Registration, Reception Dinner and Shows

13:00 - 16:30 Company Visit: Huawei (fully booked)
16:30 - 18:30 Registration and Reception Dinner
19:00 - 20:30 Drama Show: PAPA'S TIME MACHINE

PAPA'S TIME MACHINE is a highly poetic, inspiring and unconventional play that ingeniously integrates puppet show, life performance with contemporary installation art, video art and live music.
The story is based on the interaction between the artist and his father and made possible through the artist's dedication, determination, wild imagination and splendid collaboration from artists from Hungary and Germany. It took the whole team two years to make over 1,000 components and parts for the life-size puppets. Each adventurous time journey in the play marked a chance to re-experience life and memory, bringing audience with novel visual experience and reminding them of the touching stories between them and their own parents.
21:30 - 22:30 Jazz Show
20:30 Bus transportation to Crowne Plaza Shanghai Hotel (till 22:30)

Opening Ceremony

Moderator: Prof. QU Xi, Associate Dean of Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China

Remarks:
Prof. LIU Weidong, Vice President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Prof. CHEN Fangruo, Dean of Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China

Plenary Session: AI and Future of Business

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a critical area of interest in the business world, with experts predicting that it will significantly influence the future of business. The transformational impact of AI on the operational and competitive landscape of businesses through cost reduction, efficiency enhancement, and accuracy improvement has been widely acknowledged. Moreover, AI algorithms are enabling companies to provide personalized offerings to customers by analyzing their data and behaviour. However, this development raises ethical concerns that demand attention. As business educators, it is our responsibility to prepare students for a future in which AI will play a prominent role. This task involves designing new programs and courses that emphasize AI and related technologies, as well as equipping students with critical thinking and problem-solving skills that will be essential in an AI-driven workplace. Overall, AI is poised to revolutionize the way businesses operate in the future. Therefore, we must adapt our business education to facilitate our students and their businesses to achieve excellence in the new era of AI, while also considering ethical, equitable, and sustainable issues.
Moderator: Prof. CHEN Fangruo, Dean of Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China

Speakers:

Prof. Erika H. JAMES, Dean, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Prof. Eric BRADLOW, Vice Dean of AI & Analytics at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA

Speaker:

Prof. Andrea SIRONI, President of Bocconi University, Italy

Group Photo and Coffee Break

Speaker:

Prof. Jikyeong KANG, President of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Philippines

Q & A

Luncheon

Moderator: Prof. QU Xi, Associate Dean of Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China

Plenary Session (cont.):

Speaker: Prof. Madhav V. RAJAN, Dean, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, USA

Plenary Session (cont.):

Speakers:
Prof. E Weinan, Mathematician, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. CHEN Fangruo, Dean of Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China

Q & A

Conference Banquet - The Grand Halls

Corporate Speech:
Mr. William LI, Founder, Chairman and CEO of NIO

Moderator: Prof. HE Fan, Dean of Shanghai Institute for National Economy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China

Coffee Break

Roundtable Discussion:

"The Challenges on International Collaboration Between Business Schools in Near Future"

Moderator: Prof. Dan LECLAIR, CEO of Global Business School Network (GBSN)

Panelists:
Prof. DU Huibin, Dean of the College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, P. R. China
Prof. FENG Gengzhong, Dean of School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, P. R. China
Prof. Sergey MYASOEDOV, Vice-rector of RANEPA University, Dean of IBS Moscow of RANEPA, Russia
Prof. YANG Jun, Dean of Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. YU Jun, Dean of Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Thanks Speech: Prof. CHEN Fangruo, Dean of Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China

Lunch Buffet

Bonus Session (Optional): AACSB Workshop: Benchmarking with Global Standards for a Better Business School

Facilitator: Geoff PERRY, AACSB EVP, Chief Membership Officer, and Managing Director, Asia Pacific

This workshop is of real value to business schools considering or have already decided to enter the AACSB accreditation process. It provides participants with a clear understanding of the requirements of AACSB accreditation, the journey itself, and how to complete the initial steps that will launch a school toward accreditation. This workshop will leave a school well-placed to decide whether it wants to pursue accreditation and, if it does, how to get the journey underway successfully.

(Separate registration required: Register Now, no additional registration fee)