EDUNIVERSAL WORLD CONVENTION

The soft skills of the now, are the hard skills of the future: Key lessons and best practices from the COVID 19 crisis.

The place to be for global education leaders to rethink the traditional models and create new contexts and innovative solutions! How has the COVID 19 crisis accelerated change in the education sector.

The 13th edition of Eduniversal World Convention is an education-centered event designed to bring together education professionals from all over the world. With the closure of all schools, and the Covid19 pandemic paralyzing the whole world, the future of education will undergo many changes, innovations and creative dynamics. One thing is sure, we will weather this Covid-19 storm together, but we must learn the right lessons. Join us during the Eduniversal World Convention to share our stories, challenges and how we can together work towards better preparing for any crisis that may come our way.

Eduniversal is committed to offering all the referenced schools an experience of exchange and opportunities for mutual support so that together we not only survive this crisis, but thrive on the new opportunities it will leave behind.

We are coming back this year with a focus on actionable learning, cross-cultural interactivity, and tailored networking opportunities based on shared interests, expertise, and selected topics…all in a warm and convivial setting.

Join us next November 20 - November 23, in Guadalajara, Mexico, for a four days convention and forge connections that will last.



November 10 (Time zone: GMT+1, Paris)

10:00 Reception Desk Opening Official Opening of the 2020 Eduniversal 3D World Convention Eduniversal Team
Art Exhibition Exhibition Portraits Visages d'en face
10:00 Networking Hall Networking Peer to Peer meetings.
Eduniversal 3D World Tour 		Attendees
Eduniversal Team
11:00 Auditorium Welcome Welcome speeches Mr. Martial Guiette, CEO of Eduniversal
Prof. Daniel Traça, Dean of NOVA SBE
11:15 Auditorium Introduction Introduction of the day by the chairperson: Let’s unpack the word “skills." Prof. Rita Cunha, Deputy Dean of NOVA SBE
Nova SBE students union video
11:30 Auditorium Keynote The future of work reimagined: more questions, fewer answers, and some projections Dr. Sherif Kamel, Dean, School of Business at American University in Cairo, Eduniversal ISC for Africa
11:50 Auditorium Keynote Skills of the Future : Hard Skills are soft and Soft Skills are hard. 1) Dr. Konstantin V. Krotov, Head of Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University
2) Mr. Alaa Hashim, Co-Founder and Executive Partner of Transcendium
12:10 Networking Hall Peer to Peer meetings Break
12:25 Auditorium Keynote Preparing Economies & Societies for Artificial Intelligence Revolution: the role of Higher Education Dr. Tawhid Chtioui, AIVANCITY School for Technology, Business and Society
13:00 Peer to Peer rooms Lunch Peer to Peer meetings & Lunch
14:00 Auditorium Plenary Session Preparing Resilient Leaders for the new Global Context.
How the TEC21 Education Model & its Hyflex +TEC COVID response breaking paradigms in developing resilient leaders for the challenges of the coming decade. 		Dr. Ignacio de la Vega, Dean, EGADE Business School & Undergraduate College of Business, Tecnológico de Monterrey
14:45 Auditorium Plenary Session Art, soft skills and professional development : a novel approach to drawing portraits and writing life stories to promote individual and group efficiency Mrs. Christine Boulanger, Founder, Visages d’en faces
15:00 Group Discussions Boardrooms Group discussions 3 parallel group discussions:
  1. Developping Joint Degrees
  2. Rankings and recognition/Best Practices by using Rankings results
  3. Research Projects
 1) Lena Candries, director international relations and development, University of Antwerp Faculty of Business and Economics;
2) Axel Schumacher, ISC member Eduniversal;
3) Mohamed Amine ISSAMI, Development, International Relations and Communication Director, ISCAE
15:50 "Palmes" Beach Photo Group photo of the Avatars participants
16:00 Dance Hall Lets Danse Avatars dancing


November 11 (Time zone: GMT+1, Paris)

09:30 Networking Hall Networking Peer to Peer meetings
10:25 Auditorium Introduction Introduction of the day by the chairperson : Making choices is a skill! Mrs. Victoria Winter, Director of Institutional Relations & International Development, Nova SBE
10:35 Auditorium Plenary session Buzz words & over-kill - innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship… where next? 1) Dr Ayman Ismail, associate professor of Management and the Director of AUC Venture-Lab,
the top university-based incubator in Egypt;
2) Prof. Milton Sousa, Associate Professor, Nova SBE
11:00 Auditorium Expert talk How South Korea Successfully Controlled COVID19: It's Implications for the Future Business" Prof. Sung Joo Park , former Dean and Vice President of KAIST, Eduniversal Scientific Committee memeber for Far East Asia
11:15 Auditorium Case Study How Nova SBE, together with global consulting firm Mercer, is reinventing and revolutionizing executive education programs focused on soft-skills development.
Adam’s Choice Case Study: from a set-in-stone plan to a work-in-progress mindset. 		1) Mrs. Catarina Holstein,Talent Strategist & Experience Designer,
Team Leader at Nova SBE, TEDx Speaker;
2) Mrs. Mafalda Paiva Chaves, Program Design & Experience Manager
at Nova SBE Executive Education;
3) Mrs. Patrícia Poças, responsible for the Events & Partnership stream
at the Adam’s Choice Program
Break
12:00 Roundtable Area Workshop Adam’s Choice Program: interactions with participants
12:45 Peer-to-Peer Rooms Networking
Lunch 		Peer to peer meetings & Lunch
14:00 Roundtable Area Roundtable Online, offline, blended - advances in teaching methods 1) Dr. George Jabbour, Associate Dean for Executive Programs,
Director of the Masters in Finance Program, George Washington University School of Business,
Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for North America;
2) Mrs. Daria Denisova, Associate Dean for International Affairs,
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Business School
3) Dr. Joaquin Azcue, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs , EAE Business School;
4) Mr. Alain Goudey, Directeur de la Transformation Digitale / Chief Digital Officer, Neoma Business School
14:45 Roundtable Area Workshop Design thinking / Creating space for creation Mr Janis GREVINS, Director of Riga Business School
15:15 Break Break
15:30 Palmes of Excellence ceremony Eduniversal Palmes of Excellence Trophies Part 1
15:55 Jules Rimet Stadium Networking game Soccer competition and Ice-breaking time
16:15 Palmes of Excellence ceremony AWARDS Eduniversal Palmes of Excellence Trophies Part 2
16:45 "Palmes" Beach Entertainment Fireworks


November 12 (Time zone: GMT+1, Paris)

09:30 Networking Hall Networking Peer to Peer meetings
10:45 Auditorium Introduction Introduction of the day by the chairperson: Changes in the role of Business Schools in Society. Prof. Daniel Traca, Dean of Nova SBE
11:00 Auditorium Keynote Interview Imagination, initiative, inspiration, Ignition, investment… entrepreneurship and Higher Education Interview leader: Dr Ayman Ismail, associate professor of management and the director of AUC Venture-Lab,
the top university-based incubator in Egypt?
Keynote: Mr. Ricardo Marvão, Co-founder Beta-i, entrepreneur, investor, connector, firestarter
11:30 Auditorium Panel session Cultural agility : a major soft skill to adress 1) Dr. Juan Francisco Perellon, Associate Dean Graduate Programs;
2) Dr. Achim Schmitt , Chief Academic Officer, EHL Ecole Hotellière de Lausanne;
3) Prof. Nehme Azoury, Deputy-President for research at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik,
Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Eurasia and Middle East;
4) Prof. Dr. Aneeta Madhok, Managing Director at Open Spaces Consulting,
Eduniversal Scientific Committee Member for Centreal Asia
12:15 Peer-to-Peer Rooms Networking Lunch Peer to peer meetings & lunch
13:45 Auditorium Focus "AI for everyone!" MOOC Presentation of a sucess story
Ethics Training: A Trip in Our Societal Responsibilities 		Eduniversal
Dr. Emmanuel R. Goffi, Associate Professor & International Academic Relations Director,
aivancity School for Technology, Business & Society Paris-Cachan
14:00 Auditorium Case study How AI and Big Data are revolutionazing education? The currency of the labor market: Skills, not jobs. Mrs. Cristina Sarnacchiaro, Vice President at Burning Glass Technologies
14:30 Auditorium Campus visit Virtual NOVA BSE
14:40 Roundtable Area Roundtable Student satisfaction - how do we really know what they want? Mrs. Carina Autengruber, European Youth Forum
15:00 Auditorium Plenary session Measuring success - how do we assess our performance outside of rankings, accreditations and feedback forms 1) Mr. Luis Veiga Martins, Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Sustainable Impact, Nova SBE;
2) Prof. Metka Tevkavcic, Dean, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business;
3) Dr. Tamim ELBASHA, Director of Quality, Accreditations & Rankings, Audencia Business School;
4) Prof. Mike Wood, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Oceania
15:30 Peer-to-Peer Rooms Networking Peer to peer meetings
15:55 Photo Group photo of the Avatars participants
16:00 Awards Hall AWARDS Live Stream Awards Ceremony - Top 3 Business Schools in 9 geographical zones


November 13 (Time zone: GMT+1, Paris)

09:30 Peer-to-Peer Rooms Networking Peer to Peer meetings
10:30 Auditorium Introduction Introduction of the day by the chairperson : Active learning for Motivated learning Dr Ahmed Abdel Meguid, Assocaite Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administartion, The American University in Cairo School of Business
10:40 Auditorium Plenary session Sustaining relevance - Rethinking Business Education: Change Agenda for the Future. 1) Prof. Dr. Aneeta Madhok,
Managing Director at Open Spaces Consulting,
Eduniversal Scientific Committee memeber for Central Asia;
2) Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas,
President of the Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA),
Eduniversal Scientific Committee memeber for Eastern Europe;
3) Dr. Assylbek Kozhakhmetov,
President and Founder, Almaty Management University
11:15 Roundtables Area Roundtable Teaching & Learning revolution 1) Prof. Andrey Kolyada, Rector, Emas Business School;
2) Mr. Ricardo Mesquita, Head of Innovation @ NOVA SBE | Executive Education;
3) Dr Ahmed Abdel Meguid, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administartion,
The American University in Cairo School of Business;
4) Mrs Olga Veligurska, Director of CEEMAN;
5) Dr. Dan EVANS, Professor of Strategy and Economics, Audencia Business School
12:20 Auditorium Expert talk Part 1. Education in 2030. The $10 Trillion dollar question. Five Scenarios for the Future of Learning and Talent. Mrs. Maria Spies, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of HolonIQ, an education market intelligence platform
12:40 Auditorium Case study Virtual World solutions for Business Schools. Mr. Laurent Chrétien, CEO at Laval Virtual
13:00 Networking Hall Networking Lunch Peer to Peer meetings & Lunch
14:00 Roundtables Area Roundtable Programs of the future - concrete examples from Eduniversal family 1) Prof. Iryna Tykhomyrova, President of International Management Institute - MIM
2) Dr. Roy Mouawad, Quality Director, Geneva Business School;
3) Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan, Director of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
14:30 Auditorium Expert talk VR as a source of inspiration: Educational development opportunities for trainers / teachers from universities / schools Mr. Nicolas RIBEYRE, VR/AR Intelligence Manager at Laval Virtual
14:45 Roundtables Area Roundtable Collaboration (success stories, partnerships) 1) Mr Dmitry Epifanov, Head of International Department, IBS Plekhanov;
2) Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas, President of the Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA),
Eduniversal Scientific Committee memeber for Eastern Europe;
3) Mrs Barbara Geniusz Stepnowska, MBA director, Gdansk University of Technology Faculty of Management and Economics;
15h25 Roundtables Area Break Let's Danse
15:35 Auditorium Pitching Session Best Business Schools challenge : 5 Schools present a solution about Soft Skills development - Attendees vote for the best projects/initiative
16:10 Auditorium Experts insights Part 2. Education in 2030: anticipating the future of business school education Eduniversal Scientific Committee members
16:40 Auditorium Closing Keynote session Urgent action for reskilling and upskilling Mrs Paula Marques, Director for Business Transformation, Executive Education at Nova SBE
17:00 Auditorium Conclusions Closing remarks Eduniversal
Prof. Daniel Traca, Dean of Nova SBE
17:10 "Palmes" Beach Entertainment

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