Administrators

2022 EMFD Conference for Deans & Directors General

Event Details

The 2022 Deans Conference will take place online on 26-27-28 January rather than being hosted by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management in Germany, but our primary mission remains the same: to provide you with a platform to catalyse conversation in an open and trusted environment, and foremost, an environment inclusive of our diverse and global network of schools.

The travel restrictions and complex regulations still affect many countries and institutions worldwide. Therefore, we feel that an online Conference for Deans and Directors General is currently the only viable option to ensure that all institutions can equally take part and benefit from the insights, discussion and networking opportunities.

The conference program is designed to bring immediate value and practical takeaways for your leadership role, besides the extensive networking opportunities.

Registration is now OPEN!

Each year, more than 350 deans and directors general from around the world meet at this two-day event to exchange about the future of business education, share best practices and get an update on new trends.

These business school leaders from around the world discuss pursuing opportunities and meeting expectations in different regions of the world as well as managing an ever-growing array of stakeholders. Attendees seek to place themselves in the evolving relationship between higher education, companies, and governments. Ultimately, leaders debate how business education can address the challenges of society.

If you were unable to attend the 2021 EFMD Conference for Deans and Directors General that took place online from 3 to 5 February, where more than 300 deans from business schools around the world met to network and discuss under the theme “Finding balance”, see what you have missed in the following video from our conference chair Martin Boehm, Dean, IE Business school, and hope you will be able to join us this year.

Target Group

This event is by invitation only, for those with chief executive officer (top management of the institution) responsibility and authority in EFMD member business schools and centers. Directors of non-member schools can be invited at the discretion of the organizers.

Strategic Partner

Date & Time

  • Wednesday – Thursday, 26-28 January, 2022

Registration

Program

Practical Information

Early Bird Fee until 12 January:

  • EFMD Full & Affiliated member: € 595 plus 21% VAT = € 719,95
  • EFMD non-member: € 775 plus 21% VAT = € 937,75

Normal Fee from 13 January:

  • EFMD Full & Affiliated member: € 845 plus 21% VAT = € 1022,45
  • EFMD non-member: € 1095 plus 21% VAT = € 1324,95

25% discount* on the applicable fee will be available for every second and further participant from the same institution.

*However, please note that in order for other participants from the same institution to attend the conference, the number 1 representative of the school in question (the Dean/Director of the entire school) needs to register first.

Please contact deans@efmdglobal.org to receive the promotional code if you are the third participant from your institution.

CANCELLATION POLICY FOR REGISTRATIONS:
Cancellations must be confirmed in writing. If EFMD receives notice of your withdrawal before 09/01/2022, a cancellation administrative fee of (75€ plus 21% VAT) will be charged. Thereafter, we regret that we are unable to refund any fees.

Please note that if we haven’t received your payment (or proof of payment) before the start of the conference, you will not have access to the online conference platform.

EMFD Global- Mainstreaming the SDGs in Business Education: Strategy, Implementation, Practice

Event Details

Sustainability has become one of the great challenges of current management education.

This workshop focuses on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as internationally understood framework, and their relevance for progressing on efforts related to embedding ethics, responsibility and sustainability (ERS) in business school management and operations.

The objective of the workshop is to equip participants with thorough understanding of the SDGs and to guide them in developing a custom strategic plan to accelerate ERS integration in their business school, functional area or programme.

Through a mix of theory, good practices, peer learning and practical application, participants will review their starting points, specific institutional context, the capacity and needs in order to identify an effective way forward.

The three-week online workshop consists of four live sessions. In addition, with a support of a mentor and a peer group, participants will asynchronously work on populating a strategic template based on the specific context of their institutions.

Participants will improve and enhance their capacity:

  • To determine the relevance of the SDGs for the organisation’s operational, research and teaching activities;
  • To identify synergies between their organisation’s strategic priorities and the SDGs;
  • To identify gaps between the status quo and the priorities set out by the SDGs;
  • To design an SDG integration strategy appropriate to their organisation’s strategy and operating environment.

TARGET GROUP

The workshop is designed for Deans, Associate deans, Deans for Faculty and Research, Programme directors and Sustainability officers, who are in the first stages of weaving sustainability into the institutional culture and are interested in learning how the SDGs can be applied in a systematic way.

CRITERIA FOR RECEIVING A DIGITAL BADGE

  • 80% attendance of live sessions
  • Completing a strategic template, as shown by participation in feedback sessions

ZOOM

This workshop will be run using Zoom. To ensure the best Zoom experience, we recommend that you install the latest version of Zoom Client for Meetings. If you are not familiar with Zoom, you can test the tool via this weblink.

Dates & Times

COURSE TIMELINE

  • 31 January; 9:00-12:00 CET: Live session 1
  • 2 February; 9:00-12:00 CET: Live session 2
  • Week of 7-13 February: Individual, asynchronous work & group check-in with a mentor
  • 14 February; 9:00-12:00 CET: Live session 3
  • 16 February; 9:00-12:00 CET: Live session 4

Registration

Program

Practical Information

Program Fees

  • EFMD Member fee: 490 €
  • Non-member fee: 590 €

EFMD Global-Rethinking Business Education: Building Your Own Online Strategy

Event Details

What does it take to build a sustainable strategy for online education?

First of all, developing a strategy is a process/journey where you need to collect data information and have ways of interpreting/framing that knowledge with tools as well as time for reflection.


Secondly – it is not a one man show; good strategies are developed by teams and involve the wider community. 
If colleagues are involved from the start, they are more likely to buy into its direction and implementation.


Finally, the key aim of a strategy is to ensure that colleagues are all working in the same direction and that resources are used to best effect, it’s a useful tool to sense check any action you take to assess if it contributes to your objectives. 

This workshop “Developing a Sustainable Strategy for Online Education” guides you through this process. The aim is to create a supportive community who can learn FROM each other and WITH each other.

A range of tools has been developed that you can use through the process including an institutional questionnaire, a learning journal to capture your thoughts in systematic way and a PowerPoint template that you can use to develop a presentation for use within your institution.

You will need to assemble a support group within your institutions who you can work with between the modules.

During the online sessions you will have opportunities to share your thoughts, ideas, and problems with fellow participants using action learning principles.

Overall, the programme is there to provide shape and impetus so that over the course of the 3 weeks you can have made real progress in developing your own institution`s strategy regarding online education.

Target group
This workshop is designed for Deans, Executive Directors and Programme Managers. Faculty and professional staff that are engaged in online learning strategy are also welcome to join.

Structure of the learning journey

There will be one free Introduction session familiarizing the participant with the tools and frameworks required for the following 3 live modules, in between these participants will be working asynchronously together with their own internal support team on projects which be central to their learning process in order to start building an online strategy.

Workshop Modules:

Free Introduction webinar – MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION HERE

Essentials when developing an online strategy – the tools you need
Understanding what it takes to develop your own strategy

Module 1: 
Reflecting on your internal situation – capacity and capability gaps
Developing institutional insight

Module 2: 
Assessing the changing external environment
Understanding the external context

Module 3: 
Moving forward – developing and implementing your strategy
Understanding how to drive implementation

All mentioned times are CET.

Registration

Program

Practical Information

Fees:
EFMD Full member: € 350
EFMD non-member: € 450

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be confirmed in writing. If EFMD receives notice of your withdrawal before 1 February 2022, a cancellation fee of 40 EUR for administrative costs will be charged. Thereafter, we regret that we are unable to refund any fees.

2022 BSIS Webinar: Assessing the Impact of Research in Business Schools

Event Details

We have designed this event as a two- part webinar designed to explore why business schools need to demonstrate the impact of their research and propose some potential methods for doing so. The webinar will take place across two half- days on 3 and 4 February from 14 – 17 CET.

Key takeaways: Participants will…

  • Explore reasons why Business Schools need to demonstrate the impact of research
  • Develop a better understanding of methods for measuring research  impact
  • Identify potential synergies between impact assessment of research and  accreditations and rankings
  • Plan for evidence of success

Target Group:

  • Deans and directors of Business Schools globally
  • Directors of Research and administrative staff responsible for research
  • Heads of Accreditation
  • Impact Managers in Business Schools

Registration

Program

Thursday 3 February

14:00 – 14:15

Welcome and Introductions

  • Debra Leighton, BSIS Senior Advisor, EFMD Global
  • Michel Kalika, BSIS Director, EFMD Global

14:15 – 14:45

Group activity 1 – What does research impact mean to you?

  • Presenter: Debra Leighton, BSIS Senior Advisor, EFMD Global

14:45 – 15:05

Why the impact of research is a key issue for Business Schools today?

  • Eric Cornuel, President, EFMD Global
  • Michel Kalika, BSIS Director, EFMD Global

15:05 – 15:25

Case study 1- Action research and Impact
Nottingham Business School, UK

  • Presenter: Prof. Baback Yazdani, Executive Dean

15:25 – 15:45

Types of research and research dimensions
Overview of research evaluation for accreditations

  • Presenter: Debra Leighton, BSIS Senior Advisor, EFMD Global

15:45 – 16:00

Refreshment break


16:00 – 16:20

Case study 2- Assessing research impact at CEIBS
CEIBS, China Europe International Business School, China

  • Presenter: Dr Yuan DING, Vice President and Dean

16:20 – 16:40

Case study 3 – The impact of research in the context of FNEGE Journal ranking

  • Presenter: Prof. Jérôme Caby, Executive Officer, FNEGE

16:40 – 17:00

Day 1 Plenary and Close
Summary of day 1 & Q and A

  • Debra Leighton, BSIS Senior Advisor, EFMD Global
  • Michel Kalika, BSIS Director, EFMD Global

Friday 4 February

14:00 – 14:15

Welcome back- summary of day 1

  • Debra Leighton, BSIS Senior Advisor, EFMD Global
  • Michel Kalika, BSIS Director, EFMD Global

14:15 – 14:35

Ways of measuring the impact of research

  • Presenter: : Michel Kalika, BSIS Director, EFMD Global

14:35 – 14:55

Case study 4- Assessing research impact at SDA Bocconi
SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy

  • Presenter: Professor Manuela Brusoni, Deputy Dean for Accreditation

14:55 – 15:15

Planning to improve the assessment of research impact

  • Presenter: Debra Leighton, BSIS Senior Advisor, EFMD Global

15:15 – 15:30

Refreshment break


15:30 – 15:50

Case study 5- The impact of research: the choice of IAE Sorbonne
IAE- Paris Sorbonne Business School, France

  • Presenter: Prof. Eric Lamarque, Director

15:50 – 16:20

Group activity 2 – Next steps in research impact assessment

  • Presenter: Debra Leighton, BSIS Senior Advisor, EFMD Global

16:20 – 16:40

Emerald’s new “Impact Services”: an online tool to help measuring the impact of research

  • Presenter: Steve Lodge, Emerald Publishing, UK

16:40 – 17:00

Plenary and Close
Summary of day 2 & Q and A.

  • Debra Leighton, BSIS Senior Advisor, EFMD Global
  • Michel Kalika, BSIS Director, EFMD Global

Practical Information

Fees:

  • EFMD Members: both 1/2 days €300, 1/2 day €150
  • Non- members: both 1/2 days €500, 1/2 day €250

Cancellation policy:

Cancellations must be confirmed in writing. If we receive notice of your withdrawal before 20 January 2022, a cancellation administrative fee of 50 € will be charged. Thereafter, we regret that are unable to refund any fees. However, in such cases, substitutes are welcome at no extra cost as long as we receive notification of the name, title and address of the substitute.

Global Impact Summit 2022

Dates: 10th – 14th April, 2022

Location: Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India

Over the course of five transformational days, academicians/researchers/higher education leaders from all corners of the world will come together on one forum as a first-of-its-kind initiative in India to identify, catalyze and solve for convergence and impact, and establish the pertinent actions we can all take, right now to create sustainable change and transformation. Our vision is ambitious, which is nothing less than to reshape the entire way we think about holistic development and growth.

The Global Impact Summit 2022 will be the first major event ever by an educational institution in India produced to witness some of the world’s best institutions taking part with the aim of evolving together in the global community. The summit shall also feature leading Indian entrepreneurs, government officials, public figures, adding immense value to the discussions.

Attendees

Woxsen University- International Partners (Higher Education Academicians and Researchers/ Senior Representatives (Deans/Directors/International Office Heads/Academic Heads), Corporate Tycoons, and Government officials).

Agenda

The Summit shall be the right mix of roundtable discussions, keynotes, exhibitions, debates, research symposium, cultural show, city tour, and much more. For more details, please refer to the Flyer. 

Points to Note

  • Return Flights (To/From India) shall be borne by the attendees. However, Pick and Drop facilities (From/To Airport) will be taken care of by Woxsen University.
  • Food and Accommodation shall be covered by Woxsen University (Within the time-frame of the GIS). The on-campus accommodation can be provided for 2 members only. Should you decide on traveling along with your family/staff members, Woxsen will make other arrangements for stay on case-to-case basis, with at least 2 months of prior intimation.
  • They hope to want to make GIS an in-person event, However if the Covid situation continues, they may opt for a hybrid mode or online, depending on the situation in April 2022.

Questions/concerns can be directed to Chahat Mishra at chahat.mishra@woxsen.edu.in.

Digital Transformation: Opportunities and The Employment Landscape

Event Overview

Digital Transformation enhances an organization’s operations to deliver greater value to its customers and stakeholders and it also improves the customer experience and the relationship they have with the organization’s brand. This is achieved by the integration of innovative technologies into every aspect of the business.

With Digital Transformation also comes a cultural change that requires organizations to innovate, challenge the status quo, experiment, and continually assess and monitor for improvements 🚀

What does that mean for students, recent graduates, and early career professionals? What opportunities does Digital Transformation bring and how can they enter the field? Join this Expert Session with Rami Kichli, Vice President, Gulf & Levant at Software AG to learn:

  • ✅ Digital Transformation applications, trends, impact, and opportunities
  • ✅ The employment landscape around Digital Transformation
  • ✅ How to start a career in the field and how to switch from different industries
  • ✅ Essential skills and what recruiters look for in fresh talents

About Rami Kichli:

Rami Kichli is the Vice-President for Software AG in the Gulf and Levant. He brings to Software AG a strong track record of building businesses with his strategic vision while also integrating sales and marketing to achieve revenue growth. He oversees business operations, talent and ventures and steers the profitability requirements of the business as determined by the strategic plans.

Rami also navigates the branding and marketing function for the region in tandem with its global positioning. He works closely in line with each country’s national vision across the region by developing strong alliances while also tapping into newer market segments. Prior to joining the company, he worked at leading technology firms such as SAP, Cisco and several other multinationals in the region.

Date & Time

Monday , January 24th, 2022

  • 10:00am Washington D.C.
  • 3:00pm London
  • 4:00pm Geneva
  • 5:00pm Cape Town
  • 8:30 pm Mumbai
  • 11:00pm Singapore

Registration

Login or Create a Localized Account. Click “Register” to secure your slot. When the webinar launches, that same button will say “Join with Zoom.” Click to join the event.

U.S.-India Higher Education Collaboration and Internationalization

Miami University is excited to partner with the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi to contribute to the development of internationalization leaders at Indian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the creation of university partnerships and collaborations between India and the United States. We are seeking participants from Indian HEIs for a professional development training program in 2022. A cohort of 10 participants and 2 alternates will be selected to participate in the training course, which will require ~10 hours per month commitment from February through November 2022 (combination of synchronous virtual interactions and independent work).

Participants in the program will:

  • Become familiar with the existing scholarly literature and currently accepted best practices for internationalization and collaboration in U.S. institutions by working through an online course and engaging virtually with U.S. Senior International Officers (SIOs) and administrators in the United States
  • Participate in a virtual Association of International Education Administrator’s event in Spring 2022
  • Attend the annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference May 31 to June 3, 2022 in Denver, Colorado
  • Develop campus internationalization strategic plans for their own institutions
  • Help develop a model of campus internationalization specifically for the Indian context

Interested higher education leaders in India are asked to complete this interest survey by January 15, 2022.

Learn more at https://www.miamioh.edu/global-initiatives/about/initiatives/us-india-collaboration/index.html

Map the System 2022 – Launch Event

#MaptheSystem is back! Save the date and join us for the launch of MTS 2022 with a very special Keynote speech from Professor Yunus.

About the Event

Welcome to Map the System 2022! This workshop will welcome all of our partners and participants to this year’s competition.

Save the date and join us for the launch of ´Map the System 2022 with a very special Keynote Speech from Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on 25th January 2022 at 2pm GMT (check your local time here).

Map the System is organised by the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. This workshop has been designed with and will be delivered by our partners at The Grameen Creative Lab.

Join us as we cover the below areas in the workshop.

  • Keynote Speech from Professor Yunus and time for Q&A.
  • What is systems thinking? Why do we need it?
  • Who applies systems thinking? Examples from organisations who use systems thinking.
  • How to apply systems thinking? Problem definition and an overview of systems mapping techniques and tools.
  • Key learnings of the workshop and next steps for the Map the System competition.

Student Registration for Map the System is open until 31st January 2022.

Date & Time

Tuesday, 25 January 2022
9:00am – 10:30am EST

Registration

Please note:
– Attendance is free but you must register in advance via Eventbrite.
– The link to access the online event will be emailed to you approximately 24 hours before the event, and a reminder on the day of the event.
– The session will be recorded.

For more information, please email mapthesystem@sbs.ox.ac.uk or visit our website at www.mapthesystem.sbs.ox.ac.uk

About Map the System

Map the System is a global competition of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in partnership with educational institutions across the world.

Map the System asks participants to use ‘systems thinking’ as a guiding approach to understanding complex social and environmental challenges. Participants are evaluated based not on a ‘solution’ to a problem, but rather on the depth of understanding of the problem, including an analysis of existing solution efforts, impact gaps and opportunities for positive change. Participants create systems maps as a means to articulate their findings in a way that people can meaningfully understand, share, and learn from – key skill sets for those interested in creating systemic social or environmental change.

July Cross-Border Collab

DATE & TIME

Thursday, 7 July, 2022

8:00am EDT

LOCATION

Hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Emma Martens, emartens@gbsn.org

GBSN Members are Invited to July’s Collab: Workforce Development in the Humanitarian Sector

The July Collab will feature a discussion with Pam Steele, the Supply Chain Transformation Director for PSA. PSA is a management consultancy specializing in supply chain transformation and workforce capacity development in the health sector in low- and middle-income countries.  

Pam has first-hand experience in how the humanitarian sector is challenged by limited access to skilled labor despite high levels of unemployment, primarily due to:

  • Rapid change within the humanitarian sector, its key players, and operations
  • Needs for updating professional skills, fueled by technological change
  • Insufficient access to educational opportunities to prepare individuals for humanitarian sector roles

Join the July Collab to explore the role of business schools in developing the humanitarian workforce of the future.

We will explore questions like:

  • How can business schools be proactive in combating this workforce discrepancy and improving workforce sustainability?
  • Why is attention to gender and inclusion in leadership so crucial to workforce development in the humanitarian sector, and how can we do so?
  • What is the importance of teaching students to identify actual beneficiaries and their needs?
  • What roles do business schools play in preparing students to create proactive humanitarian solutions?

Special Guest

  • Pamela Steele

    Supply Chain Transformation Director
    Pamela Steele Associates
    United Kingdom

When?

Thursday, 7 July, 2022

  • 8:00am Washington D.C.
  • 2:00pm Paris
  • 1:00pm Lagos
  • 5:30pm Mumbai
  • 8:00pm Singapore

Register

Cross-Border Collabs are not open to the public and are only open to GBSN Members. 

What are Cross-Border Collabs?

Cross-Border Collabs are exclusive gatherings for GBSN members, focused on engaging our community to tackle some of the greatest challenges of our time. Facilitated by topic experts, these session will provide a place for our members be active participants in our mission of improving management and entrepreneurship education for the developing world. Collabs are held monthly on every first Thursday of the month. Collabs are an exclusive opportunity for member school ambassadors, deans and leading faculty members.

June Cross-Border Collab: EdTech and the Future of HigherEd with Daphne Koller


DATE & TIME

Thursday, 2 June

11:00am EDT

LOCATION

Hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Emma Martens, emartens@gbsn.org


GBSN Members are Invited to June’s Collab: EdTech and the Future of HigherEd with Daphne Koller

From the role of technology to the question of what we ought to know in order to meet the global challenges ahead, discussions will explore the role if education in shaping a more inclusive and sustainable society.

Our June Member Collab will feature an intimate conversation with Daphne Koller, Professor of CS & Pathology at Stanford University, Founder and CEO of insitro, Co-founder of Coursera, and Co-Founder of Engageli. GBSN member ambassadors and leading faculty from across the globe are invited to join this Collab’s discussion around the role of technology in shaping the future of learning and teaching.

With the onset of the global pandemic, academic institutions around the world embraced flexibility, offering hybrid learning environments with both virtual and physical classrooms. The pandemic seems to have spurred a series of innovations and notable trends across the education sector. These changes might give the impression that academia is experiencing some much-needed reform. Yet, these trends don’t necessarily tackle the real challenges facing higher education like — certifying knowledge instead of cultivating the learning experience; being inaccessible to the socio-economically disadvantaged, and focusing on easily-obsolete knowledge and disregarding context. Is business education playing its role in society, and in addressing challenges to access and quality?

We will explore questions like:

  • Which higher education trends and innovations will stick?
  • What will business education look like in the next five years?
  • What are the advantages and downsides of our new, digital world and learning at a distance?
  • With so many lacking the resources or time to access such education, will technology truly deliver equality of opportunity?

Daphne Koller is a trailblazer, using the power of computing and data to transform two massive sectors, education and health. She is the Founder and CEO of insitro, which is using machine learning techniques to revolutionize the drug discovery and development process. She is also the cofounder, former co-CEO, and board member of Coursera which now reaches almost 40 million learners around the world. She has been recognized as one of Time’s Magazine 100 Most Influential People, and is the recipient of many notable awards including the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Join us for this closed member convening to hear Daphne’s thoughts on innovation, AI and impact.

Special Guest

When?

Thursday, 2 June, 2022

  • 11:00am Washington D.C.
  • 5:00pm Paris
  • 4:00pm Lagos
  • 8:30pm Mumbai
  • 11:00pm Singapore

Register

Cross-Border Collabs are not open to the public and are only open to GBSN Members. Member ambassadors and leading faculty must register to secure a seat at the table,

What are Cross-Border Collabs?

Cross-Border Collabs are exclusive gatherings for GBSN members, focused on engaging our community to tackle some of the greatest challenges of our time. Facilitated by topic experts, these session will provide a place for our members be active participants in our mission of improving management and entrepreneurship education for the developing world. Collabs are held monthly on every first Thursday of the month. Collabs are an exclusive opportunity for member school ambassadors, deans and leading faculty members. Click here for more information on Cross-Border Collabs

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