Recognized as one of the world’s biggest & the best MBA education conference, 5th edition of International Business School Shanghai Conference (IBSSC) Shanghai will be hosted by the Antai College of Economics and Management (ACEM) Shanghai Jio Tong University on October 9 & 10, 2014 with MBAUniverse.com as its International Media Partner. To shed light on the theme ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Management education’ IBSSC Shanghai conference will draw 100+ deans and directors from the best global B schools, heads & regional heads from International Accreditation Organizations, Industry, Academia, Govt Education Authorities The conference will also see the participation of best minds from World to discuss the conference theme.
Presidents and Vice Presidents, Deans/Directors/Rectors, Associate Deans from leading b schools/colleges/Universities in the world; directors in International Relations, International Accreditations, and top executives from International Organizations in business education industry can attend the conference.
IBSSC Shanghai is a biennial event that began in 2006 and has now become one of the most important forums on MBA education in the world. Key note speakers at the conference include Prof. Eric Cornuel, CEO and General Director of European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD); Andrew Main Wilson, Chief Executive, Association of MBAs; Prof. Eileen Peacock, Senior Vice President and Chief Officer Asia, AACSB International; Prof. ZHOU Lin, Dean of Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Prof. William Boulding, Dean of Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA; Prof. Alfons Sauquet, Dean of ESADE Business School, Spain; Prof. Soumitra Dutta, Dean of Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, USA; Prof. CAI Hongbin, Dean of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University; Mr. YU Gang, Chairman & Co founder of Yihaodian; Prof. Jean-Michel Blanquer, President of ESSEC Business School, France; Prof. Fiona Devine, Dean, Manchester Business School; Prof. Emerson de Almeida, President, Board Committee Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil; Prof. Chris Styles, Dean, UNSW Australia Business School ; Prof. Steef van de Velde, Dean, Rotterdam School of Management, Netherland; Prof. Colm Kearney, Dean of Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Australia; Prof. Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño, Dean of IE Business School, Spain (TBC); Prof. Hirokazu Kono, Dean of Keio Business School; Prof. WU Xiaobo, Dean of School of Management, Zhejiang University; Prof. Yury Fedotov, Managing Director, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University, Russia.
Mr Amit Agnihotri, Chairman MBAUniverse.com and Convener Asian management Conclave will chair the session on ‘Future of Management education: Emerging Opportunities for Asian B-schools’ at Shanghai conference on October 9, 2014.
The session will see the participation of Prof. Hellmut Schutte, Dean and Vice-President, China Europe International Business School; Prof. Young-Ryeol Park, Dean, Yonsei University School of Business, Korea; Prof. Sergey Myasoedov, Vice-Rector, Russian Presidential Academy (RANEPA); Prof. LI Kouqing, President Shanghai National Accounting Institute; Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi, Director, Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), India; Dr Arfah Salleh, President UPM Putra Business School, Malaysia; Prof. XU Xinzhong, Dean Lingnan College (University), San Yen-San University; Prof. Donyaprueth Krairit, Dean School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Prof. Assylbek Kozhakhmetov, President, Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan
With the current changes in accreditation standards of international accreditation systems, the quality of business education is gaining more definitions in the new era. Now the innovation and sustainability of education, impact on society are more widely recognized. Apart from the discussion on theme topics session to discuss the trend of the new accreditation standards and how business schools will respond to it will also be held at Shanghai conference. Chief Representatives from international accreditation organizations including AACSB, EFMD, and AMBA, as well as officers from Chinese MOE who are responsible for the Chinese Advanced Management Education Accreditation, will discuss the new accreditation standards from different perspectives.
Highlights of IBSSC Shanghai 2014
- Keynote addresses by 100+ Deans of highly ranked Management institutions in the world
- The conference will foster discussion on the latest developments in innovation and entrepreneurship.
- The conference will focus on “Future of Management education: Emerging Opportunities for Asian B-schools”
- Exchange of view points to arrive at the future course of action on parallel discussion topics “Why Business Schools’ Innovation Education is driving sustainable development” and “Business Schools’ education about Entrepreneurship”.
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