16:40 – 17:00

Bus departure from Sheraton Porto Hotel

16:50 – 17:00

Bus pick up from Casa da Musica metro stop

17:00 – 17:30

Registrations

17:30 – 19:00

Ice-breaking activity

19:00 – 21:00

Welcome dinner

21:00 – 21:15

Return transfers to Casa da Musica metro and Sheraton Porto

08:15 – 08:45

Bus pick up from Casa da Musica metro stop

08:30 – 08:45

Bus departure from Sheraton Porto Hotel

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome & opening remarks

09:30 – 10:30

Opening plenary: Geopolitical tensions: where is the world going? Making sense of the current turmoil
How can business schools navigate the current context and how can they manage the impact of the associated risks? How can we provide students with the necessary awareness and skills to operate successfully in an increasingly complex international climate

• Laurent Griot, Professor of Geopolitics, Grenoble Ecole de Management, FR
• Phil Eyre, MBA Programs Director & Faculty Member, Grenoble Ecole de Management, FR

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45

What can we learn from other regions?
Speakers from other world regions share their perspective on the global context.

• Lana Emramly, Executive Director, Association of African Business Schools (AABS)
• Fine Leung, MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

11:45 – 13:00

Working groups: so what? How can business schools adapt to these tensions?
Participants will work in small groups to discuss how the input provided in the previous sessions can be applied in their MBA programmes.

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 15:30

Breakout sessions

Breakout 1:

ChatGPT goes to b-school: challenges and opportunities

The generative text tool, ChatGPT, hit the headlines earlier this year when it earned a B in Wharton’s Operations Management course.  Some see ChatGPT as the beginning of the end, others herald it as a positive revolution: where do you stand?

• Rebecca Loades, Director, MBA Programs, ESMT Berlin, DE

Breakout 2: Immersive Learning (Metaverse, virtual and augmented reality): Needs, challenges and opportunities

This session will explore the potential use of the Metaverse, VR and AR by business schools and present current examples.

• Alejandro Ameneiro, Director of Innovation, IE University, ES
• Martin Rodriguez Jugo, Director of IE Publishing & Online Programs, IE Business School & IE University, ES

Breakout 3: How an MBA futureproofs your Career

• Neelam Kaul, Careers Consultant, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK
• Julie Rosborough, MBA Portfolio Lead, Nottingham Business School, UK

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00

Breakout sessions repeated

Breakout 1:

ChatGPT goes to b-school: challenges and opportunities

The generative text tool, ChatGPT, hit the headlines earlier this year when it earned a B in Wharton’s Operations Management course.  Some see ChatGPT as the beginning of the end, others herald it as a positive revolution: where do you stand?

• Rebecca Loades, Director, MBA Programs, ESMT Berlin, DE

Breakout 2: Immersive Learning (Metaverse, virtual and augmented reality): Needs, challenges and opportunities

This session will explore the potential use of the Metaverse, VR and AR by business schools and present current examples.

• Alejandro Ameneiro, Director of Innovation, IE University, ES
• Martin Rodriguez Jugo, Director of IE Publishing & Online Programs, IE Business School & IE University, ES

Breakout 3: How an MBA futureproofs your Career

• Neelam Kaul, Careers Consultant, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK
• Julie Rosborough, MBA Portfolio Lead, Nottingham Business School, UK

17:00 – 17:15

Return transfers to Casa da Musica metro and Sheraton Porto

18:30 – 19:00

Bus departure from Sheraton Porto Hotel

18:40 – 19:00

Bus pick up from Casa da Musica metro stop

19:00 – 22:00

Conference dinner

22:00 – 22:15

Return transfers to Casa da Musica metro and Sheraton Porto

08:15 – 08:45

Bus pick up from Casa da Musica metro stop

08:30 – 08:45

Bus departure from Sheraton Porto Hotel

09:00 – 10:00

The MBA and the Value of Practitioner Engagement

Explore different structures and ways to engage and gain value from practitioners for your MBA. Discuss how Responsible Management content can be brought to life, achieving wins for the School, the students and the practitioners.

• Sarah Hardcastle, Founder, Hardcastle & Associates, UK
• Jackie Bagnall, Former MBA Director and Personal Transformations Lead, University of Exeter Business School, UK
  
• Pedro Viana, Advisor to the Dean and Vice-Deans, ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, PT

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 11:30

Feedback from the corporate world
Are we actually educating our MBA students to be decision-makers in the particular times and context we are operating in? What are the challenges & problems that MBA graduates are supposed to solve in organisations?

• Marta Cunha, Head of Transformation, Ombudsperson, SONAE, PT
• Luis Marques, Member of the Board, Chief Corporate Center Officer, Rangel Logistics Solutions & Director, EMBA, Católica Porto Business School, PT

11:30 – 12:15

Closing plenary

• Vanina Farber, Dean, EMBA & Professor of Social Innovation, IMD, CH
  

12:15 – 12:45

Closing remarks

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch

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4169-005 Porto,
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