25th Annual Businet Conference 2011 - Istanbul, Turkey

9 - 12 November 2011

Conference Programme

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Photos from the 2011 Conference

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Keynote Presentations

Sijbolt Noorda, Vereniging van Universiteiten (VSNU)
"Is Higher Education healthy and sustainable?"

Michal Kadera, Business Europe and Director of Cebre
"Innovation in Professional Higher Education"

Simon Roy - Policy Officer, Higher Education, European Commission
"The 2011 modernisation agenda: a new EU strategy for Higher Education"

Herman Konings - Founder of Belgian trend and future research agency Pocket Marketing/nXt
"Trends in (international) Higher Education"

Workshop Presentations

John Widdowson, Principal New College Durham
"Changes to Higher Education in England: Risk or Opportunity?"

Mª Angeles Sánchez Carrascal, Stenden University
"Culture is all Around Me! Creating Self-awareness and Cultural Competence"

"Compevent - Exploring competencies for event organizers"
led by Birgit Binnyei (EWS Vienna), Ingeborg Kühling (EWS Vienna), Peter Hosek (Image Vienna), Katy Maddison (New College Durham), Valida Mechri (ISCPA Groupe IGS LYON) and Graciela Padoani David (PRISME)

Ieva Brence - Council of Higher Education of Latvia
"Evaluation of Higher Education Programmes for increasing Quality and Competitiveness. Case study Latvia."

Leen Van Tolhuysen, Lessius University of Applied Science
"Using Social Networking Tools effectively"

Dr. SPS Bedi and Dr. Karminder Ghuman Chandigarh Business School, India
"Entrepreneurship Development Incubation Centre concept of the CBS"

Rick Lay,
Oxfam Unwrapped

Ian Charles - International Business Academy
"UK / DK double degree - an example of innovative practice"

Griet t'Servranckx and Agnes Dillien, Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven and Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen
"The use of new media as a challenge for the International Office Communication"

Hanns Hub - CHANCE
"CHANCE Software a Business Game for all"
Info Sheet

Memo Diriker and Kirsten Passyn - Franklin P. Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University Maryland, USA
"Multi-Country Research & NIBS Research Journal"

Frauke Velghe - IKC International Key Courses
"International Education and Cultural experiences: Key courses"

Richard Lewis, Richard Lewis Communications
"Cultural Factors in International Business"

Annual Conference 2011 Video

This is a video from the 2011 Istanbul Conference to give a taster of what goes on at one of our conferences.