IIM Bangalore and Academy of International Business host meet on Global Networks: Organisations and People

BENGALURU: Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) and the Academy of International Business are hosting the 56th Annual AIB Conference in Bengaluru. This marks the first time that the conference is being held in India.

With 121 paper sessions, six special sessions and 33 panels across 15 tracks, the four-day conference -- on till June 29 -- is bringing together scholars and practitioners from 62 countries. Centred on the theme ‘ Global Networks -- Organisations and People’, the conference is focusing on responding to three megatrends -- the rise of trade in activities, knowledge-intensive intangibles, and emerging markets.

Sushil Vachani, director, IIMB, said, "Bengaluru symbolises the opportunity presented by the rise of entrepreneurship in emerging markets, captured in the billion-dollar valuations of homegrown e-commerce companies such as Flipkart."

Nakiye Avdan Boyacigiller, AIB president, said: "The conference will provide a venue for us to discuss the latest developments in international business research, teaching and practice."

Some of the leading practitioners and academicians who will be part of the global leadership conclave include Harish Manwani, chairman, Hindustan Unilever and former COO, Unilever; Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, chairperson and managing director, Biocon; Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, deputy chairman and group CEO, Narayana Health; Sanjeev Vohra, MD for Accenture Digital; Aditya Menon, MD, global digital strategy at Citi; K Suryaprakash, senior VP and global head – digital, Infosys.