Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:51

Panel Debate

On the first day of this year’s conference we are very excited to be presenting a panel debate on how the social sciences and humanities can create value in future business life. Suitable for Business truly believes that people from such fields of study as the humanities and the social sciences have lots to offer in terms of skills and engagement.

The debate will take a closer look at what is needed to enter the professional business world and what is required from students of the aforementioned fields of study.

To engage, challenge, and inspire us all we have secured Ingrid Stage, President of the Danish Association of Masters and Ph.D.s who has been very active in the debate on the importance and relevance of students of the humanities. Furthermore, we look forward to welcoming Morten Løkkegaard, CEO of Humanostics, who will draw on his experiences from within the business world, having worked in A.P Møller-Mærsk, Maersk Line and Maersk Logistics. Finally, Sverre Raffnsøe, Dr. Phil and Professor at CBS, will enrich the discussion through his knowledge of and experience from leading of the project, “The human change within business economics, management and value creation”.

Alan Irwin, Dean of Research at Copenhagen Business School will be acting as moderator for the panel debate.

All in all, it promises to be an exciting event and we hope to see you there!

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