Ashridge International Research Conference AIRC4
Try and join the AIRC4 conference, linked to 4 Special Issues of peer reviewed journals, with its programme of interactive sessions in which distinguished keynote speakers, e.g. Professor Juani Swart, Professor John Mahon, Laurent Choain of Mazar's and Dame Fiona Woolf, the former Lord Mayor of London, will present and discuss their views, academics from around the world will share their latest research, and practitioners will discuss their challenges and experiences.
This conference presents your opportunity to network with people in the know.
AIRC4, is to be held at Ashridge Business School 2pm June 12th – 2pm June 14th 2015,
on the topic of Leadership, Management, Innovation in Professional & Knowledge Intensive Organisations: People and process challenges in the global knowledge economy;
For registration and further information see www.ashridge.org.uk/airc4.
AIRC4 ASHRIDGE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Leadership, Management, Innovation in Professional & Knowledge Intensive Organisations:
People and process challenges in the global knowledge economy
Conference tracks
- Specificities and Challenges for Knowledge Intensive Organisations
- Leading and Leadership for Value Creation and Innovation
- Knowledge Strategy and Management
- Management Values and Performance
AIRC4 Outline Programme
Friday 12th June 2015
| 14.00 -14.15 | Opening Carla Millar, Stephen Chen, Lee Waller |
| 14.15 - 15.30 | Opening Panel of Experts People and process challenges in the knowledge intensive nexus Laurent Choain, Chief HR Officer, Mazars Group, Paris Richard Cleverly, Global Head of Talent, Financial & Risk, Thomson Reuters Philip Sadler, Tomorrow's Company and former CEO, Ashridge David Young, Head of Leadership Development BT Group at BT Chair: Professor Kai Peters, CEO Ashridge |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Tea, Wyatt Room |
| 16.00 - 18.30 | Conference Sessions: I.1: Specificities and Challenges for Knowledge Intensive Organisations |
| | II.1: Creative Leadership and Personality |
| 19.00 - 20.30 | Dinner, Main Dining Hall |
Saturday 13th June 2015
| 09.15 – 11.00 | Conference Sessions IV.1: Personal Development and Performance in KIS |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee, Wyatt Room |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Dean's Forum and Keynote Addresses Leading and Developing People in Knowledge Intensive Firms Dame Fiona Woolf, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna and the 686th Lord Mayor of London (2013-2014) Talent Development in the City Laurent Choain, Chief HR Officer, Mazars Group, Paris Innovation, Education and HR Strategy in Professional Service Firms Chair: Professor Kai Peters, CEO Ashridge |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Conference Sessions III.1: Knowledge Sharing and Organizational Culture I.2: Specificities and Challenges of KIOs: The University Sector |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Tea, Wyatt Room |
| 16.00 – 18.30 | Conference Sessions II.2: Leadership and Innovation III.2: Knowledge Transfer and Trust |
| 18.30 – 19.30 | A walk in the grounds or Tour of the Mansion and/or Publishing Clinic |
| 19.30 – 20.00 | Publishers' Reception on the Loggia |
| 20.00 – 22.00 | Conference Dinner in the Old Library After Dinner Speech "Risk and Leaders" by the 'Priest of Sin' |
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Sunday 14 June 2015
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Conference Sessions II.3: Leadership and Power III.3: Implementing Knowledge Management |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee, Wyatt Room |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Keynote Addresses and Final Forum Discussion Knowledge Cultivation in Knowledge Intensive Firms Juani Swart, Professor of Human Capital, School of Management, University of Bath HR Policies and Processes to Manage Knowledge Professionals in Contemporary Contexts John Mahon, Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy and Professor of Management, University of Maine, USA Knowledge Corruption in Knowledge Intensive Organizations Giovanni Schiuma, Professor of Arts Management, University of the Arts, London, UK and Universitá della Basilicata, Italy Value Creation in Knowledge Intensive Organisations Chair: Professor Stephen Chen, Chair AIRC4 |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Concluding Practice: People and Processes, Lee Waller, Chair AIRC4 |
| 13.00 – 13.15 | Concluding Academe; Closing of Conference, Carla Millar, Chair AIRC4 |
| 13.15 – 14.15 | End of Conference Lunch, Main Dining Hall |
Carla Millar
Prof. Carla C.J.M. Millar PhD
Chair AIRC4 on Knowledge Intensive Institutions
See www.ashridge.org.uk/airc4
AIRC4 Chairs et al. will Guest Edit Special Issues of:
The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Focus: leadership, international HRM and organisational challenges in KIS
The Journal of Knowledge Management
Focus: leading and managing KIS through formal knowledge strategies
The Journal of Academic Ethics
Focus: values, processes, functions and governance in KIS
The Journal of Public Affairs
Focus: Value creation and innovation in KIS,
and have a partnership agreement with the Creativity and Innovation Management journal
to recommend relevant AIRC4 papers for fast track publication in CIM.
Fellow, Ashridge Business School, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 1NS, UK, 0044 1442 84 1175, 0044 20 7402 4700,
carla.millar@ashridge.org.uk
Professor, International Marketing & Management, University of Twente, School of Management & Governance.
PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands, 0031 53 489 5355, 0031 33 462 7343; c.millar@utwente.nl