2020 Agenda
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2020 MBA Roundtable Annual
Curricular Innovation Symposium Agenda*
All times are Eastern Time Zone
Curricular Innovation Symposium Agenda*
All times are Eastern Time Zone
| Thursday, October 29 All times are Eastern Time Zone |
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| 1:30 - 2:00 | Visit Sponsor Booths Stop Into Virtual Lounge |
| 2:00 – 2:15 | Welcome Jeff Bieganek, Executive Director, MBA Roundtable Brian Cameron, Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Programs, Penn State Smeal College of Business |
| 2:15 – 3:30 | Keynote Speaker Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard Business School Q & A Moderator: Arvind Mahajan, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University |
| 3:30 – 3:45 | Break |
| 3:45 – 4:45 | Panel Session Planning, Implementing and Delivering Impact and Purpose in the MBA Curriculum Moderator: Erik Foley, Director of Sustainability, Penn State Smeal College of Business Travis Maynard, Associate Dean for Academic Programs, College of Business, Colorado State University Andrea M. Prado, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, Director of the Strachan Chair of Philanthropy and Social Investment, INCAE Business School |
| 4:45 – 5:45 | Discussion Breakouts Tying Social Innovation to Timely Topics: Data for Good, Future of Work, and Racial Equity Moderators: Noa Gafni, Executive Director of the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University Jaideep Vaidya, Professor in the MSIS Department & Director of the Rutgers Institute for Data Science, Learning, and Applications, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Professional Practice & Associate Director, Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University ------------ Where do we stand on delivering Ethics in the MBA curriculum? Moderator: Dr. Michelle R. Darnell – Director, Tarriff Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility & Honor and Integrity Director, Penn State Smeal College of Business ------------ Developing faculty buy-in to deliver impact and purpose in the MBA curriculum Moderators: Santanu Chatterjee, Director, Full-Time MBA & MSBA Programs and Josiah Meigs Professor of Economics, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia Sundar Bharadwaj, The Coca-Cola Company Chair of Marketing, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia ------------ How do you measure your success in teaching CSR and CS? Assurance of Learning and Learning Analytics Challenges Moderator: Shannon McKeen Executive Director for Strategic Engagement, Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Faculty Advisor, Kenan-Flagler’s STAR program, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill |
| 5:45 – 6:00 | Break/Prep for Networking/Social Event |
| 6:00 – 6:15 | MBA Roundtable Fast Track Innovation Award Announcement Michael Koenig, Chair, MBA Roundtable Associate Dean for Innovation Initiatives & Executive Director of Executive Education, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University Robert Ruiz Vice President, Strategic Enrollment BusinessCAS |
| 6:15 – 7:30 | Penn State Presentation and Virtual Networking Event Evening with the Dean Charles H. Whiteman, Dean, Penn State Smeal College of Business Virtual Escape Room |
| Friday, October 30 | |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome Back MBA Roundtable Penn State Case for Women Case Writing Competition Updates |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Keynote Social Good Imperative for Higher Education Karen Hughes Quintos, (former) EVP & Chief Customer Officer, Dell Technologies |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Panel Session: The Role of Industry and Academic Partnership in delivering Impact and Purpose in the MBA Curriculum Moderator: Karen Hughes Quintos, (former) EVP & Chief Customer Officer, Dell Technologies Chip Adams, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Center for Conscientious Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University Peter Lupoff, CEO, Net Impact |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | Discussion Breakouts Social Impact in the MBA – building and integrating co-curricular programming on social entrepreneurship, impact investing, civic engagement, sustainability and more Moderator: Caroline Grossman, Executive Director, Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Strategy, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business ------------ Experiential learning’s role in delivering an impact investing curriculum Moderator: Jennifer M. Walske, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Interim Faculty Director of Impact@Anderson, Anderson School of Management UCLA ------------ Business as a Force for Good: The Intersectionality of Business Education and Community Engagement Moderators: Aarti Ivanic, Associate Professor of Marketing and Academic Director of MBA Programs, University of San Diego School of Business Chris Nayve, Associate Vice President of Community Engagement and Anchor Initiatives, University of San Diego ------------ What, if any, connection is made between curriculum and career? Moderators: Philip Heavilin II, Executive Director, Career Development Office, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University Abigail R. Kies, Assistant Dean, Career Development Office, Yale School of Management, Yale University |
| 12:45 – 1:00 | Break |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Panel Session: Delivering on what we are talking about: Reflecting on the pandemic and ongoing racial inequities – How can MBA programs change and do better in the future Moderator: Nancy McGaw, Deputy Director, Business & Society Program, The Aspen Institute Panelists: Maryam Alavi, Dean and Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr. Chair, Professor of IT Management, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology James Danko, President, Butler University Peter Rodriguez, Dean and Professor of Management, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Discussion Breakouts Staying one step ahead – from microfinance to experiential education to impact investing to sustainability. What’s next? Moderator: Nydia MacGregor, Faculty Director MBA Programs and Alumni Engagement, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University ------------ Diversity and Inclusion in the MBA Curriculum – How can we step it up? Moderators: Jamie Campbell, Assistant Dean for Diversity Enhancement, Penn State Smeal College of Business Stephen Taylor, Research Director, BusinessCAS ------------ Approaches to Integrating Impact and Purpose into the Curriculum Moderators: Barbara Bickart, Associate Professor of Marketing and Senior Associate Dean for MBA Programs, Questrom School of Business, Boston University Paul Carlile, Senior Associate Dean, Online Learning, Associate Professor, Information Systems, Questrom School of Business, Boston University Caroline Flammer, Associate Professor of Strategy & Innovation, Questrom School of Business, Boston University ------------ Supporting Student Changemakers: Reaching across campus to drive sustainable impact Moderators: Victoria Parker, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Faculty Administration, Associate Professor of Management, Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire Fiona Wilson, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, University of New Hampshire, Director of UNH's Sustainability Institute, and Affiliate Clinical Associate Professor of Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability at the Paul College of Business & Economics |
| 3:00 - 3:15 | Prize Winners Announced Closing/Wrap Up |
*Schedule/speakers/topics subject to change
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