[20 October 2003]
Singapore Management University hosts
international Conference on World-Class Practices
in Management Education
Two leading professional associations
in the field of education, the Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the
European Foundation for Management Development
(efmd), have joined forces to showcase the industry’s
best practices at the first annual Conference of
World-Class Practices in Management Education,
to be held from 19 to 21 October 2003.
Hosted by the Singapore Management
University (SMU), the World-Class Practices in Management
Education Conference not only marks the inaugural
collaboration between the two accreditation bodies;
it is also the first time it has ever been held in
Asia.
The conference will feature Strategic
International Alliances in Practice, Innovative Strategies
in Management Education; and Accreditation: Value-added
Services for Continuous Improvement. Leading business
schools throughout the world will also showcase their
innovative practices in management education, international
alliances, and continuous improvement strategies.
Panellists for the plenary sessions include, among
others, Robert L. Taylor, professor and former dean,
College of Business and Public Administration, University
of Louisville; Hellmut Schütte, dean, INSEAD,
Asia Campus; John J. Fernandes, president and CEO,
AACSB International; and Tan Chin Tiong, provost
and professor, Singapore Management University.
Outlining Singapore as a special place for higher
education and its commitment to deliver quality education,
Prof Ronald Frank, SMU President said, “This
is a country which not only gives lip service to
higher education but backs that lip service by its
own commitments and perseverance in those commitments
to ensure that institutions such as SMU, and the
other two public-funded universities in this country
(NUS & NTU), are able to continue to develop
and flourish even in what has proven to be difficult
economic times.”
The Conference attracted the participation
of about 65 professional educators from 22 countries
worldwide.
Opening Address Address by Professor
Ronald Frank, President of SMU at the Opening Ceremony
on Monday, 20 October 2003 at SMU
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