Defining and implementing a long-term digital strategy is essential for business schools to keep up with current trends, become more sustainable, cost-effective and stay considered as centres of excellence. The Digital Strategies in Business Education Workshop is designed to support business schools in developing coherent, innovative strategies that leverage digital learning to modernise their educational models.
Key topics
This immersive workshop features two in-depth sessions focused on the future of business education. Key highlights include:
Teaching approach
The workshop employs a highly practical methodology that emphasises real-world application. Participants will engage with hands-on case studies and scenarios drawn from leading business education institutions, experiencing interactive sessions that showcase concrete examples of successful digital transformation. The program creates structured dialogue opportunities for exchanging ideas and sharing best practices, complemented by networking forums where potential collaborations between institutions can take root. Through guided action planning sessions, attendees will develop institutional roadmaps for digital transformation that respond to their specific contexts and challenges.
Digital Strategies in Business Education is ideal for deans, programme directors, digital learning specialists, and strategic planners from business schools committed to embracing digital innovation as a cornerstone of their future development.
By the end of the workshop, participants will:
Participants who successfully complete the workshop will receive a digital badge.
12:00 – 12:30
Welcome and introduction
12:30 – 13:15
Generative AI in action: How to improve Business School operations using GenAI?
13:15 – 13:30
Break
13:30 – 14:15
EU Lifelong learning strategies & Microcredentials
This session is focused on the European Union’s latest policies on lifelong learning strategies and microcredentials.
14:15 – 15:00
Example of a robust digital strategy: IE University Madrid
12:00 – 12:30
Introduction
12:30 – 13:15
Example of a robust digital strategy: London School of Economics
13:15 – 13:30
Break
13:30 – 14:30
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): The COIL model and its potential to promote cross-border collaboration
14:30 – 15:00
Wrap-up and closing remarks
Cancellations must be confirmed in writing. If EFMD is notified of your withdrawal by 1 October 2025, an administrative cancellation fee of 75€ will apply. After this date, we regret that no refunds can be issued. However, substitutions are allowed at no additional cost, provided EFMD is informed of the substitute’s name, title, and address. Event fees are not transferable to other EFMD events.
Please note that if payment (or proof of payment) is not received by 25 October, your name will not be included in the participants’ list.