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Experiential Learning for Skills Development

DATE & TIME

April 21, 2021
8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT

LOCATION

This webinar will be hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Emma Martens 

emartens@gbsn.org

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To ensure we provide the best in education, we consistently focus on creating a learning environment that will allow students to directly encounter real-life situations that will test their skills, knowledge, and emotions. Universal Business School’s 80% experiential learning module allows students the flexibility to react to conditions rather than merely thinking about how to respond to in a scenario. 

UBS’ two year AICTE approved PGDM program is designed to train aspirants for multiple business roles at different scales. With the global immersion program, students also gain the chance to receive international exposure to develop an intricate understanding of the international market. The program has been designed by 60 CEOs and is refined by 30 Senators who are leading industry professionals. 

The program follows the Experiential Learning Waterfall, which allows UBS to optimize the learning process towards 80% practical learning. Each course is embedded with:

  • Live Decision Making
  • Leading And Executing Live Revenue Generating Businesses
  • Simulations And Experiments
  • Case Blazer (50 Hours Non-stop Dynamic Case Study Competitions)
  • Global Immersion Programs In Europe And Asia
  • Live Projects In Companies
  • Student Boardrooms
  • Industry Ceo Workshops
  • Student Mentoring By Industry
  • Research Projects
  • Economic Review Sessions
  • Thinkathons
  • Quizzes
  • Conferences And Symposiums
  • Shadow Techniques, and
  • Global And Indian Internships

UBS’ Experiential Learning Waterfall ensures that our student’s gain the ability to grasp complex concepts, put them in practice, develop learning agility and assures that fundamental business ideas are ingrained in them. Join us to learn more about how UBS’ uses its experiential learning waterfall.

Date

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

  • 8:00 a.m. Washington D.C.
  • 1:00 p.m. London
  • 2:00 p.m. Geneva/Cape Town
  • 3:00 p.m. Cape Town
  • 5:30 p.m. Mumbai
  • 8:00 p.m. Singapore

Speakers

  • Tarun Anand

    Founder & Chairman
    Universal Business School
    India

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Women Know Global: Closing the Gender Gap in the Global Economy

Join the Center for Global Business and executive director Rebecca Bellinger for a conversation about making strides to position women for success in the global economy. Hear from women leaders of global organizations that drive change, influence policy, and create programs to close the gender gap and support women in the workforce.

From four points of view, the panelists will address:

  • What programs, resources, and incentives are in place currently to support women in the global business ecosystem.
  • How traditional systems and norms obstruct women from the paid workforce and what is being done to address the issues.
  • How equal economic treatment for women benefits everyone, economically, and socially.

Panelists include:

  • Simona Scarpaleggia, Global CEO, Edge Strategy
  • Linda Scott, Author, The Double-X Economy: The Epic Potential of Empowering Women
  • Margo Thomas, Founder and President, Women’s Economic Imperative
  • Elizabeth Vasquez, CEO and Co-founder, WEConnect International

Registration is required to access the webinar.

Date

Thursday, March 25

  • 12:00 p.m. Washington, D.C.
  • 4:00 p.m. London
  • 5:00 p.m. Geneva
  • 6:00 p.m. Cape Town
  • 9:30 p.m. Mumbai
  • 12:00 a.m. Singapore

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CEEMAN IQA Webinar – Relevant, Excellent and on the Move

Management education is quickly evolving as the world undergoes several major changes such as the COVID-19 pandemic. It must adapt to several different challenges, such as new customer needs and new competitors. This increases the need for stakeholders in management education to truly understand what the successful business schools of the future will look like.

This webinar will focus around the following ideas: relevance and excellence in both teaching and research and an institutional dynamic which continually moves the institution to the future through innovation and change. Attendees can expect to leave the webinar with a greater understanding of how to identify current gaps and the change processes that will have to be deployed to effect such changes.

Date

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

  • 8:00 a.m. Washington D.C.
  • 1:00 p.m. London
  • 2:00 p.m. Geneva
  • 3:00 p.m. Cape Town
  • 6:00 p.m. Mumbai
  • 9:00 p.m. Singapore

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2021 EFMD Middle East and Africa Conference

This conference tackles the specificities of both Africa and the Middle East regions in common plenary sessions and in separate tracks, specifically targeting relevant issues for both regions. The conference addresses topics such as ongoing trends and new developments in management education, inside, and outside of the two regions. It promotes an active debate between regional actors and participants from other regions of the world.

Business school professionals that attend the conference will develop higher levels of insights on how to approach challenges in the upcoming years, while also strengthen their networks across the regions.

Date

Tuesday, March 9 through Thursday, March 11, 2021

10:30 am – 2:45 pm CET

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Gender-Smart Entrepreneurship Education and Training +

Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems to Support Underserved Entrepreneurs

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DATE & TIME

March 23, 2021
11:00 am–12:30 pm (EDT)

LOCATION

This roundtable will be hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Maddie Handler, mhandler@gbsn.org

This roundtable will showcase a multi-country project that mobilizes evidence-based insights in the development of entrepreneurship education and training as drivers of economic empowerment of girls, women and other disadvantaged groups (e.g., youth, informal workers). The GEET+ is the work of Telfer School of Management’s Professor Barbara Orser and Dr. Catherine Elliott. The tool has been selectively applied in Canada and the United States.  Led by the Women’s Economic Imperative (WEI) and funded by the International Development Research Centre (Canada), the pilot project is being launched in Peru, Mexico, Kenya, and Nigeria. 

Join this roundtable and learn how the WEI international team of collaborators and experts is working to: 

  • Strengthen pathways to build viable and bankable women-owned enterprises. 
  • Enhance the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education and training within universities and community-based support organizations by addressing biases in solution design and sector knowledge about equity, diversity and inclusion.
  • Refine measurement and assessment criteria to support gender equality in entrepreneurship education and training. 
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing among academic, industry, non-governmental and government stakeholders, including the catalyzation of networks where they do not already exist.  

Attendees will leave the roundtable with an understanding of how entrepreneurship education and training can influence perceptions and better address systemic biases.     

Understand how entrepreneurship education and training can better address biases within course content, design and delivery.   

Share information about the Gender-Smart Education and Training Action Strategy (GEET+) as an assessment tool.

Grow from lessons shared about shifting perceptions in education, training and business communities to better support women entrepreneurs.

Women’s Economic Imperative (WEI) is a global, non-profit committed to promoting women’s economic empowerment (SDG 5) and inclusive economic growth for the benefit of all. Founded in 2018, WEI responds to the Call to Action of the United Nations Secretary-General’s (UNSG) High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. WEI’s mission is to catalyze and advance women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship and advocacy. WEI’s work is supported by a global network of experts, influencers, partners, researchers, and stakeholders.

The Telfer School of Management is committed to driving the design and delivery of inclusive entrepreneurship education and training to enhance the UN Sustainable Development Goals of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. Telfer’s Inclusive Entrepreneurship scholars are informing research, practice and policy to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world.

Date

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

  • 11:00 am – 12:30pm ET
  • 8:00am Los Angeles
  • 4:00pm London
  • 5:00pm Lagos
  • 7:00pm Nairobi
  • 9:30pm Mumbai

Registration Information

This roundtable will be hosted on zoom. To participate, please complete the online registration form where you will be prompted to create a free account in order to complete. You will receive a zoom meeting link with your confirmation. Seats are limited, secure your spot today.

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The Psychology of Founding: Business Start-ups from Science and Research

DATE & TIME

April 13, 2021
10:30am – 11:30am EDT

LOCATION

This webinar will be hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Emma Martens 

emartens@gbsn.org

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Many European countries like Germany and Sweden are known for their substantial investments into university science and the great inventions these investments yield. However, compared to countries like the US or the UK, they suffer from relatively low engagement of scientists in business startups. This is surprising given that the regulatory environments of these countries and the availability of venture capital have improved considerably over the last years.

Therefore, in this seminar Holger Patzelt introduces the results of a multi-study, multi-year project which has investigated university startup activity with a focus on the psychology of founding new ventures rather than the external context. He illustrates key psychological challenges scientists face when founding new ventures, how problems within the entrepreneurial team can counteract founding intentions and activities, and the role of the university context in shaping scientists’ attitudes toward entrepreneurship. Patzelt will provide specific recommendations for universities how based on the results of our research they can create an environment that may help scientists develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

Date

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

  • 7:30 am Phoenix
  • 10:30 am Washington D.C.
  • 3:30 pm London
  • 4:30 pm Geneva
  • 5:30 pm Cape Town
  • 9:00 pm Mumbai
  • 11:30 pm Singapore

Speaker

  • Holger Patzelt

    Professor of Entrepreneurship
    TUM School of Management
    Germany

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Experiential Learning: A Vehicle to Promote Collaboration and Develop Problem Solving Skills

Learning by doing has become a powerful methodology in management education to develop in students’ competencies to adapt and make decisions in a changing context, as well as fostering innovation skills and responsible business practices.

Working towards becoming a third-generation university, Universidad de La Sabana has concentrated its efforts on working closely with companies, as well as government and private R&D, to help resolve managerial challenges and encourage the development of joint solutions. This is the case of MUUHACK, an open innovation and experiential learning exercise in which participants created solutions to contribute to the development of the value chain of the dairy sector in Colombia. This activity was organized in alliance with Asoleche, the national dairy industry association; and INNpulsa Colombia, the innovation and entrepreneurship Government Agency.

Date

Thursday, April 8, 2021

  • 6:00am Phoenix
  • 9:00am Washington D.C.
  • 2:00pm London
  • 2:00pm Lagos
  • 3:00pm Cape Town
  • 6:30pm Mumbai

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Call for Abstracts: 2021 University Industry Interaction Conference

Description:

The call for abstract is an important step towards shaping the conference agenda. We are looking for the latest research results, practice-based experiences and best practice case studies on university-industry interaction, entrepreneurial & engaged universities and pathways to impact.  The call for abstracts will close on February 22nd, 2021.

The overview below gives you some guidance on the type of proposals that we welcome, and themes will be addressed at the conference. This list is not exhaustive and we always welcome submissions covering other relevant topics. Only proposals that are submitted through the online portal will be considered, and submitted proposals will be reviewed by an international scientific and practitioners committee.

Overview

  • Research-based abstracts
    • Accepted abstracts will be presented at the conference. The full papers (optional) will be published in the conference proceedings.
  • Practice-based abstracts
    • Accepted abstracts will be presented at the conference. The full papers (optional) will be published in the conference proceedings.
  • Good practice cases
    • Accepted case studies will be presented at the conference. The case study will be published in the UIIN Good Practice Series.
  • Workshop proposals
    • Accepted workshops will be granted a 1 1/2 hour workshop slot at the conference. Workshops will have to be practical and interactive.

Subthemes

  • University-Industry Partnerships: A holistic perspective to accelerate relationships
  • Engaged and Entrepreneurial Universities: The future of higher education
  • Pathway to Impact: Managing and measuring external engagement
  • Knowledge transfer and engagement professionals: The role of boundary spanning agents
  • Structures and mechanisms supporting university-industry cooperation
  • Regional engagement: The university as a home-base and entrepreneurship catalyst
  • The university as a talent-engine & life partner: Supporting students and lifelong learners
  • The entrepreneurial and engaged academic in research and education

Submissions

Learn more about the subthemes, download preparation guidelines and submit your abstract at https://uiin.org/conference/submission/.

Important Dates and Deadlines

  • February 22, 2021: Call for abstracts closes
  • June 14-16, 2021: 2021 University-Industry Interaction Conference (online)

About the Conference

The annual University-Industry Interaction Conference brings together over 500 participants from around the globe, who are passionate about driving university-industry engagement, technology transfer, entrepreneurship and innovation. Delivered through a mixture of presentations, workshops and facilitated networking, the online conference is your opportunity to hear the latest insights across the field and connect with engaged peers around the world.

Learn more about the conference
Submit abstract here

SEED Awards 2021

Overview

The SEED Awards is an awards scheme designed to celebrate the most innovative and promising locally led enterprises in sustainable development. Each year, multiple award categories are offered, ranging from country- or region-specific topics. This year there are two (2) categories: SEED Low Carbon Awards and SEED Climate Adaptation Awards. SEED Award Winners and Runners-up are eligible for participation in our Accelerator and Catalyser programmes, respectively. Winners receive a matching grant up to 15,000 EUR and a 12-month support package.

The SEED Awards support established eco-inclusive enterprises that have proven market transactions (you have started selling your products/services). Applications should present a clear business case and feasible financial sustainability for its current/future revenue model. Applications that have potential to scale and can be replicated in order to maximise impact will be highly favoured.

This year there are two SEED Awards categories. Depending on your eco-inclusive enterprise and where it is operational, you may apply for only one of the categories:

  • SEED Low Carbon Awards: Ghana, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Thailand & Uganda
    • SEED Low Carbon Awards are open for eco-inclusive enterprises whose key activities, products and services contribute to a low carbon reality, climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation. The enterprises in the sectors of biodiversity, clean energy, green technologies, sustainable agriculture, waste management and resource efficiency as well as water, sanitation & health are all eligible in this Awards Scheme.
  • SEED Climate Adaptation Awards: Botswana, Malawi, Zambia
    • SEED Climate Adaptation Awards are open for eco-inclusive enterprises that prevent or minimise damages caused by global warming and fluctuating weather patterns. In other words, SEED Climate Change Adaptation Awards look for enterprises that provide solutions to respond to effects of climate change or prepare for future impacts. Examples include supporting efficient use of scarce water resources; developing drought-tolerant crops; food insecurity prevention; coastal management, natural disasters management and warning system etc.

When selecting SEED Award recipients, we look for enterprises that 1) demonstrate entrepreneurship and innovation; 2) deliver economic, social, and environmental benefits; 3) have the potential to scale-up and/or be replicated in other contexts; 4) are at early to growth stages; 5) have the intention and potential to become financially stable; 6) are in partnerships with different stakeholder groups; 7) are locally founded or locally led and 8) meet country and/or sector requirements.

Eligibility

The SEED Awards 2021 are open to eco-inclusive enterprises from Botswana, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.

All eco-inclusive enterprises from eligible countries of each award category are welcome to apply.

Regardless of the entity’s legal status, eco inclusive enterprises refer to enterprises that contribute to sustainable development. They are market-driven entities that provide solutions to social and environmental problems.

They create impact in marginalised communities, and contribute to eliminating poverty through pioneer business models based on sustainability and the creation of responsible products, services and value chains. These enterprises are ideally located within communities and generate lasting social and economic opportunities. They employ and incorporate low-income or vulnerable populations, including women and unemployed youth, in their value chains as suppliers, distributors and consumers.

Application Process

Entries for the SEED Awards 2021 opened on 1st Feb 2021. Applications are accepted on the SEED Platform at https://app.seed.uno/. New users will need to register for a new account to be able to access the application form. This provides secure access to all the information you will need to submit an application.

Registration is now open. We encourage you to register early to the platform to receive updated information about the SEED Awards.

Applications are only accepted on the SEED Platform. That said, we endeavour to support all applicants as much as possible. Please contact the SEED Awards team about your situation.

Applications must be completed in English. To support non-native English speakers, we also provide pdf versions of the application form in local languages on our platform, which applicants can download as a reference.

Awards

SEED Low Carbon Awards: Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, India, Indonesia, Thailand

  • 6 Winners receive 1 year SEED Accelerator support & 10,000 EUR matching grant each
  • 24 Runners-up receive 6 months SEED Catalyser support & 1,500 EUR grant each

SEED Climate Adaption Awards: Botswana, Malawi, Zambia

  • 3 Winners receive 1 year SEED Accelerator support & 15,000 EUR matching grant each
  • 15 Runners-up receive SEED Catalyser support & 1,500 EUR matching grant each

Winners and Runners-up will also receive Support Packages containing:

  • Business capacity building through SEED Catalyser or SEED Accelerator workshops
  • Expert advisory on business and financial planning
  • SEED Enterprise Toolkit for collaborating and hands-on design thinking methods for enterprise development
  • Global profiling at high-level Awards ceremony and SEED partner events
  • Networking opportunities through global SEED communication networks and via your own SEED enterprise profile

Registration Information

To register & apply visit app.seed.uno.

Key Deadlines and Dates

  • February 1st, 2021: Registration opens
  • March 22nd, 2021: Registration closes
  • June 2021: SEED Awards winners and runners-up announcement

Contact Information

Email: seedawards2021@seed.uno

Messenger: https://m.me/seed.uno

Download the Application Guide
Download the FAQs
Visit the SEED Awards Website

Human Rights in Business: Practical Challenges of Conducting Research with Impact

In the emerging academic field of Business and Human Rights (BHR), conducting research with real-world impact is the declared objective of many researchers. It is a field in which individual research interests and advocacy for human rights are often closely aligned.

Companies under pressure to manage human rights challenges also welcome research on applied research questions. They hope for scholarly guidance on implementation challenges and results that are readily applicable in corporate practice.

However, setting up research projects that meet the sometimes paradoxical requirements from academia and practice poses many challenges for researchers in this field. This includes:

  • How can researchers meet theoretical publication requirements while working on applied research questions?
  • How can researchers ensure research objectivity and independence if their projects require travel funds and support in the field by companies?
  • How can researchers work closely with companies to understand their business challenges while maintaining a critical distance to also challenge them with their findings?

In this webinar we will provide examples from our work conducted in the context of the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights. We will present our distinct research process and methodology to discuss with participants how to make further improvements. To close the webinar, we will highlight potential unintended consequences of conducting research with the declared objective of affecting change in company conduct.

Date

Thursday, March 25, 2021

  • 7:00am Washington D.C.
  • 11:00am London
  • 12:00pm Geneva
  • 1:00pm Cape Town
  • 4:30pm Mumbai
  • 7:00pm Singapore

Speakers

  • DorothĂ©e Baumann-Pauly

    Director, Center for Business and Human Rights
    Geneva School of Economics and Management; NYU Stern School of Business
    Switzerland

Webinar Recording

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