Programme
Subject to minor changes

Sunday 7 April at 17:00

14:00 - 16:00 Conference check-in
16:00 - 17:00 New Member Orientation (open to anyone)
17:00 - 17:30 Building Tour
17:30 - 19:00 Conference Welcome & Networking Buffet

Day 1, Monday 8 April

 8:15 - 9:00 Conference check-in and welcome coffee
 9:00 - 10:30
Keynote speaker, Sally Khallash, Centre for Global Talent Strategy
The Future of Talent Mobility

 10:30 - 11:15 Networking coffee
 11:15 - 12:30
Raising the Profile of Careers
Panelists: Mary Carey – Insead, Claire LeCoq – IMD, Sue Thorn – Warwick, Derek Walker – Saiid Business School, Oxford
 12:30 - 13:00    
Vendors presentations
 13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch
 14:00 - 15:30
Shoot! Questions to a panel of employers
Panelists: Rani Dent – Microsoft, Jane Murphy – Google, Ann Nowak – Liberty Mutual, Frank Rodriguez – Johnson & Johnson
 15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
 16:00 - 17:15
 
Experience sharing sessions - 3 parallel sessions
Manage your Internal Stakeholders
 17:15 - 17:45   
Take home round - quick round of take-home points for the day by participants
 
Day 2, Tuesday 9 April


 8;15 - 9:00  
Conference check-in and welcome coffee
 9:00 - 10:30
Keynote speaker - John Hill, Higher Education Evangelist at Linkedin
Redefining Relationships, Data and the Job Search Through Online Media
 10:30 - 11:15
Networking coffee
 16:00 - 17:15

Experience sharing sessions4 parallel sessions

Manage your External Stakeholders

 12:30 - 14:00
Networking lunch/vendors presentations
 14:00 - 15:30



Geographic focus - with so many  nationalities represented in European MBA programmes and more and more students looking to return home after their MBA, we discuss what this means for both career services and companies witih a focus on North America, South America, Asia and the Middle East.  Panelists: Aliya Ali-Afzal – Hult Business School, Jean Gekler – Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Helga Kirchner – Esade, Stephan Weidinger – HEC Paris  
 15:30 - 16:00    
Coffee break
 16:00 - 17:15


Take your own medicine! How effective are we at managing our own careers?  Time for us to explore our development options and whether there are opportunities for inter-school collaboration. Facilitators: Katja Boytler, Insead, Helga Kirchner, ESADE Business School, Brian Marrinan, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

 17:15 - 17:45  
Wrap-up and prep for the Gala Dinner
 18:45 - 21:00

Gala Dinner and a proper Scottish Ceiliì Dance!
Sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance

 
Day 3, Wednesday, 10 April

 8:00 - 9:00

Standards 101

New to the MBA CSC reporting standards? This workshop will explore the principles of the standards, why they are important and how you can apply them in your school now.

 9:00 - 10:30

Growth Session 3 parallel sessions

 10:30 - 11:00  
Coffee break
 11:00 - 12:30

Growth Session 3 parallel sessions

 12:30 - 14:00
Lunch and conference closing