ACADEMIC / PROFESSIONAL

1. Speaker Series: Ronaldo César Coelho (11th April), Franklin Feder (April 17th) – In Portuguese! – Action Required

2. MIT Sloan Latin Conference – Free Event – Boston April 27^th, 28^th – Action Required

SOCIAL / CULTURAL

3. Wharton Welcome Weekend: Schedule

4. Cena de los Tucanes: Collection of Whalasa pictures! – Action Required

5. Whalasa House: Pictures

6. Squash Tournament: Results and Pictures

7. Reminders – Bateria, Capoeira

1. SPEAKER SERIES

The next speakers to come to talk with the Whalasa community will be Ronaldo César Coelho – Brazilian entrepreneur and politician who created and sold a bank in Brazil - and Franklin Feder – CEO of ALCOA Brazil.

• Event format: presentations (in Portuguese) followed by dinner with a group of 18 students in each dinner
• Date: April 11 (Ronaldo César Coelho) & April 17 (Franklin Feder)
• Time: 18:00 – 20:30
• Location: presentation and dinner at Lauder Conference Room (estimated cost per event of US$35/person)

Please RSVP to wshiang@wharton.upenn.edu by April 10th confirming your attendance in the events you want to attend: Ronaldo Cesar Coelho, Franklin Feder or both.

2. MIT LATIN CONFERENCE: FREE EVENT

This is a FREE EVENT; however space is limited. To register for the conference or to access a complete itinerary: www.mitsloanlatinconfer ence.com

Where: Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28, 2007, MIT Sloan, Boston

Speakers Include:

• Rodrigo de Rato, managing director, International Monetary Fund;
• Henrique de Campos Meirelles, governor, Central Bank of Brazil;
• José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, president and CEO, Petrobras
• Carolina Barco, ambassador of Colombia to the United States; and
• Otaviano Canuto, executive director for Brazil and Colombia, World Bank. 

3. WHARTON WELCOME WEEKEND – SCHEDULE

Thursday April 12th

• Pub – Traditionally starting at 5pm;
• 3rd Whalasa House – Starting at 9 pm at Luis Terife’s apartment - Sterling aptm 726, 1815 JFK Blvd. Later in the evening, we can head towards the Arabia Club party (venue TBD).

Friday April 13th

• Club Expo – Whalasa will be in the MBA café starting 3:30; 
• Pub Crawl – We will be co-hosting with Europa a pub crawl at Copa Miami starting at 10:30pm. Wear your Whalasa t-shirts!  

Saturday April 14th

·         WELCOME WEEKEND WHALASA/EUROPA PARTY: Starting at 10pm at Zee Bar, located at 100 Spring Garden Street.

4. CENA DE LOS TUCANES

Please help us collect our Whalasa pictures (parties, dinners, spring breaks, Wharton 54, Halloween and other interesting events!) for the Cena!! To send us your pictures please go to www.yahoo.com, go to Photos, sign in with username "cena_tucanes" and password “wharton”, create a folder with your name and upload the pics! Thanks all for your help! This is easier than doing on the web café!

5. WHALASA HOUSE - PICTURES

• 1st Whalasa House: http://picasaweb.google.com.br/giuliano.giordano/20070331W halasaHousePreParty
• 2nd Whalasa House: htt p://picasaweb.google.com/gglandt/2ndWhalasaHousePreParty
• 3rd Whalasa House: Thursday starting 9pm at Luis Terife’s House.

6. WHALASA SQUASH TOURNAMENT: RESULTS AND PICTURES

We would like to announce and congratulate the Winners of the Squash Tournament

Advanced: Jose Morales de Velasco (Nacho)

Beginner: Diego Lijtmaer

Find Pictures: http://picasaweb. google.com/gglandt/Squash407

7. REMINDERS

• BATERIA - Friday 5-7pm in Hoover Lounge
• CAPOEIRA - Wednesday from 5-6pm in Hoover Lounge