PROGRAM

  • 15:00-18:00
    Grand Hyatt Hotel
    Eduniversal Genius Bar
    One to One with Eduniversal representatives
  • 19:00-21:00
    Grand Hyatt Hotel
    Welcome Cocktail and Registration

  • 9:00-9:15
    Grand Hyatt Hotel
    Departure by bus to the American University in Dubai

  • 9:30-10:00
    Registration & Coffee
  • 10:00-10:30
    The Auditorium
    Opening of the 10th Eduniversal World Convention

    Welcome:
    Mr Martial GUIETTE, CEO & Founder, Eduniversal, France
    Prof Nehme AZOURY, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Eurasia and the Middle East
    Dr Mohammed Abu Ali, Dean, School of Business Administration, American University in Dubai
  • 10:30-11:00
    The Auditorium

    Panel Session: The Education in the UAE
    TBA

  • 11:00-11:15
    Break
  • 11:15-12:00
    The Auditorium
    Panel Discussion: Findings on the future of management education in the Middle East and North Africa

    Moderator:
    Prof. Nehme AZOURY, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Eurasia and the Middle East

    Speakers:
    Prof Nehme AZOURY, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Eurasia and the Middle East
    Prof Sherif KAMEL, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Africa
    Prof Raj KAPOOR, Assistant Dean, School of Business Administration and Assistant Professor of Business Administration, American University in Dubai, UAE
  • 12:00-13:30
    Networking Lunch
  • 13:30-14:15
    The Auditorium
    Panel Session: Consolidation of higher education in the UAE

    Speaker: 
    Mr Roland HANCOCK,     Education Director, PwC Middle East, UAE
  • 14:15-15:00
    The Auditorium
    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
  • 15:00-17:00
    Peer to Peer meetings & Networking Teatime
  • 17:00-17:30
    Departure by bus to Grand Hyatt Hotel
  • 20:00-23:60
    Grand Hyatt Hotel Event Lawn
    Cocktail and Gala Dinner & Eduniversal Awards Ceremony

  • 9:30-9:45
    Grand Hyatt Hotel
    Departure by bus to the American University in Dubai
  • 10:00-10:45
    The Auditorium
    Panel Session: The start-up model as a key element for programmes

    Moderator:
    Dr Virginijus KUNDROTAS    , Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Eastern Europe

    Speakers:
    Dr Irina SENNIKOVA,     Rector, RISEBA University of Business, Arts and Technology, Latvia
    Dr Assylbek KOZHAKHMETOV, President, Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan
  • 10:45-12:00
    The Auditorium
    Panel Session:  Student recruitment: how to find the perfect match? 

    Moderator: 
    Mr Mathieu CHERUBIN, Project Manager, HeadHunterSourcing, France

    Speakers:
    Mr Martial GUIETTE, CEO & Founder, Eduniversal, France
    Ms Camilla MUNOZ-JIMENEZ, Project Manager Booking Solutions, MastersBooking.com, France
    Prof Benoit ANGER, Development and Admissions Marketing Director France and International, Skema Business School, France
  • 12:00-13:00
    MastersBooking Demo, Q&A Sessions

    &

    Peer to Peer meetings
  • 13:00-14:30
    Networking lunch
  • 14:30-15:15
    Campus Visit: American University in Dubai
  • 15:15-16:00
    The Auditorium
    Panel Discussion: Closing gender gap through entrepreneurship: Women in Business

    Moderator: 
    Dr Prof Aneeeta MADHOK,     Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Central Asia

    Speakers:
    Dr Prof Aneeeta MADHOK, Eduniversal Scientific Committee member for Central Asia
    Ms Poonam BHOJANI, CEO, Innoventure Education, UAE
    Dr Dima JAMALI, Associate Dean - Research, American University of Beirut - Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB), Lebanon
  • 16:00-16:45
    The Auditorium
    Panel Session: New world map of student mobility: the challenges ahead

    Speakers:
    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
  • 16:45-17:00
    The Auditorium
    News about Best Masters
  • 17:00-19:00
    Exhibition, Peer to Peer meetings and Coffee break
  • 19:00-19:15
    Departure by bus to Grand Hyatt Hotel
  • 9:30-9:45
    Grand Hyatt Hotel
    Departure by bus to the American University in Dubai
  • 10:00-10:45
    The Auditorium
    Panel session: School branding: building an identity in competitive environments

    Speakers:
    Dr Loic ROCHE,     Dean and General Director, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France

  • 10:45-11:30
    The Auditorium
    Panel session: How to train responsible managers?

    Speakers:
    Prof Metka TEKACIC, Dean, University of Ljubljana Faculty of Economics, Slovenia
    Dr Tim LONDON, Director of International RelationsUniversity of Cape Town - UCT Graduate School of Business, South Africa
  • 11:30-12:15
    The Auditorium
    Panel session: Edutainment and the e-learning in the Higher Education

    Speaker:
    Mr Peng XIA,     Co-founder of Zhuomo Cultural Media, English Learning and Testing Influencer, China
  • 12:15-14:30
    Networking lunch 
  • 14:30-15:15
    The Auditorium
    Panel session: How to develop your alumni network and why does this matter?

    Speakers:
    Mr Mathieu CHERUBIN    , Project Manager, HeadHunterSourcing, France
    Dr Sanjay SHARMA, Dean, University of Vermont School of Business Administration, USA
  • 15:15-15:30
    Break
  • 15:30-16:15
    Lightning-talk 1: Business schools in the "post-global" world: the role of social media
    Moderator: 
    Ms Camilla MUNOZ-JIMENEZ, Project Manager Booking Solutions, MastersBooking.com, France


    Workshop 1: Smart cities
    Prof. José Paulo Esperanç,     Dean, ISCTE Business School - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal


    Lightning-talk 2
  • 16:30-17:15
    Workshops 2: PR and communication in the Higher Education 
    NSB

    Lightning-talk 4: Doing business in UAE?
    AUD
  • 17:30-18:15
    Workshops
  • 18:15-18:30
    Departure by bus to Palmes of Excellence Awards Dinner venue
  • 18:30-22:30
    Cocktail and Palmes of Excellence Awards Dinner
  • 22:30-22:45
    Departure by bus to Grand Hyatt Hotel
  • 10:00-12:30
    Cultural activities

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