Willard W. Brown International Business Leadership Seminar Series
A platform for renowned international business thought leaders to share a wealth of technical knowledge, business acumen, market, and/or scholarly expertise with the AUC community and the local business community at large.
Webinar Series
The Willard W. Brown International Business Leadership webinar series is a post-COVID 19 version of the Willard W. Brown International Business Leadership seminar series which serves as a platform for renowned international business thought leaders to share a wealth of knowledge, business acumen, market, and/or scholarly expertise with the global academic and business community.
Climate Change in Emerging Economies: Are Fossil Fuels an Economic Mean or an Imminent Disaster? - Debate
Speakers
Alex Epstein
Philosopher and Energy Expert
Moataz Darwish
Energy Consultant Lecturer & Facilitator in Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Moderator
Sherwat Elwan
Associate Professor of Management and Director of the MBA programs, AUC School of Business.
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Purpose Mindset: Effective Leadership Moving from Growth to Purpose
Speaker
Akhtar Badshah
Distinguished Practitioner, School of Business (Bothell Campus) and Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
Moderator
Sherwat Elwan
Associate Professor of Management and Director of the MBA programs, AUC School of Business
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Leading Change in Challenging Times: Lessons of Disruption and Innovation from Egypt
Speaker
Sherif Kamel
Dean, School of Business, The American University in Cairo
Moderator
Soumitra Dutta
Dean-Elect, Said Business School, Oxford University
Chair, Board of Directors, Global Business School Network (GBSN)
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
New Systems Thinking for Effective Managers
Speaker
Prashun Dutta
Author of New Systems Thinking for Effective Managers
Management Consultant
Former CIO, Tata Power, India
Moderator
Hamed Shammaa
Associate Professor of Marketing
BP Endowed Chair of Management
AUC School of Business
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Up and Doing: A Life of Investing in a Better World
Speaker
James Harmon
Chairman, Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund
Co-chair of the board of directors of the World Resources Institute
Moderator
Sherif Kamel
Dean, AUC School of Business
Date: November 16, 2021
Exploitation vs. Exploration - Balancing the Short Term and Long Term Strategies
Speaker
Tawfik Jelassi, PhD
Professor of Strategy and Technology Management, IMD Business School
Former Minister of Higher Education
Scientific Research and Information, Communication Technologies, Transition-to-Democracy Government of Tunisia
Moderator
Nizar Becheikh
Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation Management, AUC School of Business
Date: June 15, 2021
Th Future of Project Management
Speaker
Grace Najjar
Managing Director, Middle East North Africa, Project Management Institute.
Moderator
Sherwat Elwan
Associate Professor of Operations Management, Director of MBA Programs, AUC School of Business
Date: April 6, 2021
Rethinking Macroeconomics in the Digital Age
Speaker
Subir Lall
Deputy Director, Middle East, and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund
Moderator
Samer Atallah
Associate Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, AUC School of Business
Date: January 26, 2021
Financial Technologies Pose Problems for Incumbents But Also for Regulators and Policy Makers
Speaker
Jonathan Liebenau
Associate Professor (Reader) of Technology Management, London School of Economics
Moderator
Dina Abdel Fattah
Assistant Professor of Economics, AUC School of Business
Date: December 22, 2020
Why Good People Often Make Bad Business Decisions?
Speaker
Tim Cullen
Former Chief Spokesman, World Bank
Founder, Oxford Negotiations Programme
Associate Fellow, Said Business School, Oxford University
Moderator
Hamed Shamma
Associate Professor of Marketing
Business Partner; Endowed Chair, AUC School of Business
Date: November 24, 2020
Innovations with Human Impact: How AI is Transforming Our Lives
In partnership with AUC Venture Lab
Speaker
Ossama Hassanein
Chairman, Rising Tide Recipient of the Drucker Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Moderator
Ayman Ismail
Associate Professor and Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship Director, AUC Venture Lab AUC School of Business
Date: October 20, 2020
How Chinese Multinationals Are Conquering the World
Speakers
Loudres Casanova
Gail and Rob Canizares Director, Emerging Markets Institute, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
Anne Miroux
Faculty Fellow, Emerging Markets Institute, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
Moderator
Hakim Meshreki
Assistant Professor of Marketing, AUC School of Business
Date: September 22, 2020
Technology and Innovation Competitiveness for a post-COVID World
How will the acceleration of digitalization and innovation look like in the post-COVID world?
Speaker
Soumitra Dutta
Professor and Former Founding Dean SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
Chair, Board of Directors, Global Business School Network (GBSN)
President, Portulans Institute
Moderator
Sherif Kamel
Professor of Management and
Dean, AUC School of Business
President, AmCham Egypt
Date: June 30, 2020
Getting Ready for Change
What should leaders think of to cultivate readiness for an unexpected change in organizations?
Speaker
Johan Roos
Chief Academic Officer and Professor, HULT International Business School
Moderator
Ahmed Abdel Meguid
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration, AUC School of Business
Date: June 15, 2020
Previous Seminar Series
The Enduring Value of Management Education by Dipak C. Jain
Lecturer: Dipak C. Jain
Date: October 2, 2018
Location: Room 1054 Abdul Latid Jameel Hall, AUC New Cairo
An MBA debate titled The Enduring Value of Management Education by Dipak C. Jain, president (European), professor of marketing, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).
Former dean, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Former dean, INSEAD, and SAB Member.
The debate was moderated by Sherwat Elwan, associate professor of operations management and director of MBA programs, AUC School of Business.
Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow: Insights on Frontier and Emerging Markets Investments by Gavin Serkin
Lecturer: Gavin Serkin
Date: September 19, 2018
Location: Dean's Conference Room
A public lecture by Gavin Serkin, partner, managing editor, Frontier Funds Media and Intelligence, Exotix Capital, Author: Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow.
Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow: Insights on Frontier and Emerging Markets Investments.
Moderated by Nashwa Saleh, assistant visiting professor of finance, managing partner, and founder, BAST consulting.
$1 Billion Impact Investing: Cases from Africa and Asia by Stewart Langdon
Lecturer: Stewart Langdon
Date: September 19, 2018
Location: Dean's Conference Room
A public lecture by Stewart Langdon, partner, LeapFrog Investments, the United Kingdom named “$1 Billion Impact Investing: Cases from Africa and Asia”.
Moderated by Ayman Ismail, Abdul Latif Jameel chair of entrepreneurship, AUC Venture Lab, director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, director.
Hosted by AUC Venture Lab and Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Roundtable Discussion: Latin America Heading to 2050: Lessons for the Arab Region
Lecturer: Carlos Winograd
Date: September 17, 2018
Location: Dean's Conference Room
Roundtable discussion in partnership with Embassy of the Argentine Republic featuring Carlos Winograd, research fellow and professor, Paris School of Economics, Ecole Normale Supérieure, associate professor, University of Paris-Evry, France. Research fellow, EPEE, University of Paris-Evry, France.
From Gutenberg to Facebook Content, Competition and Regulation
Lecturer: Carlos Winograd
Date: September 16, 2018
Location: Room 1054, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, AUC New Cairo
Public lecture by Carlos Winograd, research fellow, and professor, Paris School of Economics and former secretary of state for competition, Deregulation and Consumer Affairs, Government of Argentina (1999-2002).
This lecture was moderated by Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D).