AMBA & BGA Festival of Excellence – Business Schools
27-28 January 2021
The AMBA & BGA Festival of Excellence was a unique and inspirational event that featured best practice and innovation in the light of mounting global challenges from across the AMBA & BGA network of Business Schools, with a series of virtual interactive sessions, drawing on expertise from a world-class group of thinkers, practitioners and speakers.
The Festival showcased the innovation of Business Schools, demonstrated the achievements of the network and inspired others to achieve excellence in the face of global volatility, acting as a celebration of achievement and highlighting new work and fresh ideas for the year ahead.
In addition, speakers representing the corporate world, shared their own innovations and discussed how these can shape the business education environment.
The was themed around moving forward in a post-Covid ‘new normal’ with an onus on forward thinking, innovation, and celebration.
Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Covid-19, AMBA & BGA held its Festival of Excellence, including the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2021, in an innovative and virtual format.
Each session during the Festival took the format of a one-hour panel session, featuring a conversation with a panel of leaders, representing trailblazers from the corporate world, as well as Business School leaders.
The event was designed to combine the celebrations of achievement and innovation today, with the ideas of thought leadership and constant improvement for tomorrow.
Sessions included:
- Innovation for success in business education
- Making an impact and a difference: corporate social responsibility
- Strategic Business School partnerships
- A brighter future: culture, diversity and inclusion
- Leading change at Business Schools and inspiring lifelong learning.
