The venue place: RTU Science and Innovation Center (SIC), 6 Kipsalas Str., Riga, Latvia.
27/04
Day 1 "Diversity Confronters Day"(SIC, the Moon room)
09:00 - 10:00 Registration, morning coffee
10:00 - 10:15 Opening, Diversity movie
10:15- 10:30 Welcome speeches
"Diversity Confronters" (six pairs’ sessions)
The speakers-confronters will talk about diversity in different management fields and industries. Speakers will talk in pairs sessions, for each pair session 30-40 minutes.
Each pair will be designed to keep the diversity concept, as well should be a confrontation within the pair. Additionally, there will be two moderators and interaction with the audience.
12 min for each confronter speech, 16 min for both confrontations
Questions must be covered in confronted speech (12 min):
- my top 3 diversity main components
- what I like and dislike in diversity
- how I am implementing a diversity approach in my management (examples)
Moderators:
Inese Suija-Markova
Vice-Mayor of Cesis Municipality (Latvia)
Jean-Pierre Segers
RTU FEEM and Hasselt University Visiting Professor (Belgium)
Modris Ozoliņš
RTU FEEM Director of MBA Program Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Latvia)
10:30 – 12:30 Diversity Confronters Part I (the Moon)
10:30 - 11:10 Diversity in Business Management
11:10 - 11:50 Diversity in Education Management
11:50 - 12:30 Diversity in Culture Management
12:30 - 12:40 Wrapping up by moderators, answers to audience questions, and menti.com)
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch (RTU canteen)
14:00 – 16:30 Diversity Confronters Part II
14:00 - 14:40 Diversity in People Management
14:40 - 15:20 Diversity in Public Sector Management
15:20 - 16:00 Diversity in Research Management
16:00 - 16:15 Wrapping up by moderators, answers to audience questions and via menti.com
16:15 – 16:45 Virginijus Kundrotas, Dean of Adizes Graduate School, Honorary President of BMDA (USA/Lithuania)
"How to manage diversity in a Symbergistic way. What does it mean?
16:45 Closing of the Day 1
19:00 - 21:30 Gala meeting, BMDA awards (the Moon)
Diversity dinner with different dishes representing each represented country. Diversity toasting.
28/04
Day 3 Diversity Workshops Day
09:00 - 9:30 Morning coffee (the Moon Hall)
09:30 - 10:00 Short intro presentations on accreditation organizations
10:00 – 10:40 “Managing diversity toward greater inclusivity and excellence” Piet Naude, QS Director at EFMD (Portugal)
10:40 – 11:00 How to manage diversity in a time of crisis?” Oleksii Vynogradov, Vice-President and Associate Professor at MIM-Kyiv Business School (Ukraine)
11:00 - 13:00 Parallel workshops
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Kliewe, Chair of ACEEU (Germany)
Project DECODE – European Deans Council for Sustainable Development or How to implement sustainability in HEI?
Marge Täks, Head of Impactful Entrepreneurship BA programme at EBS, Senior Lecturer (Estonia)
13:00 - 13:30 BMDA president's reflection and next Conference place and date
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch (RTU campus canteen)
14:30 - 16:00 Walking tour to RTU Labs, Design factory, etc.
N.B., NO COFFEE BREAKS! Coffee will be served all the time in the hall.