EFMD to hold global Deans conference at ESADE in Barcelona
EFMD will hold their 2015 Deans & Directors General conference in Barcelona, Spain, from 29-30 January. The event will be hosted by ESADE Business School and chaired by Prof. Peter Moizer, Dean of the Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK.
"We are honoured to be hosting the EFMD Conference for Deans & Directors General," said ESADE Director General Eugenia Bieto. "This event will address a broad range of important educational issues and draw attendees from all over the world to ESADE and to the city of Barcelona. ESADE has been involved with the EFMD from its very beginning. This is an excellent opportunity to continue the discussion around the trends and implications of business education."
The conference brings together almost 400 Deans from 50 countries to share, exchange and debate on some of the key issues facing business education. The programme design includes a mix of plenary and breakout sessions with an outstanding line up of speakers that includes:
• Xavier Prats Monné, Director General for Education and Culture, European Commission
• Andrew Hill, Associate Editor and Management Editor, Financial Times, UK
• Javier Solana, President of ESADE Centre for Global Economy and Geopolitics, Former European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Former Secretary General of NATO
• Joaquin Almunia, Ex Vice President and Commissioner responsible for competition, European Commission
• Göran Bexell, Former Vice Chancellor, Lund University, SE
• Sangeet Chowfla , President and Chief Executive Officer, GMAC - Graduate Management Admission Council®, US
• Raj Dhankar, Vice Chancellor, Ansal University, IN
• Manola Sanchez, Dean School of Business, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, CL
• Mohammed Seid, Chairman of Department of Management, College of Business and Economics of Addis Ababa University, ET
• Alfons Sauquet, Global Dean, ESADE, ES
There will also be a series of working groups covering themes such as: Developing Global Mind Sets; Branding and New Markets; International Research Collaboration; Enhancing the Quality of Business Schools; Is Being a Dean Good for your Career? Collegiality vs. Management: How to Manage Faculty? Do Business Schools Belong in Universities?
"We are delighted to be working with ESADE to bring our community of Deans together. Business education has challenges to face, but it also has a great deal to celebrate from engaged students and faculty, developing startups and incubators, mixing skills and mentors, fostering a sense of entrepreneurship, helping local communities and widening access to underprivileged students to name but a few", said Prof. Eric Cornuel, the CEO and director general of EFMD. "The conference allows for an open debate on the day-to-day challenges of being a Dean and on how business education can continue to have a profound impact on the stakeholders it serves."
