PRME Asia Forum

Bridging Asian Perspectives with Global Responsibility

Asia is at the forefront of some of the world's most significant transformations, from climate change and technological innovation to shifting economic and social priorities. With its diverse cultures, perspectives, and traditions, the region also offers unique insights into how business and management education can contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive future. The first PRME Asia Forum began in 2010 and was held annually until 2016. We are delighted to be bring it back this year.

The 2027 PRME Asia Forum will bring together business school leaders, educators, researchers, students, business executives, and partners from across Asia and beyond to exchange ideas, strengthen partnerships, and advance responsible management education. It is a global event with a regional focus and all are welcome to join.

Under the framing Academia for Impact, the Forum will explore how education, research, and business can work together to address regional challenges and create meaningful societal impact. Through thought-provoking discussions, institutional dialogue, and opportunities for collaboration, participants will identify shared priorities and opportunities for action.

As part of RME Week 2027, the Asia Forum will serve as a bridge between regional and global perspectives, elevating Asian voices, experiences, and innovations to inform conversations throughout the week and contribute to the future of responsible management education worldwide. Participants can expect to:

• Engage in thought-provoking keynotes and panel discussions on responsible management education, artificial intelligence, ecological transformation, and the evolving role of business in society.
• Join business school deans, educators, researchers, students, and business representatives to exchange perspectives and strengthen regional relationships.
• Participate in a doctoral colloquium and research development discussions exploring emerging issues and opportunities for responsible management research in Asia.
• Engage in interactive dialogues connecting scholars, students, business leaders, and regional partners to explore shared challenges and new approaches to creating impact.
• Contribute to facilitated discussions identifying shared commitments, opportunities for collaboration, and priorities for advancing responsible management education across Asia.
• Help shape the insights and ideas that will carry forward into the PRME Global Forum and broader conversations throughout 2027 RME Week.

PRME Global Forum

As we celebrate 20 years of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), the 2027 PRME Global Forum invites educators, researchers, business leaders, students, and changemakers from around the world to come together in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to reimagine the role of business and management education in shaping a more sustainable and inclusive future.

Under the theme Bridging a Changing World, the Global Forum will explore the connections, tensions, and opportunities shaping our future: between East and West, North and South, business and academia, humanity and technology, and the progress of the past with the possibilities of tomorrow.

Through thought-provoking plenaries, interactive discussions, practical learning, and meaningful networking, participants will challenge established thinking, exchange ideas, build new relationships, and discover opportunities to turn shared ambitions into meaningful change.

The Global Forum is PRME’s annual flagship event that brings together PRME’s community and stakeholders to exchange knowledge and good practices on how to use the Principles of PRME as vehicles for transformation and advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Originating in 2008, this is the flagship annual event of the PRME community.

Whether you're looking to bring new ideas into your classroom, strengthen your institution's impact, connect with global peers, or contribute to conversations about the future of management education, the Global Forum offers a unique opportunity to learn, exchange perspectives, and make meaningful connections.

• Engage with bold ideas and global perspectives. Join thought-provoking discussions that challenge conventional thinking and explore emerging issues shaping the future of business, education, and society.
• Discover practical ideas you can put into action. Explore innovative approaches to teaching, research, institutional practice, and student engagement that you can bring back to your own institution or organization.
• Bridge academia and business. Connect with business leaders, companies, and representatives from the UN Global Compact and its Country Networks to exchange perspectives on real-world challenges, explore opportunities for collaboration, and strengthen the connections between management education and responsible business practice.
• Connect and collaborate with the global PRME community: Build relationships with educators, researchers, academic leaders, students, and partners from around the world. Engage with PRME Chapters, Working Groups, Champions, and Students, exchange best practices, and explore opportunities for research partnerships, educational initiatives, and cross-sector collaboration
• Help shape the future of management education. Bring your experiences and perspectives into conversations about the evolving responsibilities of business schools and how education and research can better serve society and the planet.
• Celebrate 20 years of PRME. Be part of a milestone gathering that recognizes two decades of progress, celebrates the people and institutions behind it, and looks ahead to the next chapter of responsible management education.

Watch the highlights from the 2026 PRME Global Forum:

Integration Day

Bridging Perspectives, Advancing Collective Action

As part of RME Week 2027, the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM), AACSB International, and EFMD are jointly designing and delivering a full-day programme focused on developing a collective understanding of the challenges in advancing sustainability and social impact across business and management education and research, and on identifying where collective action can accelerate change.

Rather than convening parallel conversations among largely overlapping communities, the four organizations are bringing complementary forms of influence into a common process: PRME through responsible management education and its global institutional community; RRBM through responsible research and the academic incentives that shape it; and AACSB International and EFMD through standards, accreditation and quality assurance, institutional leadership, and global networks. This day is a direct follow-up from the conversation on Challenging Academic Incentivization Structures at the 2026 PRME Global Forum and expands that discussion to the wider system shaping change across business and management education.

This day will create space for the business and management education community—including institutional leaders, researchers, faculty, students and other stakeholders—to come together across institutional, professional, and geographical boundaries, share experiences, and develop a clearer collective understanding of where we are in this transition, what is holding back further progress, and what each of us can contribute to advancing change.

The programme will move through three connected stages. First, participants will work toward a collective understanding of the current landscape: what has changed, what we have learned, and where significant gaps remain. Second, we will identify the common challenges facing the field while exploring the distinct capacities, perspectives, influence, and resources that different actors bring to addressing them. Finally, we will consider how this collective knowledge and capacity can be brought together for navigating these challenges, enabling greater coordination, collaboration, and collective action across the business and management education ecosystem.

The purpose is not to arrive at a single prescription for the future of RME, but to build a stronger collective understanding of the system in which we are all working and to identify how our different roles can become more connected and mutually reinforcing in addressing the challenges ahead.

By the end of the day, we hope participants will have made new connections across the wider community, developed a stronger sense of where the collective conversation is heading, and better understood where they and their organizations can contribute. Just as importantly, this moment of taking stock should serve as an agenda-setting exercise for what comes next—surfacing the questions, challenges, opportunities, and areas for collaboration that the wider business and management education community should carry forward together.

Following Integration Day, PRME, RRBM, AACSB and EFMD will consider how these insights can best be carried forward in a form that is useful to both the partner organizations and the wider community. This may include an action-oriented synthesis,, joint paper, report to the community, or another format appropriate to what emerges from the day. The emphasis will be on ensuring that the conversation in Kuala Lumpur provides a meaningful foundation for continued collaboration and helps shape the next phase of work across the responsible management education community.

Malaysian Cultural Activity (30 June evening)

More details coming soon.

20 Years of PRME Celebration (3 July evening)

In 2027, the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) celebrates its 20th anniversary and two decades of bringing together higher education institutions, faculty, students, business leaders, the United Nations, and partners around a shared ambition: to transform management education and develop responsible leaders capable of advancing sustainable development.

Following the conclusion of the 2027 PRME Global Forum, PRME will convene its global community for a special 20th Anniversary Reception and Dinner on 3 July 2027.

The evening will provide an opportunity to celebrate the people, institutions, partnerships, and ideas that have shaped PRME since its establishment in 2007; recognize the collective achievements of the community; and look ahead to the role responsible management education must play over the next twenty years.

Designed as both a celebration and a community experience, the reception will combine a plated dinner, short keynote reflections, cultural performance, interactive storytelling, and generous time for networking and connection.