AMBA & BGA Latin America Deans & Directors Conference 2024
The AMBA & BGA Latin America Conference for Deans and Directors took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Wednesday 25 to Friday 27 September 2024.
This unmissable gathering of business school leaders from across Latin America addressed pressing issues in business education.
- 25–27 September 2024
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Keynote speakers shared insights into topics such as:
- The MBA revolution: embracing change and shaking things up
- Sustainability superheroes: leading the charge for responsible management education
- Power moves: riding the wave of digital transformation and AI
- Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship: igniting innovation and sparking success
- Unity in diversity: championing inclusion and celebrating differences
- –Registration and networking lunch
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Conference overview and welcome
- Andrew Main Wilson (CEO, AMBA & BGA)
- Carla Arruda (Associate Dean of the MBA and Undergraduate Programs, Fundação Dom Cabral)
- Flávio Carvalho de Vasconcellos (Dean, FGV EBAPE - Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration)
- Luiz Artur Brito (Dean, FGV EAESP)
- Roberto Sbragia (FIA CEO, FIA- Fundação Instituto de Administração)
- Silvio Abrahão Laban Neto (Dean of Executive Education and MBAs, Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa)
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Session 1: Navigating Challenges and Seizing Opportunities: Setting the scene in Latin America's Evolving Business Landscape
Join us for a panel discussion featuring representatives from leading Latin American business schools. This session will set the tone for the conference by exploring the current challenges and expectations for business education. Our panellists will share their insights on issues such as digital transformation, innovative teaching techniques, leading through challenging circumstances and the wide array of impact that business schools have on society. This panel aims to highlight key themes and provide a roadmap for the sessions to come, ensuring that the conference addresses the most pressing needs of the Latin American business school community.
- Carlos Ramos (International Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean, AMBA & BGA)
- Virginia Lasio (Former Director, ESPAE – Escuela de Postgrad en Administración de Empresas)
- Percy Marquina Feldman (Director General, CENTRUM PUCP)
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Session 2: The challenge of the 21st century: skill validation in a world of constant change and evolution
This session addresses the critical need for global solutions to validate skills in a rapidly evolving landscape. We will discuss the widening skills gap, the essential shift from degree-based to skills-based approaches by companies, and the role of blockchain technology in ensuring trustworthy and transparent skill validation.Additionally, we will delve into how digital credentials can effectively validate competencies, maintain transparency, and boost student engagement and retention. Practical strategies will be provided to help educational institutions and organisations better prepare students for future challenges.
- Lawrence Daniels (Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer, POK Proof of Knowledge)
- –Networking break
Meet the speakers
Andrew Main Wilson
CEO, AMBA & BGA
Carlos Ramos
International Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean, AMBA & BGA
AMBA & BGA
Enrique Bolaños
President, INCAE Business School
Letícia Alves Lima
Director for Education, Government and Not-for-Profit, Brazil LinkedIn
Virginia Lasio
Former Director, ESPAE – Escuela de Postgrad en Administración de Empresas
Percy Marquina Feldman
Director General, CENTRUM PUCP
Gaston Fornes
Non-Executive Dean, UBI Business School
Juan Esteban Escalante Gómez
Director of the MBA, Universidad EAFIT
Mar Vila
Vice-Dean of Faculty, ESADE Business School
Francisco Javier Vázquez Jr
Professor, MBA Programme Director and Head of AMBA Accreditation, ITESO
Livia Lopes Barakat
Professor, EMBA Academic Director, Fundação Dom Cabral
José Alves
Dean of the Faculty of Business, City University of Macau
Carla Arruda
Associate Dean of the MBA and Undergraduate Programs, Fundação Dom Cabral
Silvio Abrahão Laban Neto
Dean of Executive Education and MBAs, Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa
Horacio Arredondo
Dean, EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Luiz Artur Brito
Dean, FGV EAESP
Adriana Backx Noronha
Full Professor at USP and Project Coordinator at FIA, University of Sâo Paulo and FIA / Business School
Roberto Sbragia
FIA CEO, FIA- Fundação Instituto de Administração
Marcelo Leporati
Associate Dean International Relations and Research, EAE Business School Madrid
Dr. Ignacio Bartesaghi
Director of the International Office of the UCU Business School, Uruguay
Flávio Carvalho de Vasconcellos
Dean, FGV EBAPE - Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration
Hari Natarajan
Vice Dean, Business Programs Professor, Department of Management Miami Herbert Business School
Miami Herbert Business School
Denghua Yuan
Professor, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
Walter Schalka
Board Member, Suzano S.A, and Vibra Energia
Steef van de Velde
Former Dean and Professor of Operations Management and Technology, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)
Victor Hedenberg
Membership Director
Zhongming Wang
International Advisor for China, AMBA & BGA, Zhejiang University, China
George Iliev
Director of Strategic Projects & Innovation; Accreditation & China Director
Filipe Sobral
Professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Getulio Vargas Foundation
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Academic Director, SE Business School, Universidad de los Andes, Chile
Bo Feng
Dean, Business School, Soochow University, China
Mauricio Jucá de Queiroz
Dean, FIA Business School
Alexjandra E. Falco
MBA Director, Universidad del CEMA
Universidad del CEMA
Sheraton Grand Rio Hotel and Resort
Our conference venue, the Sheraton Grand Rio Hotel and Resort, is located near the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Attendees will enjoy being in close proximity to the trendy Barra da Tijuca and famed Ipanema Beach as well as the suite of conference facilities provided by the hotel and resort.
For more information about accommodation at the conference hotel and to book your stay, please contact Anita Galea.