16:00 – 17:00

Registrations

17:00 – 17:30

Welcome and introduction

• Hervé Penan, Dean, Toulouse School of Management, FR
• Friedemann Schulze-Fielitz, Director, Business School Services, EFMD
• Marion Fortin, Director of Doctoral Programme, Toulouse School of Management, FR and Audrey Rouziès, Coordinator for the doctoral programme in Strategy, Toulouse School of Management, FR (Conference Co-Chairs)

17:30 – 18:30

Opening Plenary – The future of doctoral research. Challenges and opportunities

• Anne Lee, Independent Academic Development Adviser and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Bristol, UK

18:30 – 19:30

Ice Breaking Activity – LOL ©

• Fariba Darabi, Postgraduate Research Tutor (PhD Programme Lead), Sheffield Business School, UK
• Vassili Joannidès de Lautour, Director of the Doctoral School, Grenoble Ecole de Management, FR

19:30

Welcome Cocktail

8:30 – 10:00

Addressing mental health issues

• Sanjay Rao, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, CA

10:00 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11:30

The recruitment challenge

• Ben Marder, Director of PGR Programmes, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK
• Ellie Lord, Account Director, FindAUniversity, UK
• moderated by Cédric Lesage, Director of the Doctoral Program, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, CA

11:30 – 12:30

Bring your own challenge (on mental health and recruitment)

• moderated by Elena Braccia, PhD Programs Manager, Stockholm School of Economics, SE and Sofia Vala, Executive Director for Faculty and Research, Nova School of Business and Economics, PT

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00

Building engaged communities

• Pawel Capik, Director of Doctoral Research, Bristol Business School, UK
• Marion Fortin, Director of Doctoral Programme, Toulouse School of Management, FR
• Thi Nguyễn, Doctoral Student in International Management, Toulouse School of Management, FR
• moderated by Scott Foster, PhD Programme Leader, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

15:00 – 16:00

Workshop on employability

• Dawn Duke, Head of Programmes, Africa Research Excellence Fund, UK

16:00 – 16:30

Break

16:30 – 17:30

Bring your own challenge (on engagement and employability)

• moderated by Scott Foster, PhD Programme Leader, Liverpool John Moores University, UK and Mark Saunders, Professor of Business Research Methods, University of Birmingham, UK

17:30 – 19:30

Time off (* beware, the boat will depart at 19:30 sharp. A walk to the pier will be arranged.)

19:30 – 21:00

Sightseeing cruise and dinner

9:00 – 09:50

Everything you always wanted to know about Generative AI but were afraid to ask

• Kiron Ravindran, Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Technology, IE Business School, ES

9:50 – 12:30

Embrace your own challenges – scenario planning exercise

• Carine Peeters, Associate Dean Strategy and Innovation, Vlerick Business School, BE

12:30 – 13:00

Closing remarks, announcement for the 2024 Conference

13:00

Lunch

The theme of this year’s Doctoral Programmes Conference is “embracing challenges in doctoral education,” and it will be approached from four key angles: mental health, recruitment, engagement, and employability.

If your institution or doctoral programme has had some successes around those topics, we want to hear from you! This call for contributions is for you, so please participate!

Early Bird Fee until February 24, 2023 (included)

• EFMD Full members: € 675 (€ 742,50 incl 10%VAT)
• EFMD Affiliated/Associate members: € 825 (€ 907,50 incl 10%VAT)
• EFMD non-members: € 975 (€ 1072,50 incl 10%VAT)

Normal Fee from February 25, 2022 until April 21, 2023 (included)

• EFMD Full members: € 875 (€ 962,50 incl 10%VAT)
• EFMD Affiliated/Associate members: € 1025 (€ 1127,50 incl 10%VAT)
• EFMD non-members: €1225 (€ 1347,50 incl 10%VAT)

Late Fee from April 22, 2023

• EFMD Full members: € 975 (€ 1072,50 incl 10%VAT)
• EFMD Affiliated/Associate members: € 1125 (€ 1237,50 incl 10%VAT)
• EFMD non-members: € 1375 (€ 1512,50 incl 10%VAT)

Please note that the payment needs to be made within the applicable fee deadline.

Please note that a discount of 25% applies for every third and further participant from the same institution. If you are the third person of your institution to register, please contact doctoral@efmdglobal.org to receive your registration link.

Cancellations must be confirmed in writing. If EFMD receives notice of your withdrawal before April 21, 2023, a cancellation administrative fee of (75€ local VAT) will be charged. Thereafter, we regret that we are unable to refund any fees. However, in such cases substitutes are welcome at no extra cost as long as EFMD receives notification of the name, title and address of the substitute.

Please note that until we have received your payment (or proof of payment) you won’t have access to the conference mobile app.

Please refer to the EFMD general policy and local authorities requirements to enter the country.

Should you need an hotel reservation for the duration of you stay, you may consider Le Grand Balcon Hotel where EFMD has reserved a number of rooms.

Price per night is 165€ 3.30€ city tax for a Privilege Room including breakfast. ( 9€ in case of double occupancy).

Please email info@grandbalconhotel.com or call 33.(0)5.34.25.44.09 to book your room.

EFMD Doctoral Conference should be quoted when you call or email to receive the rate.

Cancellation policy: all rooms are non refundable from April 24th, 2023