Businesses: join us for a half-day conference to launch our newly rebranded Queen's Business School and Student Hub building.
- Date(s)
- October 23, 2023
- Location
- Queen's Business School, 185 Stranmillis Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5EE
- Time
- 08:30 - 14:30
Registration is now closed.
Local, national, and global businesses are invited to a half-day conference to launch the newly rebranded Queen’s Business School and Student Hub on Monday 23 October.
The conference will include two panel sessions on the business school’s social commitments and role in the local and global economy, as well as a fireside chat with keynote speaker Dr Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande, globally-renowned venture capitalist and entrepreneur.
This event will give businesses the opportunity to meet academics and staff from Queen's Business School to understand what the School has to offer, and to network.
The half-day conference will begin with registration from 8.30am and conclude following a networking lunch at 2.30pm.
All speaker bios can be viewed here.
Agenda
|
Time |
Venue |
Session |
Speakers |
|
08.30 - 09.30 |
Seminar room, QBS Student Hub |
Registration & refreshments |
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|
09.30 - 09.45
|
Mark Piggot Lecture Theatre, QBS Student Hub |
Vice-Chancellor’s Welcome |
Professor Sir Ian Greer, President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast |
|
09.45 - 10.45 |
Mark Piggot Lecture Theatre, QBS Student Hub |
Fireside chat: ‘The purpose of business schools in the 21st century.’ |
- Host: Professor M.N. Ravishankar, Dean & Head of Queen’s Business School - Keynote Speaker: Dr Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande |
|
10.45 - 11.45 |
Mark Piggot Lecture Theatre, QBS Student Hub |
Panel session: ‘The role of accreditation and rankings in sensitising business schools to their societal responsibilities.’
|
Panel Host: Dr Alan Hanna Director of Accreditation & Reader (Education) in Finance, QBS Video introduction by - Dan LeClair (CEO, Global Business School Network) Panel Members: - Ron Tuninga (Vice President and MD Europe, AACSB) - Oliver Lowe (Director of Professional and Programme Development, CABS) - Daniel Kahn (Senior Insights Specialist – Graduate Management Education, QS) - Dr Laura Steele (Director of Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability, QBS) |
|
11.45 - 12.15 |
Seminar room, QBS Student Hub |
Break for refreshments |
- |
|
12.15 – 13.15 |
Mark Piggot Lecture Theatre, QBS Student Hub
|
Panel session: ‘What can Queen’s Business School offer the local and global community?’
|
Panel Host: Professor John Turner Director of Research & Professor in Finance, QBS Panel Members: - Sue Douthwaite (Chair, QBS Advisory Board) - Paul Allen (Executive Chairman, Genesis Bakery) - Karl Hanlon (Chief Commercial Officer, FinTrU) - Jayne Brady (Head of NI Civil Service) |
|
13.15 - 13.30 |
Mark Piggot Lecture Theatre, QBS Student Hub
|
Closing remarks |
Professor Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast |
|
13.30 - 14.30 |
Isdell Courtyard, Riddel Hall & Conference Room, Conference Hub |
Networking lunch |
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