Agenda
The 2025 PRME Global Forum Agenda is subject to change.
*to be confirmed
08:00 AM-08:50 AM EDT
Breakfast provided
Lobby, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
08:50 AM-09:00 AM EDT
Video recordings from UN Leadership kick-off the day, including:
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
09:00 AM-09:11 AM EDT
Representatives from the organizer, partner, and supporting organizations of RME Week kick-off RME Week.
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
09:11 AM-09:15 AM EDT
Tima Bansal, Chair of the PRME Advisory Board, welcomes attendees to the PRME Global Forum on behalf of the Advisory Board.
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
09:15 AM-09:30 AM EDT
Speaker TBA
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
09:30 AM-10:30 AM EDT
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a shared blueprint for a sustainable and equitable future. However, achieving them requires leadership that transcends traditional boundaries, fostering collaboration between academia, business, and government. While each sector plays a critical role, systemic change can only be realized through strategic partnerships that align research, policy, and practice.
Academia generates the knowledge and talent needed to drive change, businesses bring innovation and scale, and governments create the enabling policy environments. Yet, challenges such as competing priorities, regulatory constraints, and differing incentives often hinder effective collaboration. This high-level thought leadership dialogue will explore how these sectors can work together to accelerate SDG progress, highlighting bold leadership approaches and innovative partnership models.
This session aims to move beyond discussion to inspire real action, equipping leaders with the mindset and tools needed to forge transformative partnerships for the SDGs.
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
10:30 AM-10:45 AM EDT
Coffee and tea provided
Lobbies on all floors, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
10:45 AM-12:00 PM EDT
Partner
This breakout session will introduce the audience to the deep impact AIM2Flourish has successfully created over the last ten years. Launched in 2015 at the PRME Global Forum, the AIM2Flourish program has transformed management education by engaging students to learn more about the power of business to do good. Using the lens of the UN Global Goals, students discover business innovations that are addressing global challenges, conduct appreciative style interviews with the business leaders/entrepreneurs to find untold stories and publish their stories on aim2flourish.com. Participants in this session can expect to learn more about how to incorporate AIM2Flourish into their classes as well as join us in the 10-year anniversary celebration of the program committed to showcasing businesses that are best for the world.
Room 225, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Teach
These sessions introduce innovative teaching strategies and course materials for embedding sustainability into management curricula. Educators will explore techniques for interactive and experiential learning, including covering case studies and collaborative projects, that bring sustainability to the forefront of business education.
Room 215, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Practice
Join us for a collaborative session to advance the Champions for Climate Leadership (C4CL) pedagogical initiative in support of the SDG 4 Manifesto. The session will focus on key deliverables for 2025, including transforming the C4CL Playbook from a static book into an open-access education resource, developing a conceptual framework for teaching and learning, expanding subject-specific teaching resources, and preparing a pedagogical paper for presentation at RMER 2025. Participants will join breakouts to discuss how we can leverage our networks effectively, integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), connect this work to the PRME Commons Platform, and mobilise knowledge to expand, sustain, and enhance the Playbook’s impact. Your insights and ideas will be invaluable in shaping these deliverables and ensuring their long-term relevance in responsible management education.
Room 325, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Research
This interactive session explores how storytelling and experiential learning can enhance sustainable business education. Using the winning cases from the PRME Sustainability Case Writing Awards, participants will see how real-world business dilemmas help students and executives develop responsible leadership skills.
In addition, the discussion will highlight the role of sustainability and playful learning, drawing connections between hands-on engagement and case-based learning. Educators will gain insights on integrating business cases and play-based methodologies to create more engaging, action-oriented learning experiences.
Room 315, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
12:00 PM-01:00 PM EDT
Lobbies on all floors, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
01:00 PM-02:00 PM EDT
This session would highlight a panel of expert speakers to allow a fruitful and engaging roundtable of discussions surrounding recent shifts in accreditation & ranking standards. PRME will share a unique lens on how to achieve societal impact through the usage of the SDGs as a framework in reporting to the PRME network. Here you will hear from experts in accreditation & ranking institutions on how to navigate these shifts of standards in the industry. Furthermore, we will highlight examples of best practices in the intersections between the PRME community, PRME Programmes, and reporting standards.
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
02:00 PM-02:15 PM EDT
Coffee and tea provided
Lobbies on all floors, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
02:15 PM-03:30 PM EDT
Teach
Be the Tipping Point (BEtp) is working with educators globally to transform business education for a sustainable future. Our partners include the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, International Association of Jesuit Business Schools, oikos international, global movement initiative, as well as many others. The session will demonstrate our approach - empowering educators to update their courses while also providing a community of like-minded change makers with the resources necessary for change – and give participants concrete tools for transforming their own teaching.
More here: https://grli.org/Tipping-Point/
Room 315, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Research
This session will foster the research community building by strengthening PRME’s role as a bridge between prestigious academic research, teaching, and practice communities. With a focus on developing institutional alliances, the session will explore opportunities to deepen collaboration between PRME and leading academic associations, networks, and management scholars worldwide. Participants will engage in interactive discussions on advancing responsible management research, shaping impactful scholarship, and integrating sustainability into management education. By identifying shared research priorities and fostering cross-regional connections, this session aims to build sustainable partnerships that elevate the role of management research in addressing global challenges and advancing the UN SDGs.
Room 325, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Partner
This workshop introduces PRME Chapter UK and Ireland’s Local Networks, seven regional fora where PRME Signatories collaborate, share best practices, and engage with the PRME Principles and UN SDGs at a more localised level. The Local Networks’ success shows how PRME Chapters and individual Signatory schools can partner with academic institutions, business leaders, policymakers, and students to respond to local needs and challenges. Participants will gain (1) understanding of the benefits of addressing the Principles of PRME at more localised levels; (2) inspiration from examples of the PRME Chapter UK & Ireland Local Networks; (3) opportunities to share their stories of localising PRME and generate ideas for future development; and (4) post-workshop blog collating key insights from our session
Room 225, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Practice
Globally about half of the SDGs are severely or moderately off-target, and SDG 4 – Quality Education has yet to show significant achievement. The PRME Champions have drafted a Manifesto to reaffirm their commitment to accelerate the implementation of SDG 4 through research, education and advocacy. We believe that the PRME Manifesto could be the catalyst to help identify collaborative strategies to amplify the achievement of SDG 4: Quality Education. This workshop is to (1) consult and obtain feedback on the current PRME Champions Manifesto; (2) identify potential revisions suggested by the PRME Signatories; and (3) examine how to implement the Manifesto in the PRME Community.
Room 215, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
03:30 PM-03:45 PM EDT
Coffee and tea provided
Lobbies on all floors, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
03:45 PM-05:00 PM EDT
Celebrate the achievements of the winners of the MarketPlace Real World Challenge from the 2nd African Research Initiative Conference (AfRIC) and the finalists and winners of the 2025 PGS Sustainability Awards while also providing a platform for them to demonstrate and inspire leadership in sustainability.
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
05:00 PM-05:30 PM EDT
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
05:30 PM-07:00 PM EDT
Open to PRME Signatories located in North America
08:00 AM-09:00 AM EDT
Breakfast provided
Lobby, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
09:00 AM-09:10 AM EDT
Announcement of the 2026 PRME Global Forum location and venue.
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
09:10 AM-10:30 AM EDT
The PRME Secretariat is excited to announce that we are expanding our programmatic work to reflect a more comprehensive and aligned approach to education. In this session we will explore various programmatic offerings that aim to advance education in the responsible management education (RME) space. We will introduce new resources in curriculum, pedagogy, research, and communities of practice available to our Signatory members. Join us in exploring these various opportunities and how you can implement them at your institution!
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
10:30 AM-10:45 AM EDT
Coffee and tea provided
Lobbies on all floors, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
10:45 AM-12:00 PM EDT
Teach
This session will dive deeper into the pedagogical and curriculum efforts of PRME. Here, participants will be able to engage with the various innovative resources in curriculum, pedagogy, research, and communities of practice that are launching in 2025. Expect to hear more about PRME’s programmatic offerings and engage with the PRME Secretariat to ask questions after the plenary session on programmatic work is presented. If you have interest in learning more about pedagogy, curriculum, Commons & reporting, or the other programmatic streams of PRME, join us to explore how you can implement these programmes in your praxis!
Room 325, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Teach
This session will offer an opportunity for those recognized in the six education award categories to present their work and follow up in community with a deep dive and knowledge sharing exercise at roundtables. The aim will be to share local practices that are relevant for PRME’s global audience, and offer inspiration for other educators, staff, and leadership. The categories of presentations and roundtables are Teaching & Pedagogy, Research, Outreach & Partnership, Student Engagement, Leadership, and Organizational Practices.
Room 315, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Partner
The Summit covers two topics: (1) How to best use PIR results in reporting on societal impact to PRME, AACSB and EQUIS; (2) What are effective ways to improve the societal impact of a business school across the institution, education, local engagement and research. PIR focuses on sharing practical insights from schools globally, and provides a space for participants to explore relevant solutions for their school. All PRME Signatory institutions are invited to join this session and to network with PIR schools. The PIR survey consists of a student and a faculty survey and takes place between September and March.
Room 225, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Practice
Sharing Information on Progress (SIP) reporting is a key commitment for PRME Signatory schools, as well as an important vehicle for engaging stakeholders. This session will present the initial findings from a PRME Champions project analysing the contents of over 150 SIP reports submitted in 2024 under the new reporting framework (“SIP 2.0”). It will draw attention to the strengths of the new approach, highlight areas for development, and seek to stimulate discussion on what makes for an “excellent” SIP report according to different stakeholder perspectives. A focus will be placed on offering actionable insights for the PRME community.
Room 215, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
12:00 PM-02:00 PM EDT
Lobbies on all floors, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
12:00 PM-02:00 PM EDT
Open to PRME Signatories located in North America
Room 319, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
02:00 PM-03:15 PM EDT
Teach
Panelists will discuss internationalization practices that foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas between Global North – Global South PRME Signatory Members. Discussions on interdisciplinarity will include complementarities and collaboration across different business disciplines (e.g. Marketing, Finance, etc.) and other domains (e.g. Design, Arts, etc.). The session will discuss some key questions related to fostering collaboration in business schools between departments and disciplines to sensitize and solve pressing problems of sustainability. The application of existing methods (e.g. case method) and methods that are transferrable in cross-cultural contexts (e.g. business tournaments, experiential methods, social immersion, etc.) for creating collaborative learning experiences will be discussed.
Room 315, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Research
This session will explore how the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) global network and its strategic partners are advancing credible and impactful research to strengthen responsible management education in alignment with PRME’s Teach and Research Principles. It will also discuss how business schools can balance academic rigor with societal impact while navigating pressures from rankings and marketization. By aligning research and education with appropriate incentives, Business Schools can reinforce their role as knowledge producers, enhance their societal contributions, and foster greater trust in management research and education within their ecosystem.
Room 325, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Partner
This session explores concrete examples of successful collaboration between PRME Signatory Members, PRME Chapters and UN Global Compact Country Networks, alongside the launch of a new report that dives into these collaboration models. Panelists representing PRME, PRME Chapters, UN Global Compact and Country Networks will share key insights from their experiences and discuss practical ways to strengthen future collaborations. Attendees will gain practical insights and fresh ideas to foster meaningful collaboration within their own networks.
Room 225, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
Practice
This workshop aims to contribute to the development of decolonising practice in situ within the global PRME community. It builds on the approach that the organisers have developed in implementing a decolonisation project in a British Business School in the last three years, summarised in a SAGE report which will be available at the event. It will offer participants the opportunity to concretely experience how creative methods can be used to come-up with a set of individual and collective actions towards decolonisation. The objective is also to springboard a formal community of practice to support the commitment of the PRME community to this global agenda.
Room 215, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
03:15 PM-03:30 PM EDT
Coffee and tea provided
Lobbies on all floors, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
03:30 PM-04:00 PM EDT
The 2025 Positive Impact Rating launch will feature 86 schools from 28 nations around the world. Featuring three, four, and five-star schools only, all rated schools are applauded for an exceptional performance in measurably providing a positive societal impact as perceived by their students. For the first time, the results will feature a comparative faculty perspective. PIR can now be used as a complete internal & external measurement tool for PRME, AACSB and EQUIS. Thomas Dyllick, Co-Founder of PIR and Michael Winter, Co-President of oikos-international will present the results and share highly relevant insights gained from a record 17,167 student voices.
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
04:00 PM-05:15 PM EDT
PRME is a global community committed to transforming management education and fostering responsible leadership. As we move forward, it is crucial to reflect on our collective insights, leverage our strengths, and align our actions with PRME’s strategic direction. Rooted in the 2025 Global Forum theme—Community and Commitment to Advance Global Responsibility—this session will highlight how our shared efforts contribute to a more sustainable and responsible future.
This session provides an opportunity for participants to engage with key findings from community discussions and collaboratively shape the future of responsible management education. By emphasizing the role of small, meaningful actions in driving systemic change, we reinforce the idea that our community underpins everything PRME does.
Designed to be interactive and engaging, this session will create space for open dialogue, idea-sharing, and collaboration. Attendees can expect to reflect on key insights from the community, explore how their contributions align with PRME’s broader mission, and engage in discussions that emphasize the power of collective action in advancing responsible management education.
This session will ensure that all participants, regardless of their role or location, feel empowered to contribute to PRME’s mission in ways that resonate with their institutions and regions. By keeping the language accessible and the structure interactive, we will create an environment where the community feels heard and inspired to take action.
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
05:15 PM-05:30 PM EDT
Verizon Event Space, The Verizon Executive Education Center, Cornell Tech
07:00 PM-09:00 PM EDT
Join us at the United Nations Headquarters for a special Awards Reception celebrating the outstanding contributions of students, educators, and researchers recognized during the PRME Global Forum and the RRBM Responsible Research Summit. This gathering honors innovation, impact, and leadership in responsible management education.
Sponsored by:
United Nations Headquarters
05:30 PM-07:30 PM EDT
Join us for an evening of networking and celebration of Responsible Management Education (RME) Week. This reception offers a unique opportunity to connect with thought leaders, educators, and practitioners dedicated to shaping the future of sustainable development through education. Network and celebrate the collective impact of the global RME community in advancing responsible leadership. This reception is included as part of registration for any one of the main events.
The Sanctuary, Roosevelt Island