2023 Conference - Scottsdale, Arizona
Plenary Sessions
Disruptive Innovation in the EMBA World and How to GROW
Henry Hays, Managing Partner, Henry Hays Consulting
AI-Powered Business Schools: Transforming the Business Education Landscape
Sarah Grant, PhD, Director, IDEA Lab, Imperial College Business School
Equipping the Next Generation of Leaders in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Brian Evergreen, Founder, The Profitable Good Company
Let’s Grow the Pie
Leon A. Jackson, Founder and CEO of The Diversity in Leadership Program, and Chancellor, Marian University’s St. Joseph College
EMBAs as Entrepreneurs: Meeting the Demand / Jo Hising DiFabio, MIT, and Gonzalo Freixes, UCLA
Creating a Positive Student Culture / Jane Charlton and Hannah Daniels, London Business School
Tell Me About Yourself and Other Useless Questions: How to Craft Interviews That Serve Your Program and Your Applicants / Sara Lynn Ianni, Christine O'Brien, and Ikechi Nwankwo, Cornell University
Digital Learning Innovations to Enhance the Experience of Working Professionals / Jaclyn Conner and Ruchika Sethi, Emory University
Defining and Communicating Your EMBA’s ROI / Arnie Longboy, London Business School, and Randell Hernandez, University of Washington
The Strategic Leadership Intensive: Purposefully Driving Personalized ROI in the Curriculum / Suzanne Carter, Texas Christian University
Building a Valuable Network / Sissel Hammerstrøm, BI Norwegian Business School
Building a Balanced EMBA Cohort: Engaging Candidates From Application Through Orientation / Ana Kyper, Graduate Management Admission Council®; Sharon Barrett, University of Texas at Austin; Keith Gallinelli, Yale University; and Matt Clemons, Duke University
Managing and Adapting to the New Normal – Hybrid Format Education Lessons Learned / Butch Sarma and Brittany Gracik, Virginia Commonwealth University
Starting a Specialized EMBA Program at a Public University: What We Know Now That We Wished We Knew Then! / Shad Satterthwaite, University of Oklahoma
EDI and Organizational Change in Business Schools: What Supports Change and What are the Barriers to Change? /Melissa McCrae, Simon Fraser University
Women, The EMBA and The C-Suite / Francis Petit and Liza Wynns, Fordham University
Creating Impact With Insight: Deciphering EMBA Benchmarking Trends / Wendy Tsung, Yale University; Brian Mahoney, Percept Research; and Adam Wickersham, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Leveraging Hybrid Delivery for EMBA Programs: Enhancing Flexibility and Preserving Networking Opportunities / Leiser Silva, PhD, University of Houston
Facing the Grand Challenges: The Importance of Geopolitics in the EMBA Curriculum / Frédéric Merck, Mannheim Business School, and Cédomir Nestorovic, ESSEC Business School
Optimizing Your Admissions Analytics / Nita Swinsick and Gregory Goulding, Georgetown University
Innovative Approaches to Building Purposeful EMBA Teams / Jeff Kudisch and Jennifer Wiess, Villanova University, and Chris Bray, Northwestern University
Investing in Alumni: How Our Admissions Office Reengaged Alumni to Build a Stronger Application Funnel / Ariel Edwards and Jessica French, Georgia Tech
Upping Your Game: Acting on Market Changes and Trends / Scott Jeffe and Nate Mouttet, RNL, and Randell Hernandez, University of Washington
Immersive Learning: Creating a New Reality in the EMBA Journey / Abraham Varghese, INSEAD
Initiatives to Enhance Diversity in EMBA Programs / Valentina Sredeva and Rachel Viele, University of Cambridge
Transform Your Marketing Outreach Strategy / Mike Miccoli, MIT
Redesigning an EMBA Program and Expanding Our Footprint: UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Path / Holly Rice, UNC Kenan-Flagler
1981 AACSB Executive MBA Workshop (Houston)
1983 Developing Quality in Executive MBA Programs (Atlanta)
1985 Executive MBA Programs: Masterful Strategies for Mature Programs (Boston)
1986 Executive MBA Programs: The State-of-the-Artful Relations (San Francisco)
1987 Executive MBA Programs: Insighters Trading for the Future (Toronto)
1988 Looking from the Inside Out: The Structure, Operations, and Marketing (Denver)
1989 Executive MBA Direction and Change: Managing Innovation (San Antonio)
1990 Setting the Course for the 90s (Orlando)
1991 Executive MBA Futures and Options (Santa Monica)
1992 Challenges 1992: Competition and Integration (New Orleans)
1993 The Challenge of Educating International Managers: An Immersion Program (Mexico City)
1994 The Executive MBA 2000 (Washington, D.C.)
1995 Navigating the Future of the Executive MBA: Strategy, Technology, and Operations (Seattle)
1996 Challenged to Lead (Chicago)
1997 Prepared to Lead in a Global Environment (Montreal)
1998 Seizing the Initiative, Best Innovations and Practices in the Executive MBA (Scottsdale)
1999 Back to the Future: Embracing Market Changes in the New Millennium (Orlando)
2000 NO BOUNDARIES! (Newport Beach)
2001 The Global Campus: Expanding in a Shrinking World (Philadelphia, Oct. 20-24)
2002 Scaling New Heights: Educate, Network, and Inform (Keystone, Oct. 12-15)
2003 Inspired Leadership: Create, Compete, Communicate, Collaborate (Atlanta, Oct. 18-22)
2004 Building Bridges, Creating Connections (San Francisco, Oct. 30-Nov. 2)
2005 Dare to be Different (Barcelona, Oct. 30-Nov. 2)
2006 Navigating in a Sea of Change (Baltimore, Oct. 21-24)
2007 Thriving in a Mosaic Marketplace (Toronto, Oct. 21-24)
2008 Powering the Brand, Energizing the Industry (Chicago, Oct. 26-29)
2009 Leading Through Challenging Times (San Diego, Oct. 18-21)
2010 Passport to The World (Vancouver, Oct. 24-27)
2011 Ocean of Opportunities (Key Biscayne, Oct. 16-19)
2012 La Belle Epoque - Innovation, Aspiration, Enlightenment (Paris, France, Oct. 14-17)
2013 Igniting Innovation (Houston, Texas, Oct. 20-23)
2014 Lights, Camera, Action (Los Angeles, California, Oct. 19-22)
2015 Global Shift (Singapore, Oct. 25-28)
2016 Redesign & Renewal – Piloting the Waters of Transformation (New Orleans, Oct. 23-26)
2017 Exploring the Next Frontier (Seattle, Oct. 22-25)
2018 Dream, Discover, Disrupt (Madrid, Oct. 14-17)
2019 Experience the Magic! (Orlando, Florida, Oct. 13-16)
2021 Community of Innovators (EMBAC Virtual Conference, Oct. 25-27)
2022 Turning Survival into Revival (Austin, Texas, Oct. 16-19)
2023 Creating Impact (Scottsdale, Arizona, Oct. 1-4)
2024 Panama City, Panama, Oct. 6-9
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