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Call for Performances: GBSN Beyond Virtual Conference

Be part of a vibrant hub of exchange, learning, collaboration and discussion by submitting a student performance for GBSN Beyond.

The arts are a universal language. While they appear in different formats and genres, the arts have the power to connect every individual, every community, every nation across the globe. The arts allow us to overcome the barriers of language and geography, and unite us around the healing and joy it brings.

GBSN Beyond: Virtual Conference Reimagined utilizes a versatile events platform to convene members of business, academia, and civil society to collectively tackle some of the complex problems our societies across the globe are facing.  GBSN Beyond features three parallel track experiences during the month of October leading up to a 3-day virtual conference, November 15-17. These tracks engage Learners, Educators, and Leaders. Each parallel track includes a core learning experience with various sessions, networking opportunities and workshops. The virtual conference will feature keynotes, panel discussions, lightning talks, workshops, and networking activities that generally focus on four themes: humanitarian logistics, climate change, healthcare, and human rights.

GBSN Beyond provides attendees numerous opportunities for engagement, and we as an organization have always prided ourselves on delivering unique and innovative experiences. Entertainment has always been a priority. This year, GBSN Beyond will feature a Music. Art. Heals. Performance Series. Through this Performance Series, we hope to overcome barriers of language, religion, culture, and geography, and unite our global audience around the healing and joy performing arts brings.

These performances will be highlighted throughout the entire GBSN Beyond event experience. This includes the parallel tracks in the month of October and during the Virtual Conference Nov 15-17.

Help us bring performing arts to our global audience. 

Submission Categories

Because of the virtual nature of this year’s conference, artists are encouraged to submit their work in one of the following categories:

  1. Pre-Recorded Performance Collective
  2. Live Video Performance
  3. Single Location and Solo Short 
  4. Outside The Box

Submission Category Details

Performance Category 1: Pre-Recorded Performance Collective

Submissions should consider the following guidelines:

  • 20-30 minutes in length
  • Between 2-4 performances included in the collective. Diversity in talent and style is encouraged.
  • Properly edited, produced and recorded with multiple camera angles

Chosen “Category 1” performances will receive a stipend estimated between $400 – $800 for the entire team of artists and complimentary passes to the virtual conference. 

Performance Category 2: Live Video Performance

Submissions should consider the following guidelines:

  • Performances chosen will be performed via livestream from performer’s location(s) through GBSN’s conference platform
  • Performances chosen can be performed to one or multiple cameras, i.e. multiple people in multiple locations
  • 10-12 minutes or less in length

Chosen “Category 2” projects will receive a stipend estimated between $200 – $300 and complimentary all-access passes to the virtual conference.

Performance Category 3: Single Location and Solo Short 

Submissions should consider the following guidelines:

  • Projects chosen will be performed via livestream from a single location through conference platform
  • Projects chosen will be performed to one camera, i.e. a single individual or multiple people in a single location
  • 5-8 minutes maximum in length
  • Solo pieces of any format including: Stand-up comedy, Solo Performance Artist, Live Poetry, Web-Cam Style, Documentary Style, etc.
  • Multiple artist pieces of any format including: drama, comedy, musical theatre, etc.

Chosen “Category 3” performances will receive an estimated stipend between $75 – $175.

Performance Category 4: Outside the Box

  • Submitted if all three (3) other categories do not fit for your performance. 
  • If your piece doesn’t fit in any box, then submit here and create your own!

Chosen “Category 4” projects will receive a stipend commensurate with other stipends given and complimentary all-access passes to the virtual conference.

Together at Home

The GBSN Beyond Team dances along to The Mortimers & The Ex Vampires Group from Monash University in Australia at the Awards Ceremony during the 2020 Conference.

Monash University, Australia

Chor Der Leuphana University, Germany

Goa Institute of Management, India

How to Submit a Performance

Performances should be submitted through this online form. Submission must include the following:

  • Performance Title 
  • Performance Category 
  • Brief description of performance submission (500 word max)
  • Name(s), contact information of Performer(s) and name of Institution. If submitting a group performance, please indicate one main point of contact
  • Artist’s Statement describing the applicant’s philosophy and vision (1-2 paragraphs)
  • Biographies for artistic personnel (1-2 paragraphs)
  • Links to websites, as applicable
  • Performance File and/or Samples (Accepted file formats include word document for written submission, .mp4 file for video submission, .mp3 file for audio only submission)

Additional Details

  • Performers can submit more than one performance submission. Every effort will be made to ensure diversity is represented in the performances selected.
  • GBSN reserves the right to recommend changes to performances upon consultation with performers.
  • Performers must provide consent to conference organizers to publish the performance on the Hubb platform and to share the performance online.

Important Dates & Deadlines

  • 19 July, 2021 – Call for Performances Opens
  • 20 September, 2021 – Call for Performances Closes
  • 22 September, 2021 – Selected Performers are Notified
Submit a Performance

Questions?

Questions regarding the Call for Performances and the submission process may be sent to beyond@gbsn.org.

Two Cutting-edge Programmes in African Philanthropy

Wits Business School’s Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) are proud to offer two new academic programmes which focus on African Philanthropy, social investment and resource mobilisation.

These are the first of their kind on the continent of Africa. The first ever Postgraduate Diploma in the field of Philanthropy and Resource Mobilisation was launched in June 2021 and the first Master’s programme kicks off in January 2022.

Course Description

The Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) at Wits Business School aims to build the skills of future leaders in philanthropy and related fields. This programme is designed for students or professionals seeking specialisation.

Course Basics

  • Duration: One year, modular format
  • Qualifications: Postgraduate
  • Programme structure: 1 year
  • Study mode: Online
  • Academic category: Specialist degree
  • Elective course streams: Philanthropy and Fundraising in African Educational Institutions, Philanthropic Foundations, Innovations in Philanthropy, Philanthropy and Public Policy

Entry Requirements

  • A Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7). Non-degreed individuals with working experience will be considered in exceptional cases.
  • Working experience an advantage but not a requirement.
  • A level of competence in Maths and English equivalent to the SA NSC level.
  • Candidates may be required to undergo the WBS admission test.

Application Process

  • Only online applications are accepted. Click on top right-hand corner on the Wits website: Online Applications.
  • Download the Management-Part-3-Word-Format.doc
  • Please ensure that all information is correct and that you have uploaded everything on the checklist (refer to brochure).
  • Should your application be successful an amount of R15 000 will be payable on acceptance. This amount is non-refundable and will be offset against the registration fee payable in your first year.

Contact Details

Admissions
0861 000 927 (WBS) 0R
admissions.wbs@wits.ac.za

Learn More about the Programmes

9th AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium

The AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium was conceived by Prof. Jagdish Sheth to benefit doctoral scholars from emerging economies who couldn’t attend the prestigious AMA Sheth Foundation DC which has been held regularly from 1966 onwards in the US. The Doctoral Consortium brings together the very best doctoral students and faculty from business schools across the globe, exposing them to a rich diversity of topics, methodological perspectives, and theories.

JAGSOM is proud to host the 9th Edition of the Doctoral Consortium which will take place between the 25th to the 30th of June 2021. 

This year’s Doctoral Consortium will feature 80+ Leading Marketing Faculty from across the globe. Visit the agenda linked below for a full list of speakers.

The Agenda of the Consortium includes 5 Master classes, 9 Plenary sessions, and 10 Parallel track sessions. 

The Consortium also features ‘Meet the Editor’ sessions where participants can meet 17 journal editors from prestigious journals including Journal of Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, AMS Review (Academy of Marketing Science), Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS), Journal of Consumer Psychology, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Service Research (JSR), to name a few. 

The Consortium will also have 3 Global Cafes for Doctoral Students to present their research and seek feedback, and 3 Global Lounges to facilitate networking for all participants. The last day of the Doctoral Consortium features a full day Simulation Workshop on Conscious Capitalism. 

Access the Full Agenda

Registration Fees

  • Indian Nationals:
    • Doctoral Scholars/Young Faculty of AIM Institutions: INR 3000
    • Doctoral Scholars/Young Faculty of other Institutions: INR 5000
  • Other Nationalities
    • Doctoral Scholars/Young Faculty: USD 100

Date & Time

Thursday 25, June, 2021 – Wednesday 30, June, 2021

  • Day 1 – June 25: 8:00am EST – 1:15pm EST
  • Day 2 – June 26: 7:30am EST – 1:15pm EST
  • Day 3 – June 27: 7:30am EST – 1:00pm EST
  • Day 4 – June 28: 7:30am EST – 1:30pm EST
  • Day 5 – June 29: 8:00am EST – 12:15pm EST
  • Day 6 – June 30: 7:00am EST – 1:00pm EST
Visit the Consortium Website
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Making Black Lives Matter in Business

Event Details

Although Dr. Martin Luther King is remembered for the March on Washington, few people remember that the full title of that iconic march was The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Dr. King was both a fervent supporter of racial harmony and a strong proponent of equal economic opportunity for Black Americans. Many years after the death of Dr. King and the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Black Americans still suffer from large economic disparities, employment discrimination, and a higher unemployment rate. The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement resulting in many corporations issuing statements and financial pledges in support of racial equity. Yet, a year later, so many of those pledges remain unfulfilled. Beyond corporate statements for solidarity, what is needed is true organizational change that will grant more equal opportunity to Black Americans and to Black people all over the world. A world in which all human beings have true equal access to economic mobility is how we will all live in peace.

Dr. Ajunwa will look back and assess how corporations have tried to respond to the injustice of racism in the US economy, and what they can and should do to bring us closer to achieving Dr. King’s dream of equal economic opportunity for all Black Americans.” This would follow the line in the synopsis, “A world in which all human beings have true equal access to economic mobility is how we will all live in peace.”

Speakers

Opening remarks:
Christina Bache, Chair, UN PRME Working Group on Business for Peace and Research Affiliate, Queen’s University

Moderator:
Robert McNulty, Founding Chair, UN PRME Working Group on Business for Peace and Just Business, LLC

Speaker:
Dr. Ajunwa is a tenured law professor at the UNC School of Law and an adjunct Associate Professor at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business where she is a Rethinc. lab Fellow.

Date and Time

Thursday, May 27th, 2021

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

Registration

Registration is required for this event. Use the button below to access the registration page.

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Driving Systems Change – Corporate Leadership for the SDGs

Event Details

The world is facing fundamental and interrelated systemic challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic as well as environmental and social crises and issues. Those issues cannot be solved by business as usual. Fortunately, there is a framework that can help navigate efforts to deal with them: the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Right now, the SDGs are the best agenda available to share ambitions and measure progress towards the achievement of a large number of common goals.

The private sector’s active involvement is vital in this ambition. But progress is too slow – not because of a lack of intentions, but because of the serious gap in developing advanced strategies in realising the SDGs. It’s difficult to integrate SDGs in core business. So, can corporate leaders step up to the challenge and drive systems change?

We think it is possible – and your contribution is important. Join our free, online conference in which we will exchange experiences, showcase tools and concepts, and learn from leading thinkers and experts. 

Speakers

Click here to see the full programme, including all speakers and an introduction to each session. 

Registration

Register Here

The email address and password you create at registration will also be needed to log in on the day of the conference. You will receive a confirmation email shortly after registration (please note that the email might be in your spam folder). Although you register for the entire event, you can then decide for yourself which day and / or session you want to attend! This means that you can attend just one day; registration for the full 3 days does not mean that you must attend all 3 days.

Although participation is free, we kindly ask you to attend the event once you have registered. Failure to show up is at the expense of someone else’s participation, as the number of tickets is limited. For questions you can send an email to ScienceWorks via assistant conference manager Karlijn van Marrewijk at k.vanmarrewijk@scienceworks.nl.

This conference is part of the project Managing the transition to sustainable business models: the role of leadership and measuring shared value creation (with project number 438-14-901 of the research programme Sustainable Business Models) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 

Think Tank: Transformational Entrepreneurship and the post Covid19 Global Economy

Event Details

The International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship (ICTE) believes that sharing and debating possible alternative transformational entrepreneurial ideas and solutions from a futuristic and multi-disciplinary basis, will offer opportunities that will lead to creating future sustainable socio-economic development and growth. As a result, ICTE is inviting you to participate in conversations about the formation and launching of the International Academy for Transformational Entrepreneurship (IATE). IATE will serve as the vehicle by which global leading entrepreneurship educators, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers will work together to engage in knowledge transfer, research, university entrepreneurship ecosystem development and policy formulation to promote socio-economic growth in a post-COVID world.

To foster these conversations, ICTE is leading an online Think Tank webinar on Monday 24 May 2021 at 7:30am EDT/ 12:30pm BST, with an international, diverse mix of attendees from educational institutions, policy makers and industry.

Speakers

The webinar will be led by leading international experts to help stimulate conversations on how a transformational entrepreneurial philosophy can assist a post-Covid19 socio-economic development and will include:

  • Professor John Latham CBE, Vice-Chancellor and CEO, Coventry University
  • Professor Gideon Maas, Executive Director of ICTE
  • Mr Andreas Aasted Gjede, Director Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (CSE), Denmark.
  • Professor Xi Wang,Director of Fintech Centre, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China.
  • Associate Professor Daniel Agyapong, Head of Department, Marketing and Supply Chain Management, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Register

Registration is required for this event. Use the button below to access registration.

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The Business Schools Will Have No Future if We Don’t Do This!

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Date

Tuesday, 4 July 10:00am – 11:00am

LOCATION

Zoom

CONTACT

emartens@gbsn.org

What would a business school look like if one started with a blank sheet of paper and did not benchmark other business schools?

What would the content be? Who would teach? What would it cost? In this session, we will look at how business schools got to be where they are because of the Ford and Carnegie reports over half a century ago, the advent in 1987 of the first of the major rankings, and the drivers of accreditation. Join one of GBSN’s new members, Coventry University Business School for this session, as Kai Peters, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Faculty of Business and Law), will make the case for a major overhaul of the structure and positioning of business schools for the future.

Speakers

  • Prof. Kai Peters

    Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Faculty of Business and Law)
    Coventry University Business School
    United Kingdom

Date

Thursday, June 24th, 2021

  • 11:00am Washington D.C.
  • 4:00 pm United Kingdom
  • 5:00pm Geneva
  • 5:00pm Cape Town
  • 8:30pm Mumbai
  • 11:00pm Singapore
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Africa Business Challenge Awards Ceremony: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Development Across Africa

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DATE & TIME

May 14, 2021
9:00 am–10:30 pm (EDT)

LOCATION

This event will be hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Maddie Handler, mhandler@gbsn.org

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GBSN, sponsored by AACSB International and Stanford Seed and supported by Peaqs and Emlyon, is pleased to present a virtual business concept competition for African undergraduate and graduate students. The competition challenged student teams to design a viable business concept that addresses a locally-relevant challenge or problem related to sustainable development and Agenda 2063. The focus of the competition was to promote and support responsible capitalism for emerging markets and to identify high potential young people for mentorship and investment. 

Over 80 student teams from 34 institutions in 15 countries across Africa have signed up to participate. Join us as we celebrate the power of entrepreneurship in sustainable development and celebrate the work of all the student teams as well as announce the winning project.

The competition was designed with the following values in mind:

  • A commitment to the importance of responsible entrepreneurship and its role in job creation
  • An international outlook
  • A commitment to ethical business practices
  • A strong interest in young people in emerging markets and the role that business can play in creating opportunities that enable them to develop
  • A believe that business is a public trust with the obligation to improve and serve society
  • A commitment to lifelong learning and continuing education

The awards ceremony virtual event will feature a line-up of notable speakers, an introduction to the international panel of investors and judges and announcement of the winning team. The awards ceremony event will be open to the public.

Host

  • Rob Vember

    Director, Programs & Partnerships
    Global Business School Network
    South Africa

Speakers

Registration

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Registration is open to all Africa Business Challenge participants and the general public.

Questions

For any questions or concerns, please email Maddie Handler at mhandler@gbsn.org.

Business Schools and the Democratization of Artificial Intelligence

DATE & TIME

May 18, 2021

10:00 am–11:00 am (EDT)

4:00pm – 5:00pm (CEST)

LOCATION

This event will be hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Maddie Handler, mhandler@gbsn.org

REgister Here

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds a lot of promise. But although AI has all the potential of a new general-purpose technology, it also has the potential to create new problems, cause accidents, and to be misused. The latter has in recent years led to various global initiatives to establish common frameworks for the ethics, regulation and governance of AI. Business schools can make a valuable contribution to these, as this webinar, looking at AI from both scholarly and practitioner perspectives, argues. 

Under the term ‘democratization’ of AI, three challenges for the governance of AI stand out wherein business schools can, through their teaching, applied research and broader business-community engagement, contribute. The first is to help accelerate the diffusion of human-centered AI. The second is to contribute to the debate on the design of appropriate and strong incentives for adherence to ethical and fair AI development, and the third is to pursue green AI. If these three challenges can be addressed, it may help ensure that the benefits of AI be broadly shared.

This webinar, organised by Cork University Business School at University College Cork, Ireland in collaboration with the Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA) will provide an introduction and overview of the current initiatives and thinking in this regard. 

Speakers

Date

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

  • 10:00am Washington D.C.
  • 3:00pm London
  • 5:00pm Geneva
  • 7:30pm Mumbai
  • 10:00pm Singapore
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