What Will The Business Education Jam Explore?

To envision the future of business education, we will focus on certain areas of interest to spark a global discussion. These 10 major forums will unite industry and business schools to find innovative solutions to issues of relevance, research, and technology.

Join any and all of the forum discussions that catch your eye anytime throughout the Jam or when a VIP Guest is scheduled to log on. Jam Forum Hosts will log on several times during the Jam to the forum that most closely aligns with their expertise.

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Forum #1

Supporting 21st Century Competencies

Educating a competent global workforce

How can academia and industry collaborate to identify and support the development of critical competencies?

Today’s global economy requires a changing array of knowledge, skills, and competencies. Which competencies are needed by industry and how will academia respond to these new requirements? How will academia maintain relevance by co-innovating with industry (instead of being independent)?

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Forum VIP’s

Scott Simon

Former Managing Director of PIMCO
Wed 10/1, 6:30pm - 7pm EST

Matthew Robb

Partner at Parthenon
Wed 10/1, 4pm - 5pm EST

Jacob Chacko, PhD

Dean, College of Business Administration, Abu Dhabi University
Wednesday 10/1, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST

Joe LiPuma, DBA

Author, Educator, Commentator
Chat: Wed 10/1, 9:00am - 9:30am

Soumitra Dutta, PhD

Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean, Professor of Management and Organizations, Cornell University
Forum Host

Peter Wexler

Cofounder, SpiderCloud Wireless
Forum Host

Assylbeck Kozhakhmetov, DBA

Rector of International Business Academy
Wed 10/1, 9am - 10am EST

Arthur Brooks, PhD

President, American Enterprise Institute
Wed 10/1, 4pm - 4:30pm

Fernando J. Fragueiro, PhD

President, Austral University
Wed 10/1, 2:30pm - 3:30pm EST

Richard K. Lyons, PhD

Dean, Haas School of Business, University of California – Berkeley
Wed 10/1, 12pm - 1pm EST

Marie Wilson, PhD

Pro Vice Chancellor (Business and Law), University of South Australia Business School
Wed 10/1, 2pm - 3pm EST
Chat: Wed 10/1, 11am - 11:30am EST

Claire Preisser

Senior Program Manager, Business and Society, The Aspen Institute
Wed 10/1, 10am - 11am EST

Roger Martin

Premier’s Chair in Productivity & Competitiveness and Academic Director, Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman Questrom School of Business
Wed 10/1, 10am - 11am EST

Sean M. Belka

Senior Vice President and Director of the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, Fidelity Investments
Wed 10/1, 4pm - 5pm EST

John B. Reid-Dodick, JD

Chief People Officer, Dun & Bradstreet Corp.
Wed 10/1, 5pm - 6pm EST

Todd Fisher

Member & Chief Administrative Officer, KKR
Wed 10/1, 5pm - 6pm EST

James Post, PhD

John F. Smith, Jr. Professorship in Management, Boston University Questrom School of Business
Forum Host

Ashwini Kakkar, PhD

Vice Chairman, Mercury Travels, Chairman of Via.com, Ambit Corporation and the Fight Hunger Foundation
Wed 10/1, 7am - 8am EST

John North

Director of Global Operations, Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative
Wed 10/1, 4am - 5am EST

Ananth Rao, PhD

Chief Academic Officer, Professor, University of Dubai
Wed 10/1, 5pm - 6pm EST

Jamie P. Merisotis

President and CEO, Lumina Foundation
Wed 10/1 4pm - 5pm EST

David Weil, PhD

Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, United States Department of Labor, Peter and Deborah Wexler Professor of Management, BU Questrom School of Business (On Leave)
Wed 10/1, 10:30am - 11:30am EST

Ulrich Hommel PhD

Director of Research & Surveys, Senior Advisor in the Quality Services Department, EFMD
Wed 10/1, 9am - 10am EST

Lin Zhou, PhD

Dean, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Wed 10/1, 8am - 9am EST

Sri Zaheer, PhD

Dean Carlson Questrom School of Business, University of Minnesota
Forum Host

Michael Wright

Global Chief Information Officer, McKinsey & Co.
Wed 10/1, 1pm - 2pm EST

N. Venkatraman, PhD

David J. McGrath Jr. Professor of Management at Boston University Questrom School of Business
Forum Host

Howard Thomas, PhD

LKCSB Distinguished Term Professor of Strategic Management, Management Education Director, Academic Strategy and Consulting Unit, Singapore Management University
Forum Host

Rebecca Taylor, PhD

Dean and Professor of Economics, The Open University Business School
Wed 10/1, 11am - 12pm EST

Jeffrey Selingo

Contributing Editor, “The Chronicle of Higher Education”; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University
Wed 10/1, 9am - 10am EST

Peter Rohan

Senior Member of Ernst & Young’s Education Industry Group
Forum Host

George Pappas

Chancellor of Victoria University
Wed 10/1, 7pm - 8pm EST

Martin Nisenholtz

Former Chief Digital Officer, The New York Times Company
Forum Host

Dan LeClair, PhD

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, AACSB
Forum Host

Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño

Dean of IE Business School and the President of IE University
Forum Host

Adolf Ho

CEO, Classic Management Consultants Ltd, Associate Adjunct Prof. of Marketing, HKUST
Tues 9/30, 9:30pm - 10:30pm EST
Chat: Wed 10/1, 9:30 pm - 10:00 pm EST

Lynda Gratton, PhD

Professor of Management Practice, London Business School, Founder of The Hot Spots Movement
Wed 10/1, 10am - 11am EST

Thierry Grange

President of the Strategic Board, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
Wed 10/1, 9:30am - 10am EST

Donald Graham

Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, Graham Holdings Company
Wed 10/1, 3pm - 4pm EST

Vijay Govindarajan, PhD

Coxe Distinguished Professor, Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business
Wed 10/1, 8pm - 9pm EST

Pankaj Ghemawat, PhD

Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy, IESE Business School, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Global Management, Stern School of Business, New York University
Wed 10/1, 10am - 11am EST

Mary C. Gentile, PhD

Director of Giving Voice to Values, Sr. Research Scholar, Babson College, Sr. Advisor, Aspen Institute
Wed 10/1, 6pm - 7pm EST
Chat: Thurs 10/2, 9:00 am - 9:30 am EST

Michael J. Fenlon, PhD

US & Global Talent Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tues 9/30, 4pm - 5pm EST
Chat: Wed 10/1, 1:00 - 1:30 pm EST

Tamara J. Erickson

Founder & CEO, Tammy Erickson Associates
Wed 10/1, 7pm - 8pm EST

Ceree Eberly

Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer for The Coca-Cola Company
Forum Host

Deborah Dugan, JD

CEO, RED
Wed 10/1, 3pm - 4pm EST

Sangeet Chowfla

President & CEO, Graduate Management Admission Council
Forum Host

Robert A. Brown, PhD

President, Boston University
Wed 10/1, 2pm - 3pm EST

Della Bradshaw

Business Education Editor, Financial Times
Wed 10/1, 6am - 7am EST

Douglas L. Becker

Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Laureate Education Inc.
Wed 10/1, 4:30pm - 5:30pm EST

Andréa Backman, PhD

Senior Vice President & Dean, Jack Welch Management Institute
Wed 10/1, 12pm - 1pm EST

Anant Agarwal, PhD

CEO of edX, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Wed 10/1, 11am - 12pm EST

Richard Straub, PhD

President & CEO, Peter Drucker Society Europe, Senior Advisor IBM Global Education Industry, Director of Corporate Services & EU Affairs, EFMD
Wed 10/1, 9am-10am EST
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Forum #2

Increasing the Value of Management Education

Why pursue management education?

How can management education programs enhance value for students, employers, and industry?

Challenges to value are rising across all levels of education. What is the role of management education as a first or second degree? How will the emergence of specialized programs impact the MBA? How will management education change to provide increased value to stakeholders?

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Forum VIP’s

Ramon O’Callaghan, DBA

Dean of the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business
Thurs 10/2, 9am - 10am EST

James Ciriello

‎Associate Vice President, IT Planning & Innovation at Merck & Co.
Thurs 10/2, 5pm - 6pm EST

Matthew Burr

CEO & Co-Founder, Nomadic Learning
Chat: Thurs 10/2, 11 am - 11:30 am EST

Max Reinhardt

Worldwide President, DePuy Synthes Spine Companies, Johnson & Johnson
Thurs 10/2, 9am - 10am EST

Soumitra Dutta, PhD

Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean, Professor of Management and Organizations, Cornell University
Forum Host

Peter Wexler

Cofounder, SpiderCloud Wireless
Forum Host

Pamela Norley, JD

Executive Vice President of Fidelity’s Enterprise Relationships and Talent Groups, Fidelity Investments
Thurs 10/2, 3pm - 4pm

Padmasree Warrior

Chief Technology & Strategy Officer, CISCO
Thurs 10/2, 5:15pm - 6pm EST

James Post, PhD

John F. Smith, Jr. Professorship in Management, Boston University Questrom School of Business
Forum Host

L. Kevin Cox

Chief Human Resources Officer, American Express Company
Thurs 10/2, 7am - 8am EST

Steve Denning

Forbes contributor, Board Member of the Scrum Alliance
Tues 9/30, 3pm - 4pm EST
Chat: Thurs 10/2, 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Ben M. Bensaou, PhD

Professor of Technology and Operations Management, Professor of Asian Business and Comparative Management, INSEAD
Thurs 10/2, 2pm - 3pm EST

John A. Byrne

President, Editor in Chief, Poets & Quants
Thurs 10/2, 10am - 11am EST
& 3pm - 4pm EST

Sri Zaheer, PhD

Dean Carlson Questrom School of Business, University of Minnesota
Forum Host

Giselle Weybrecht

Bestselling author of ‘The Sustainable MBA: A Business Guide to Sustainability’
Thurs 10/2, 11am - 12pm EST

N. Venkatraman, PhD

David J. McGrath Jr. Professor of Management at Boston University Questrom School of Business
Forum Host

Howard Thomas, PhD

LKCSB Distinguished Term Professor of Strategic Management, Management Education Director, Academic Strategy and Consulting Unit, Singapore Management University
Forum Host

Susan E. Siegel

CEO, GE Ventures, Healthymagination & Idea Works
Thurs 10/2, 4pm - 5pm EST

David Schmittlein, PhD

John C Head III Dean, MIT Sloan Questrom School of Business
Thurs 10/2, 6am - 7am EST

Michael Salinger, PhD

Jacqueline J. and Arthur S. Bahr Professor in Management at Boston University Questrom School of Business
Thurs 10/2, 10am - 11am EST

Johan Roos, PhD

Dean, CEO and Managing Director, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS)
Thurs 10/2, 11am - 12pm EST

Peter Rohan

Senior Member of Ernst & Young’s Education Industry Group
Forum Host

Guy Pfeffermann

Founder & CEO, Global Business School Network
Thurs 10/2, 5pm - 6pm EST

Martin Nisenholtz

Former Chief Digital Officer, The New York Times Company
Forum Host

Dan LeClair, PhD

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, AACSB
Forum Host

Paul LeBlanc, PhD

President, Southern New Hampshire University
Thurs 10/2, 9am - 10am EST

Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño

Dean of IE Business School and the President of IE University
Forum Host

Mel Horwitch, PhD

Dean & University Professor, Central European University Business School
Thurs 10/2, 10am - 11am EST

Jeanette Horan

Managing Director, IBM Corp.
Thurs 10/2, 12:30pm - 1:30pm EST

Daniel Greenstein, DPhil

Director of Postsecondary Success Strategy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Thurs 10/2, 2pm - 3pm EST

Mary C. Gentile, PhD

Director of Giving Voice to Values, Sr. Research Scholar, Babson College, Sr. Advisor, Aspen Institute
Wed 10/1, 6pm - 7pm EST
Chat: Thurs 10/2, 9:00 am - 9:30 am EST

Ceree Eberly

Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer for The Coca-Cola Company
Forum Host

Clayton Christensen, DBA

Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Thurs 10/2, 9am - 10am EST

Sangeet Chowfla

President & CEO, Graduate Management Admission Council
Forum Host
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Forum #3

Engaging New-Generation Students & Employees

Management Education for the Millennials
How will industry and business education appeal to the talent and potential of millennials?

Today’s innovative generation will change industry and education. How will industry attract the brightest employees and graduates to management professions? How will schools educate the millennials (born digital and living | learning social), and how will industry cultivate and tap them as next-generation leaders?

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Forum #4

Producing Research with Impact

Management insights influencing practice

How will management research drive insights for industry best practices?

The research landscape, and the global marketplace, are changing. How can management research be better aligned to shape and influence management practice? How can research relevance be enhanced while maintaining rigor?

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Forum #5

Fostering Ethical Leadership

Lead with character and integrity

How can ethical leadership be fostered across business education & industry?

There is an increased focus on ethics from industry and the academy. What role should management schools and universities play in teaching ethics? What is the role of life-long learning in fostering ethical leadership? How can academia work with industry to broaden the understanding of ethical dilemmas in a global context? What is the next-generation frontier of research on ethics within management schools?

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Forum #6

Cultivating Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Management schools as innovation engines

How will future entrepreneurial leaders be developed?

Innovation drives growth. What is the collective role of industry & academic in innovation and entrepreneurship? How can industry and academia together develop the next generation of global business innovators? Could next-generation entrepreneurs emerge from management schools in addition to ‘garages’? Which facets of entrepreneurship can be taught? Which are learned?

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Forum #7

Driving Learning Experiences

Redesigning learning models and teaching methods

How can business education & industry collaboratively impact student learning?

Learning today comes in many forms. How can schools enhance student engagement and their educational experiences? How can schools better collaborate to enhance student engagement with industry? How can new models of experiential learning complement traditional modes of learning in classrooms? What innovative learning experiences are occurring within industry?

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Forum #8

Harnessing Digital Technology

Teaching and researching with digital technology

How will management education and research reflect the digital age?

Let’s face it: the digital age is here and there’s no turning back. How can we inform our research and inform our teaching through digital technologies? How will academia design management education and research activities for the digital age? How will academia work with industry to bring updated context and data to classrooms and learning/teaching methods?

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Forum #9

Challenging the Business Model of Education

Relevance and sustainability of management schools

How will management education be positioned and funded in the future?

There is tremendous pressure on existing higher education business models. What is the business model for management institutions in the future? How should management institutions be funded and operated? How will institutions maintain academic independence while enhancing value for industry through relevant research? How should academia work with other stakeholders going forward (funding agencies, governments, consulting organizations, for-profit universities, online educational models, etc.)?

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Forum #10

Evaluating Policy & Rankings

Regulation, reputation and rankings

How will policy, accreditation, and rankings influence the development of business education and business?

Business, and concurrently the education of business leaders, impacts most aspects of life for people across the globe. Rankings, policy, accreditation, and governanceshape the direction and perception of schools and businesses and touch a myriad of areas from quality assessment to ethical leadership to cost/benefit relationships. A thorough understanding of the challenges and triumphs of business education and the partnerships between academia and industry will inform policy decisions that have the power to shape the future leaders of our global economy.

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