Academia Meeting on November 9th, 2011

We are happy to announce the very first Academia Meeting on the day prior to the GSBS. The Academia Meeting will bring together University faculty from our partner universities in Japan, Singapore, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Thailand, US, etc. as well as academics from all over the world.

The purpose of the full day event is to share best practices, initiatives and results from the realms of teaching, researching and practical implementation within the field of social business. It will also give the participants the opportunity to network and to initiate new projects or collaborations.

Registration for the Academia Meeting is open to all academic participants of the GSBS, but the capacity is limited. The participation fee will be 470,00 Euro (incl. 20% VAT) which includes participation at both the Academia Meeting and the Global Social Business Summit.

   
Program  
   
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
   
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome Speech
   
09:45 - 10:00 Speed Dating
   
10:00 - 11:00 Presentations Part 1
 
  • Prof. Masaharu Okada // Kyushu University // Japan
  • Dr. Andrea Grove // CSU Channel Islands // United States
  • Prof. Wong Poh Kam // National University of Singapore // Singapore
  • Dr. Riaz Khan // Asian Institute of Technology // Thailand
  • Prof. Cam Donaldson // Glasgow Caledonian University // Scotland
   
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
   
11:15 - 11:30 Connected Creativity
   
11:30 - 12:15 Presentations Part 2
 
  • Prof. Andreas Heinecke // EBS University // Germany
  • Prof. Jurgen Faust // Istituto Europeo di Design // Italy
  • Benedicte Faivre-Tavignot // HEC Paris // France
  • Enrico Testi // University of Florence // Italy
   
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch
   
13:15 - 14:30 Session 1: Researching Social Business
   
14:30 - 15:45 Session 2: Teaching Social Business
   
15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break
   
16:00 - 17:15 Session 3: Putting Social Business into Practice
   
17:15 - 18:00 Final Closing Session incl. Closing Remarks by Prof. Muhammad Yunus
   
You can download a more detailed program including speaker profiles >>here<<
   
Logistics
   
The Meeting will be held at The Hub in Vienna
  • Lindengasse 56
  • Top 17-18 (court entrance)
  • 1070 Vienna, Austria.
   
To register or to find out more about the GSBS and Academia Meeting please go to www.GSBS2011.com. If you would like to attend but have not yet received a registration code for the GSBS registration form, please email Leonhard Nima at leonhard.nima@grameencl.com
   
9. November 2011
Academia Meeting on November 9th, 2011