Academic sessions

We welcome you to participate in one of two academic sessions followed by a tour of the University's entrepreneurship centre, the Oxford Foundry.

Choose your academic session

Women in business - Changing corporate culture

We know that gender parity in the workforce is critical to ensuring long-term prosperity. As a business school we have a responsibility and a desire to contribute to this in all areas of our activity.

Chaired by Kathy Harvey, Associate Dean for Executive Degrees, Michael Smets, Associate Professor in Management and Organisation Studies,  Rebecca Weston (EMBA 9), Enterprise Director at Sellafield Ltd, and Emily Lawson (MBA 1997), National Director - Transformation and Corporate Operations at the NHS, will participate in a lively panel centred around recent research by our faculty 'Claiming the corner office: Female CEOs and implications for leadership development' 

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Tech for Impact

Peter Drobac, the new Skoll Centre Director, will introduce the session and his vision for the Centre, followed by some mini TED talks on the theme 'Tech for Impact'.

James Thorogood (LEV8 Cohort 1), Boresha
Boresha works with farmers, traders, and cooperatives across East Africa to help these ambitious entrepreneurs manage their supply chains, access investment, and grow their businesses.

Maria Springer (MBA 2015), Public Market
Public Market is restoring the Commercial Commons by building an open, transparent, and competitive architecture for marketplace eCommerce by leveraging blockchain technologies.

Felipe Thomaz (Associate Professor of Marketing), Saïd Business School
Felipe’s research focuses on empirically modelling marketing strategy issues. Currently, this research is leading to the incorporation of social networks into the understanding of black markets (digital or otherwise) and strategies developed to stunt their growth and proliferation. Hopefully, he will share his work around using the dark web to combat human trafficking.

Heloise Greeff (MBA 2014), Oxford Smart Handpump
Oxford Smart Handpump uses AI to increase water security for people in Kenya and Bangladesh.

Kate Roll
(Research Fellow), Saïd Business School
Kate will speak about the perils side of the equation and about how understanding the unintended consequences of using new technologies can make us better practitioners.

Both sessions will be followed by a tour and introduction to the Oxford Foundry.