4th Global Conference on Creating Value

Abstract

The 4th Global Conference will be run between the 21st and 23rd of September 2021. Cihan Cobanoglu, Edyta Rudawska and Gautam Mahajan are co-chairs. Jag Sheth Hermann Simon and Ramesh Iyer are the keynote speakers. As mentioned in the editorial, Nima Farschi is Chair for Americas, Andreas Hinterhuber for Europe and Naoko Komori for Asia.

By the time the issue comes out, the conference will be over and we will report on it in the next issue of the Journal of Creating Value which is a co-sponsor.

Kobe University Update

Kobe University Value School was established in April 2020. The school has 98 students as of 30 June 2021 and has conferred V. Diploma to six people so far. The main members of the school have recently published two books: The Concept of Value Creation (2021, Nihon Hyoron-sha) and Education for Value Creation at Kobe University Value School (2021, Kobe University Publishing).

(Sent by Director Katsuhiko Kokubu, 25 August 2021)

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Update

Creating Value School at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

JAIST (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, https://www.jaist.ac.jp/english/) was founded in October 1990 as the first independent national graduate school in Japan. Approximately 1,200 master’s and doctoral students are engaged in research activities in the disciplines of Knowledge Science, Information Science and Material Science. JAIST’s main campus is located in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, where more than 50% of the students are international students. JAIST has also a Tokyo Satellite in Minato-ku, Tokyo. The Tokyo Satellite is aimed at working professionals (students who have completed their undergraduate or graduate studies and are now in the workforce). At the satellite, there are approximately 250 master’s and doctoral students. As they are working professionals, the students have an extreme interest in creating value.

JAIST currently confers two degrees at the Tokyo Satellite: Knowledge Science and Information Science. Apart from the degrees, JAIST awards diplomas for programme completion. The current programmes are the Management of Technology (MOT) Programme, the Management of Services (MOS) Programme, and the IoT Innovation Programme. JAIST has officially decided to start a new programme on creating value from April 2022. We envision a one-day, ‘round-the-world’ presentation workshop (Kohda, 2020) in collaboration with the other Creating Value Schools, as part of the requirements for completion of the new programme.

(Sent by Youji Kohda 31 August 2021)

Reference

Kohda, Y. (2020). Mastering creating value. Journal of Creating Value, 6(2), 149–154.

Creating Social Value Centre at University of Maryland

The Centre for Social Value Creation (CSVC) is located within the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. CSVC aims to educate, engage, and empower the Smith School community and the world at large through thought-provoking dialogue, thought leadership and hands-on experience.

In the past year, CSVC has continued the Impact Consulting Fellowship, an 8-week programme consisting of students ranging from undergraduate to PhD who provide pro-bono consulting services for purpose-driven organizations. Since the summer of 2020, over 400 students have provided approximately 40,000 hours of consulting to 55 businesses and non-profits.

This past summer, CSVC launched the Research Impact Fellowship, a 10-week multidisciplinary programme in which fellows pursue academic research focused on promoting social impact through business. This summer was the first iteration of the Research Impact Fellowship, beginning extremely strong with 13 undergraduate students and 20 faculty leaders on 10 different research projects.

This fall, CSVC looks forward to hosting College Park’s Global Goals Jam from September 17th to 19th. Global Goals Jam is an international event in which over 85 cities across the world will be tackling pressing local-sustainability challenges related to the UN’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development. In this year’s first ever College Park jam, multidisciplinary teams will come together to engage with local leaders and catalyze solutions for a more equitable and sustainable transportation system.

The Centre for Social Value Creation is excited to continue operations in-person this year and continue pushing to create a world where businesses operate for the long-term value of both people and the planet. To learn more about the centre visit ter.ps/csvc.

(Sent by Nima Farschi and Gianni Mariani)