Graduate Business Forum

The Graduate Business Forum (GBF) is a United States based non-profit foundation, best known for its annual global Graduate Business Conference. The conference brings together top business leaders, political leaders, governments and selected students from the top 55 Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Schools in the world to exchange the ideas and to discuss the "Most Challenging Issues" facing the world from the perspective of a responsible leadership. The Forum also organizes a series of regional meetings throughout the year.

The Forum is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It is impartial and not-for-profit and is not tied to any political, partisan or national interest. Its highest governance body is the Board of Directors consisting of business, academic and previous student government leaders from multiple locations worldwide.

History The Graduate Business Forum was founded in 1983 by Jim Deveau, a then MBA student and President of the student government at Columbia Business School. , "Ambitious Origins: How it all Began", Graduate Business Forum website Beyond conferences, the Forum produces articles on ethical and responsible leadership of the MBA community and engages its members in business schools or community initiatives.

Membership The GBF is a community where leadership is put into action, where best practices are shared, and where globalism is embraced by all its members.

Individual GBF Membership is restricted to elected Student Leaders of the Student Government Bodies of the top 55 MBA Business Schools in the world. Student Leaders are invited upon election to participate in the global activities, events, and network of the Graduate Business Forum.

Business schools that have participated in the GBF and GBC: Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper Case Western University, Weatherhead China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Chinese University of Hong Kong Columbia Business School Cornell University, Johnson Copenhagen Business School Dartmouth College, Tuck Duke University, Fuqua Emory University, Goizueta ESADE Business School ESCP Business School Georgetown, McDonough Harvard Business School HEC Montreal HEC Paris Hong Kong University of Science and Technology IE Business School IESE Business School IMD Business School Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad Indian School of Business Indiana University, Kelley INSEAD International University of Japan London Business School London School of Economics Manchester Business School MIT Sloan School of Management McGill University Melbourne Business School Michigan State University, Broad Nanyang Technological University National Chengchi University National University of Singapore New York University, Stern Northwestern University, Kellogg Norwegian School of Economics Notre Dame University, Mendoza Purdue University, Krannert Queens School of Business RSM Erasmus University Stanford Graduate School of Business Stockholm School of Economics Tsinghua University University of California–Berkeley, Haas University of California–Los Angeles, Anderson University of Cambridge University of Chicago, Booth University of Cologne University of Economics, Prague University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland, Smith University of Michigan, Ross University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania, Wharton University of Rochester, Simon University of Southern California, Marshall University of Texas at Austin, McCombs University of Virginia, Darden University of Washington, The Michael G. Foster School of Business University of Western Ontario, Ivey University St. Gallen Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School Wits (Johannesburg) Yale University, SOM York University, Schulich

Annual conference The Graduate Business Forum's best-known activity is the annual global Graduate Business Conference, which brings together business and political leaders with selected student government leaders from the top 50 MBA Business Schools in the world. They exchange best practices, network, and debate the most pressing issues facing education and the economy from a responsible leadership perspective. The Forum also organizes a series of regional meetings throughout the year.

The Graduate Business Conference has been held since 1983:

YEAR, HOST UNIVERSITY, GBC THEME

2025, University of Western Ontario (Ivey), Resilience: A Pillar for Tomorrow’s Leaders 2021, Online (Virtual GBC), Improving for Impact: Transform Your Leadership Plan 2019, ESCP Paris, France: United in Diversity 2018, Copenhagen Business School, The Nordic Way in a Global Context 2017, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Business 4 Good: The Ultimate Challenge! 2016, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Giving Back: The Responsibility of Future Leaders 2015, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai, The New Normal: China and the World 2014, No conference was held 2013, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad 2012, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business - Rochester, New York, Size Matters 2011, ESADE, Responsible Leadership 2010, University of Maryland (Smith), Post Crisis: Business Leadership in the New Global Economy 2009, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Accessing the Market of Greater China 2008, UC Berkeley (Haas), The Global Leader and the Leader Within 2007, National University of Singapore, The Silk Route 2006, Copenhagen Business School, Discovering Potential 2005, Indiana University (Kelley), Creating Value through Leadership 2004, University of Michigan (Ross), Leading in Dynamic Times 2003, University of Virginia (Darden), Innovate! 2002, Emory University (Goizueta), Getting to the Future First 2001, Cornell University (Johnson), Leading on the Edge 2000, UCLA (Anderson), The Net Effect 1999, University of Texas (McCombs), Driving Technological Change 1998, Washington University (Olin), Business in the Community 1997, Vanderbilt University (Owen), Managing Quality: Quality Managing 1996, UC Berkeley (Haas) , Entrepreneurship 1995, University of Western Ontario (Ivey), Global Competitiveness: What Does it Take? 1994, Case Western University (Weatherhead), The Changing Face of American Industry 1993, New York University (Stern) , Corporate Social Responsibility 1992, Indiana University (Kelley) , Business and the Environment 1991, University of Michigan (Ross) , 1992 and the EEC 1990, University of Washington (Foster), Pacific Rim Countries 1989, University of Virginia (Darden) , Business Ethics and Ideals 1988, Northwestern University (Kellogg), The Services Industry 1987, University of Texas (McCombs) , Innovation for Entrepreneurial Success 1986, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), The Increasingly International Nature of Business 1985, Duke University (Fuqua) , MBA's in the Information Age 1984, UCLA (Anderson) , The Bottom Line of Leadership 1983, Columbia University , The MBA - A Student Perspective

Global Student Leadership Award The Student Leadership Award was inaugurated in 1991 by the board of directors of the Graduate Business Forum (GBF) to recognize leadership, innovation, and a commitment to the greater community at the graduate business level. In the past, influential leaders, such as CEOs, prime ministers, presidents, and royalty have bestowed this award upon a student or team during a commemorative banquet at the annual Graduate Business Conference.

Dave Chonowski and Chris Petersen, 2009 awardees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, turned their winning idea into the MBA Veterans Network, a global community of military veteran students and alumni of the world's leading business schools. Their organization has generated significant interest from the business media and has since been featured in both BusinessWeek and the Wall Street Journal.

Member schools may execute up to two nominations for their institution.

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