1st Global Forum for Responsible Management Education
- Date: 4-5 December 2008
- Venue: United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York, USA View Google Map
- Participate in a global event to discuss how business schools and management-related academic institutions can get involved in the global agenda.
- Take part in a first-ever event of the academic world at UN headquarters, which will add global visibility and value to participants of the Principles for Responsible Management Education.
- Learn from your peers and committed experts about how your business school can provide real-world learning opportunities to create globally responsible business leaders who make the world a better place.
Who Should Attend?
- Deans and Directors of Centers and Programs of business schools and management-related academic institutions having signed the Principles for Responsible Management Education and representatives of other stakeholders: faculty and students organizations.
- Deans, Administrators, Directors of Centers and Programs interested in sharing views and experiences concerning PRME issues: sustainability, corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility in the curriculum, research and learning methodologies of management education.
- Senior business, policy and stakeholder leaders.
Conference Sessions Include:
Responsible Management: A New Frontier for 21st Century Management Education?
CEOs of leading sustainable and responsible global companies will present their views as to the professionals and corporate leaders needed in the new business environment.
Meeting 21st Century Business Challenges: Global Insights on New Skills, Competencies and Attitudes
World-class surveys on the expectations of companies and students concerning management education will be presented and discussed with participants.
Are Business Schools Participating in the Global Agenda?
Heads of the most relevant multilateral institutions will present their views on the pressing issues that form the global agenda, and will offer their perceptions as to how business school can contribute to finding solutions for today's global challenges.
PRME Implementation Sessions
In six break-out sessions, Deans and experts, chaired by high-level representatives of the PRME co-convening organizations, will discuss with participants the main findings of the PRME Working Groups on:
- How to Get Started with the PRME
- How to progress in Curriculum Change
- New challenges and perspectives in Research on Management
- Perspectives on New Learning Methodologies
- How to report on progress in the PRME initiative
- Business Schools as a space for dialogue and partnerships
The Global Forum will also include a plenary session on the future governance of the initiative, an official reception, with a presentation by the Mayor of New York (TBC) on sustainability and the city, as well as a final plenary session for which UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has been invited to address participants.
