AMBA & BGA Accreditation Forum 2022
The AMBA & BGA Accreditation Forum 2022
was hosted by Esade Business School, Ramon Llull University in Barcelona,
Spain. The event was specifically designed to support
accreditation professionals at educational institutions and business schools
that were in the process of applying for AMBA and/or BGA accreditation or
re-accreditation.
The forum provided a platform for business school leaders and teaching faculty to explore the evolving landscape of responsible management education and to learn from peer institutions navigating the path toward or through triple crown accreditation.
- 14–15 November 2022
- Barcelona, Spain
Keynote speakers shared valuable insights into various aspects of business school accreditation, including:
- the structure of the accreditation process
- what contributed to a successful accreditation submission
- best practices from leading business schools
- common challenges faced by management education institutions – and proposed solutions
- how to market and communicate accreditation to key audiences, including business school students and graduates
- AMBA accreditation in the context of the 300-schools limit
- the benefits of joint AMBA & BGA accreditation
- BGA accreditation and BGA validation
- an update on the 2022 revision of the AMBA MBA accreditation criteria
- –Registration and networking
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Welcome and introduction
- George Iliev (Director of Strategic Projects & Innovation; Accreditation & China Director)
- Steef van de Velde (Former Dean and Professor of Operations Management and Technology, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM))
- Josep Franch Bullich (Former Dean, Director of Executive Education, ESADE Business School)
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Session 1: AMBA new criteria and accreditation updates
At the AMBA & BGA Global Conference 2022 in Lisbon, a quinquennial review of the AMBA accreditation criteria was announced.In this session, find out how these new and improved accreditation criteria will impact your next assessment and ask any questions you may have about the updates.
- George Iliev (Director of Strategic Projects & Innovation; Accreditation & China Director)
- Joseph Pilkington (Senior Accreditation Manager)
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Session 2: Understanding the AMBA accreditation process
This session will give you in-depth information about AMBA’s accreditation process.In it, you will learn what to expect from your next accreditation assessment, as well as some tips and tricks to make the assessment visit as successful as possible.
- George Iliev (Director of Strategic Projects & Innovation; Accreditation & China Director)
- Joseph Pilkington (Senior Accreditation Manager)
- –Networking and refreshment break
Meet the speakers
George Iliev
Director of Strategic Projects & Innovation; Accreditation & China Director
Steef van de Velde
Former Dean and Professor of Operations Management and Technology, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)
Josep Franch Bullich
Former Dean, Director of Executive Education, ESADE Business School
Joseph Pilkington
Senior Accreditation Manager
Victor Hedenberg
Membership Director
Oriol Amat
Rector, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Álvaro de la Rica Aspiunza
Dean, Deusto Business School, University of Deusto
Leila Guerra
Associate Provost, Digital Lifelong Learning, Imperial College London; and ViceDean (Education), Imperial College Business School
Stéphanie Villemagne
Chief Development Officer, ESSCA School of Management
Joan Rodón Mòdol
Vice Dean of Faculty and Research, and the incoming Dean, Esade Business School, Ramon Llull University
David Stolin
Professor of Finance, TBS Education