Press Corner

The CEEMAN EdTech Seminar, a landmark event, was held from November 15th to 17th at the IEDC-Bled School of Management in the charming town of Bled. This event marked a significant step forward in exploring the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and educational innovation.

The 2nd International Conference on Hidden Champions, organized by the Institute for Hidden Champions at Zhejiang University and the city of Ningbo, brought together over 300 academics and entrepreneurs from around the world to engage in discussions centered around innovation-driven themes.

We are thrilled to share some wonderful news with you all – CEEMAN has a new Director, and we are delighted to welcome Dr. Aigerim Kaumenova aboard!

We are pleased to announce that EU Business School has been awarded CEEMAN IQA re-accreditation status for another six years from 6th October 2023 to 6th October 2029.

31st CEEMAN Annual Conference entitled “Leadership for a Sustainable World” was brilliantly hosted by the Almaty Management University (AlmaU) on 20-22 September. AlmaU is an entrepreneurial, socially responsible, world-class institution that previously welcomed CEEMAN in 2015, and we were delighted to be back for the second time.

We are happy to announce that Almaty Management University has been awarded CEEMAN IQA Re-Accreditation status for another six years. AlmaU is an entrepreneurial, socially responsible university that cooperates with more than 150 universities and associations from around the world. AlmaU is committed to the principles of the third mission, the UN SDGs, promotes the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) and the UN Academic Impact. It is in the top 3 business schools in Central Asia in the Eduniversal ranking and ranks 1001+ in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022.

We are happy to announce that we have a new CEEMAN Champion! Dr. Shilpi Agarwal, Associate Professor and Program Director at Woxsen University, India, has been chosen as CEEMAN Responsible Management Educator of the Year.

We invite faculty members and researchers to showcase their work at a poster session related to the overall theme of the 31st CEEMAN Annual Conference: “Leadership for a Sustainable World”, taking place on 20-22 September 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Case Writing Competition. A total of 37 case studies were submitted this year from 12 countries. The aim of the CEEMAN & Emerald Case Writing Competition is to encourage and promote the development of high-quality teaching case material relevant for the realities of dynamic and emerging economies, and at the same time to promote the development of case-writing capabilities in those countries.

This week, the 23rd edition of IMTA successfully concluded at IEDC-Bled School of Management. 27 participants from 13 different countries joined us in Bled for just under two weeks to build upon their existing teaching experiences and learn how to continue to grow in their various roles as management educators.

We regretfully share that Prof. Dr. Boriss Kurovs, the founder, long-standing rector, and owner of RISEBA University of Applied Sciences, passed away on June 18, 2023 in Riga, Latvia.

Deadline for submitting nominations for CEEMAN Champion Awards has been extended until 20 June 2023. You still have a chance to promote outstanding achievements of your colleagues in all four categories - teaching, research, responsible management education, and leadership.

This week, a diverse group of participants from 11 institutions and 7 countries successfully participated in the 19th edition of Program Management Seminar in Bled.

After two days of fruitful discussions, the first in-person meeting of the EQUATION consortium concluded today in Bled, Slovenia. Coordinated by CEEMAN, EQUATION is an ambitious Erasmus+ funded project that addresses gender equality in HEIs and the role of accreditation agencies on these processes.

We are delighted to announce that we will offer a bonus online session on the topic of ChatGPT exclusively for our PMS and IMTA 2023 participants. In this session, we will discuss the benefits of using ChatGPT in the classroom, share tips for getting the most out of this innovative tool, and answer your questions about how it works and what it can do. The session will take place online on 25 May 2023. It will be led by Prof. Nikos Mylonopoulos, Associate Professor of Digital Business at ALBA Graduate Business School at The American College of Greece.

CEEMAN is happy to introduce several new members to its diverse community – institutional, corporate and individual members alike.

CEEMAN condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it expresses its solidarity with the courageous Ukrainian people. Our thoughts are with them and we are ready to help through our organisation and our member schools.

30th CEEMAN Annual Conference entitled “The Future of Management Education - Understanding the Big Picture” was an absolute success and a celebration of 3 decades of CEEMAN activities as we were happy to welcome more than 80 participants from 26 countries at IEDC - Bled School of Management, host of this year’s conference. The three I-s most used to describe the event: innovative, inspirational and impactful.

In this edition of CEEMAN Exclusives, we invite you to read the piece “What Can We Learn from the Arts?” – a reflection by award-winning film and theater director Haris Pašović from Bosnia and Herzegovina about the meaning of art for leaders and society at large.

We are proud to share with our community that this week, CEEMAN President Danica Purg was awarded 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 by H.E. Eduardo Prisco Paraiso Ramos, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil to Slovenia.