The Lee Shau Kee Business Building, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s campus, which overlooks Clear Water Bay in the New Territories. Courtesy photo
The Kellogg-HKUST pioneering executive MBA is celebrating its 25th anniversary. A partnership between Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School, the program has ranked first in the Financial Times’ ranking of global EMBA programs 11 times, including in its 2022 ranking.
“The program has come a long way since it was launched 25 years ago, but it started with the simple idea that there was a market for a top EMBA in Asia,” Professor Kar Yan Tam, dean of HKUST Business School, says.
“A lot of credit goes to our founding dean, Professor Chan Yuk-shee, who began the dialogue with Kellogg, and to the professors who got things moving. It was quite challenging at the very beginning because no one in Asia had done anything like this before, but there was strong support from the two universities and a great team.”
The program is based at HKUST’s hillside campus overlooking Clear Water Bay in Hong Kong.
Learn more about the 25-year milestone here.
FIRST-EVER ESG EXEC ED PROGRAM FOR HOSPITALITY SECTOR LEADERS
King’s Business School and the hospitality sector’s Energy and Environment Alliance (EEA) are launching an executive education program for hospitality leaders. Environmental, Social and Governance issues facing the hospitality industry are embedded throughout.
According to the Urban Land Institute, hotels and lodging are the least energy and water-efficient buildings in commercial use. The research conducted by the Energy and Environment Alliance and King’s Business School to develop their new education program highlighted the scale and complexity of the task leaders face in developing a plan to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
“It’s inevitable that energy use and energy costs are much higher on the agenda given recent price increases. But COVID also played a part. Many hotels had zero occupancy, yet found they were still needing up to 60% of their usual energy consumption. The majority of investors in the sector believe that at least half of the measures needed to improve energy performance will involve capital expenditure,” says Ufi Ibrahim, Chief Executive of the EEA.
The program begins in September, and will give an overview of planned regulation and ESG reporting requirements, with a particular emphasis on climate change and the sector’s social impact. It will also cover green financing options and look at how to align consumer preferences and behavior to achieve more sustainable outcomes.
Learn more here.
GEORGIA TECH’s SCHELLER LAUNCHES NEW WOMEN’S INNOVATION LAB
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business will launch the Women’s Innovation Lab this fall. It is the first women’s entrepreneurship program of its kind in the Southeast.
The virtual, four-day certificate program is for emerging women entrepreneurs and innovators around the world who recognize a problem they want to explore solving, have a business idea, or are in the beginning stages of growing their business and want guidance on the next steps.
The fall sessions are October 2, 4, 9, and 11. Registration is open until September 25.
“I am incredibly excited about this new program for women entrepreneurs,” says Coogan Perrin, assistant dean of non-degree education at the Scheller College of Business. “In the U.S. today, almost half of all businesses are owned by women, yet only about 2% of venture capital funding goes to female founders. With the biases and barriers that exist, the more we can arm women with knowledge, practical experience, and a strong network, the more successful they will be. I cannot wait to see this program in action.”
Melissa Heffner and Sara Martin Henderson, program directors for Georgia Tech’s VentureLab, will teach the program. Content will be delivered in eight sessions over four days, and includes a final capstone project. Optional in-person networking opportunities will also be available.
“Sara and I launched our first program for female founders with the hopes of empowering women to claim their ‘seats at the table’ and become visionaries in a heavily male-dominated field,” Heffner says. “What we’ve learned in working with more than one hundred female founders is that by creating an inclusive space designed specifically for women to succeed, our founders have the breathing room to build on their ideas and bring them to fruition.”
Learn more and register here.
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