Conference presentations

Eduniversal Genius Bar

Welcome Cocktail & Registration

Registration & Coffee

Opening of the 10th Eduniversal World Convention

		Welcomed by Mr. Martial GUIETTE, CEO & Founder, Eduniversal, France
		Welcomed by Prof. Nehme AZOURY, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Eurasia and the Middle East ; Deputy President for Research, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon
		Welcomed by Dr. Imad HOBALLAH, Provost, American University in Dubai, UAE

Panel discussion: Findings on the future of management education in Middle East and North Africa

		Moderator: Prof. Nehme AZOURY, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Eurasia and the Middle East ; Deputy President for Research, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon
		Speakers: Prof. Nehme AZOURY, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Eurasia and the Middle East ; Deputy President for Research, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon
		Speakers: Dr. Sherif KAMEL, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Africa
		Speakers: Dr. Mohammed ABU ALI, Dean, School of Business Administration, American University in Dubai, UAE
		Speakers: Mr. Ross Neilson, Director EMBA Programme Dubai, London Business School, UK

Strategy and Future Vision for Education in the UAE

		Dr. Jihad Nader welcomes:
		HE Dr Mohamed Al Mualla, Secretary General, Ministry of Education, UAE

Networking Lunch

Panel session: Consolidation of higher education in the UAE

Speaker: Mr. Roland HANCOCK, Education Director, PwC Middle East, UAE

Panel session: How to levy additional funds to fully subsidized Business School?

Speaker: Prof. Michel DE WOLF, Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL Louvain School of Management, Belgium

Peer to Peer meetings & Networking Tea time

Cocktail, Gala Dinner & Eduniversal Awards Ceremony

Panel discussion: The start - up model as a key element for programmes

		Moderator: Dr. Virginijus KUNDROTAS, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Eastern Europe ; President of BMDA (Baltic Management Development Association); Dean of Adizes Graduate School, USA
		Speakers: Dr. Irina SENNIKOVA, Rector, RISEBA University of Business, Arts and Technology, Latvia
		Speakers: Dr. Assylbek KOZHAKHMETOV, President, Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan

Panel discussion: Student recruitment: how to find the perfect match?

		Moderator: Mr. Mathieu CHERUBIN, Project Manager, HeadHunterSourcing, France
		Speakers: Mr. Martial GUIETTE, CEO & Founder, Eduniversal, France
		Speakers: Ms. Camila MUÑOZ - JIMÉNEZ, Project Manager Booking Solutions, MastersBooking.com, France
		Speakers: Prof. Benoit ANGER, Development and Admissions Marketing Director France and International, Skema Business School, France

Digital Recruitment Demo

Networking Lunch

Panel discussion: Closing gender gap through entrepreneurship: Women in business

		Moderator: Prof. Dr. Aneeta MADHOK, Eduniversal International Scientific Committee Member for Central Asia; Managing Director, Open Spaces Consulting, India
		Speakers: Prof. Dr. Aneeta MADHOK, Eduniversal International Scientific Committee Member for Central Asia; Managing Director, Open Spaces Consulting, India
		Speakers: Ms. Poonam BHOJANI, CEO, Innoventure Education, UAE
		Speakers: Dr. Dima JAMALI, Associate Dean - Research, American University of Beirut - Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB), Lebanon

News about Best Masters

Panel session: New world map of student mobility: the challenges ahead

		Mr. Romain PAYRE, Head of Campus France in the United Arab Emirates - French Embassy, UAE
		Dr. Francois Xavier ROMANCCE, Deputy - Vice Chancellor to the Academic Affairs, University Paris - Sorbonne Abu Dhabi, UAE

Exhibition, Peer to Peer meetings & Coffee Time

Panel session: School branding: building an identity in competitive environments

		Moderator: Dr. Edson Luiz Riccio, Eduniversal International Scientific Committee Member for Latin America; Senior Professor at the School of Economics Business and Accountancy, University of Sao Paulo (UPS), Brazil
		Speaker:Dr. Loick ROCHE, Dean and General Director, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
		Speaker:Dr. Josep FRANCH, Dean, ESADE Business School, Spain

Panel session: How do you train responsible managers?

		Moderator: Prof. Michael Wood, Eduniversal International Scientific Committee Member for Oceania; Adjunct Professor, University of Notre Dame, Australia
		Speaker:Prof. Metka TEKAČIČ, Dean, University of Ljubljana Faculty of Economics, Slovenia
		Speaker:Dr. Tim LONDON, Director of International Relations, University of Cape Town - UCT Graduate School of Business, South Africa

Panel session: Edutainment: interactive online business education

Speaker: Mr. Peng XIA, Co-founder of Zhuomo Cultural Media, English Learning and Testing Influencer, China

Networking lunch

Peer to Peer meetings

Panel session: How to develop your alumni network and why does this matter?

		Mr. Mathieu CHERUBIN, Project Manager, HeadHunterSourcing, France
		Dr. Sanjay SHARMA, Dean, University of Vermont School of Business Administration, USA

Break

Workshops & Lightning-talks:

Lightning-talk 1: Business schools in the "post-global" world: the role of social media

Moderator: Ms. Camila MUÑOZ-JIMÉNEZ, Project Manager Booking Solutions, MastersBooking.com, France

Workshop 1: Smart cities

Speaker: Prof. José Paulo ESPERANÇA, Dean, ISCTE Business School - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Lightning-talk 2: How to recruit the best candidate by diversifying programmes?

Speaker: Dr. Carlos MOSLARES, Dean, IQS School of Management - Ramon Llull University, Spain

Workshop 2: How to do business in UAE?

		Moderator: Prof. Raj KAPOOR, Assistant Dean, School of Business Administration and Associate Professor of Business Administration, American University in Dubai, UAE
		Prof. Mahvish GUL, Adjunct Professor of Economics and Business, American University in Dubai, UAE

Workshop 3: The role of campus, what is a campus?