London

Three days in Kensington’s intellectual heart — connecting global business school leaders with the prestigious newsrooms of the U.K. and beyond.

Thank you to our sponsors

Schedule

    • 6:30-8:00pm Mastering the Multigenerational Workplace 

      • Pre-MaKi event marking the 30th anniversary of CEMS Panel discussion followed by cocktails

    • 8:30am Registration for conference with coffee, fruit, and pastries

    • 9:00-9:15am Welcome from Imperial College Business School Dean, Francisco Veloso

    • 9:15-9:30am Introduction from MaKi Conference Organizers, Kiki and Matt

    • 9:30-10:45am  Media Panel I

      • Breakfast with the FT Business School Reporter, FT Manager, FT Data Journalist, Work and Careers, FT

    • 11:00-11:30pm  Best Practices Session

      • Crisis Management in Your Neighbourhood

    • 11:30-12:00pm The Single Greatest PR Challenge - BlueSky Education  

    • 2:00-3:15pm Media Panel II

      • Business Schools Editor, The Economist
        Leadership Editor, Forbes
        Biz Ed Freelancer writing for FT, The Economist, Guardian Editor
        Times Higher Ed
        Times Higher Ed Editor, Supply Management

    • 3:45-5:00pm Media Panel III

      • Management Editor/Bartleby Columnist, The Economist
        Planning Editor Business Programmes, BBC
        Europe Business Editor, Associated Press
        Founder and CEO, IEDP Ideas for Leaders
        Editor, Edge Magazine

    • 5:00pm Cocktail hosted by Imperial College Business School

    • 7:30pm Dinner, South Kensington

    • 8:30am Registration for conference with coffee, fruit and pastries

    • 9:00am Using Journalist Insights To Build Stronger Relationships With The Press

      • Natan Edelsberg - COO, Muck Rack

    • 9:30-10:30am Ed Tech and the Wall Street Journal

      • Senior WSJ News Editor EMEA
        WSJ City Editor
        WSJ Heard on the Street Editor EMEA
        Executive Producer

    • 10:45-11:15am Edtech Foresight

      • Education as you don’t know it
        David Lefevre - Director, Edtech Lab, Imperial College Business School

    • 11:15-12:15pm Media Panel V

      • Finance Editor, Business Insider
        European Correspondent, Poets & Quants
        Editor, BusinessBecause
        CEO, QS Quacquarelli Symonds
        Global Finance and Economics Editor, Quartz
        Business Editor, newspaper

    • 12:30-1:15pm Lunch

    • 1:30-2:15pm Mobility, Diversity and Social Good in Business Education

      • Sangeet Chowfla, CEO GMAC and Bill Boulding, Dean of Duke Fuqua 

    • 2:00-3:15pm Media Panel VI

      • Executive Producer, Bloomberg Television
        Senior Editor, Harvard Business Review
        Senior Editor, Harvard Management Review
        Assistant Business Editor, The Sunday Times

    • 3:30pm Closing Remarks and Toast

Event Details

  • Host

    Imperial College Business School

  • Location

    Exhibition Road, Kensington, London

  • Dates

    June 12 & 13, 2018

About This Conference

The London conference brought together three days of high-level media panels and elite networking at the heart of Kensington’s intellectual district. Attendees engaged with the prestigious newsrooms of the Financial Times and The Economist, celebrated a 30-year global alliance at the London School of Economics, and explored the intersection of business education and global news just steps from the Royal Albert Hall.

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