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MAY | JUNE 2015 BizEd 75 The China Europe International Business School in Shanghai and the Lorange Institute of Business Zurich in Switzerland have entered into a strategic alliance. Through this alliance, the two schools will create a new entity called the CEIBS/Lorange Institute of Business Zurich in order to enhance their positions in both the Asian and European markets. The new institution will o™er new programs to help executives strengthen their knowledge of Chinese and European business practices, as well as serve as a hub in Switzerland for both Chinese businesses and other organizations interested in entering Chinese markets. ESCA Ecole de Management in Morocco and Louvain School of Management in Belgium have signed a partnership agreement. The goal of the agreement is to strengthen academic relations between the two schools and connect the schools' activities in Europe and Africa, through student and faculty exchanges over the next six years. Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton has partnered with global education provider Navitas Limited on a program designed to increase international student enrollment at the universi- ty. The pathway program provides international students with personalized and supportive learning environments to help them adjust to U.S. university degree programs. The program, called Navitas at FAU, will o™er programs across a range of disciplines that include accounting and international business. IESE Business School in Spain and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai will launch the World Executive MBA in January 2016. Designed for senior executives whose responsibilities cross international borders, the blended program will be delivered online, as well as at CEIBS and IESE campuses in North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. The biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the Cambridge Judge Business School at the Uni- versity of Cambridge in the United Kingdom have partnered to deliver the new "Accelerate Cambridge Life Sciences" program. Under the program, the partners will mentor startup ventures in the life sci- ences. The initiative began in March with a workshop on the challenges of pharmaceutical innovation and development and a Life Sciences Startup Weekend that included pitches by biotech entrepreneurs to venture capitalists. In April, the program launched a weekly program for biotech entrepreneurs. This ia a caption Latin America and Caribbean Annual Conference August 10–11, 2015 | Lima, Peru Annual Accreditation Conference September 20–22, 2015 | Chicago, Illinois, USA Asia Pacic Annual Conference October 11–13, 2015 | Xian, China Europe, Middle East, and Africa Annual Conference October 25–27, 2015 | Frankfurt, Germany Associate Deans Conference November 1–3, 2015 | Kansas City, Missouri, USA Deans Conference January 31–February 2, 2016 | Miami, Florida, USA B-School Communications and Development Symposium March 6–8, 2016 | Washington, D.C., USA Assessment Conference: Driving Accountability and Innovation March 6–8, 2016 | Charlotte, North Carolina, USA International Conference and Annual Meeting (ICAM) April 3–5, 2016 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA The Curriculum Conference: Re(Invent+Think+Design) May 8–10, 2016 | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Annual Accreditation Conference: Asia Pacic May 2016 | Singapore Annual Accreditation Conference: Europe, Middle East and Africa May 2016 Learn more and register at: www.aacsb.edu/conferences BEGIN PLANNING YOUR 2015–2016 ACADEMIC YEAR WITH THESE AACSB GLOBAL CONFERENCES: 15-16 Conferences BizEd Ad.indd 1 3/12/2015 1:54:44 PM