ebbf Conference Milan
The ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future spring learning event and
Annual General Meeting was held in Milan, Italy, on 12-15 May 2016. The
theme was "consultation, beyond decision-making, a tool for learning. A
hundred participants shared a stimulating programme of keynotes, meaningful
conversations, learnshops and networking. This year I had no particular role
to play apart from facilitating some discussions. At the Annual General
Meeting I was again elected to the ebbf Governing Board, which also held a
meeting just before the event.
The first evening featured two
keynotes by Trip Bartel on "the whole world is talking" and "dynamic
consultation: unity in action"
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Wendi Momen opening the event; Master of Ceremonies Ralph Blundell;
keynote speaker Trip Barthel on dynamic consultation
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the audience; Arthur Dahl making a comment
The Friday keynotes were by Valerie Arnold on "outsmart your own biases",
and by Vafa Akhavan on "consultation: the catalyst for realizing potential".
There were also a number of parallel learnshops.
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Chair; keynotes by Valerie Arnold and Vafa Akhavan
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the audience
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ebbf marketplace for new entrepreneurial projects: Rebecca
Teclemariam; Gilles Cavalli; Shamil Fattakhov
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the audience Friday evening
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Maya Groff presiding on Saturday; the audience
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The learnshop leaders presented their topics: Marc Avanzo, Mahmud
Samandari, ebbf Director General Daniel Truran presenting Gianluca Lotti
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Learnshop with Gianluca Lotti on changing how we perceive reality
The ebbf Annual General Meeting provided an opportunity for all the ebbf
members present to consult on the future of the organization.
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ebbf Annual General Meeting and consultation
When the international president of AIESEC, whom I had met in Morocco,
was prevented by travel problems from coming to keynote, the present and
future presidents of the Italian AIESEC national committee replaced her with
brio, in an amazing dialogue with the audience.
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Gustardo and Beneditta from AIESEC Italy; AIESECers at the event
The final morning keynote was by Hans van Loon, former Secretary-General of
the Hague Conference on Private International Law, who spoke on "can
international law support development and elevate consultation in an
emerging world society?"
Maya Groff introducing keynoter Hans van Loon; audience
This was as usual a stimulating and dynamic conference that left everyone
enriched.