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Queen's Business School Launch

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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
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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

-

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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Business
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