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Event

The Essex MBA 2019 Conference

Successful Futures: Innovation in a digital world

Tue 30 Apr 19

15:00 - 19:45
Colchester Campus

Essex Business School, EBS 2.34
Event speaker

Various
Event type

Conferences
MBA Events
Event organiser

Essex Business School
Contact details

Sian Savage ssavage@essex.ac.uk
01206 873131

The Essex MBA 2019 Conference brings together current MBA students, recent alumni and local business professionals to hear from industry representatives on the subject of digital disruption and innovation in their sectors.

The Essex MBA 2019 Conference

Booking for Guests, MBA students and Alumni

Booking for Business Delegates

Booking for Virtual Event

Immerse yourself in the digital debate

This interactive conference will immerse you in the debate surrounding disruptive technologies and how this is impacting today’s business landscape. Professor Nicolas Forsans, MBA Director, will welcome a range of speakers to share their experiences of innovation in their organisations and how such innovation looks set to transform business as we know it.

The Essex MBA Conference Agenda
14:30	Guest and MBA Student and Alumni Registration
15:00	Welcome Welcome by Professor Nicolas Forsans, MBA Director, an insight into The Essex MBA
15:15	Alumni Overview of services to MBA alumni, Jo Rogers, Director of Advancement
15:30	How it was for me? The legacy and impact of The Essex MBA The Essex MBA develops socially responsible innovators delivering sustainable business. This session showcases the impact the MBA has had on its graduates and alumni, sharing their personal stories, coping mechanisms and the ways through which the MBA changed their world-view and abilities. Followed by a Q&A
16.15	Tea and coffee break and Business Delegate Registration
16:45	Innovation in a digital world Digital innovation is all around us, impacting society and disrupting established organisations and start-ups alike. In this session, leading business practitioners and innovators will discuss the business models of tomorrow – digitally-enabled, consumer-focused and powered by innovation.
18.15	Panel discussion Facilitated by Professor Nigel Pye, former MBA Director
18.45	Networking reception with drinks and canapes An opportunity to network with our guest speakers, leading business practitioners, MBA Faculty, alumni and course participants

Speaker profiles

Michael Hobbs

Michael Hobbs, Founder of Flow Fintech and formerly Managing Director of Accenture Digital is a promoter of Inclusive Digital Finance. He will argue banks have been failing to innovate and develop products that are addressed to everybody and assess how design thinking and digital innovation powered by AI, the Internet of Things and cloud services have the potential to disrupt the banking sector.

Andrew Starkey

Andrew Starkey, Senior Researcher at BT discusses the link between innovation, artificial intelligence and sustainability and will argue digital innovation will help make our world more sustainable – for the benefits of all.

Elisabeth Kelan

Professor Elisabeth Kelan, Professor of Leadership and Organisation at Essex Business School discusses what type of leadership and what type of leaders we need for organisations to thrive in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world.