The R.I.S.E. Forum -- now in its 12th year -- is an investment conference co-convened jointly by the University of Dayton and the UN Global Compact, sponsored by PRME, and held annually on the U.D. campus. 

Known as the largest student investment conference in the world, each year R.I.S.E. extends an invitation to business professionals to share in the first day of this two and one-half day event.

Plans are already underway in preparation for our R.I.S.E. XII Forum to be held March 29-31, 2012. Please check back in a few months for updates regarding speakers, panelists, and breakout sessions. In the meantime, students and faculty may address any questions to udrise@udayton.edu. Professionals may contact us at rise@udayton.edu.

The Arab Society of Faculties of Business, Economic and Political Sciences (BEPS) and The Faculty of Business and Commercial Sciences at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), in partnership with PRME, are organizing the conference: Crises, globalization, and governance: How to draw lessons?

VENUE: Faculty of Business and Commercial Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Kaslik, Lebanon
 

DATES: April 2nd and 3rd, 2012

Read the CALL FOR PAPERS, including Conference Themes and Paper Submission Details

CALENDER:

• December 28th, 2011: Deadline for receipt of full-paper propositions in electronic format addressed to: leayahchouchi@usek.edu.lb
• January 28th, 2012: Notification to authors of the approval or refusal of their paper.
• February 25th, 2012: Deadline for receipt of the corrected version paper for integration into Conference Proceedings.

PAPER SUBMISSION:

The official conference languages are French, English and Arabic. Thus, paper propositions can be drafted in these three languages.

Full-Paper propositions must be submitted in the form of eight to twenty five pages that embody the following:

• Author presentation: surname, name, institution, full address, telephone number, fax, electronic mail and brief biography.
• An abstract of around 500 words and 7 keywords referring to the central themes and concepts developed in the article.
• A title and plan of the article.
• An article written in Times New Roman 12, justified and A4 format. It must not exceed 25 pages with 1.5 line spacing, enclosing annexes and bibliography. Tables and illustrations must be inserted in the text and be numbered. The upper, lower and lateral margins should be equal to 2, 5 cm.

The scientific committee will evaluate the pertinence of each submitted paper in “double-blinding” according to the scientific norms in force, and will propose, if necessary, any suggested modifications.

All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings in a CD-Rom format. The scientific committee will keep the most pertinent papers for publication in partner participating journals, such as the Arab and Economic Business Journal, ‘La Revue Libanaise de Gestion et d’Economie’ (RELIGEC), or “Management et Avenir” journal.

CONTACTS:

• For any organization-related problem: leayahchouchi@usek.edu.lb
• For any scientific-related question: Dr. Nehme Azoury, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Commercial Sciences at USEK and Secretary General of the Arab Society of Faculties of Business, Economic and Political Sciences (BEPS): nehmeazoury@usek.edu.lb

International Management Teachers Academy, IMTA 2012, introduces a PRME-related disciplinary track

Following its commitment to PRME and responding to requests and suggestions from different parts of the world, the 13^th edition of the CEEMAN’s International Management Teachers Academy – IMTA, introduces a new disciplinary track on Teaching Business Ethics, CSR and Sustainable Development.

The two-week IMTA 2012, is scheduled for 10-22 June 2012 in Bled, Slovenia. The deadline for application is 15 February.

IMTA is an innovative faculty development program aimed at developing a new generation of management educators for the new generation of effective and responsible business leaders. The program, structured around the multiple role of faculty (teaching, research, consultancy, institution building), helps participants improve their knowledge, skills and attitudes related to general and discipline specific aspects of management education (Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Leadership and Change Management, Accounting

In the past 12 years 415 management educators from 126 institutions from 34 countries around the globe attended the program, which places a high emphasis on social responsibility of management educators. CEEMAN provides special scholarships for participants from Africa and Latin America.

The 3rd Global Forum for Responsible Management Education will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in conjunction with the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Earth Summit) and the Global Compact Corporate Sustainability Forum.

• In her keynote speech at the 2011 PRME Summit, H. Elizabeth Thompson, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Coordinator for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, highlighted the 3rd PRME Global Forum as the main platform for management schools to participate in the Rio+20 process.
• Registration details will be sent by invitation only in January 2012.

More information will be available on the Global Forum Page

View outcomes from the 1st PRME Global Forum

View outcomes from the 2nd PRME Global Forum

The 2^nd PRME Australia/New Zealand Regional Meeting will be hosted by Griffith Business School in Brisbane, Australia.

Read about the 1st PRME Australia/New Zealand PRME Forum

The 3rd PRME Asian Forum will be hosted by Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.

2nd PRME Asian Forum Page (November 2011)

1st PRME Asian Forum Page (May 2010)

Special Session on “PRME: Asian Perspective,” World Civic Forum 2009 Page (May 2009) 

PRME 안내책자 (Brochure in Korean)

PRME 介绍手册 (Brochure in Chinese)