The conference will be held on
12-13 November in Cologne, Germany in conjunction with the 6th PRME Chapter DACH (12 November) and 8th International Conference on Sustainability and Responsibility (14-15 November) to which PRME is invited to contribute. All information is also available online at
https://www.international-csr.org/prme-research-conference/
The conference general theme is:
“Leadership Development for Advancing the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals”. In their call for systemic changes in business and management education to accelerate progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to sensitize future business leaders to values like sustainability and responsibility, the United Nations Global Compact and Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) emphasize that business schools and management development institutions should play a key role in shaping the skills and mindsets of future leaders, and act as powerful drivers of corporate sustainability.
To be able to respond to the challenge and contribute to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Global Goals, business schools must change the way they teach about business and leadership, and more systematically incorporate values like sustainability, ethics and responsibility into their teaching, research, stakeholder collaboration and campus leadership.
In this context, conference’s goals include the following:
- Achieving a better understanding of the complexity, interconnectedness and multidimensional nature of the 17 SDGs and the respective 169 targets, with a general aim of moving from the predominantly discipline/silo focused management research and education towards a holistic and SDG related leadership development approaches and practices
- Understanding the related challenges, while also identifying new opportunities and sharing best practices in developing leadership capabilities for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Global Goals
- Establishing common ground for businesses, management education, policy makers, NGOs, youth, media, publishers, international organizations, associations and networks, and other stakeholders to create new and/or extend their already existing partnerships and dialogue through a better informed communication and collaboration.
The conference invites contributions to research sessions, interactive panels and roundtable discussions as well as poster sessions and demonstrations on various aspects related to the advancement of the SDGs and the respective roles that the key stakeholders could and should play in making leadership development relevant and impactful on business practice, management research and education, and the economic and social transformation and change at large.
Please read more about contributions
here or visit the
conference website for more info on the event.
For questions, please contact the Conference Secretariat at the following email:
Monika Kolb conference2018@cbs.de