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AMBA & BGA Business School Professionals Conference 2023

AMBA & BGA chose the historic city of Edinburgh for the return of the Business School Professionals Conference.

Over two days, business school professionals came together to take advantage of extensive professional development and networking opportunities.

  • 3–4 July 2023
  • Edinburgh, Scotland

The conference primarily targeted programme management and design professionals, as well as business education technology specialists.

It was designed for those responsible for programme management and design at business schools, and for individuals interested in the technology that supports these functions. The event also attracted attendees seeking updates on the latest technological advances in management education and higher education.

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  1.  – 
    Registration
  2.  – 
    Welcome
    • Andrew Main Wilson (CEO, AMBA & BGA)
  3.  – 
    Keynote 1: The next generation of inspirational leaders

    Leadership has been transformed following the global Covid-19 pandemic. This session seeks to explore exactly what’s changed. It will ask how organisations and business schools need to adjust to cultivate the right leaders to maximise performance at a time when the pace and scale of change is relentless. It will also delve into how technology is reinventing and revolutionising the very fabric of leadership.Finally, it will explore the reasons why command-and-control and top-down approaches to leadership have had their day and ask how business schools can best train the next generation of leaders to change behaviours, adopt new habits and focus on everyday actions to smash their goals.

    • Atholl Duncan (Chair, Black Isle Group)
  4.  – 
    Keynote 2: Putting digital learning resources at the heart of a global MBA

    Growing the global reach of an MBA programme remains a core objective within many development strategies, but how can equity of access and an intuitive digital experience for students be guaranteed across borders?The UK’s University of Bath has seen considerable growth to its MBA programme fuelled, in part, by its ability to understand and meet student needs with regards to learning materials access. In partnership with Kortext, it has created a resilient MBA programme with digital resources embedded at its heart as well as data analytics that guide engagement and development.This session will delve further into the University of Bath’s collaboration with Kortext, discussing what has worked while also looking to the future of cross-border digital learning within MBA settings, in a world where AI tools such as ChatGPT will deliver opportunities as well as challenges.

    • Robin Gibson (Director of External Affairs)
    • David Todd (Head of MBA Programmes, University of Bath School of Management)
  5.  – 
    Networking and refreshment break

Meet the speakers

  • Andrew Main Wilson

    CEO, AMBA & BGA

  • Atholl Duncan

    Chair, Black Isle Group

  • Robin Gibson

    Director of External Affairs

  • David Todd

    Head of MBA Programmes, University of Bath School of Management

  • Thomas Vernon

    Customer Success Director, Dotdigital

  • Isabel Fischer

    Associate Professor (Reader) of Information Systems, Warwick Business School

  • Joseph Pilkington

    Senior Accreditation Manager

  • Amanda Singleton

    Deputy Director of MBA Programmes, University of Edinburgh Business School

  • Craig Robinson

    Associate Dean, Quality Enhancement and Accreditation, King’s College London

  • Patti Brown

    Executive Director, MBA Programmes, HEC Paris

  • Denis Fischbacher-Smith

    Professor of Risk and Resilience, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

  • Sophia Dempsey

    Director, New Product Development, GMAC

  • Evelyn McDonald

    CEO, Scottish EDGE CIC

  • Garrett Sprague

    Co-Founder and CEO, Smplicare

  • José Pedro Carreón Gutiérrez

    MBA Programme Director, EGADE Business School from Tecnologico de Monterrey

  • Mellissa Oliver-Jolley

    Membership Manager, AMBA & BGA

  • Bob Athwal

    Culture & Belonging Director, Skyscanner

  • Corentin Curchod

    Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management & Organisation, University of Edinburgh Business School

  • Patrick Kyllonen

    Distinguished Presidential Appointee, ETS

  • Maria Kirilova

    GRE Programme Director, ETS-GRE

  • Salah Khalil

    Founder and CEO, Macat International

  • Graham Hudson

    Chair e-Assessment Association, GA Partnership

  • Jim Knight

    Director, Macat International

  • Jani Kurhinen

    Programme Manager, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics

  • Ellen Buchan

    Insight, Content & PR Manager

  • Leonora Clement

    Head of Marketing and Communications

  • Victor Hedenberg

    Membership Director

  • Oliver Matthews

    Founder, 4Uni Solutions

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