Motivated to address the most pressing needs of society and enabled by digital innovation, business schools have been redefining the boundaries of their work.
That is the context for GBSN Beyond. We invite you and your organization to get involved and make a difference for the developing world—and gain visibility for being a leader and change maker in business education. The COVID-19 outbreak continues to cause disruption to business schools across the world. Even while struggling to ensure academic continuity and protect our students, faculty, and staff, we must continue to serve our communities. Business schools can and should have a positive impact during the crisis and in shaping the world that will emerge from it. For that, we need your organization’s engagement and support.
GBSN Beyond is a set of international experiences organized in three tracks designed for business school Students, Faculty, and Administrators, culminating in a collaborative virtual event November 9-13, 2020.
Support GBSN Beyond: Virtual Conference Reimagined to affiliate your organization with a dynamic, innovative experience that draws the attention of students, faculty and leaders from academic institutions and industry professionals from all over the world. Your support also helps GBSN continue its important work ensuring the developing world has the management talent it needs to generate prosperity.
GBSN Beyond will convene global leaders in academia, industry, and civil society to collectively explore the critical role of business and entrepreneurship education in our global future. Participants will look ahead and consider our futures Beyond the Classroom, Beyond Graduation, and Beyond Administration of our schools by sharing ideas and opportunities for generating greater global impact, especially in the most rapidly growing and developing areas of the world.
Benefit packages over you the opportunity to build your organization’s reputation with students, faculty and leaders in global higher education.
Be Noticed
Exhibit
Reach new audiences and solidify existing relationships by exhibiting at GBSN Beyond’s Virtual Exhibit Hall. Showcase your products and messages across all digital platforms and in the the virtual exhibit hall.
Advertisements
Promote your organization by including content, resources, services products in our GBSN Beyond Backpacks and engage with attendees on the virtual platform.
Make a Difference
Institution Benefactor
Support students, faculty, administrators and entrepreneurs from the developing world by offering them the opportunity to participate in GBSN Beyond by becoming an institutional benefactor.
The value
high-visibility branding opportunities
interactive virtual exhibitor elements
logo placement across digital platforms
seamless networking and building connections
support faculty, students, and administrators from the developing world
complimentary access to all GBSN Beyond sessions and actives
live attendee engagement
Actively engage in the GBSN mission and vision
lead generation and data analytics
contribute to COVID-19 initiatives
reach global audience of students, faculty, academic leaders and industry professionals
Event Sponsorships
Signature Sponsor ($15,000)
Event Sponsor ($10,000)
Track Sponsorships
Track Sponsor ($7,500)
Supporting Sponsor ($5,000)
Institutional Benefactor
Member ($2,500)
Non-Member ($5,000)
Sponsored Amenities
Beyond Virtual Backpack
Be the branded sponsor of the GBSN Beyond Backpack, the digital event bag shared with each attendee. The Beyond Backpack will feature content, resources, services and products from sponsors, institutions, and partners. Formats can be video, audio, documents, etc.
Virtual Entertainment
We all miss the ability to experience live performance. The power of technology allows us to offer live performances to a larger global audience. Support your local artist or performer by sponsoring a recorded performance to play during the virtual event Nov 9-13. These can include, recorded musical performances, dance, watch party, etc.
Health and Well-Being Session
With social distancing being encouraged, participants from all over the world are struggling with maintaining a healthy lifestyle through this global crisis. Sponsor a health and well-being session for all participants to enjoy. These can include, yoga, meditation, healthy habits, science of well-being, etc.
Digital Resources (In-Kind)
Be the organization to offer your digital resource to all GBSN Beyond attendees.
Association Partner
Become a GBSN Beyond association partner and offer your network the opportunity to engage with global leaders in academia, government, and industry to collectively explore the critical role of business and entrepreneurship education in our global future.
Brand visibility across all three tracks and the virtual event Nov 9-13
Logo placement in GBSN Beyond digital marketing
Logo, link on the GBSN Beyond website
Opportunity to offer your members a 10% discounted registration rate
Opportunity to include content in the GBSN Beyond Virtual Backpack
Complimentary access for staff members
Why should I sponsor or partner?
Supporting GBSN Beyond allows you to:
Actively engage in the GBSN mission and vision
build and develop relationships with influential high-level educators, business figures, and leading students and faculty
forge partnerships with education institutions and industry
build awareness and maximize exposure of your organization, products and services to all attendees
observe and discuss the latest data, market trends and research findings on the future of global management education and the impact of COVID-19
present your product, message, organization or self on a global level from one platform
The reason that we partner with GBSN is because we share a common worldview. Most notably, we have the common goal of developing leaders who can apply international best practice with local relevance. We do this as a business, but we also do it as philanthropy.
Michael Bzdak, Corporate Contributions, Johnson & Johnson
Contact Us: If you are interested in any sponsorship or partnership opportunities, or if you would like to discuss other opportunities to support activities that enable the creation of new knowledge, provide meaningful experiences, and build relationships that can transform management education, as well as provide broad visibility to your organization as a champion and change maker for economic and social development.
For leaders in higher education who want to lead their institutions and make a positive impact on society
GBSN Beyond is the premier global experience for business schools and universities. It involves students, faculty, and administrators in three parallel tracks and culminates in an international conference that brings the community together for meaningful discussions and activities, and fun too.
The Leaders Track engages deans, associate/assistant deans, chairs, and directors across functions and disciplines to solve problems, as well as learn and develop leadership skills Beyond Administration.
Core Experience: Leadership roundtables focus on important and challenging areas of development for business schools and universities
Leadership development webinars and learning opportunities
Digital transformation workshop exclusive for deans
Networking opportunities
Participation in the virtual GBSN Annual Conference, November 9-13, 2020
Health & Well-Being Sessions
Participants will engage several important areas of development for business schools and our network. These take the form of roundtable discussions from which reports will be developed, discussed, and finally presented during the culminating GBSN Beyond Virtual Experience. Leaders in this track gain value by sharing ideas while working together towards recommendations.
Since content has become more accessible, experiential learning has become more essential to learning. How do we up-our-game and provide meaningful experiences from which students learn? What have we been learning by adapting to COVID-19, when residential work on projects and internships became impossible? What new opportunities are being created by technology and new business models? How are these developments evolving in emerging economies? These and other questions will be addressed in this roundtable.
The Role of Business Schools in Building More Inclusive Societies
Inequality has been increasing in almost every country in the world, with far-reaching consequences and largely detrimental impacts. This roundtable considers the role of business schools in fostering more inclusive growth in the communities they serve. We will explore existing efforts, including social innovation programs, financial literacy and inclusion initiatives, research collaborations, outreach programs, and other innovative programs with an eye toward scaling, collaborating, and inventing. Join this roundtable to connect with institutions that are doing their best to step up this challenge.
Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Business Schools
How is the Fourth Industrial Revolution changing the way we think about and build entrepreneurial ecosystems? Has the gravitational pull of established hubs been weakening or getting stronger? What do the answers to these questions mean for the way academic institutions, especially business schools, interact with business, governments, and NGOs to catalyze and support entrepreneurship? What role do the Sustainable Development Goals play? What about schools in the Global South? This roundtable considers these questions and more, as participants share insights, ideas, and strategies. Join this roundtable to learn from peers around the world, as well as to help shape the future role of business schools.
For students of business and management who want to learn and make a positive impact on society
GBSN Beyond is the premier global experience for business schools and universities. It involves students, faculty, and leaders in three parallel tracks and culminates in an international conference that brings the community together for meaningful discussions and activities, and fun too.
The Student Track engages undergraduate and graduate students across disciplines to solve problems, as well as learn and develop career opportunities Beyond Graduation.
Core Experience: Team competition focused on a local humanitarian logistics challenge
Career development activities and opportunities
Access to Virtual Career Fair and associated networking
Learning development workshops and webinars
Participation in the virtual GBSN Annual Conference, November 9-13, 2020
Health & Well-Being Sessions
In the spirit of accessibility and inclusivity, we are introducing an institutional rate which allows an unlimited number of persons (students, faculty, and administrators) per institution to register and participate in all track activities and the virtual event – reflecting our commitment to supporting schools during these challenging times.
Before registering as an individual, please check with your institution to see if your organization is already registered. The registration form will provide a link to the list of registered institutions.
GBSN and the HUMLOG Institute have worked together to bring students a team-oriented, interactive digital competition experience, that drives solution development in their own backyard. We are moving beyond the traditional competition and allowing for absolute creativity and exploration for sustainable humanitarian solutions. We hope you, as participants, are inspired and implement much-needed change in your local communities.
Workshop: Learning in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Even while learning has risen in importance, almost everything about it is changing. Once straight forward questions about what we should learn, and when and how we should learn it, are getting more complex and challenging. In this workshop, Dr. Dan LeClair will explore the changing landscape of management education and what it means for anyone who aims to make a living and a difference in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Workshop: Learning with Cases Online
Learning with cases may be a new and challenging experience for you. In this session our experienced case method tutor, Scott Andrews, will ensure it becomes an enjoyable one too. He will help you to understand how to approach a case, know how to identify and analyze key issues and participate confidently in class discussions – whether they are online or face to face.
Workshop: Building Your Online Brand to Attract Your Future Job
Social Media recruitment has proliferated in recent years as employers and recruiters found a more direct route to reach potential candidates. As individuals with an ever increasing digital footprint, job seekers are frequently reminded to practice good digital ‘hygiene’. While graduates might be encouraged to perform an audit of their online profiles before actively pursuing opportunities, in increasingly divisive times, who becomes the arbiter of what is deemed ‘acceptable’ content?
Student Track Schedule: October 1-31
Schedule is subject to change.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1 DEADLINE: Competition Team Sign-Up
2 Student Networking Session
5 Webinar: Introduction to HUMLOG Student Competition
6
7 Workshop: Learning in the 4th Industrial Revolution
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9 Networking Session
12
13 Localized Career Fair
14 Localized Career Fair
15
16 HUMLOG Competition Open Q&A Session with Organizers
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20 Workshop: Building Your Online Brand to Attract Your Future Job
21 Virtual Yoga
22 Graduate Program Meet & Greet
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26 HUMLOG Competition Pitch Information Session
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29 Graduate Program Meet & Greet
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Contact
For any questions or requests, please email Maddie Handler, Program, Coordinator at mhandler@gbsn.org.
A Reimagined Experience, For A Repositioned World.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Global Business School Network reinvented its Annual Conference. Instead of a two-day face-to-face event, GBSN curated experiences involving three parallel tracks across seven weeks culminating in the virtual event, November 9-13, 2020.
These experiences during October were designed to engage Students, Faculty, and Administrators at institutions of higher learning and partner organizations. Each track had a core experience, accompanied by professional development workshops, networking sessions, and webinars. The culminating virtual conference brought these groups together through a program including keynotes, panel discussions, workshops, roundtable discussions, social activities, and more.
GBSN Beyond registered participants continue to have access to all conference materials including session recordings, agenda items, speaker and participant profiles, etc. Click here to go to the virtual event platform Pathable.
Nearly 150 Speakers From Around The World
Relative to the in-person event originally planned, GBSN Beyond set out to achieve two major objectives:
Move the Needle on Our Mission
Design a platform to accelerate development of new programs for improving management education for the developing world.
Be More Inclusive
Involve more schools and more people, especially those underrepresented at global Management events.
Together with all stakeholders, the network achieved these objectives. GBSN Beyond registrants totalled more than 2500individuals, from over 110institutions in 50 countries. Participants looked ahead, considering our futures Beyond the Classroom, Beyond Graduation, and Beyond the Administration of our schools by sharing ideas and opportunities for generating greater global impact, especially in the most rapidly growing and developing areas of the world.
Core Experiences
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Faculty Track
In partnership with Capsim, the Faculty track offered a faculty simulation lab experience. Simulation creation via the CapsimInbox program, helped participants bring their research, data, and cases to life. Participants utilized regionally and culturally relevant content to develop scenarios focused on soft skills, cross-cultural management, and critical ESG issues etc.
BEYOND GRADUATION Student Track
GBSN, in partnership with Hanken School of Economics’ Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute (HUMLOG), presented students with a solutions focused team competition. Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students from around the globe had the opportunity to solve problems in their regions and communities related to medical or food sourcing and delivery issues.
BEYOND ADMINISTRATION Leadership Track
The Leadership Track engaged business school leaders with rich dialogues considering several important areas of development for business schools and our network. These took the form of roundtable discussions from which three reports were developed, and published during the culminating GBSN Beyond Virtual Conference.
PLAY THE FACULTY MICROSIMULATIONS
LEARN
Explore award winning business curricula…
EXPLORE THE HUMLOG CHALLENGE SOLUTIONS
ENGAGE
Celebrating member schools going above and Beyond…
DOWNLOAD LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE REPORTS
CONNECT
It’s not too late to join the continuing conversation…
The 2019 GBSN Annual Conference was a huge success. Over 170 leaders in business education, industry, development and government gathered in Lisbon, Portugal to participate in a 3-day conference on Measuring the Impact of Business Schools, co-hosted by the Nova School of Business and Economics.
The conference was sponsored by Monash Business School, Johnson &Johnson Foundation, Hanken School of Economics, Cabells Scholarly Analytics, MIT Sloan School of Management, CarringtonCrisp, ETS Global, Global Engagement Institute and Absolute Internship.
We had the pleasure of welcoming:
148 institutions from 46 countries from Mexico, Colombia, Thailand, Indonesia, Kenya, Ghana, Denmark, Finland, Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, Australia.
Colleagues from the private sector, including Johnson & Johnson and Ecobank
Peer organizations, including representatives from AACSB International and EFMD Global
The role of business in society is changing rapidly, especially in emerging markets. While continuing to act as an engine of economic growth, an increasing number of companies, large and small, are adopting notions of shared value creation and taking a larger stakeholder view of the firm. There is agreement that businesses can address social as well as economic challenges effectively and efficiently in partnership with governments. This view is reflected in the explicit incorporation of business as a change agent in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Compact initiative. Student attitudes also reflect this shift. More students aim to make a positive impact in the world and are seeking careers that share these values. [1]
The above trends are relevant for schools in both developed and developing countries. Examples abound of business schools embracing this new and wider role actively, questioning traditional (probably more Western) views. They do that through consulting, applied research, experiential learning or by acting as catalysts of economic and social change. In this changing context, the question arises of how business schools can assess their relevance and impact in the economy and society at large, including a wider range of stakeholders (students, local communities, NGOs, policy makers, corporations, governments, entrepreneurs, etc.) This central question of impact assessment forms the focal point of discussion in the GBSN 2019 Annual Conference.
Some important questions that will be addressed include:
How are business schools changing their positioning and services against this new role of business and society?
Which impact measurement methodologies are being used by schools and businesses and what are their advantages and shortcomings?
How should the current ranking systems change to more adequately capture the broader role of business schools in the economy and society?
