Oxford SAID Alumni Reunion Weekend

22 - 24 September 2017

We are delighted to welcome Oxford Saïd alumni and guests to the 2017 Oxford Saïd Alumni Reunion. 

 

tickets for the reunion weekend are now sold out!

Please email alumni@sbs.ox.ac.uk to add your name to the wait list.

 

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Details will appear here as they are confirmed. Please check back as details and times may change.

Friday 22 September 2017

 

18:30 – 23:00Opening Night

Opening Night Party
Saïd Business School marquee and gardens

This year’s Reunion Weekend will open with a party in the School gardens where alumni returning from across the world make this party their meeting point for the weekend. Read more...


Saturday 23 September 2017

 

Saturday MorningClass Activities

Class activities
Saïd Business School

This time is set aside for class-owned activities. 

There will be informal games and activities in the School garden for anyone feeling energetic and families in particular are very welcome.


Saturday Afternoon

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
Saïd Business School

1.45 - 2.15pm  Kenn Cukier: The New Rules of Business in an Age of Artificial Intelligence

How businesses operate, where value comes from and the role of human workers -- and their managers! -- all change as new techniques in artificial intelligence leave the lab and hit cubicle, boardroom and factory-floor. AI promises to unleash a boom in economic productivity but threatens traditional jobs and wages. Yet it requires society to rethink notions of work, as well as privacy constraints. Kenn considers how business leaders can harness AI's benefits and minimize its downsides.

2.15 - 3.00pm  Panel Discussion: The Impact of AI

Atif Ansar Director of the Masters in Major Programme Management and Mungo Wilson Associate Professor of Finance will join Kenn Cukier and other panellists to discuss the wide ranging impact of AI.

3.30 - 4.30pm  Exclusive Preview of the Foundry

Dean Peter Tufano invites you to join him in the Foundry for an introduction to the new building - a centre to foster entrepreneurialism across the entire University community but with key input from the School's Entrepreneurship and Skoll Centres. Guests are then invited to tour the building, meet staff and learn more about the exciting and innovative ideas that its members are already generating.


18:30Reunion Dinner

Reunion Dinner with class photo
Christ Church

The Alumni Relations team invites you to attend the 2017 OBA Reunion Dinner at Christ Church, a splendid and traditional Oxford occasion starting with a champagne reception at 6.30pm followed by a candlelit dinner in the Great Hall. Read more...


23:00Head of The River drinks

Post-Dinner Drinks 

Dinner guests will have exclusive use of the Undercroft Bar at Christ Church until midnight. Please note this is a change to the venue previoulsy advertised.


Sunday 24 September 2017

 

11:00Sunday Brunch

Brunch
Saïd Business School

Sunday offers you a gentle start with a restorative brunch before the weekend comes to a close for another year. Join us from 10.30 with English and continental breakfast available from 11am.