NIBS Annual Conference 2026 – Presentations

Keynotes

“Democracy, Climate change and the world – none of my Business, is it?”

“Make a better world your business!”
Dr. Uwe Brandenburg, PhD, Managing Director of the Global Impact Institute, Prague, Czech Republic

David Gillingham Award

From Local Projects to Global Proof-of-Work: Making Experiential Learning Visible Across Borders
Dr. Svetlana Davis, Dr. Elsa Gagnon and Sandrine Hébert, Bishop’s University, Williams School of Business

Outdoor Challenge Norway – Learning Beyond the Classroom
Dr. Femke Sterckx, UCLL University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Management

Student Sustainability Research Challenge: A Story of Learning Across Borders
Dr. Marieta Velikova, Belmont University and Ed Overes, Zuyd UAS

A Day in My Life: A COIL Digital Storytelling Initiative
Dr. Ciarán O’Carroll/Roger Sherlock, Technological University Dublin, Faculty of Business

Global Talent, Local Roots: A 3I Model for Deepening International Student Engagement in China
Dr. Lili Dong, Beijing Foreign Studies University

United States of Europe 2035: A Collaborative Online International Learning Initiative
Dr. Marilena Antoniadou, American College of Greece and Ed Overes, Zuyd UAS

UBUNTU and SOUL: A New Architecture for Global Business Education
Dr. Marieta Velikova, Belmont University, Jack C. Massey College of Business

Deree Business Week: an Engagement Accelerator
Dr. Marilena Antoniadou, American College of Greece

Competences for the Future Workforce

Business Education in the Age of AI 
Kim Plevoets, Dean of the Faculty of Management, UCLL, Belgium

Challenge-Based Learning (CBL)
Rudi Madalijns, Dean School of Business and Management, HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Belgium

Technical Skills in 55 Years+: A Case Study from the Czech Republic
Dagmar Caganova, Vice-rector for Internationalisation, NEWTON University in Prague

Hands-on Change Management Experience
Dr. Diederich Bakker, Hanze University of Applied Sciences & Brian Mohr, Atria Learning and Development GmbH

Research

“How Business Education Shapes Graduate Employability in Times of Disruptions”
Dr. Elisa Gagnon & Dr. Svetlana Davis , Bishop’s University, Williams School of Business

“Learning, Leadership and Legacy: The benefits of International Business Case Competitions for Students, Coaches, and Universities”
Dr. Mark Crowder, Manchester Metropolitan University & Dr. Marilena Antoniadou, American College of Greece

“Building Interregionalisation: A Call for a Research Network”
Dr. Diederich Bakker, Hanze University of Applied Sciences

“From Silos to Studios: Rewiring Business Education”
Dr. Adity Saxena, Woxsen Univeristy & Mr. Ed Overes, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

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