Wednesday 18 October 2017

17:00 – 18:00

Registration

18:00 – 19:30

Ice Breaking Activity
Aim: Getting to know your peers in an inventive and fun way.

19:30 – 21:30

Networking dinner and Keynote address

20:00 – 20:30

Dinner Keynote Address - Putting Milan on the Map
Aim: discovery of why Milan is so vibrant, why it is different and what is happening in terms of digital transformation.

• Andrea Sianesi, Dean & President, MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business, IT

Thursday 19 October 2017

08:15

Bus from hotel to school

08:15 – 9:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:05

Welcome Address

• Nadine Burquel, Director, Business Schools Services, EFMD

09:05 – 09:15

Opening Remarks
Aim: expectations for the next days, run through the programme to understand the flow of the conference.

• Linda Irwin, Senior Client Director, Executive Education, London Business School, UK

09:15 – 10:15

Plenary I – Emerging Technologies - Summary
Aim: painting the big picture of the trends in emerging technologies. Exploring some challenges, which we expect to shift the way our faculty is teaching in executive education. What are the current opportunities?

• Peter Hinssen, Visiting fellow, London Business School and Chairman & Founder, nexxworks
• Moderated by Linda Irwin, Senior Client Director, Executive Education, London Business School, UK

10:15 – 12:15

Ideation - Exploring Emerging Technologies in Executive Education
On-going coffee break
Aim: participants will work in smaller groups bringing in their own perceptions of emerging technologies and with the help of a social card game, develop new ways to use them concretely for executive development purposes. They will then discuss key questions on how emerging technologies can shape the different business models.

• Moderated by Markus Frank, Executive Director, Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (ES-HSG), University of St.Gallen, CH

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch on campus

13:30 – 14:45

Corner Stations – Experiential Learning
Aim: showcase of concrete examples (active engagement) of technology that can be useful for executive education professionals.

Case 1 – IBM Robots

• Roberto Villa, Manager of Research Ecosystem & University Relations, IBM, IT

Case 2 – Virtual Reality

• Thijs de Vries, Chief Design & Learning, Warp Industries, NL

Case 3 – MindMe App

• Jonathan Knight, Chief Executive Officer, Ososim Limited, UK
• Toby Simpson, Chief Technology Officer, Ososim Limited, UK

Case 4 – POLIHUB

• Stefano Mizio, Head of Startup Mentoring, Polihub, IT

Case 5 – Open Educational Resources and Online Collaborative Learning for e-leadership and Personalized Executive Education - the case of Le@d Academy3.0

• Lucia Zago, Learning Project Leader, Human Resources, Auchan SPA, IT
• Maria Laura Fornaci, Senior Consultant, International Projects, ISTUD Foundation, IT

Case 6 – Capgemini - Digital Age Learning

• Simon Hunter, Learning Director, Capgemini, UK

14:45 – 15:00

Wrap up on General Trends

• Jan Ginneberge, Senior Advisor, Corporate Services, EFMD
• Linda Irwin, Senior Client Director, Executive Education, London Business School, UK

15:00 – 15:45

Plenary II – Excellence in Practice Award (EiP) Winning Cases Presentations
Aim: each participant will hear the winning cases presentations using the Pecha Kucha methods (20 slides max for 20 seconds each) enabling them to choose which ones they want to discuss in more details in the following discussion corners.
GOLD:

Category: Talent Development
“Filling the Senior Leadership Pipeline at Mars, Inc.”

• Kristin Colber-Baker, Global Director, Leadership Development, Mars University Leadership College Director, Mars, Inc., US
• David Dinwoodie, Vice President, Global Leadership Solutions, CCL - Center for Creative Leadership, BE

Category: Organisation Development
“Telenor-INSEAD Partnership: Creating a Culture of Innovation”

• Joakim Slørstad, Senior Vice-President, Group Learning and Development, Telenor Group, NO
• Chengyi Lin, Director of Strategic Innovations & Online Solutions, INSEAD, FR

Category: Professional Development
“Cisco Global Technical Leader Programme”

• Rob Dinsmore, Senior Programme Manager, Leadership and Development, Cisco, US
• Pia Lee, Chief Executive Officer, LIW Global Leadership Consultancy, AUS

Category: Executive Development
“Nokia Adaptable Leader Programme - Turning VUCA to Advantage - The ALP Journey”

• Francisco Menezes, Head of Leadership Development Experiential Programmes, Nokia, DE
• Nick Obolensky, CEO, Complex Adaptive Leadership, US
• Nathan Kracklauer, Principal Consultant, EMEA, Abilitie Inc., DE

Special Category: Ecosystem Development
“Tackling the Diabetes Crisis”

• Amy Rylance, Head of Healthcare Professional Engagement, Diabetes UK, UK
• Katherine Wilson, External Relations Manager, Market Access & Public Affairs, Novo Nordisk, DK
• Guy Lubitsh, Client Director, Ashridge Executive Education, UK

15:45 – 16:45

Discussion Corners – Excellence in Practice Award (EiP) Winning Cases Presentations
On-going coffee break
Open discussions with the cases authors concerning the difficulties encountered in the partnership, the failures, the hurdles and how they were dealt with.

16:45 – 17:30

Plenary III – Excellence in Practice Award (EiP) Winning Cases Presentations
Aim: each participant will hear the winning cases presentations using the Pecha Kucha methods (20 slides max for 20 seconds each) enabling them to choose which ones they want to discuss in more details in the following discussion corners.
SILVER:

Category: Talent Development
“PwC: My Way - Choose to Go Further”

• Christine Hazard, My Way Programme Lead, EMEA Learning and Development, PwC, FR

Category: Organisational Development
“Developing Leaders of Growth Companies”

• Jana Matthews, Director, Centre for Business Growth, University of South Australia, AUS
• Susan Milner, Strategic Partnership and Development Manager, Corporate and Commercial, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, AUS

Category: Professional Development
“The Engagement Management Transformation Journey at Capgemini”

• Simon Hunter, Learning Director, Capgemini, UK
• Gary Robinson, Head of Project Management, Group Delivery, Capgemini, UK

Category: Executive Development
“Enabling Positive Futures at Old Mutual Wealth”

• Nick West, HR Business Partner - Learning and Development, Old Mutual Wealth, UK
• Michael Maffucci, Partner, Accelerance, UK
• Mark Jenner, Associate, Accelerance, UK

Special Category: Ecosystem Development
“The Story of how a Business School got involved in Working with National Security”

• Bernt Lockert, Lieutenant colonel, Norwegian Armed Forces Study Center, NO
• Gillian Warner-Søderholm, Head of Department & Associate Professor, Communication and Culture, BI Norwegian Business School, NO

17:30 – 18:30

Discussion Corners – Excellence in Practice Award (EiP) Winning Cases Presentations
On-going coffee break
Open discussions with the cases authors concerning the difficulties encountered in the partnership, the failures, the hurdles and how they were dealt with.

18:30

Bus back to the hotels

19:30

Bus from the hotels to the dinner venue

20:00

Dinner and EiP – Excellence in Practice award ceremony in Palazzo Pirelli - Regione Lombardia, 31st floor, via Fabio Filzi 22- 20100 Milan

22:30

Bus back to hotels

Friday 20 October 2017

8:15

Bus from hotel to school

9:00 – 10:30

Plenary V – Co-Creation for the Industry
Aim: panel of company representatives exposing to the audience experiences and expectations they have towards business schools when it comes to training the executives. Sharing potential solutions on a specific work-in-progress dealing with emerging technology and how they orchestrate it within their company. Each company will open up the floor for discussion in an attempt to strengthen the solution and meanwhile enrich the exchange amongst participants.

• Giorgio Colombo, HR & ICT Director, EDISON (EDF GROUP)
• Andrea Rinaldo, CEO, XMETRICS - Empowering Performance
• Federico Della Bella, Co-Founder, WARDROBA
• Emiliano Venditti, Corporate Head of People Analytics, Communication and Corporate HR Partner, SAIPEM, IT
• Moderated by Davide Chiaroni, Director Corporate Relations, MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business, IT

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45

Plenary VI – Top Trends for the Industry
Aim: An outlook of the future’s top trends from a well-established company; what does our company need from learning providers?

• Alessandro Curioni, IBM Fellow, Vice President Europe and Director, IBM Research - Zurich

11:45 – 12:30

Plenary VII – Digital Transformation and the Future of Learning
In this interactive session, Paul will share a view of the Existing and Emerging Technologies and Products that are most likely to significantly impact the near future (next 18 months) in this field. Insights, learnings and next steps from recent experiments (led by MIT Sloan, Office of Executive Education) with technologies including Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Telepresence Robotics will be presented. Key considerations regarding the Organisational Competencies and Capabilities required to effectively deliver Digital Transformation in this field will be discussed.

• Paul McDonagh-Smith, Digital Capability Leader, MIT Sloan Office of Executive Education, US
• Christine Gonzalez, Assistant Director of Digital Deliveries, MIT Sloan Office of Executive Education, US

12:30 – 13:00

Conclusions – Wrap-up
Aim: a quick wrap-up of the conference

13:00 – 13:15

Presentation of Next Year’s Venue

13:15

Lunch on campus