UQ Business School hosts or sponsors numerous events each month. Our signature events include:
- Enterprize, UQ Business School's $100,000 business plan competition
- CEO Summit, a unique one day program for c-suite executives
- Top MBA Awards, recognising and celebrating the achievements of our top graduating MBAs each year
We also provide a workshop series featuring new research from visiting academics. For more information on our suite of professional development courses, please visit Executive Education.
2008 Calendar of Events
August
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 1 |
Workshop Series |
Carlos Broens - From start-up to global leader: The case of Broens |
Detail... |
| 1 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Shams Pathan, Monash University - Strong boards, CEO power and bank risk-taking |
Detail... |
| 4 |
Executive Education |
The Leadership Challenge: 4 - 8 August 2008 |
Detail... |
| 8 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Joseph Fan, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Internal capital market in emerging markets: Expropriation and mitigating financing constraints |
Detail... |
| 9 |
Presentation Skills |
Postgraduate Student Presentation Skills Workshops: Presented by Barry O'Sullivan |
Detail... |
| 10 |
Presentation Skills |
Postgraduate Student Presentation Skills Workshops: Presented by Barry O'Sullivan |
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| 15 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Les Johnson, Melbourne Business School - Reflections on the satisfaction mirror |
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| 19 |
Alumni |
You are cordially invited to attend this very special presentation on the US subprime mortgage crisis by Honorary Professor Allan Kleidon, US resident and expert in securities markets. |
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| 22 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Victor Callan & Professor Neal Ashkanasy, UQ Business School - Using 360ยบ Feedback: A critique and research study |
Detail... |
| 22 |
Workshop Series |
Associate Professor Garry Twite, Australian National University - Are PIPEs a bet on growth options? |
Detail... |
| 22 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Susanna Ho - ANU - Timing of Adaptive Web Personalization and its effects on Online Consumer Behaviour |
Detail... |
| 25 |
Executive Education |
Leadership for the Not for Profit Sector: 25-29 August 2008 |
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| 29 |
BSPA Industry Event |
BSPA Industry Event: 29 August 2008 |
Detail... |
| 29 |
CEO Summit |
CEO Summit & Innovation: 29 August 2008 |
Detail... |
| 29 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Paul Brown, University of Technology, Sydney - Title tba |
Detail... |
| 29 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Tano Santos, Columbia University - Inside and outside liquidity |
Detail... |
September
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 4 |
Networking Event |
Speed Networking for Business |
Detail... |
| 5 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Ernst Maug, Mannheim University - Workshop TBA |
Detail... |
| 8 |
Executive Education |
Corporate Sustainability: 8-12 September 2008 |
Detail... |
| 12 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Jason Hall, UQ Business School - Workshop TBA |
Detail... |
| 12 |
Workshop Series |
Aileen Cater-Steel, USQ - Institutional Theory applied to IT Service Management Frameworks |
Detail... |
| 12 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Keitha Dunstan, Victoria University, Wellington - Workshop TBA |
Detail... |
| 17 |
For prospective students |
MBA Information Evening |
Detail... |
| 19 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Bernard McKenna, UQ Business School - Topic TBA |
Detail... |
| 29 |
Executive Education |
Innovation Leadership: 29 September - 3 October 2008 |
Detail... |
October
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 10 |
Workshop Series |
Keiran James, USQ - On the Allocation of Takeover Purchase Price under AASB1013: A small sample Pilot Study |
Detail... |
| 13 |
Executive Education |
Sports Leadership: 13 - 17 October 2008 |
Detail... |
| 16 |
Enterprize |
Pitch Day |
Detail... |
| 17 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Cathy Urquhart - Title TBA |
Detail... |
| 24 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Yehuda Baruch, Norwich Business School- Title TBA |
Detail... |
November
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 17 |
Executive Education |
Supply Chain Management: 17-21 November 2008 |
Detail... |
| 13 |
Top MBA Awards Night |
The Long Room, Customs House, 399 Queen Street, Brisbane |
Detail... |
2009 Calendar of Events
May
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| TBA |
Executive Education |
Leadership Development for Asian Business Leaders |
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2008 Past Events from 2008
February
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 23 |
Postgraduate Workshops |
Postgraduate Skills Development Workshops, Semester 1 timetable commences. |
Detail... |
| 21 |
UQBS New Postgraduate Students Welcome |
New UQBS postgraduate students are invited to attend an official welcome on Thursday 21 February 2008. Meet with key staff and student groups, make new friends and networks, and hear from our special guest speaker. Light refreshments will be provided. |
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| 21 |
Brownbag Seminar |
Dr Ping Sheng Koh, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology |
Detail... |
| 29 |
Workshop Series |
Andrew Leigh, Australian National University - Are state elections affected by the national economy? Evidence from Australia |
Detail... |
March
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 7 |
Workshop Series |
Gavin Nicholson, Queensland University of Technology - Report on perceptions of the respective roles of management and directors in corporate governance in Australian companies |
Detail... |
| 14 |
Workshop Series |
Ann Tarca, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia - The effect of institutional setting of attributional content in management commentary reports |
Detail... |
| 14 |
Workshop Series |
Roland Holten, Chair for Information Systems Engineering, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany - Diagnosing and re-designing a health(y ) organisation |
Detail... |
| 18 |
Research Seminar |
Generating interesting research questions through problematization - Mats Alvesson & Jorgen Sandberg |
Detail... |
April
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 3 |
Networking Event |
Speed Networking for Business |
Detail... |
| 4 |
Workshop Series |
Keith Smith, Professor, University of Tasmania - Innovation And Growth In Resource-Based Economies |
Detail... |
| 4 |
Workshop Series |
Simon Wheatley, Victorian Funds Management - Intertemporal Substitution, Small-Sample Bias, and the Behavior of U.S. Household Consumption |
Detail... |
| 4 |
Workshop Series |
Brian Gibbs, Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne - Consumption effort: The mental cost of generating utility and the role of consumer energy level in ambitious consumption |
Detail... |
| 11 |
Workshop Series |
Julie Fisher, Associate Professor, Monash University - The importance of information design for small business websites |
Detail... |
| 11 |
Workshop Series |
Balasingham Balachandran, Senior Lecturer, Monash University - Seasoned equity offerings, quality signalling and private benefits of control |
Detail... |
| 18 |
Workshop Series |
David Grant, Professor, University of Sydney - Organizational discourse and new organization development practices |
Detail... |
| 18 |
Workshop Series |
Peter Swan, Professor, University of New South Wales - Twilight Falls on the Limit Order Book: Endogeneity and the Demise of Broker Identity |
Detail... |
| 18 |
Workshop Series |
Cristel Russell, Professor of Marketing, Auckland University of Technology, NZ - Alcohol messages in a youth-oriented television program |
Detail... |
| 21 |
Workshop Series |
Eli Amir, Professor & Head, London Business School, UK - Equity valuation in the presence of reporting bias: Empirical evidence using profit margins |
Detail... |
| 23 |
Speed Networking - in Shanghai |
UQ Business School alumni are sponsoring a "Spring Speed Networking
Session" in Shanghai for MBA alumni from UQ, INSEAD, Yale, LM Lyon, MIT,
New York University, Leeds University, Harvard University, CEIBS and
others |
Detail... |
| 28 |
Executive Education |
Valuing Human Capital: 28 April - 2 May 2008 |
Detail... |
| 29 |
Big Ideas Conference |
The people with the BIG ideas will feature at the 2008 BIIG Conference, 29 & 30 April |
Brochure ... |
May
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 2 |
Workshop Series |
Davie Thomas, Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada - Cultural intelligence: Measuring the unmeasurable |
Detail... |
| 2 |
Workshop Series |
Harmen Oppewal, Professor of Marketing, Monash University - Modelling consumer decision states and their relationships with consumer preferences, information search and choice behaviour for a new high technology product |
Detail... |
| 2 |
Workshop Series |
Michael Davern, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne - System evolution post implementation: An appropriation perspective |
Detail... |
| 8 |
Reunion |
SYDNEY UQ Commerce Honours reunion |
Detail... |
| 9 |
Workshop Series |
Richard Arvey, Professor, National University of Singapore - Genetic Influences on Leadership |
Detail... |
| 9 |
Workshop Series |
Elizabeth Cowley, Associate Professor, University of Sydney - Retrospective evaluations: Changing the photos in episodic memory's photo album |
Detail... |
| 9 |
Workshop Series |
Jodie Nelson - Factors influencing executive stock option disclosures in a changing regulatory environment |
Detail... |
| 11 |
Future Summit |
If Australia could do a few big things that would have the greatest positive impact on our collective future, what should they be? 11-13 May, Sydney |
Brochure ... |
| 15 |
Reunion |
UQBS alumni reunion @ Metro Arts |
Detail... |
| 16 |
Workshop Series |
Judy Scott, Associate Professor, The Business School, University of Colorado, Denver, USA - User Perception Of An Enterprise Content Management System |
Detail... |
| 16 |
Workshop Series |
Shannon Anderson, Associate Professor, Rice University, USA - An Empirical Examination of Negotiated Goals and Performance-to-Goal Following the Introduction of an Incentive Bonus Plan |
Detail... |
| 20 |
Aus Innovate Conference |
Todays' Research, Tomorrow's Business, 20 May, Sydney |
Brochure ... |
| 21 |
AAPBS 3rd Annual Workshops |
Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools Annual Workshops hosted by UQ Business School, Brisbane 21-23 May |
Program... |
| 23 |
Workshop Series |
Jeffery Parsons, Professor, memorial University of Newfoundland - An Experimental Study of the Effects of Representing Property Precedence on the Comprehension of Conceptual Schema Diagrams |
Detail... |
| 30 |
Workshop Series |
Ray Johnson, Professor, Portland State University and Visiting Professor, The University of Queensland - Professional accountability and the role of state boards of accountancy in the United States: The perspectives of a regulator |
Detail... |
June
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 2 |
Executive Education |
Women Executive Leaders: 2-5 June 2008 |
Detail... |
| 6 |
2008 RHD Colloquium |
Annual Research Students' Colloquium |
Detail... |
| 6 |
Enterprize |
Business Plan Writing Workshop: How to win a $100,000 for your Start-up Venture |
Detail... |
| 23 |
Executive Education |
Strategic Marketing and Communication: 23-27 June 2008 |
Detail... |
| 25 |
UQBS Boardroom Briefing Series |
Board Membership - on how to become a board member |
Detail... |
| 26 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Kelly Tian, New Mexico State University - How Chinese Consumers Historicize Foreign Brands: Narratives of East-West Relations and their use to enliven Consumption Fantasy. |
Detail... |
July
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 14 |
Executive Education |
Strategy in Action:14-18 July 2008 |
Detail... |
| 15 |
Postgraduate Welcome |
New UQBS postgraduate students are invited to attend an offical welcome |
Detail... |
| 16 |
Workshop Series |
Associate Professor Anthony Lynch, New York University - Labour income dynamics at business-cycle frequencies: Implications for portfolio choice |
Detail... |
| 17 |
Engaging Business |
Conference - Thursday 17 & Friday 18 July, 2008 |
Detail... |
| 21 |
Enterprize |
Concept Plans Due |
Detail... |
| 26 |
Library Skills |
Postgraduate Student Library Skills Workshops: Presented by Dale Drysdale |
Detail... |
| 26 |
Assignment Writing |
Postgraduate Student Assignment Writing Skills Workshops: Presented by Glen Thomas |
Detail... |
| 27 |
Assignment Writing |
Postgraduate Student Assignment Writing Skills Workshops: Presented by Glen Thomas |
Detail... |
| 30 |
Library Skills |
Postgraduate Student Library Skills Workshops: Presented by Dale Drysdale |
Detail... |
| 31 |
Library Skills |
Postgraduate Student Library Skills Workshops: Presented by Dale Drysdale |
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