The 55th edition brings together the leaders of the principal academic communities in Latin America and other regions, to discuss the future of work, social impact, and the role of business schools.
By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Seeking to consolidate business research and education, considering the current landscape faced by Latin American countries, hundreds of academic directors, professors, and doctoral students met virtually from October 20 to 24 in the 2020 International Congress of CLADEA.
The 55th edition of the event, called “The future of work, social impact and the role of business schools,” enjoyed the collaboration of EGADE Business School as the virtual host.
Ignacio de la Vega, Dean of EGADE Business School and the School of Business of Tecnológico de Monterrey, and Raúl Montalvo, Director of EGADE Business School, Guadalajara site, participated in the congress opening and closing sessions.
“This congress is particularly relevant given the context we are experiencing, in which business schools have the responsibility of driving, together with governments and private initiative, the necessary economic and social recovery of our countries.
“We also have the opportunity to strengthen this alliance between business schools to work together on the vital reset of our societies, with the responsibility of fostering entrepreneurship, research, the knowledge economy, and purpose in our regions,” said De la Vega.
The directors announced that health conditions permitting, the 56th CLADEA Annual Assembly will be held in October 2021 at EGADE Business School in Guadalajara, under the title “Innovation and conscious business in the future of education.”
Un honor participar en la Clausura del #55CongresoAnual de @cladeaorg en el que hemos colaborado como coanfitriones desde @egade . Felicidades a toda la comunidad CLADEA y a todos los investigadores. Les esperamos en Octubre 21 en #Guadalajara pic.twitter.com/nWGPRLowmY
— Ignacio de la Vega (@Ignaveg) October 24, 2020
This year, at the invitation of EGADE Business School, the inaugural address was delivered by Néstor Márquez, founder of Future Experts and LinkedIn Top Voice Latin America 2018.
“There is no doubt that work is not going to be the same as it is today or as it was in the past. However, in order to understand the work of the future, we need to understand the society in which we will be living in 2050,” the speaker explained.
EGADE Business School was represented by José Ernesto Amorós, National Director of Doctoral Programs, on the panel “Challenges in entrepreneurship research in Latin American schools.”
“The GEM project has enabled innumerable research studies on entrepreneurship in diverse contexts and ecosystems; the idea is to continue to support and make the most of this network to assure the project’s growth in the region,” commented Amorós.
Other speakers were Itzel Palomares and David Capistrán, student and graduate, respectively, from the Ph.D. in Administrative Sciences, and Sascha Fuerst, research professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
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In the opening and closing sessions, CLADEA was represented by Manuel Ortiz de Zevallos, Executive Director; Andrés Toledo, President of the Steering Committee; and Nancy Matos, Chair of the Academic Committee.
The Latin American Council of Management Schools (CLADEA) is an international network that brings together higher education institutions and organizations committed to management education and research.
At present, CLADEA has 235 member institutions, both private and public, from 27 countries in America, Europe, and Oceania.