| Tuesday, October 15, 2024 |
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| 9:00 - 3:30 |
Experiential Learning Workshop |
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| 4:00 - 6:00 |
Tours of BU OMBA Studio |
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| 6:00 - 8:00 |
Informal Networking Social Event |
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| Wednesday, October 16, 2024 |
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| 9:00-10:00 |
Check-In/Continental Breakfast |
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Welcome |
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| 10:30-11:30 |
Plenary Panel Session or Keynote Speaker |
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| 11:30-12:15 |
Hatfields & McCoys: Innovation Across the Administrative-Academic Divide |
Iris |
Berdrow |
Professor, MBA Director |
Bentley University |
| 11:30-12:15 |
Innovating Business Education: The Role of Emerging Technologies |
Will |
Geoghegan |
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Indiana University Kelley School of Business |
| 11:30-12:15 |
Driving Impact: Strategies to Attract Non-Traditional Candidates to Part-Time & Online MBA Programs |
Dana |
MacFaun |
Assistant Dean, Graduate Admissions & Financial Aid |
Boston University Questrom School of Business |
| 12:15-1:30 |
Lunch |
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| 1:30-3:00 |
Plenary Panel Session with Breakouts - AI |
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| 3:00-3:45 |
Student (and Faculty) Care Scheduling: A novel approach for a classroom based Flex-MBA |
Eric |
Douthirt |
Director, MBA Programs |
University of South Florida | Muma College of Business |
| 3:00-3:45 |
Journey to stackable MBA and untended consequences |
Hung-bin |
Ding |
Associate Dean |
Loyola University Maryland/ Sellinger School of Business and Management |
| 3:00-3:45 |
Training The Translators: Why Business Schools Need To Up Their AI Game |
Steven Keith |
Platt |
Director of Analytics and Lecturer of Applied AI; Director, AI Business Consortium- http://tinyurl.com/3a2mnvj8; Director, Lab for Applied AI- http://tinyurl.com/mwfdbb3b |
Loyola U. Chicago/Quinlan School of Business |
| 3:45-4:15 |
Break |
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| 4:15-5:00 |
Supporting our Students in an Uncertain World: Advancing Mental Health Support and Belonging |
Eric |
Petersen |
Director of Academic Development, MBA Center |
Boston University/Questrom School of Business |
| 4:15-5:00 |
Partnership success: Top 5 tips for partnering with outside organizations |
Erin |
Town |
Assistant Dean, MBA Programs |
University of Washington Foster School of Business |
| 4:15-5:00 |
Knowledge, Mindset, & Skills: How Masters in Sustainability Are Shaping the Next Generation of Leaders |
Julie |
Anderson |
Associate Program Director - Masters of Science in Sustainability Management |
American University - Kogod School of Business |
| 5:00-5:45 |
Utilizing the Co-curricular Certificate Model to Engage Students in EDIA Content |
Laura |
Oknefski |
Director of Graduate Programs |
University of Pittsburgh / Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business |
| 5:00-5:45 |
Going from a graduate programs office to a named (endowed) graduate school of business |
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Eastern Carolina University |
| 5:00-5:45 |
TBD |
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| 6:00 - 7:00 |
Networking/Social time – Happy Hour |
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| 7:00 |
Group Dinners/On Your Own |
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| Thursday, October 17, 2024 |
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| 8:15-9:15 |
Breakfast – Table Topics |
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| 9:15-9:30 |
Welcome Back |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Plenary Session: View from the Dean’s Office |
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| 10:30-11:15 |
Changing Traditional Program Views & Roles: Rethinking the position and role of the MBA and professional doctoral education |
Brian |
Cameron |
Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Programs and Executive Education |
Penn State Smeal College of Business |
| 10:30-11:15 |
Preventing Burnout: A Model to Advising-At-Scale that Advisors Buy Into |
Nerissa |
Brown |
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 10:30-11:15 |
Tech for Good: Harnessing Technology for Meaningful Student Outcomes |
Suzanne |
Grigalunas |
Executive Director, B2B |
Everspring |
| 11:15-11:30 |
Break |
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| 11:30-12:15 |
Leveraging Generative AI and Labor Market Data for Curriculum Innovation |
Tawnya |
Means |
Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation, Chief Learning Officer |
University of Illinois |
| 11:30-12:15 |
Driving Change: Best Practices for Supporting and Incenting Curricular Innovation for Graduate Business Programs |
Grace |
Wright |
Sustainability Initiatives Specialist |
Colorado State University College of Business |
| 11:30-12:15 |
Testing fraud and what’s been done to STOP it |
Paul |
North |
Executive Director, Graduate Programs Office |
The Ohio State University/ Fisher College of Business |
| 12:15-1:15 |
Lunch |
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| 1:15-2:15 |
Plenary Session: State of the Industry Research Report |
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| 2:15-3:15 |
Plenary Session - Curriculum Innovation Research Report |
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| 3:15-3:45 |
Break |
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| 3:45 - 4:30 |
Service Learning in an Online MBA/Capstone Projects for Community Support/Embracing Uncertainty Through Curricular Innovation: A Case Study in Reimagining an MBA Capstone/Experiential Learning with Impact |
Amber |
Gray |
Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs |
Batterman & Haab Schools of Business, Concordia University Wisconsin | Ann Arbor |
| 3:45 - 4:30 |
Flexible Event Planning in an Uncertain World |
Chelsea |
Hillman |
Managing Director, Professional Programs |
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business |
| 3:45 - 4:30 |
Experiential Learning Innovation for Masters Students |
Frederick |
Geyer |
Faculty Director Master of Science in Management Studies Program |
Boston University Questrom Business School |
| 4:30 - 5:00 |
Transfer to BU Special Event |
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| 5:00 - 5:45 |
BU Program |
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| 5:45 - 7:30 |
Special Event |
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| Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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| 8:15-9:15 |
Breakfast – Table Topics |
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| 9:15-9:30 |
Welcome Back |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Plenary Session: Why Don't They Listen? |
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
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| 10:45-11:30 |
Building Emotional Intelligence and Inclusivity into Program Identity |
Kate |
Eaton |
Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Clinical Professor |
Arizona State University / W. P. Carey School of Business |
| 10:45-11:30 |
Reorganized: Adding Academic Programs in an Ever-Complex Student Services Environment |
Katie |
Kocourek |
Associate Director of Academic Affairs |
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| 10:45-11:30 |
Innovate or Renovate: Developing and Deploying New Graduate Programs with Minimum Resources/Using Carousels for Managing Multiple Graduate Programs |
Nicole |
Blair |
Director of Graduate Programs |
La Salle University |
| 11:30-12:15 |
Activating HI with Generative AI: Deploying Technology to Accelerate Evidence-Based Learning |
Dan |
Turner |
Associate Dean, Brix Endowed Fellow in Marketing |
University of Washington/Foster School of Business |
| 11:30-12:15 |
TBD |
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| 11:30-12:15 |
Dive Right In: Bringing Uncertainty and SDG Goals Directly into the Student Experience |
Jodi |
Detjen |
Associate Dean of Innovative Education and Programs |
Suffolk University, Boston |
| 12:15 |
Box Lunch/Closing Session |
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