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Conferences

3rd Deans and Directors Conference

Conferences
Date: 2016-02-17 08:00 - 2016-02-18 05:00

Venue: Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan  |  City: Lahore, Pakistan

 

Purpose

NBEAC’s Deans & Directors Conference is a strategic level event for determining the future of management education in Pakistan, where more than 100 deans of business schools participate annually to share experiences and to discuss areas of mutual interest. This year’s conference will focus on strengthening business schools through creating partnerships among the schools and with other key players influencing or being influenced by business education. 
The conference aims to address questions such as:

Can business schools be the leading solution provider to the industry?

Can business schools enhance the employability through entrepreneurship?

What vision and strategy will deans require to successfully sustain their business school?

Participants will address these and other questions in order to envision the future of business schools.


  Objectives

i. To strengthen the business schools through industry academia partnerships.

ii. To suggest ways to enhance research activities in business schools through partnerships.

iii. To provide focused recommendations to  the business schools for enhancing employability skills of business graduates

iv. To strengthen business schools through sharing ideas, resources and infrastructure.

Topics and Sessions 

Strengthening Business Schools through Partnerships Conference Programme

Welcome Dinner: Tuesday, 16th February 2016 at University of Lahore (UoL), 1 - KM Defense Road, Lahore. 54000, Pakistan

Wednesday, 17th February 2016 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore (Crystal Ball Room-B)

INAUGURAL SESSION   (Crystal Ball Room-B)

ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF STRATEGIC PLAN (Crystal Ball Room-B)

WORKSHOP-I:

Engaging Your Faculty In Management Consulting; Benefits To The Business Schools And The Faculty

(Emerald Hall-A)

WORKSHOP-II:

Developing Entrepreneurs; Refining the Curriculum and Guiding Your Faculty

(Emerald Hall-B)

Business Art Apart; An art exhibition on business education)

(Emerald Hall C)

 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF BUSINESS SCHOOL'S TEACHERS; STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE (Crystal Ball Room-B)

Policy Roundtable-I:

Unique Challenges Of Rural/Remote Universities                        

(Emerald Hall-A)

Policy Roundtable-II:

How to Cultivate a Research Culture in Business School?       

(Emerald Hall-B)

Policy Roundtable-III:

Unique Challenges of Public Sector Universities

(Emerald Hall-C)

HIRING AND MOTIVATING QUALIFIED FACULTY (Crystal Ball Room-B)

PRESENTATIONS & DISCUSSIONS ON OUTCOMES OF POLICY ROUND TABLE –I AND POLICY ROUNDTABLE -II, POLICY ROUNDTABLE -III  (Crystal Ball Room-B)

Dinner at University of Management and Technology, Lahore

Thursday, 18th February 2016 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore

Policy Roundtable-IV:

Quality Assurance In Public Administration

(Emerald Hall-A)

Policy Roundtable-V:

The Crisis And Challenges Of Commerce Education

(Emerald Hall-B)

INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS

From the Business Graduates

(Crystal Ball Room-B)

Industry expectations from the business graduates (Crystal Ball Room)

Making Business Schools More Relevant For Industry – Challenges and Opportunities For Forging Linkages And Partnerships (Crystal Ball Room-B)

Closing Session


 Participants

This would be the third of the series of four strategic level conferences. The event will be exclusively for Deans, Directors, HoDs , senior faculty members and other stakeholders linked with higher education business units. 

Deans, Directors ,HoDs and senior faculty members would attend as they are responsible for strategic decision making and to synchronize the internal business school operations.

It would be attended by Industry Experts & Entrepreneurs as close interaction between industry and academics is essential to face the emerging challenges.

International participation should be encouraged.


Venue and Date

Inaugural Ceremony on 16th Feb 2016 at Lahore Business School - University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

The proposed conference will be held at the Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan on 17-18 Feb 2016.


Registration (Get Registered)

Registration fee is PKR, 5,000 per person from Business School.

Registration will be started from 1st October, 2015 

The registration fee will cover: 

Participation in Welcome Dinner on 16th Feb 2016 at Lahore Business School, Lahore, Pakistan

Participation in Inaugural Ceremony at Lahore Business School, Lahore

Conference kit (Bag, Proceedings & stationary) 

Lunches & Dinners 

All Hi-Tea sessions during the conference. 

The registration fee will not cover Accommodation.

Registration / Facilitation Desk

Facilitation desk will be setup in Lahore Business School, Lahore on 16th Feb 2016 from 05:00 pm. Registration desk will be working on both days from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm in hotel lobby at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore. The Participants will collect the conference kit and details from there.


 Accommodation/Transport

Accommodation facility is provided at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, HEC regional center, Lahore, University of Lahore,Lahore and Lahore College for Women University, Lahore. Please contact the focal persons for reservations. For Rooms reservations please contact Mr. Ahmed Hassan, Management Trainee Officer | Mobile# 0334-1515225 | Email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore

30-50 Rooms Available

Rs. 12,500/- + tax for Double occupancy

Rs. 10,500/- + tax for Single occupancy

Hotel Pak Heritage, Lahore 

10-15 Rooms Available.  

 

Address
Mall Rd
Lahore, Pakistan

 

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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.