The Academic Week Ahead

Meet some deans

The Associate Deans Conference, sponsored by AACSB, is taking place in Texas. The three-day event includes ways to work more effectively with faculty and other stakeholders. To follow discussions on Twitter, use #associateddeans

Focus on finance

The Forté Foundation is running a webinar for female pre-MBA candidates on corporate finance. The webinar is part of the non-profit organisation’s Walk the Path series.

Save resources

A discussion on the role natural gas can play in achieving a low-carbon future is taking place at the UK Energy Research Centre. This will include a presentation by Mike Bradshaw, professor of global energy at Warwick Business School.

Time manage

IMD Business School is hosting the sixth Forum de la Haute Horlogerie, a luxury watchmaking event. This year’s theme is What’s Next, focusing on how the new economic environment will affect products, markets and companies.

Launch a start-up

EM Normandie’s Institut for Innovation and Development of Entrepreneurship (InsIDE) and the Seine Estuaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry have organised a weekend event for entrepreneurs in Le Havre. The challenge is to create a business in 54 hours.

Email forthcoming events to charlotte.clarke@ft.com