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C-suite Pathway Program | Online Information Session - IESE Business School
2026-07-16 | Online
Start Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026
Duration: 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact: https://www.iese.edu/contact-us/
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Join us for an exclusive Information Session on the IESE/NYU Stern C-Suite Pathway Program, and discover how this transformative experience can accelerate your path to senior executive leadership.
Hear directly from John Almandoz, Academic Director of the program, and Idunn Jónsdóttir, who will share how the program equips accomplished executives with the strategic vision, leadership capabilities, and global perspective needed to thrive in today’s increasingly complex business environment.
You will also have the opportunity to hear from a program alumni, who will offer firsthand insights into her experience and the impact the program has had on her leadership journey.
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Achieving Leadership Excellence - LSE
2026-09-07 | On campus
Programme type: On Campus Open Programme
Location: On campus
Start date: 7 Sept 2026 – Open
Duration: 1 week, full-time
Department: Department of Management
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Understand today what it takes to lead tomorrow.
Unlocking your full capabilities as a leader first means understanding your personal leadership style. It means identifying your strengths and determining the skills and the next-level competencies you need to develop to better lead yourself, your people and your organisation. This programme gives you a unique opportunity to take stock, to reflect, to construct a truly personalised development plan; and to become the best leader you can be.

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Strategic Decision Making for Management - LSE
2026-09-07 | On campus
Programme type: On Campus Open Programme
Location: On campus
Start date: 7 Sept 2026 – Open
Duration: 1 week, full-time
Department: Department of Management
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It has never been more important to make the right strategic decisions.
Today’s increasingly complex life demands more of us than ever. We make thousands of choices every day, but lack of time and “decision-ware” mean that we delay strategic ones for “decision fatigue” or make decisions with insufficient thought about what really matters.
This immersive, highly interactive programme gives you the analytical and intuitive tools – the decision mindware – to analyse, frame and model decisions with multiple and often conflicting objectives. You emerge aware of systematic cognitive biases and traps, and equipped to effectively develop target solutions for the key traps in strategic decision-making processes.
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Brand Strategy - LSE
2026-09-07 | On campus
Programme type: On Campus Open Programme
Location: On campus
Start date: 7 Sept 2026 – Open
Duration: 1 week, full-time
Department: Department of Management
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Learn more about the programme here

Connect, engage and drive your market lead
Getting your branding right matters more than ever. Research shows that firms with well-managed brands see higher returns than others. These are the firms that build trust. Firms that nurture their customers and forge an engaged and loyal base, securing longer-term leadership in their markets. But it’s not easy. Branding is changing. The way we develop, measure and monitor brands has evolved exponentially. If you don’t keep pace with evolution in brand strategy, you will miss out on the benefits. And in our low-barrier, fast-moving digital world, you will lose out to your competition, and fast.
Brand Strategy walks you through the fundamental principles, the DNA, of branding while grounding you in the ways that digital technology and direct to customer are revolutionising brand management. Steeped in LSE’s unique interconnected thinking and expertise, the programme empowers you to pinpoint your brand’s identity, to tell your story in new and powerful ways, and to take your brand strategy to a completely new level. And drive your bottom line.
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Program for Management Development (PMD) | Virtual Open Day - IESE Business School
2026-09-15 | Online
Start Date: September 15, 2026
Duration: 2 PM CEST
Department/Category: Business Case Discussion
Location: Online
Contact: https://www.iese.edu/contact-us/
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Are you ready to take your leadership to the next level?
Join us on September 15, 2026, for IESE´s Program for Management Development (PMD) Virtual Open Day and experience firsthand the transformative learning that has shaped the careers of professionals ready to make a bigger impact.
Led by Professor May-Anne Very, this interactive case session puts you in the role of a senior decision-maker—challenging you to analyze a real-world business scenario and choose a course of action among multiple viable options.
In this session, participants step into Ryanair’s fight to carve out a place for itself against established airline incumbents and explore the real meaning of competitive advantage. Through fierce competition, crisis, and reinvention, the case sharpens participants’ strategic analysis around positioning, trade-offs, and the choices that define long-term success.
Register now to take part in this powerful learning experience.
We look forward to welcoming you online.
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Global Executive MBA Open Day - IESE Business School
2026-09-22 | Online
Start Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Duration: 2.00 pm CEST
Department/Category: Business Case – Netflix
Location: Online
Contact: https://www.iese.edu/contact-us/
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Netflix Case
Join our next Global Executive MBA Open Day to get a firsthand taste of IESE’s approach to learning and leadership:
Case study:
“Netflix”
Session led by:
Professor Alejandro Moreno-Salamanca
IESE Associate Professor of the Practice of Management in the Managing People in Organizations Department
IESE is renowned for its interactive learning sessions and dynamic use of the case method, which puts participants in the role of senior decision makers to explore real-world leadership challenges. On Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026, you’ll have the chance to discuss a business case in a session with Professor Alejandro Moreno-Salamanca. During this Open Day you will live first-hand the school’s interactive learning methodologies and learn about our Global Executive MBA program. Arve Utseth, Associate Director of International Executive Programs, will lead the event. You will also be able to speak with GEMBA alumni about their experience and network with other executives.
We look forward to seeing you online.
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Masterclass: Strategic Decision-Making In Unpredictable Times - HEC Paris
2026-09-24 | Scandic Continental, Vasagatan 22, 111 20 Stockholm
Start Date: September 24, 2026
Duration: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: Scandic Continental, Vasagatan 22, 111 20 Stockholm
Contact: hecinfo@hec.fr
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In today’s world, the real competitive advantage isn’t strategy alone, it’s how leaders make decisions under uncertainty.
As the world becomes more uncertain, something fundamental shifts. At one end of the spectrum, you can analyse the data, model the options, and make the right call. At the other end, the data doesn’t exist yet, it won’t exist until after you’ve already had to act. In that world, the only thing you can design is how fast your organisation can sense, adapt, and move. Most leaders are somewhere in between, and the most common, and costly, mistake is not knowing where.
Applying precise analytical tools when the situation demands scenario thinking. Waiting for clarity that will never come when you should already be acting. Using yesterday’s decision architecture for today’s level of uncertainty.
This masterclass gives you the frameworks to recognise where you are on that spectrum, and to lead accordingly. It is practical decision architecture, grounded in leadership psychology and behavioural science, and immediately applicable in executive committees and board discussions.
Professor Matt Mulford worked with leadership teams across industries, helping them reduce bias in strategic investments, redesign decision processes for high-stakes situations, and build the kind of strategic conviction that holds under pressure without becoming rigid.
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Advanced Management Program (AMP) | Open Day - IESE Business School
2026-10-06 | Online
Start Date: October 6, 2026
Duration: 2pm CEST
Department/Category: Barbie: Reimagining a Legacy Brand Through Culture and Communication
Location: Online
Contact: https://www.iese.edu/contact-us/
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Reimagining a Legacy Brand Through Culture and Communication Open Day Case Session
If you seek to sharpen your vision and ability to drive corporate performance in today’s uncertain climate, don’t miss our October 6, 2026 @2.00pm CEST online session on IESE’s Advanced Management Program (AMP) to help you navigate uncertainty moving forward and discover new ways to drive change and make your mark defining a new world. Professor Vardit Landsman from IESE Business School will lead an interactive case discussion on Barbie, Mattel’s iconic brand, and the strategic choices facing the company leading to the global launch of the 2023 Barbie movie and Siamak Rostamian, International Executive Programs Director, will outline the Advanced Management Program structure and AMP alumni who will join us to share their experience.
In this session, participants will step into the role of Lisa McKnight, Mattel’s Chief Brand Officer, and examine how a legacy brand can respond to criticism, reshape its cultural meaning, and reconnect with both consumers and decision-makers. The discussion will explore how Mattel used the movie not simply to ‘milk’ IP rights, but as a powerful communication platform capable of changing brand associations, reigniting nostalgia, and potentially building a new form of brand fandom.
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EdTech Week 2026
2026-10-12 | Columbia University, Teachers College, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Start Date: October 12, 2026
Duration: 4 days (October 12–15, 2026)
Location: Columbia University
Contact: info@edtechweek.com
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This year, the conversation is sharper, more urgent, and more consequential than ever.
As AI moves from promise to proof, founders are being challenged to deliver real impact, investors are prioritizing trust and long-term value, educators are demanding tools that strengthen human agency, and policymakers are shaping what responsible innovation looks like in practice.
The CEO Summit returns October 12-13, 2026 (Invite-only). If you’re here, you belong to a class of leaders redefining what’s next. Expect to meet:

Top selected EdTech CEOs
Late stage investors
Strategic partners

This is where perspectives come together—not around buzzwords, but around the ideas, partnerships, and practical strategies that will define the next chapter in our industry.
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2026 Symposium & PMBA/OMBA Conference - Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable
2026-10-27 | Fordham University
Start Date: October 27 – 30, 2026
Location: Fordham University
Contact: info@gbcroundtable.org
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Registration will open soon for the 2026 Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable Curricular Innovation Symposium and 2026 PMBA/OMBA Conference!
Last year’s combined event was a huge hit, so we recommend you register as soon as possible and make your hotel reservations right away.

Time
Activity (Tuesday, October 27)

8:30 am – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast (Pre-Registration Required)

9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Partner Meetings

9:00 am – 4:00 pm
GBCR Pre-Symposium Workshop (Additional Registration Required)

10:30 am – 10:45 am
GBCR Pre-Symposium Workshop: Break

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
GBCR Pre-Symposium Workshop Lunch

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
GBCR Pre-Symposium Workshop: Break

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Pre-Conference Reconnect

Time
Activity (Wednesday, October 28)

8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Registration

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Buffet Breakfast 1 Subsession

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Welcome

10:30 am – 11:15 am
Plenary – The View from the Dean’s Office Panel

11:15 am – 11:30 am
Break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Plenary Session: The State of the Industry Research Presentation

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session (4 Tracks)

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Break/Sponsor Session

2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session (4 Tracks)

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Break/Sponsor Session

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session (4 Tracks)

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Break

4:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session (4 Tracks)

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Transfer

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Social Event/Networking Reception

Time
Activity (Thursday, October 29)

8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Registration

8:15 am – 9:15 am
Buffet Breakfast with Table Topics

9:15 am – 9:30 am
Welcome Back

9:30 am – 10:30 am
Plenary Panel Session – Keynote Speaker

10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break/Sponsor Showcase

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Plenary Panel Session

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Transfer Time

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
Topic Discussion Lounge (6 Topics)

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Break/Transfer Time

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session (4 Tracks)

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Break & Sponsor Showcase

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session (4 Tracks)

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Transfer

4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session (4 Tracks)

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Happy Hour Networking

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Choose Your Own NYC Adventures

Time
Activity (Friday, October 30)

8:15 am – 9:00 am
Buffet Breakfast with Table Topics

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Welcome Back / Plenary Session

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Transfer to Site Visits

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Off Site Sessions (4 Options)

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Transfer Time to Fordham Campus

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Grab and Go Lunch

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