EVENTS

9:00 Putting the Managerial Basics in Place9:00 - 11:00The session will explain how to measure performance in degree provision; how to balance the programme versus programme portfolio view; how to interact with academic departments; how to control and manage the value chain from marketing to placement and how to deal with the teaching & learning administration on the university level and centralized services.Speakers: Sami Saarenketo

11:00 Coffee break11:00 - 11:30Coffee break

11:30 Managing the Impact & Engagement Agenda11:30 - 13:00The session will be focused on how to engage with external stakeholders and which strategies are particularly effective; how to manage work-placement and project work from a relevance/impact perspective; how to enrich pedagogy with stakeholder-facilitated mentoring and coaching?Speakers: Ulrich Hommel

13:00 Lunch13:00 - 14:00Lunch

14:00 Managing the Change Agenda – Innovation & Pedagogy14:00 - 15:30The session will answer how to manage curricular updating and innovation; how to move from traditional delivery to innovative formats such as flipped classrooms?Speakers: Jordi Diaz

15:30 Coffee break15:30 - 16:00Coffee break

16:00 Managing the Change Agenda – Technology16:00 - 17:00The session will give answers on how to use learning platforms effectively; what is the right blend in blended learning; how to plan multiple pathways including online provision; what are the implications for infrastructure development and many more.Speakers: Jordi Diaz

17:00 Break17:00 - 17:30Break

17:30 Group Activity17:30 - 19:30Group Activity

19:30 Networking Dinner19:30 - 22:00Networking Dinner & Exploration of Tallinn

09:00 Leading the Provision of Degree Programmes09:00 - 10:30This session will move from leading oneself to leading others; it will explore which leadership approaches work and why and how typical leadership traps can be avoided?Speakers: Steven Poelmans

10:30 Coffee break10:30 - 11:00Coffee break

11:00 Leading the Provision... (continued)11:00 - 12:30This session will move from leading oneself to leading others; it will explore which leadership approaches work and why and how typical leadership traps can be avoided? Speakers: Steven Poelmans

12:30 Wrap-up12:30 - 13:00Wrap-up

13:00 Lunch13:00 - 14:00Buffet Lunch

9:00 Contextualizing the Brain Balance 9:00 - 10:30The first session will emphasize the importance of brain-friendly work methods, in particular in third-generation organizations. Participants will better understand the role of “brain balance in boosting performance as measured by typical KPIs. They will also be introduced to the general framework of keeping the brain balanced and gain insight in the basic neuroscience principles underpinning this framework (e.g. the see-saw, brain resilience and meta- cognition principles).

10:30 Coffee Break10:30 - 10:45Coffee Break

10:45 Attention Axis: Focusing versus Disconnecting 10:45 - 12:30The session will be focused on the first paradoxical axis, focusing vs. disconnecting. Participants will take a closer look at how different brain circuits are activated to generate and maintain mental attention. As a result, participants will develop a better understanding of how to improve their focus maintenance. They will also acquire key techniques that will enable them to disconnect from major obstacles in their professional life cycles in order to profoundly connect with their families and loved ones.

12:30 Activity Axis: Sleeping versus Exercising12:30 - 15:00The third session will focus on the second paradoxical axis, sleeping vs. exercising. Participants will study the different stages of the sleeping process and will learn how to use certain mechanisms to improve their mental resilience through physical exercise. We will analyze the plethora of benefits for the brain which can be gained from activating and deactivating the body. Participants will further practice specific techniques and skills aimed at improving the quality of sleep and the effectiveness of physical exercise.
This session includes a lunch break from 13:30 till 14:00

15:00 Coffee Break15:00 - 15:15Coffee Break

15:15 Directional Axes: Reflecting versus Relating15:15 - 17:30The session will focus on the third paradoxical axis, reflecting vs. relating. The term “to reflect” is often confused with the term “to disconnect”. Therefore, the session will elaborate on the differences. It will also provide practical skills and the general capacity to reflect by mastering different meditation techniques. In the process, participants will learn and develop methods to boost the immune system for providing social support at work.

17:30 Break17:30 - 17:45Break

17:45 Inhibition Axis: Playing versus Routining17:45 - 19:15The last chapter of the Brain Balance serves a double purpose. In the first part of the session, participants will learn why playing and routining are important for the health and the development of the brain by connecting the dots of intrinsic motivation, positive mood, neuroplasticity and sustained high performance. In the last part, they will successfully apply the principles of playing and routinizing by developing a “model action plan” that comprehensively tackles commonly underestimated factors explaining why action plans do not get executed properly and without a sufficient degree of perseverance.

9:00 Quality, Impact and Accreditations9:00 - 12:00EFMD Quality Services offers a portfolio of services supporting business schools in their efforts to achieve market recognition. It consists of institutional accreditation (EQUIS), degree programme accreditation (EPAS), online course certification (EOCCS) and an institutional mentoring scheme (EDAF). The second part of the workshop introduces participants to these offerings with special focus on their commonalities and distinctive features. Participants will learn how to utilize these services effectively as part of their institutional development strategy. (the workshop includes a half-hour coffee break)

12:00 Lunch12:00 - 13:00Lunch Buffet

8:40 Opening Ceremony8:40 - 8:50Opening CeremonySpeakers: LIN Zhongqin

8:50 Plenary Session: Impact and Change 8:50 - 11:40The business school’s impact can thus be discussed in terms of three main aspects: Academic impact, Corporate impact and Social impact. Each of these may be evaluated on the business school’s measurable achievements in fostering entrepreneurship, producing program innovation, and supporting not only leading- edge academic research, but also research that has a powerful effect on globalized business practice.
Therefore, how should we develop a mission-guided work agenda to increase business schools’ impact? What is the effect of the impact agenda on business schools? How it may through its activities bring real positive changes to the world? These are questions that business schools around the world are engaged with, and that impel all our opportunities for future progress.Speakers: Chen Fangruo, Chris Styles, François Ortalo-Magné, Soumitra Dutta

12:00 Lunch12:00 - 13:20Lunch

13:30 Parallel Session A1: The Business School's Impacts on Social Development13:30 - 16:00Through corporate impact, social impact, or governmental impact, the business schools are contributing in changing the culture, policy, economics, business, and technology, and promoting the social development through its impact. Nowadays, business schools are more and more recognizing the importance of putting the mission-driven impact development into its agenda. Those schools seek impact beyond just innovation and knowledge creation; they seek to foster social responsibility, ethics and responsible leadership as well.Speakers: Andrei Sharonov, Emerson de Almeida, Errol D Souza, Hirokazu Kono, Vincenzo Vinzi

13:30 Parallel Session A2: The Corporate Impact of Academic Research 13:30 - 16:00Even though there are few widely acknowledged quality standards for research practice, and few definitions of what constitutes good research, business schools broadly conclude that academic research makes substantial impact on the corporate world. Comparing with seeking more publishing in top journals, the business schools and professors are investing increasing efforts on working with practitioners, to develop the real business cases, to provide business consultancy, to transfer the management knowledge into commercial products. The relevance between business school’s academic research and its impact to corporate world, is interesting to study. Speakers: Kalok Chan, Marianne Lewis, Øystein Thøgersen, Soo Young Kwon, WEI Jiang

13:30 Parallel Session A3: Evolution and Opportunities: Integration between Schools or between Companies in Emerging and Developed Economies13:30 - 16:00Session content and description Business education originally evolved in the West, but has since then developed in various countries and regions along with the local economic and business development. But differences in local context, along with the natural tension of globalization vs. localization, is an ongoing and challenging topic. Many business schools or companies in the BRICs have developed successful international strategies, but the integration between schools or between companies in emerging countries and in developed countries can definitely progress further, to meet both the local and the global challenges.
Moderated by Santiago ÍñiguezSpeakers: Branislav Boričić, Dan LeClair, Nick Van Dam, Piet Naude, Santiago Íñiguez, XIANG Bing

16:00 Coffee break16:00 - 16:30Coffee break

16:30 Corporate Speeches16:30 - 17:30Corporate SpeechesSpeakers: ZHANG Ruimin

19:00 Gala dinner19:00 - 21:00Gala dinner

9:00 Parallel Session B1: Do Business School Rankings Mirror its Impacts?9:00 - 11:40The widely recognized international rankings include those conducted by the Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, The Times Higher Education World Reputation, QS World University, the Financial Times and US News . Business schools widely and increasing seek to be recognized as “world-class”. But is global competition pitting business schools against one another into a global academic arms race? Does rankings competition really promote business schools’ appropriate impact, and do the rankings themselves assess such impact? Can rankings participation distract business schools from their missions and appropriate impact? In this session, rankings professionals and other authorities will share their thoughts on this important topic.Speakers: Alex Chisholm, Helen Barrett, Idalene Kesner, LIU Niancai

9:00 Parallel Session B2: What is the Impact in the Vision of International Organizations in Business Education Industry?9:00 - 11:40The "Impact" is being more and more focused by business school standards of leading international accreditation systems such as AACSB, EFMD, AMBA etc. Why do those business education organizations value the business schools' impact as a significant sector of business education? How they assess the impact - on measurable outcomes? Are these methodologies effective in driving increasing relevant and powerful impact in not only academia, but in the corporate and social environments as well? This session will invite leaders from recognized organizations in business education industry to share their viewpoints.
Moderated by Kar Yan TamSpeakers: Ali Elquammah, Andrew Main Wilson, Eric Cornuel, Michael Desiderio, Tom Robinson

9:00 Parallel Sessions B3: How can business school better nurture leaders? 9:00 - 11:40What makes a successful leader? The possible answers have been subject to debate for centuries, but at least one thing is certain: while students can learn a lot about leadership in business schools, the learning shouldn’t end on graduation day. Educating tomorrow’s leaders requires providing them with the ability and the inspiration to capture lifelong learning opportunities – on and off the job. Are the leadership programs currently offered at many business schools successful? To what degree can leadership be taught at all? In this session, we will invite business school deans to share their viewpoints on the topic with the conference audience.Speakers: Ali Dastmalchian, Bharatendu Nath Srivastava, Dipak Jain, Mills Soko, Robert Kennedy

12:00 Lunch12:00 - 13:30Lunch

8:30 Registration8:30 - 9:00Registration

9:00 Welcome9:00 - 9:15WelcomeSpeakers: Dorota Dobija, Eric Cornuel, Stepan Muller, Witold Bielecki

9:15 Geopolitical changes and implications for the future development and management education9:15 - 10:45The fourth industrial revolution and geopolitical changes are constantly altering the existing modus vivendi of the management education. Higher education is in the early stages of a fundamental transition and it needs to shift its course of action in order to tackle the challenges effectively. The session will highlight the global changes the society is facing today and the ways they affect the management education.
Moderator of the session: Prof. Andrzej K. Koźmiński, Kozminski UniversitySpeakers: Andrzej K. Koźmiński, Grzegorz Kolodko, Tomas Sedlacek

10:45 Coffee break10:45 - 11:15Coffee break

11:15 Responses from CEE companies11:15 - 12:30Global challenges are not only impacting higher education, they are reshaping the business world as well. What are the required skills for tomorrow’s jobs and how can business schools teach them effectively? What are the ethical implications of changes in the labour market? The session will highligh those impacts and impart real examples of engagemnet from the business’ prospective.
Moderator of the session: Prof. Robert Rządca, Kozminski UniversitySpeakers: Artur Racicki, Barbara Skrzecz-Mozdyniewicz, Daniel Mzyk, Karol Zarajczyk, Robert Rzadca, Valery Katkalo, Żaneta Berus

12:30 Lunch12:30 - 14:00Lunch

14:00 Discussion Forum 114:00 - 15:30How to build an international brand in higher education?
In a globalized world, it is entailed to learn from other business schools, to partner with them and to utilize networks to the benefit of the institutional stakeholders. Two eminent business school executives will tackle the quality & value dimensions of internalization.Speakers: Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Grzegorz Mazurek, Simon Mercado

14:00 Discussion Forum 2 14:00 - 15:30Impact. What does it mean?
What does it mean and how to measure impact? How do you keep an impact mindset in developing your strategy? The session will provide examples and good practices on how to build a social impact on local and international level.Speakers: Julie Perrin-Hallot, Michel Kalika, Zita Zoltay Paprika

14:00 Discussion Forum 314:00 - 15:30Education 4.0
In a globalised environment and with constant changes, business schools need to explore how to embrace technological revolution that is impacting the way students learn and need to transform the educational journey to meet employers’ future needs. The session will address the innovations in higher education sphere: new technologies, disruptive education and digitalization.Speakers: Anne Berit Swanberg, Maciej Madzinski, Vera Alexandrovna Rebiazina

15:30 Coffee break15:30 - 16:00Coffee break

16:00 Wrap up from the discussion forums16:00 - 16:30After the coffee break, the participants will go back to the main conference room to wrap up the ideas & impressions from all three sessions.

16:30 Implications for management research16:30 - 17:30The session will tackle the challenges and implications that affect management research on European scene.
Moderator of the session: Prof. Dorota Dobija, Kozminski UniversitySpeakers: Dorota Dobija, Michael Haenlein, Thomas Durand

19:00 Gala Dinner19:00 - 22:30Gala Dinner at Restauracja Concept 13

8:30 Registration8:30 - 9:00Registration

9:00 Moving from Change Acceptance to Effectual Transformation9:00 - 10:30There is broad consensus that business schools need to become more impactful, technology-embracing, network focused, etc. The bridging from change acceptance to institutional transformation has however proven challenging for many business school leaders. This session will develop the argument that effectual action may be the way forward. It involves targeted opportunity seeking and deliberate small steps forward rather than grand scheme mapping of a business school’s future. Based on concrete examples from the business school community and other industries, this session will explore how this approach can help schools benefit from change and move them out of the first-mover disadvantage trap. It involves different attitudes towards innovation and professional development within business schools and novelness applied to community building and stakeholder management.Speakers: Andreas Altman, Jari Kuusisto, Konstantin Krotov, Kostas Axarloglou, Ulrich Hommel

10:30 Coffee break10:30 - 10:45Coffee break

10:45 One Europe, One World?10:45 - 12:00The session will pose and answer the actual questions in the European higher education and management development spheres. How do higher education institutions walk hand in hand with the business world, and how do they meet current market demands?
Moderator of the session: Sylwia Hałas, Kozminski UniversitySpeakers: Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Mitja Jermol, Sylwia Hałas, Tatjana Volkova, Witold Bielecki

12:00 Vision of the Future12:00 - 13:00Back to the Future? Can we anticipate the innovations and new discoveries? The session will take us on a journey to the future where we will have the unique opportunity to envision ourselves in the new model of education and workplace.
Moderator of the session: Prof. Grzegorz Mazurek, Kozminski UniversitySpeakers: Eric Cornuel, Grzegorz Mazurek, Mario Spremic

13:00 Lunch13:00 - 14:30Lunch

14:30 OPTIONAL SESSION: Data Management on Accreditations, Academ by RimaOne14:30 - 15:30Accreditation processes require schools to collect and report a plethora of information on their faculty teaching and research, and many more. Collecting this data from various sources within the institution can be cumbersome and resource-intensive. In this webinar, we will explore hurdles and best practices for data collection and management and how a faculty management system such as ACADEM can support schools these processes.

ACADEM is a comprehensive web-based software solution for faculty and research data management. It allows institutions to manage all their accreditations and rankings in one place and produce the appropriate statistical reports (e.g. for EQUIS and EPAS). ACADEM also provides modules to manage Syllabus, Assurance of Learning, Faculty Workload, students’ Competencies and ePortfolio. More than 80 business schools in over 23 countries around the world work with ACADEM.

09:00 Presentation II09:00 - 09:45“Immersive, Interactive and Practical:
Using multimedia cases and simulations to engage students in online programs”Speakers: Martin Rich, Martín Rodríguez

09:45 Workshop I09:45 - 10:30Designing Interactivities for Online Programs
An example on use of simulations in business and management education from a corporate perspective.Speakers: João Matoso Henriques

10:30 Coffee break10:30 - 11:00Coffee break

11:00 Panel I11:00 - 11:45Best Practices in Maximizing Engagement in Online TeachingSpeakers: Ignacio Gafo, Margherita Pero, Paul Hunter

11:45 Panel II11:45 - 12:30Learning Analytics in the Online ContextSpeakers: Lisa Day, Matt Jenner, Thomas Jackson

12:30 Lunch12:30 - 13:30Lunch

13:30 Presentation III13:30 - 14:15Online Programs : Initiatives for Lifelong LearningSpeakers: Karine Le Joly, Martin Bicknell

14:15 Live Streamed Workshop II14:15 - 15:15“Teaching e-Teachers”Speakers: Casey Cross, Sarah Brearley

15:15 Coffee break15:15 - 15:30Coffee break

15:30 Panel III15:30 - 16:30Challenges of Online Learning in the Corporate Environment
How to engage learners in the corporate world and stimulate them to complete a course?Speakers: Carolina Jeux, Khristina Ripak, Liz-Ann Gayle, Lyubitsa Gelev, Tyra Malzy

16:30 Closing Remarks16:30 - 17:00Closing RemarksSpeakers: Keith Pond, Martin Boehm