Karri Aston and Nai-Wei Shih September 18th, 2006 (18:0018:20) Yun-Yiu Hall, NCCU IMBA College of Commerce National Chengchi University 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: 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 Foundations ideals of leadership and innovation. 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 Graduate Business Conference (GBC) GBC 2006 April 6-9 at Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark 105 delegates from 42 top schools 2006: 1 st 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 GBC 2006 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 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 Queens University University of Western Ontario York University Europe and Beyond 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) GBF Members 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 Singapores 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