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The 2025 International Business Case Conference(May 12-14)

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The International Business Case Conference is founded by the Business School, Shenzhen Technology University (BS SZTU). The purpose of the conference is to build an international professional-academic exchange and collaboration platform for scholars and practitioners, promote the understanding of Business Case and Case Research, share innovative methods and practices in research and teaching, and inspire scholars and practitioners to create new knowledge, explore innovative paths in education and talent training. This year, the conference is hosted by the Business Case Center at BS SZTU and co-hosted by ProGlobe, a five-country exchange program, and CoVE, Consortium of Virtual Exchange.

The 2025 conference will be held on 12-14 May 2025 on the campus of SZTU. The conference theme is “Sustainable Development in the Digital Era”, which focuses on: 1) Educational innovation from global digital exchange and for sustainable development; 2) ProGlobe: A successful five-country international virtual exchange program; 3) Insights from student project teams; and 4) Other relevant talks from international scholars.

Conference Language: English (with simultaneous translation)

Conference Registration (Free seats serve on a first-come, first-served basis):

If you have any questions, please contact the Business Case Center atbcc@sztu.edu.cn.

Conference Schedule

Date

Time

Contents

Location

May 12

(All Day)

09:00 - 17:00

All Day Conference Registration and Signup

1034 Hotel Front Desk (2nd floor)

May 12

(Morning)

10:00-11:30

- Meet & Greet + Campus Visit

1034 Hotel Café (1st floor)

May 12

(Afternoon)

14:00- 16:30

Intangible Heritage Experience Workshop: Chinese Inkstone, Craftsmanship, and Printing Techniques

(Registered participants only)

Guest Speaker: Ms. Changjun LI, Founder of YanYueLaiFen, Provincial Senior Artist.

1034 Hotel Meeting Room 1 (3rd floor)

May 13

(All Day)

09:00- 17:00

All Day Conference Registration and Signup

1034 Hotel Meeting Room 1 (3rd floor)

May 13

(Morning)

9:00-

9:20

Opening & Welcome Speech

Host: Prof. Dr. Qian WANG (Vice-Director of Business Case Center, BS, SZTU)

Honorable Speaker: Dean Prof. Dr. Holger Haldenwang (BS, SZTU)

1034 Hotel Meeting Room 1 (3rd floor)

9:20-10:00

Keynote 1: Strategic University Partnerships as a Sustainable Framework for Virtual Exchange

Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bode (Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Science, Germany)

10:00-10:20

Take a Break

10:20-11:00

Keynote 2: Critical Global Citizenship Education through Critical Virtual Exchange

Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mirjam Hauck (Open University, UK)

11:00-11:40

Keynote 3: Gamification and AI in Virtual Exchange: Insights from China

Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr.Hao CHEN (Director of Business Case Center, BS, SZTU)

11:45-11:55

Group Photo

Hotel Front Gate

May 13

(Afternoon)

14:30-15:30

Global Voices-Germany

Host: Prof. Dr. Qian WANG

- Digital Internationalization in Higher Education at H-BRS: Going beyond Virtual Exchange and Designing a University Policy

Guest Speaker: Ms.Regina Brautlacht(Senior Lecturer, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Science, Germany)

- ProGlobe: The Power of Podcasting in Virtual Exchange

Guest Speaker: Ms.Anne Fries(Senior Lecturer, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Science, Germany)

1034 Hotel Meeting Room 1 (3rd floor)

15:30-15:50

Take a Break

15:50-16:50

Global Voices-Portugal

Host: Prof. Dr. Qian WANG

- The ProGlobe Project: Impact Assessment of Virtual Sustainability Exchange Among Recent Tourism Graduates

Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr.Paula Fonseca(Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal)

- Cultural Ambassadors: Empowering Global Minds with Local Roots at the ProGlobe Summer School in Portugal

Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr.Lurdes Martins(Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal)

May 14

(All Day)

09:00- 17:00

All Day Conference Registration and Signup

1034 Hotel Meeting Room 1 (3rd floor)

May 14

(Morning)

9:30-10:00

Global Voices-Canada

Host: Prof. Dr. Lutz Philip Hecker (Vice-Director of Business Case Center, BS, SZTU)

The More, the Merrier: The Multidisciplinary Implementation of an International Virtual Exchange Project

Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr.Wendi Hulme(Fanshawe College, Canada)

1034 Hotel Meeting Room 1 (3rd floor)

10:00-10:20

Take a Break

10:20-10:50

Global Voices-USA

Host: Prof. Dr. Lutz Philip Hecker

Bridging Diverse Voices, Building Futures: Creative Insights from an International Virtual Exchange in Interior Architecture

Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr.Kristi Julian(Middle Tennessee State University, USA)

May 14

(Afternoon)

14:30-16:00

Global Voices: Insights From Youth Globally(Parallel Session 1)

Host: Student Volunteers

D3-1504

14:30-

17:00

Lightning Talks(Parallel Session 2)

Host: Prof. Dr. Lutz Philip Hecker

1034 Hotel Meeting Room 1 (3rd floor)

17:10-18:00

Closed-Door Meeting

Participants: ProGlobe faculty members


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