GBSN Events

The Jobs That Don’t Yet Exist: FinTech

LOCATION

Online, Zoom

DATE & TIME

Tuesday 27 September | 11:00am ET

CONTACT

Emma Martens, emartens@gbsn.org

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Session #3 FinTech

The task of universities and business schools is “to prepare graduates for jobs that do not yet exist.” These jobs of the future are being created right now by leading businesses worldwide.

In the third session of this Innovation Series Korn Ferry and GBSN are excited to host Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-Founder of CFTE, an online learning platform that strives to help new-age professionals reimagine the role of technology through education. In this session we will discuss The Fintech Job Report which analyzes  the skills required to join this new sector, the consequences for individuals already in finance, and the ramification of the industry. Additionally, we will explore what business schools need to know about the potential job roles, and the relevant employability skills to ensure their students are successful in this ever changing industry. We encourage business students and alumni, as well as the staff and faculty who are helping them navigate careers in a rapidly changing world to join us for this interactive session.

Speakers

Date & Time

Tuesday, 27 September

11:00am – Washington DC
10:00am – Lima
4:00pm – London
5:00pm Geneva /Cape Town
6:00pm Nairobi
8:30pm Mumbai
11:00pm Singapore
12:00am+1 Tokyo

About the Partner

About Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm that works with its clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. Korn Ferry helps them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers.

Its 10,000 experts in more than 50 countries deliver on five core areas: Organization Strategy, Assessment & Succession, Talent Acquisition, Leadership & Professional Development and Total Rewards.

More information visit www.kornferry.com


click here to learn more about this innovation series

Sustainable Finance & ESG Investments Seed Class

DATE & TIME

Wednesday & Thursday, 24&25 August, 2022

7:00am – 8:30am EST

LOCATION

Hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Julie LaBelle, jlabelle@gbsn.org

REGISTER HERE

Sustainable finance and ESG impact investment are amongst the most potent tools to help address some of the fundamental challenges that modern society is facing. 

On Wednesday and Thursday,  24-25 August at 7:00am EDT, GBSN for Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing Impact Community will be hosting a two day Seed Class designed to explore ways to integrate values and skills associated with ESG investing into curricula. There have been challenges associated with how to integrate ESG into teaching, research, and operations across our academic communities. Our goal with this initiative is to “plant seeds” around ways to incorporate sustainable finance in a more holistic way.

The GBSN for Sustainable Finance & ESG Investment IMPACT Community serves as a forum for taking Sustainable Finance to the next level. The goals of this Impact Community are to improve the perception and the management of risks and opportunities associated with ESG factors, contribute to unlocking sustainable financial flows and positively impact the societies in the developing world, and making local businesses more perennial and sustainable. With the GBSN mission in mind, this Impact Community aims to increase awareness and support from a North to South perspective and to increase cooperation from a South to South perspective.

Date & Time

Wednesday & Thursday, 24 & 25 August

  • Singapore: 7:00 PM
  • Beijing: 7:00 PM
  • Sao Paolo: 8:00 AM
  • Washington DC: 7:00 AM
  • Lagos: 12:00 PM
  • Cape Town: 1:00 PM
  • Dubai: 3:00 PM
  • Mumbai: 4:30 PM

Moderator

Professors

  • Viviane Torinelli

    Co-Founder Brazilian Alliance of Sustainable Finance and Investments (BRASFI)
    Guest Professor FDC for Sustainable Finance and Investment
    Brazil

  • Felipe Calderon

    Head, Washington SyCip Graduate School of Business
    Asian Institute of Management (AIM)
    Philippines

Agenda

Day One (90 mins) Wednesday, 24 August (7:00am EDT /12:00pm BST/ 11:00pm SGT/ 12:00pm WAT)

Goals of the Impact Community 

Aditya Singh, Director, Athena School of Management, India

Session A: Banks as Drivers of Sustainability 

Felipe Calderon, Head, Washington SyCip Graduate School of Business, Asian Institute of Management, Philippines

Small Group Discussions 

Closing Remarks

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Day Two (90 mins) Thursday, 25 August 25 (7:00am EDT /12:00pm BST/ 11:00pm SGT/ 12:00pm WAT)

Session B: From ESG Risk to Sustainable Finance and Investment

Viviane Torinelli, Co-Founder Brazilian Alliance of Sustainable Finance and Investments (BRASFI), Guest Professor FDC for Sustainable Finance and Investment, Brazil

Small Group Discussions 

Closing Remarks & Call to Action 

Registration

This virtual informational session is free of charge, but seats are limited. Please secure your participation by registering using the button below.

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About GBSN Impact Communities

GBSN Impact Communities bring together scholars and business practitioners to address management and entrepreneurship challenges relevant to emerging economies. This creates knowledge, experiences, and relationships. Interest in forming learning communities is growing, with new ones emerging in human rights, sustainable energy, healthcare, and community-engaged learning.

Learn More About Impact Communities

Jobs That Don’t Yet Exist: Urban Air Mobility

LOCATION

Online, Zoom

Date & Time

Wednesday, 27 July | 9:00am ET

CONTACT

Emma Martens, emartens@gbsn.org

Register

Session #2: Urban Air Mobility

The task of universities and business schools is “to prepare graduates for jobs that do not yet exist.” These jobs of the future are being created right now by leading businesses worldwide.

In the second session of this Innovation Series Korn Ferry and GBSN are excited to host Esina Alic, CEO of Res Novae Group and former President and CEO of Insitu Inc, an unmanned aviation company, to explore the urban air mobility jobs that don’t exist yet. We will discuss how this industry developed, the current landscape of the unmanned industry, and how companies are continuing to innovate. Additionally, we will consider the hard and soft skillsets business schools need to equip their student with to help them be competitive in the urban air mobility sector. We encourage business students and alumni, as well as the staff and faculty who are helping them navigate careers in a rapidly changing world to join us for this interactive session.

Speakers

  • Esina Alic

    CEO
    Res Novae Group
    USA

  • Grace Chew

    Principal, Regional Account Lead and Program Director
    Korn Ferry
    USA

Date & Time

Wednesday, 27 July

9:00am – Washington DC
8:00am – Lima
2:00pm – London
3:00pm Geneva /Cape Town
4:00pm Nairobi
6:30pm Mumbai
9:00pm Singapore
10:00pm Tokyo

About the Partner

About Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm that works with its clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. Korn Ferry helps them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers.

Its 10,000 experts in more than 50 countries deliver on five core areas: Organization Strategy, Assessment & Succession, Talent Acquisition, Leadership & Professional Development and Total Rewards.

More information visit www.kornferry.com

Click here to learn More about This innovation Series

ABCC Kick-Off Event 2022

Join us in celebrating the kick-off of this year’s Africa Business Concept Challenge! Throughout the event we discuss the overview of the competition, hear a few tips, important competition information, and teams receive guidance from judges for their developing projects, centering the factors that would make a project effective within their community and high-scoring in the competition.

A few gems from the event included Judge Joanne Mwangi-Yelbert, CEO of the PMS Group Ltd in Kenya’s suggestion: “It needs to be a solution for the same old problem, but a different approach. Which has to be replicable, scalable, must be easier, faster, and cheaper. That’s the only way that it will be effective for their community.” and Judge Austin Okere, founder of the Computer Warehouse Group PLC in Nigeria notice that “People think that entrepreneurs as people that are looking for spaceships solutions, no, especially in Africa where the problems are basic. Any solution that solves a problem in a way that enables you to have that impact and is commercially sustainable; you are the entrepreneur.”

If you weren’t able to celebrate live with us, please enjoy the full playback recording at your leisure!

What is the Africa Business Concept Challenge?

The Africa Business Concept Challenge intends to assist young people from the African continent who have an entrepreneurial orientation, a desire to serve their community, and demonstrate the values outlined below. With a focus on promoting responsible capitalism, the competition will identify high potential young people for mentorship and investment.

Learn More!

Talent for Africa: The Business of Sustainable Development

Africa accounts for 17% of the world’s population yet emits less than 5% of the world’s carbon emissions. Africa boasts a massive talent population, but also demonstrates the highest rate of education exclusion. It is a continent rich in resources, talent potential, and innovation, but lacks the necessary tools to expand its portfolio in sustainable ways. 

Session four investigated the various components of sustainable development, from female participation in the workforce to healthcare resources to relevant education, and what the continent is doing to address some of these broader goals. 

Africa is leading the way in the business of UN Sustainable Development Goal relevancy, but what is holding its people back from success?  This session explored relevant struggles in the integration of the SDG initiatives, as well as provide an engaging discussion of what can be done going forward to achieve these broader goals.

Date

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

  • 5:00am MST
  • 7:00am EST
  • 1:00pm WAT
  • 2:00pm SAST
  • 3:00pm EAT

Speakers

  • Carl Manlan

    Development practitioner and Social Impact leader

    United Arab Emirates

  • Mamokgethi Phakeng

    Vice-Chancellor
    University of Cape Town
    South Africa

  • Tavneet Suri

    Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics
    MIT Sloan School of Management
    USA

Talent for Africa: Powering Digital Transformation

Digital transformation plays a central role in the sustainable development of Africa. Yet the continent does not yet have the tech talent to enable this transformation. How do we develop the skills to support the needed investment? How can business, academia, government, and civil society work together to create an environment that unlocks the full potential of Africa’s aspiring entrepreneurs? Can business schools and universities take the lead in connecting diverse talent needed to accelerate innovation? Join this session to consider these and other important questions in this fifth session of the Talent for Africa Forum.

Africa is rising as a global player and is a true beneficiary in the global arena and we are here to celebrate that, as well as help the rest of the world to benefit from it.

Date

Wednesday, 17 March 2021

  • 5:00am MST
  • 7:00am EST
  • 12:00pm WAT
  • 1:00pm SAST
  • 2:00pm EAT

Speakers

  • Philip Thigo

    Director for Africa
    Thunderbird School for Global Management, Arizona State University
    USA

  • Kizito Okechukwu

    Board Vice President and Interim President
    Digital Africa
    South Africa

  • Meriem Zairi

    Senior Managing Director MENA
    SEAF
    Morocco

Talent for Africa: The Future Workforce – Learning and Development in the 4th Industrial Revolution

Africa’s most powerful resource is its people. In a world of shrinking working-age populations, favorable demographics point to substantial opportunity within Africa. But there is no guarantee that the demographics will translate into greater prosperity.

Join us in this session, as we tackle some of the more pressing questions related to Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 

  • Does Africa have the capacity to educate the young while delivering on the growing needs for upskilling and reskilling the workforce?
  • How is technology changing the mix of knowledge and skills that African organizations need? 
  • What are the specific sector needs, such as health care, government, and finance?
  • How are new technologies, and increasing experiences in using them, creating new opportunities that make education both more effective and more accessible? 

Date

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

  • 7:00am EST
  • 1:00pm WAT/CET
  • 2:00pm SAST
  • 3:00pm EAT

Speakers

  • Rebecca Harrison

    CEO and Co-Founder
    African Management Institute
    Kenya

  • Enase Okonedo

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor
    Pan-Atlantic University
    Nigeria
    Board Treasurer

  • Nick van Dam

    Director, IE Center for Corporate Learning & Talent Management
    IE University
    Spain

Talent for Africa: Transformative Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Innovation and entrepreneurship not only increase productivity in existing industries and create jobs, they can transform economies and societies. This session focuses on developing talent for transformative leadership, the kind that can build a more inclusive and sustainable Africa.

Discussions explored the role of business and business schools as catalysts and enablers of innovation and entrepreneurship. It considers opportunities to strengthen collaboration across disciplines, borders, and sectors to enable Africa to leap ahead in efforts to achieve Agenda 2063.

Date

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

  • 7:00am PST
  • 10:00am EST
  • 4:00pm WAT
  • 6:00pm EAT

Speakers

Talent for Africa: Africa’s Talent Challenges in a Changing World

The first session aims to explore the changing global landscape for talent and the special challenges that Africa faces when it comes to developing leadership, management, and entrepreneurship talent. In this kickoff session, panelists will touch on the broad range of pressing talent challenges that will be had throughout the series and provide a bird’s eye view of how these relate to Agenda 2063, and the Africa that Africans want. 

Join us as we address issues such as Pan-African integration in a de-globalizing world, harnessing a youthful African workforce in an aging global society, AI and the impact of automation everywhere, developing relevant educational opportunities for African business, and so much more. 

Africa in the Context of the world invites the rest of the global community to hear from African leaders, themselves, and how we can work cohesively to truly create the future of the continent.

Quicklinks

Date

Tuesday, 19 January 2021

  • 8:00am EST
  • 2:00pm WAT
  • 3:00pm SAST
  • 4:00pm EAT

Speakers

  • Patrick Awuah

    Founder and President
    Ashesi University
    Ghana

  • Amadou Diallo

    CEO, Middle East & Africa
    DHL Global Forwarding
    United Arab Emirates

  • Caren Wakoli

    Founder & Executive Director
    Emerging Leaders Foundation Africa
    Kenya
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