Ashridge International Research Conference 2009

Keynote Addresses

The Keynote speakers were brilliant: they attended the whole conference, and gave their addresses on the last day, which worked out very well.

• Professor Deborah Poff, Professor of Philosophy, University of Northern British Columbia in Canada, President-elect of Brandon University, Canada and founder-editor of the Journal of Business Ethics summarized the main outcomes from the papers presented and then gave her own address.

• Mr Tony Ward looked at global ethical leadership from a practical experience perspective, partly reflecting his work with BAA.

• Professor Phil Harris, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business, Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and Westminster Chair of Marketing and Public Affairs at the University of Chester, UK, and Editor of the Journal of Public Affairs discussed ethical leadership from the perspective of that great often forgotten leader, Macchiavelli.

CEO Forum

A Forum of CEOs started off the conference, chaired by Ashridge CEO Professor Kai Peters, setting the tone, the pace and interaction mode so typical for Ashridge events. We heard introductions from:

• Mr Trevor Bish-Jones, CEO of mypeople.com, formerly CEO of Woolworths
• Mr. Richard Fenning, CEO Control Risk
• Mr. Bob Leaf, CEO of Robert Leaf Consultants, and formerly CEO of Burson Marstellar International

Ashridge faculty involved in the conference

• Conference Chairs: Carla Millar and Marc Jones
• Papers: Matthew Gitsham and Inge Woudstra-van Grondelle
• Session Chairs: Roger Delves, Matthew Gitsham, Marc Jones, Carla Millar, Kai Peters, Eve Poole
• Reviewers: Vicki Culpin, Erik de Haan, Roger Delves, Matthew Gitsham, Marc Jones, Narendra Laljani, Martin Lockett, Carla Millar, Kai Peters, Eve Poole

Quotes from some of the participants

“I would like to thank you again for the organisation of the conference and your warm welcome and support. It was a great pleasure for me to be able to share my research and interests and I am looking forward to keep in contact with you.”

“It was a great learning opportunity, for me, to tap into a wealth of experience and research with an international perspective. I would certainly be interested in attending similar events in future.”

“I also thank Prof. Carla Millar and Dr. Marc Jones for organising a great selection of subjects and speakers from around the globe.”

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“The combination of challenging papers, the interaction among the participants and the great Ashridge environment is unbeatable – we will definitely want to be part of a next event.”

“So clever to have the keynote addresses at the end of the conference, and the opportunity to meet with the keynote speakers throughout the conference.”

“What a great conference!”