HSBA Annual Conference 鈥� Best of research at a glance

The Annual Conference highlights current HSBA research results and provides impulses for future research and collaboration between HSBA and its partners from the economic, political and civil society sectors. Besides of research presentations, the event comprises a high-profile keynote, an industry panel as well as many breaks and a colorful reception for personal exchange and networking.

We look forward to welcoming researchers in the field of economics, company representatives and other interested parties to the Peter-M枚hrle Lounge at HSBA on 22 November.

Programme

Preliminary agenda

09:30 Arrival & Registration

10:00 Welcome

Welcoming Speech
Prof. Dr. Sarah Jastram (Vice President and Professor of International Business Ethics and Sustainability at HSBA) and Susanne M眉ller-Using (Senior Manager Research at HSBA)
Greeting
Astrid Nissen-Schmidt (Chair of Board of Governors of HSBA and Managing Director FREIHEIT GmbH WPG)

10:15 Inauguration of the Ingeborg-Gross Graduate Centre

Prof. Dr. Tim Goydke (President and Managing Director of HSBA)
Dr. Volker B枚rger (CEO Schill+Seilacher Struktol GmbH)

10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 Session 1: Sustainability and Family Businesses

Sustainable Transformation and the Impact of Family Firms
Dr. Hans Jaich (HSBA Research Fellow and CEO of im-jaich GmbH & Co. KG)
Family SMEs and Sustainability in Germany and Sweden
Adrian Ade (HSBA PhD Candidate, Peter D枚hle Schiffahrts-KG)
Law and Management of Family Firms: A Long-Term Research Cooperation of HSBA and Max Planck Institute for Private Law
Prof. Dr. habil. Stefan Prigge (Professor of Business Administration at HSBA)

12:30 Lunch Break

13:30 Session 2: Sustainability and Human Rights

Duel or duet 鈥� how to turn marketing and sustainability into a harmonic pas de deux
Chiara H眉bscher (HSBA PhD Candidate)
Innovations in Shipboard Carbon Capture: Paving the Way for Decarbonization, Energy Transition and a Carbon Circular Economy in Maritime Transport
Sebastian Ebbing (HSBA PhD Candidate)
Human Rights & AI in Textile Supply Chains
Prof. Dr. Sarah Jastram (Vice President and Professor of International Business Ethics and Sustainability at HSBA)

15:00 Keynote speech and discussion: 鈥淐an we nudge to net zero?鈥�

Prof. Dr. Lucia Reisch (University of Cambridge)
Prof. Reisch is El-Erian (Professor of Behavioural Economics & Policy and Director of the El-Erian Institute of Behavioural Economics & Policy at Judge Business School)

16:00 Coffee & Networking Break

16:30 Industry Panel: 鈥淏usiness Research 鈥� Industry Needs and Impact Generation鈥�

During the industry panel, business decision-makers will discuss current research and transformation demands and it will be elaborated, how business and science can collaborate more in order to drive relevant social change.

Dr. Ralf Belusa (Member of the Supervisory Board of PHOENIX Pharma SE)
Daniel Tepe (Executive Vice President Corporate Development, Helm AG)
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sarah Jastram (Vice President and Professor of International Business Ethics and Sustainability at HSBA)