Members of the GBSN for Business and Human Rights Impact Community as well as individuals who are affiliated with a business school or teach business students are invited to attend theGBSN for BHR 10th Annual Meeting, taking place on Monday, November 23 in Geneva, Switzerland and online. At this year’s meeting, key topics include the role of human rights in AI development, building locally relevant teaching resources with partners in Africa and Latin America, and bridging the gap between academic research and real-world practice.
GBSN Beyond is the Global Business School Network’s flagship annual event for business school administrators, faculty, and leaders in industry and policy. The program is designed to get below the surface of the most pressing topics in our community and forge new connections across disciplines, institutions, and sectors. GBSN Beyond 2026, From Potential to Progress: The Transformative Role of Business Schools, will take place October 26–28, 2026inBucharest, Romania, hosted by the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE).
Now in its fourth year, the Global Governance Summit will take place virtually on 15 October 2026 from 14:00-16:30 SAST. This year’s theme is Legitimacy, Leadership and the Future of Governance: Trust Is the New Currency of Leadership. The program will focus on institutional trust, governance, leadership legitimacy, responsible business education and the role of business schools in strengthening credible institutions. The event is hosted by the South African Business Schools Association in partnership with the Good Governance Academy, AACSB, and GBSN.
This international survey explores women’s leadership towards sustainable futures, with the objective to better understand perspectives across different national and cultural contexts and identify pathways to make green transformation (GX) and sustainability transitions more inclusive, participatory, and effective. The survey is open to all genders, contexts, and sectors, including academia, industry, civil society, government, entrepreneurship, and the broader community. Each response helps to strengthen the diversity and global representation of perspectives in the research and advance initiatives to build inclusive and sustainable futures.
Together with co-chairs Kerry Laufer (Dartmouth), Michellana Jester (MIT Sloan School of Management), Shannon McKeen (Wake Forest University School of Business), and Stavros Hadjisolomou (American University of Kuwait), GSBN is hosting a virtual half-day symposium on June 11 exploring how AI is reshaping experiential learning in business schools across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond.
As business schools adopt AI tools and seek to expand access to hands-on learning, important questions are emerging about learning quality, student engagement, and the evolving roles of educators and industry partners. At the event, we’ll cover:
Rethinking career-connected learning — How to embed career readiness and AI competencies into any course, at any level
AI that deepens learning, not shortcuts it — How to design contexts where students use AI to go further, not do less
Updating assessment design — A practical framework for assessment design in the AI era and other professional development support for faculty
What employers actually need — A candid conversation with industry partners on how AI is reshaping early-career work and how business schools can respond
New sessions and speakers are being added to the event page on a rolling basis. While content will be designed primarily for individuals and institutions based in or partnering in MENA, participants from other regions are welcomed and encouraged to attend. With a nominal registration fee (50 USD) and multiple concurrent sessions, the symposium is well-suited for colleagues from the same university to attend together and then confer and share what they learned to help build internal capacity and momentum.
The ESCA Africa Case Conference invites educators, researchers, practitioners, and doctoral candidates to submit case studies and case projects that reflect African business realities, entrepreneurial dynamics, managerial decision-making challenges, and innovation ecosystems.
The conference provides a developmental and collaborative space to strengthen case writing, case teaching, and case dissemination practices across Africa, while ensuring global teaching relevance.
The Global Business Student Changemaker program is a partnership between GBSN and How to Change the World that offers GBSN member students the opportunity to catalyze international collaboration, contribute to sustainable development and community engagement, and advance academic excellence and real-world problem-solving. Participants receive a “Changemaker” badge (a recognition they can add to their CVs and LinkedIn), and gain access to an intensive, multi-university and interdisciplinary Global Sustainability Project Bootcamp run by How to Change the World, as well as a series of curated, highly interactive global virtual events led by GBSN. GBSN member institutions can inquire about participating in the program at any time throughout the year.
Looking to experience simulation learning? Marketplace Simulation invites business school faculty to join the upcoming Train the Trainer workshop in Knoxville, TN, USA, May 12–15, 2026.
These are immersive, hands-on workshops where professors play our simulations firsthand and discover new ways to teach, coach, and connect with students. You won’t just hear about experiential learning—you’ll experience it for yourself.
It’s a joy for us to bring educators together from around the world, and these events are some of the most meaningful things we do.
Attendees at the New Delhi workshop will get to play our best-selling Conscious Capitalism simulation and attendees in Knoxville will play our very popular Venture Strategy simulation. Those who stay for the fourth day will also get to play our upcoming Chocolate Simulation.
Both events are free to attend. We provide meals, materials, and time to think deeply about what great teaching can look like.
In coordination with Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, GBSN invites business schools from Africa and around the world to contribute to the emerging Logistics for Africa initiative, a Pan-African Logistics Education Hub.
The initial phase focuses on bringing institutional and faculty expertise together to co-develop an asynchronous, online graduate program in logistics designed to address the logistics and supply chain challenges facing Africa. The program will be supported and delivered through the Edinburgh Business School online learning platform, a world-class platform drawing on decades of experience in inspiring and empowering students globally through a flexible and accessible delivery model.
Opportunities to contribute include:
Program Partner – Preference for African institutions with expertise in logistics, supply chain management or transport and ability to contextualize learning through local cases, examples, etc.
You will work with the program design & technology teams to develop one or more courses for inclusion in the graduate degree program.
Knowledge Partner – Institutions anywhere in the world who wish to contribute expertise, support course design, strengthen academic and professional networks, and make a difference.
Delivery Partner – Institutions in Africa interested in providing local support to participating students [a Delivery Partner could also be a Program Partner]
Together, we will:
Bring business schools across Africa together to support each other in resolving real world problems with sustained and measurable societal impact.
Build communities of highly skilled logistics and transport professionals to meet the needs of health logistics, agro-logistics and other vital sectors across Africa
Many African business schools have been adopting research models that are popular in the United States and Europe. Demonstrating success with such models has many benefits, including increasing legitimacy (e.g., international accreditation) and reputation/rankings. But is it a good fit? Are there trade offs, especially when it comes to relevance and impact? This session will explore this question and offer insights to scholars and leaders of business schools for navigating the complex and changing research environment in Africa.
The mission of Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) is “to foster the general advancement of knowledge and scholarship in the theory and practice of management among African scholars and/or academics interested in management and organization issues in Africa”. This exciting organization brings together people with an interest in management in Africa. Membership in AFAM provides a platform for building collaborative and supportive relationships for and with African and other scholars in the Diaspora who engage in, or who have an interest in research on management and organizations in Africa.
