九十五年九月國際成果發表會
IMBA
College of Commerce
National Chengchi University
Karri Aston and Nai-Wei Shih
September 18th, 2006 (18:00—18:20)
Yun-Yiu Hall, NCCU
Outline
• About Graduate Business Foundation
• Graduate Business Conference 2006
• List of participating schools
• Lessons learned
• Our Recommendations & GBC 2007
About Graduate Business Foundation (GBF)
Mission:
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Foster leadership and innovation for students and administrators.
Enhance the overall value and perception of graduate business
education.
Promote information exchange among student leaders around the
world.
Recognize executives, educators and students who best exemplify
the Foundation’s ideals of leadership and innovation.
http://www.graduatebusinessfoundation.org
Graduate Business Conference (GBC)
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Annual conference sponsored by GBF, for 20+ years
2-day event for student leaders
Attendance is limited to top business schools in the world
100% student organized
Student leaders must “bid” to host the conference
Conference is usually held in U.S. or Canada
2006: 1st conference held in Europe
GBC 2006
• April 6-9 at Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 105 delegates from 42 top schools
GBC 2006
• 2006: 1st time schools from Asia were invited
• NCCU Attendees:
Karri Aston (IMBA Student Council President)
Nai-Wei Shih (IMBA Student Council Secretary)
• Conference consisted of lectures, company tour, workshops,
discussions, best practices seminars and Presidents’ Forum
GBC 2006
Conference theme: Discovering Potential
Keynote Speakers included:
• Jan Leschly, former CEO of SmithKline Beecham PLC
• Alf Duch-Pedersen, CEO Danisco
• Jacob Riis, Senior VP, International Marketing, Novo Nordisk
• Mette Vestergaard, VP, People & Organisation, Novozymes
• Gary Neilson, Senior VP
• Torsten Moe, VP, Booz Allan Hamilton
• Mette Kirstine Agger, CEO, 7TM Pharma
GBC 2006
• Organized by committee of 25 student leaders for 18 months
• 30 additional students recruited in final month to serve as “Conference
Hosts”
• Raised $350,000 (USD) in sponsorship
• Provided meals, lodging and conference materials for all attendees
GBF Members
United States
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve Univ.
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth University
Duke University
Emory University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Indiana University
Michigan State University
MIT - Sloane
New York University
Northwestern University
Notre Dame
Purdue University
Stanford University
Univ. of California, Berkeley
Univ. of California, LA
University of Chicago
University of Illinois
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina
Europe and Beyond
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern
California
University of Rochester
University of Texas
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University
Washington University
Yale University
Canada
McGill University
Queen’s University
University of Western Ontario
York University
Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)
ESADE (Spain)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Brazil)
HEC (France)
Hochschule St. Gallen (Switzerland)
INSEAD (France)
Institut Superior des Affaires (France)
London Business School (U.K.)
Manchester Business School (U.K.)
National Cheng Chi University
National University of Singapore
Norwegian School of Economics (Norway)
Rotterdam School of Economics (Netherlands)
Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden)
Universita Luigi Bocconi (Italy)
Universitat des Saarlandes (Germany)
University of Economics Prague
Universitat zu Koln (Germany)
Universite Catholique de Louvian (Belgium)
Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien (Austria)
Lessons Learned
• Importance of fostering
student involvement and
leadership
• Student representation in
administration is key
• Need for meaningful corporate
partnerships
Lessons Learned
• New ideas for events
• Best practices from other
schools, including how to
motivate students to participate
• Ways students can work with
administration to improve our
programs
• 100+ new contacts from around
the world,
Our Recommendations & GBC 2007
• GBC is an extremely valuable event for student leaders
• If given the invitation, the IMBA Student Council should attend GBC
2007 in Singapore
• We are supporting National University of Singapore’s efforts to invite
the best schools in Asia by providing information and will help
contact invitees.
A Special Thank You!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following who made
this trip possible:
• Professor Samuel Chen
• Ms. Li-chi Ho
• College of Commerce
• NCCU