Programme
| Tuesday, 8 April |
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| 16:00 - 18:00 |
Conference Check-in |
| 18:00 - 20:30 |
Drinks Reception at HEC, with tours of the building |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Presentation for new MBA CSEA members (open to all) Come learn what MBA CSEA is about and how you can get more involved! |
| Day 1, Wednesday 9 April |
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| 8:15 |
Conference check-in and welcome coffee |
| 9:15 - 10:45 |
Conference Opening and Keynote Address Are we Preparing our Students for Constant Career Disruption? Herminia Ibarra, Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Networking coffee |
| 11:30 - 12:45 | A Global Mindset for a Global Career - Plenary Session and Q&A with Melanie Lankau MBA Students must demonstrate an openness and willingness to think and work beyond their own perspectives and borders in order to be successful in today's complex work environments. This session will introduce participants to the concept of global mindset and the business case for developing intercultural skills for global leadership. |
| 12:45 - 13:15 | Vendor Presentations |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Networking lunch |
| 14:15 - 15:30 | The Business Case for a Global Mindset - Q&A with a Panel of Employers Why are candidates with a global mindset are critical for a global employer? Which emerging roles truly require it? How do you recruit for those roles? How do you chart global career paths? |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Networking coffee |
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Experience sharing - five parallel sessions Global Mindset and Career Services |
| 17:15 - 17:45 |
Take home round - quick round of take-home points for the day by participants |
| Evening | An evening in Versailles. Transportation will be provided to and from Versailles so you can enjoy this beautiful, historic city. |
| Day 2, Thursday 10 April |
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| 8:15 - 9:00 |
Conference check-in and welcome coffee |
| 9:00 - 10:30 |
Keynote Address Taking FLIGHT: Creating Positive Global Leaders Jessica Glazer, Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University Department of Physiological and Brain Sciences. |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Networking Coffee |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | Experience sharing sessions - 5 parallel sessions Developing Global Leaders |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Vendor Presentations |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Networking Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Global Recruitment Practices Discuss differences and similarities within current MBA recruiters and those new to MBA hiring |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Networking Coffee |
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Business Schools - Collaboration or Competition Q&A with a panel of schools and employers Discuss ways of collaboration with peer schools such as joint treks, career fairs, study trips and services for exchange students as well as the benefits for career services and the corporate world. |
| 17:15 - 17:45 |
Wrap-up |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Gastronomic Dinner and Cruise on the Seine Join us on a private boat reserved exclusively for MBA CSEA conference attendees. Enjoy the splendid spectacle of Paris and its most beautiful monuments: the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Palais, the Louvre, Notre-Dame...without forgetting of course all the bridges. It's "THE" cruise in Paris, and will make your evening an unforgettable one! |
| Day 3, Friday, 11 April |
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| 8:00 - 9:30 |
Employment Standards 101 New to the MBA CSA reporting standards? This workshop will explore the principles of the standards, why they are important and how you can apply them to your school now. |
| 9:30 - 11:00 | Growth Session - 3 parallel sessions 1. Interview Logic Workshop 2. Optimizing your use of Linkedin 3. Identifying "Best Self" |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Networking coffee |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Growth Session - 3 parallel sessions 1. Interview Logic Workshop 2. Optimizing your use of Linkedin 3. Identifying "Best Self" |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Networking Lunch and Conference Closing |
