Event
2016 EFMD Conference on Master Programmes
Hosted by: BI Norwegian Business School
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The event will start on: 28 Nov 16 15:00
And will end on: 30 Nov 16 14:00 Location: Oslo, Norway |
Contact: caroline.taylor@efmd.org |
Theme
Agility in Changing Times
Target Group
Directors of MSc and MA Programmes in management and related areas such as finance, marketing etc. as well as programme administrators and staff from EFMD member and non-member schools concerned with master programmes.
Context
Please notice: this conference will not deal with MBA programmes as EFMD organizes a yearly event dedicated exclusively to MBA programmes.
EFMD thanks GMAC for their kind sponsorship of this event!

Programme
Monday, 28 November 2016
15:00 – 16:00
Registration & Welcome Coffee
16:00 – 16:30
Welcome Address:
- Inge Jan Henjesand, President, BI Norwegian Business School, NO
- Janicke Rasmussen, Academic Director MSc Programmes, BI Norwegian Business School, NO (Conference Co-Chair)
- Feite van Dijk, Special Adviser International Relations, BI Norwegian Business School, NO (Conference Co-Chair)
- Nadine Burquel, Director, Business School Services, EFMD
16:30 – 18:00
Defining and Promoting Master Programmes’ Unique Value Propositions
Overall Framework for Positioning of Master Programmes
- Bendik Samuelsen, Head, Department of Marketing, BI Norwegian Business School, NO
Shaping Programmes around External Ranking and Initiatives
The Economist
- Bill Ridgers, Business Education Editor/Travel & Tourism Correspondent, The Economist, UK
The Experience of EADA Business School:
- Jordi Diaz, Associate Dean for EADA Business School Programmes, EADA Business School, SP
Poets & Quants
- Matt Symonds, Management columnist for Forbes, BBC, FR
18:00 – 19:00
Icebreaking at school
19:00 – 21:30
Dinner at the school restaurant
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
08:30 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:45
Designing Relevant Curricula for the Issues of the Present and Future
- Christian Møller, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Kongsberg Digital, NO
09:45 – 10:45
Panel: Dealing with Critical Issues
3 examples :
- The need for ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as part of master curriculum
Caroline D. Ditlev-Simonsen, Associate Professor, Department of Law, Co-director BI Centre for Corporate Responsibility, BI Norwegian Business School, NO - The Impact of Big Data
Ingunn Myrtveit, Head of Department, Professor, Department of Accounting, Assurance and Business Analytics, BI Norwegian Business School, NO - Entrepreneurship – new approaches
Rita G.Klapper, Visiting Senior Researcher, Leuphana University, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds, UK
10:45 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:45
Breakout Sessions on four topics (each breakout will be run twice for 30minutes)
- Dealing with Plagiarism
- Different models to deliver the Thesis
- Innovation & Curricular Responses
- Didactic and Digital Developments
12:45 – 13:00
Feedback from breakout sessions
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Panel: Managing Diversity in Master Programmes
Before the arrival of Students:
- Ann Kristin Calisch, Administrative Director Master programmes, BI Norwegian Business School, NO
- Emma Rebeca Pinto Guzman, Student at BI Business School, NO
During the Programme:
- Ad Scheepers, Policy advisor, project manager at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, NL
- Irma Bogenrieder, Associate Professor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, NL
Beyond the Programme:
- Aram Karakashian, Senior Recruitment and Admissions Manager, Early Career Programmes (MiM, Global MIM, MFA), LBS UK
Moderator: Ann Kristin Calisch, Administrative Director Master programmes, BI Norwegian Business School, NO
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:30
Joining Forces: Examples of Alliances and Consortia Offering Master Degrees
Short presentation (4x15 minutes)
- The Case of London Business School and Fudan University
Fiona Lennoxsmith, Programme Director, Masters in Management and Global MiM, LBS, UK
Kevin Mi, Director of post-graduate programmes, Fudan, CN - The CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education
John Shields, Deputy Dean, Professor of Human Resource Management & Organisational Studies, The University of Sydney Business School, AU - QTEM
Bruno van Pottelsberghe, QTEM Chairman, Dean, Solvay Business School, BE
Panel Q&A
17:45 – 18:15
Optional information session
The Erasmus+ Master Loan facility
- Lionel Grandi, Manager, European Investment Fund, Institutional Business Development (IBD), Mandate Management, LU
19:00
Buses leaving from the Hotel to go to the Gala dinner
19:30 – 22:00
Gala dinner at Holmenkollen Restaurant, Holmenkollvn 119, 0787 Oslo
22:30
Buses back to the Hotel
Wednesday 30 November 2016
09:00 – 09:30
Overview of the Survey on global development prospects of Masters in Management
Universum – CEMS Survey Overview
- Rafael Garavito, Country Manager, Universum Consulting, SP
09:30 – 10:00
The views of students on Masters in Management
- Eva Hecht, student, Lund University, SE
10:00 – 11:00
Panel: Discussion on Employability
- Petter Meyer, Head of Recruitment and Talent Management – Central bank of Norway (tbc)
- Kristina Bors, HR Director, BDO, NO
- Glenn Menkin, Head of Employer Branding and Executive Recruitment, DNB, NO
Panel discussion
Moderator: Adriana Jansen, Head, Career Service, BI Norwegian Business School, NO
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
“The Big Picture” and the implications for Higher Education institutions – Reflections from a higher level expert
- David Walker, Chief Group Development Officer, DNV, NO
12:30 – 13:00
Wrap up by the Co-Chairs & welcome to the 2017 conference
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch