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8th Deans & Directors Conference 2021

Introduction
Recent years have seen many changes in the environment for business education.  The world of work is changing dramatically under the influence of digital technology, raising questions about the appropriate scope and content of business education in the future.  The technology involved in the delivery of education is also changing at a rapid pace, raising questions about ideal models for teaching and learning.  Finally, the sudden onset of a global pandemic forced higher education to go online for the most part of 2020; will this continue and, if so, with what consequences?  In this year’s fully online Deans and Directors Conference, we consider the implications of these changes for business education policy, practice and pedagogy through a set of carefully designed panels featuring local and international speakers.  The Conference will also feature two special roundtable sessions for Deans and Directors.

Day 1 Sessions - April 6, 2021 (Tuesday)
*(Sessions are shown below at Pakistan Standard Time)
Timing* Session Name Details
6:00pm - 7:00pm Inaugural Session The inaugural session will feature addresses by senior staff of international accreditation organizations (such as AACSB and EFMD) and support networks (such as GBSN) to convey a sense of the challenges and opportunities that face business schools across the world. We also expect an address by the Chairman of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
7:00pm - 8:00pm Emerging Issues for the Business School Curriculum Recent decades have seen huge changes in the scope and content of businesses the world over. Many of the top ten companies by capitalization did not even exist a quarter century ago. Moreover, the pace of change continues to be dramatic. This session will address key issues for business education curricula that arise from the pace and content of change, focusing on such sectors as E-commerce and Fintech.
8:00pm - 9:00pm Virtual Teaching: Lessons of Experience Covid19 forced Pakistani and international business schools to go online for most of 2020. What lessons can be drawn from this experience for student access, course delivery, learning retention and assessment? What are the likely implications for the broader business of teaching such as on faculty selection, faculty skills, school infrastructure requirements, and HEC policies relating to the licensing of new schools?
Day 2 Sessions - April 7, 2021 (Wednesday)
Timing* Session Name Details
6:00pm - 7:00pm UEP and Business Education: Challenges to Implementation The new Undergraduate Education Policy of the HEC proposes major changes in undergraduate education through which close to half the undergraduate curriculum would be brought under a prescriptive formula. This panel will examine the challenges likely to be faced by business schools in the implementation of this proposal.
7:00pm - 8:00pm Non-Standard MBA Programs: Lessons of Experience While the standard MBA program in Pakistan is a two-year four-semester model, it co-exists with many non-standard models, such as the part-time MBA and the Executive MBA. Indeed, in western countries, the bulk of enrolment in business schools is now accounted for by part-time students. This session will examine the pros and cons of non-standard models of MBA programs.
8:00pm - 9:00pm Management Consultancy in Pakistan: Opportunities and Challenges While management consultancy is a thriving industry in many western countries, it is much less so in Pakistan, being confined on the demand side mostly to multinational companies and on the supply side to international consultants. This panel of corporate leaders and academic deans will discuss the main reasons for this and indicate a path for the future.

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8th Deans and Directors Conference 2021 Speakers
Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan
Professor,
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore
Dan LeClair
Chief Executive Officer,
Global Business School Network (GBSN)
Dr. Farrukh Iqbal
Chairman,
National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC)
Stephanie Bryant
Executive Vice President and Chief Accreditation Officer,
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Dr. Murtaza Haider
Professor of Data Science & Real Estate Management,
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nauman Abbasi
Director & Professor,
Institute of Management Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
Dr. Zartash Afzal Uzmi
Associate Professor,
 Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
Dr. Naveda Kitchlew
Associate Professor,
Chairperson (Lahore), Association of Management Development Institute (AMDIP), Pakistan
Mr. Muhammad Aliuddin Ansari
Advisory Board of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development,
Institute of Business Administration Karachi (IBA), Karachi
Dr. Muhammad Yar Hiraj
Founder &CEO,
OneLoad
Muhammad Saleem Umer
Program Director,
Institute of Business Administration Karachi (IBA), Karachi
Mr. Qasif Shahied
CEO & Co-founder,
Finja
Mr. Monis Rahman
CEO,
Rozee.pk
Dr. Sadia Nadeem
Dean,
FAST_NU, Islamabad
Dr. Naukhez Sarwar
Vice Chairmen,
National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC)
Dr. Zaki Rashidi
Chairman Department of Business Administration,
IQRA, University, Islamabad
Mr. Talib Syed Karim
President, IoBM, Karachi,
President, Marketing Association of Pakistan
Dr. Abdul Raziq
Registrar & Former Dean,
University of Loralai, Balochistan Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Khan
Director,
Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar
Mr. Syed Asim Rashid
Chairman & CEO,
CreativeSwan
Mr. Iftikhar Taj
Council Member,
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)
Dr. S. Zulfiqar Gilani
Program Specialist Academics PERU/HEDP,
Higher Education Commission
Jonathan Foster-Pedley
Dean and Director,
Henley Business School, Africa
Mr. Asad Ali Shah
CEO,
Asad Ali Shah Associates
Registration: 8th Deans & Directors 2021

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This is a virtual event "All sessions will be conducted online".
Registrations Information:
• Conference Registration fee: 3000/-PKR per person
• Registration Last Date: 30th March, 2021

Note:
For more information regarding conference and registration process, please feel free to call registration focal person Muhammad Usman Khan (MTO - Training & Development Wing)
Contact no: 
+923379726983
Email: musmank@hec.gov.pk

About NBEAC

NBEAC has three main functions: accreditation, training and networking. In its accreditation function, it develops and implements standards to improve the quality of business education in Pakistan. In its training function, it provides opportunities to faculty and managers to learn about quality standards and related matters. In its networking function, it provides a forum for business education professionals to learn from each other through conferences and seminars.