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Executive DBA: 2024 Autumn International Seminar hosted by iaelyon

Published on September 13, 2024 – Updated on September 17, 2024

From September 25 to September 27, the iaelyon is welcoming for the first time about a hundred DBA PhD students and DBA alumni from some thirty countries, as well as around fifty university lecturers and researchers. A great opportunity to celebrate 10 years of partnership between the Business Science Institute and iaelyon. Find out more about the program.

10th anniversary of the partnership between iaelyon and the Business Science Institute

Led by Michel Kalika, President of the Business Science Institute and Professor Emeritus at the iaelyon, the program of this exceptional edition includes:

19 presentations of the Certificate of Research in Business Administration (CRBA), an important step in the thesis process, prepared and presented during the first year of the program.

22 Doctorate in Business Administration thesis will be defended before juries composed of professors and alumni. This is the formal end of the program, but the start of a new stage with doctors publishing books and articles after their thesis.

7 workshops and a seminar will be dedicated to DBA alumni, followed by an afterwork open to iaelyon graduates.


Key moments

Wednesday September 25  

9:00am – 9:30am: Opening by Michel Kalika, President of the Business Science Institute and Marie-Christine Chalus, Dean of iaelyon and President of the IAE FRANCE network

9:30am – 10:15am: Opening conference by Jérôme Chabanne-Rive
“How navigating global societal challenges in a time of polycrisis while fostering a human-centered future in Management Doctoral Education: lessons -and questions- from EIASM perspective.”

6:45pm – 7:45pm: Alumni afterwork, open to iaelyon graduates (location: South Courtyard / Salon des Symboles Nord)


Friday September 27

9:00am – 10:00am: Presentation of new BSI-EMS books & Workshop “How to create managerial impact from your DBA thesis”

10:30am – 12:30am :
  • Doctor Honoris Causa award Ceremony to:
    • Jean-Philippe Courtois, President and cofounder Live for Good, President SKEMA Business School, Former EVP, President Microsoft Corp and member of the executive board
       
    • Silvia Gherardi, Senior Professor of Sociology of Work and Organization, University of Trento, Italy
       
  • Graduation ceremony
     
  • Managerial Impact Prize 2024
    This prize rewards theses with the strongest impact on a business or society.
     
► The full program
► The DBA students presenting their research and their thesis

 

The Doctorate in Business Administration, an innovative program for managers

1st DBA in France for its number of defended theses, the program created by the Business Science Institute in partnership with iaelyon is based on the diversity of its students.
As a generator of positive impacts on people, companies and society, the Executive DBA is now recognized by managers and Heads of HR as a progression tool for their co-workers.

Key figures:
- 200 theses produced
- One of the 10 AMBA-accredited DBAs in the world
- A program in 4 languages, face to face or online
- More than 55 published works

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