2021 Agenda - Friday, October 29

8:50 – 9:00 | Welcome Back

  


Jeff Bieganek
Executive Director, MBA Roundtable
 

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9:00 – 10:00 | Keynote Speaker

  


Judy Samuelson
Founder & Executive Director, Aspen Institute Business and Society Program



Q & A Moderator: Noa Gafni
Executive Director, Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation, Rutgers University

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10:00 – 11:15 | Panel Session​

Leading GME curricular innovations meeting the needs of students and employers

  


Moderator: Jeff Bieganek
Executive Director, MBA Roundtable



Chris Collins
Associate Dean for Leadership Development, University of Chicago Booth School of Business



José Esteves
Associate Professor, Information Systems/Associate Dean, full-time MBA program & TECH MBA program, IE Business School


Brian Mitchell
Associate Dean, Full Time MBA, Goizueta Business School, Emory University

   

11:30 – 12:30 | Discussion Breakouts

Redesigning your curriculum to prepare students to meet today’s challenges

  


Moderator: Wendy Guild
Assistant Dean of MBA Programs, Foster School of Business, University of Washington



Moderator: Joe Stephens
Senior Assistant Dean & Director, McCombs School of Business , The University of Texas at Austin



Using Technology to increase student engagement - what are schools trying out and what are the costs?

  


Moderator: Bora Ozkan
Academic Director Online MBA and Online BBA programs, Associate Professor of Finance, Fox School of Business, Temple University


Moderator: Carly Papenberg
Director, Instructional Design, Fox School of Business, Temple University



Preparing students to use business as a force for good

  



Moderator: Jake Mosley
Director, Full-Time MBA Student Services, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia




Moderator: Nathan A. Stuck
Director of Culture & Strategic Impact, Ad Victoriam Solutions


Moderator: Jessica Yinka Thomas
Co-founder, President and Board Chair of B Academics and Assistant Professor of the Practice, Poole College of Management, NC State University
 

12:30 – 1:30 | Keynote Speaker

  


DeRetta Rhodes, PhD
Executive Vice President & Chief People Capital Officer, Atlanta Braves



Q & A Moderator: Patti Zettek
Director of the FTMBA/MSBA Career Management Center, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia

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1:30 – 2:45 | Interactive General Session – How do we get this done?!  Turning innovative curriculum ideas into reality

  


George Andrews
Associate Dean of Degree Programs, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University

 

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2:45 – 3:00 | Wrap Up/Closing

Wrap Up/Closing