additional opportunities to meet with your former teachers and to hear about the latest thinking at Wharton on important global issues.

I look forward to working with you to make the global network of Wharton alumni even more valuable.

Sincerely,

Patrick T. Harker
Dean

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Phillip Y. Wu, President, Wharton Club of Shanghai

Dear Wharton Graduates Worldwide:

On behalf of your fellow alumni in Shanghai, I am pleased to invite you to join us for the Wharton Global Alumni Forum scheduled here for June 3-6, 2004.

Since being awarded the honor of hosting this meeting, the Organizing Committee has been working to create an event that will be meaningful, educational, and fun. I hope that this website will communicate to you both our enthusiasm for this meeting and the substance of an intriguing event.

When you come to Shanghai in June, you will have many chances to act on the theme of this year's meeting, which is "Connecting". We expect hundreds of alumni from around the world to participate, and we will provide you with ample time to meet your classmates and make new friends.

In addition, we have scheduled as speakers some of the world's most informed, interesting and articulate individuals to talk about China's short-, medium- and long-term futures. Whether you are interested in investing in China, visiting China, or just learning more about China, this will be a unique opportunity to achieve your objectives.

As this website will also reveal, we have arranged many opportunities for pre- or post-meeting tourism in China. I hope that you will come early or stay late to explore this vast country.

You are warmly welcome in Shanghai. I look forward to seeing you and to extending my personal greetings to you.

Sincerely,

Phillip Y. Wu, WG'95
President, Wharton Club of Shanghai

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