BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UNICON - ECPv6.6.4.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://uniconexed.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for UNICON REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20260101T000000 END:STANDARD TZID:Europe/Stockholm BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260206 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260108T165732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T155232Z UID:9178-1770163200-1770335999@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON Tech Disruptors Group: Emerging EdTech Coffee Talk DESCRIPTION:Upcoming Group Sessions\nInterested in EdTech? Stay connected and expand your professional network through our specialized groups and upcoming meetings! \nTechnology Disruptors Group\n🕐 Wednesday\, February 4\, 2026\, 6:00 pm CET \n🕐 Thursday\, February 5\, 2026\, 10:00 am CET \nWebinar: Emerging EdTech Coffee Talk: Bring Your Own Tech Successes and Challenges \nThe next Tech Disruptors Group webinars are informal “coffee talk” sessions—bring your own EdTech wins\, challenges\, and questions! All executive education professionals are welcome.  \n \nAbout the Technology Disruptors Group\nThis special interest group is co-led by Tracy Sheerin (Yale School of Management) and Katy Falcao (INSEAD)\, bringing together executive education leaders exploring innovative technology solutions and AI integration strategies. \nTo get your invite and join the group\, email: tarynstreed@uniconexed.org URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/event-tech-disruptors-group-webinar/ CATEGORIES:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Tech.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260213 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260113T001326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T174207Z UID:9189-1770854400-1770940799@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON Webinar with CarringtonCrisp: How Executive Education Can Unlock Women's Careers DESCRIPTION:Upcoming Group Sessions\nInterested in EdTech? Stay connected and expand your professional network through our specialized groups and upcoming meetings! \nTechnology Disruptors Group\n🕐 Monday\, February 5\, 2026\, 10:00 am CET\n🕐 Tuesday\, February 4\, 2026\, 6:00 pm CET \nWebinar: Emerging EdTech Coffee Talk: Bring Your Own Tech Successes and Challenges \nThe next Tech Disruptors Group webinars are informal “coffee talk” sessions—bring your own EdTech wins\, challenges\, and questions! All executive education professionals are welcome. The Zoom invite has been sent to your calendar. \n\n \nAbout the Technology Disruptors Group\nThis special interest group is co-led by Tracy Sheerin (Yale School of Management) and Katy Falcao (INSEAD)\, bringing together executive education leaders exploring innovative technology solutions and AI integration strategies. \nTo get your invite and join the group\, email: tarynstreed@uniconexed.org URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/webinar-carringtoncrisp-feb-2026/ CATEGORIES:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WWW_2025__ScaleWidthWzUwMF0.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260306 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260213T190132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T192223Z UID:9241-1772668800-1772755199@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON Research Webinar: Executive Education in the Age of Lifelong Learning DESCRIPTION:Upcoming Group Sessions\nInterested in EdTech? Stay connected and expand your professional network through our specialized groups and upcoming meetings! \nTechnology Disruptors Group\n🕐 Monday\, February 5\, 2026\, 10:00 am CET\n🕐 Tuesday\, February 4\, 2026\, 6:00 pm CET \nWebinar: Emerging EdTech Coffee Talk: Bring Your Own Tech Successes and Challenges \nThe next Tech Disruptors Group webinars are informal “coffee talk” sessions—bring your own EdTech wins\, challenges\, and questions! All executive education professionals are welcome. The Zoom invite has been sent to your calendar. \n\n \nAbout the Technology Disruptors Group\nThis special interest group is co-led by Tracy Sheerin (Yale School of Management) and Katy Falcao (INSEAD)\, bringing together executive education leaders exploring innovative technology solutions and AI integration strategies. \nTo get your invite and join the group\, email: tarynstreed@uniconexed.org URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/unicon-webinar-lifelong-learning-executive-education/ CATEGORIES:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Presentation-The-Executive-Education-Leaders-Playbook-1200-x-627-px-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260319 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260316T180302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T211214Z UID:9183-1773792000-1773878399@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON Tech Disruptors Group: AI in B2B account management (session 1) DESCRIPTION:Tech Disruptors Group — Upcoming Webinar for UNICON members (all staff invited)\nAI in B2B Account Management\n\n Speaker: Tom Ryan\n \n\n 🕐 Wednesday\, 18 March 2026\, 6:00–7:00 pm CET\n 🕐 Thursday\, 19 March 2026\, 11:00 am–12:00 pm CET\n \n\n To register\, please email\n \n tarynstreed@uniconexed.org\n .\n \n \n \n\n This session explores how AI can support executive education teams across the B2B account management journey — from targeting and stakeholder engagement to proposals\, delivery\, impact\, and relationship growth.\n \n\n Speaker bio: Tom Ryan is an experienced management educator and consultant who passionately believes that business schools and other providers must provide a compelling solution to their clients’ job to be done if they are to succeed in a competitive market. He has written a number of papers for UNICON covering the implications for schools of new alternative providers\, on partnering effectively with intermediaries and on how schools can demonstrate the business case for executive education programmes. He has worked as a consultant\, leader and educator in a variety of schools and other organisations over many years.\n \n\n \n Explore UNICON research and download papers → URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/unicon-tech-disruptors-group-emerging-edtech-coffee-talk/ CATEGORIES:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Tech.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260319 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260302T193428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T194137Z UID:9327-1773792000-1773878399@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON Leadership Academy (ULA) Informational Webinar DESCRIPTION:Save the Date: UNICON Team Development Conference 2026\n Hosted by Arizona State University in Phoenix\, AZ\n November 18–20\, 2026. \n\n Arizona State University is a comprehensive public research university committed to excellence\, access and real world impact. Guided by the ASU Charter\, the university pursues research and discovery of public value\, prepares students to succeed in a rapidly changing world\, and assumes fundamental responsibility for the overall health of the communities it serves. ASU brings a broad set of academic\, research and engagement strengths together to support learners\, organizations and communities in Arizona and around the world.\n \n\n For many years ASU has been recognized nationally for leadership in educational innovation. U.S. News & World Report has ranked ASU the number one “Most Innovative School” in the United States every year since 2016. The university combines high quality teaching with scientific and technological excellence across fields such as engineering\, sustainability\, health\, business\, social sciences\, humanities and the arts. ASU invests heavily in research that addresses urgent global challenges\, and the university is consistently ranked among the top institutions worldwide for progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.\n \n\n ASU provides learning opportunities across the lifespan. Students can enroll in campus immersion programs\, fully online degree programs\, hybrid formats\, and a wide range of flexible\, modular and credit eligible learning offerings. Through the Learning Enterprise\, ASU also provides professional and workforce learning designed for individuals seeking new skills\, as well as organizations that want to invest in developing their employees. ASU additionally has Thunderbird School of Global Management\, W.P. Carey School of Business and other ASU schools and colleges that offer executive education programs to a wide range of global partners. This portfolio of learning opportunities builds on ASU’s reputation for high-quality digital learning and its commitment to meeting learners where they are.\n \n\n ASU’s faculty\, students\, researchers and partners work across disciplines to address major societal and economic challenges. Their work includes advances in water security\, clean energy\, biomedical diagnostics\, sustainable materials\, climate adaptation\, semiconductor manufacturing\, public policy\, learning science and artificial intelligence. This breadth of activity positions ASU among the country’s fastest growing research universities and supports innovation that improves lives locally and globally.\n \n Mark your calendars: November 18–20\, 2026. More details to come. URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/unicon-leadership-academy-information-webinar/ CATEGORIES:Leadership Academy,Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ULA-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260320 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260316T180638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T211444Z UID:9342-1773878400-1773964799@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON Tech Disruptors Group: AI in B2B account management (session 2) DESCRIPTION:Tech Disruptors Group — Upcoming Webinar for UNICON members (all staff invited)\nAI in B2B Account Management\n\n Speaker: Tom Ryan\n \n\n 🕐 Wednesday\, 18 March 2026\, 6:00–7:00 pm CET\n 🕐 Thursday\, 19 March 2026\, 11:00 am–12:00 pm CET\n \n\n To register\, please email\n \n tarynstreed@uniconexed.org\n .\n \n \n \n\n This session explores how AI can support executive education teams across the B2B account management journey — from targeting and stakeholder engagement to proposals\, delivery\, impact\, and relationship growth.\n \n\n Speaker bio: Tom Ryan is an experienced management educator and consultant who passionately believes that business schools and other providers must provide a compelling solution to their clients’ job to be done if they are to succeed in a competitive market. He has written a number of papers for UNICON covering the implications for schools of new alternative providers\, on partnering effectively with intermediaries and on how schools can demonstrate the business case for executive education programmes. He has worked as a consultant\, leader and educator in a variety of schools and other organisations over many years.\n \n\n \n Explore UNICON research and download papers → URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/unicon-tech-disruptors-group-emerging-edtech-coffee-talk-session-2/ CATEGORIES:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Tech.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260417 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20250411T171015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T181207Z UID:8241-1776124800-1776383999@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:2026 UNICON Directors' Conference DESCRIPTION:UNICON Directors’ Conference 2026\nMore information and registration opening soon \nApril 14-16\, 2026 | Lausanne\, Switzerland \nLeading in the Age of Intelligence: Executive Learning in a Fragmented World\nAs artificial intelligence redefines the boundaries of leadership and decision-making\, and as global geopolitics grow increasingly complex\, executive education stands at a pivotal crossroad. From AI-powered hyper-personalization in leadership programs to the strategic implications of shifting global power dynamics\, this event will challenge participants to rethink what it means to prepare executives for the future. \nJoin us in April 2026 in Lausanne\, Switzerland\, to engage in critical conversations\, share cutting-edge approaches\, and co-create the next evolution of executive education. \nHosted by IMD Business School URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/2026-unicon-directors-conference/ LOCATION:IMD\, Lausanne\, CH-1001\, Switzerland CATEGORIES:Directors' Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMD-1-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260521 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260522 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260423T224138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T211529Z UID:9419-1779321600-1779407999@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:CRM in Executive Education: UNICON CRM Group Meeting DESCRIPTION:  \nCRM Group Meeting\nThursday May 21st\, 2026\n10 AM EST \nJoin our dynamic community of CRM professionals exploring innovative solutions in executive education technology and strategy. All staff working at UNICON member schools are invited! \nCo-led by Nuwan Dishan (Cambridge Judge Business School) and Andrea Fiske (Yale School of Management). \nThis Month’s Session\nAbout the CRM Group \n\n90+ CRM professionals from UNICON member institutions\nTop focus areas: CRM adoption\, training strategies\, reporting & KPIs\nInteractive session formats: Case studies\, tool demos\, expert Q&As\n\nKey Discussion Topics\n\nCRM adoption & training strategies\nLead scoring and routing\nReporting and performance metrics\nCross-team collaboration\nTechnology integrations\n\nTo get your invite and join the group\, email: daniellemacedo@uniconexed.org URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/crm-in-executive-education-unicon-crm-group-meeting-may-2026/ CATEGORIES:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot-2026-01-12-at-20.19.34-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260611 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260613 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260610T141200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T141955Z UID:9504-1781136000-1781308799@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON and Nexed Webinar: How AI Is Reshaping Demand\, Delivery\, and the Learning Partnership DESCRIPTION:UNICON Annual Workshop: Hold the Date\n📍 MIT Sloan School of Management\, Cambridge\, MA\nDate: July 16-17\, 2026\nIn-Person Event \nSave the date! Join us at MIT Sloan School of Management for the UNICON Annual Workshop. This in-person gathering brings together executive education leaders for collaborative learning\, networking\, and strategic insights. \nRegistrations opening soon. More details to be announced. URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/nexed-ai-webinar/ CATEGORIES:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/nexed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260716 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260718 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20251111T171217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T143103Z UID:9099-1784160000-1784332799@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:2026 UNICON Annual Workshop (MIT Sloan School of Management) DESCRIPTION:UNICON Annual Workshop: Hold the Date\n📍 MIT Sloan School of Management\, Cambridge\, MA\nDate: July 16-17\, 2026\nIn-Person Event \nSave the date! Join us at MIT Sloan School of Management for the UNICON Annual Workshop. This in-person gathering brings together executive education leaders for collaborative learning\, networking\, and strategic insights. \nRegistrations opening soon. More details to be announced. URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/2026-unicon-annual-workshop-mit/ LOCATION:MIT Sloan School of Management\, United States CATEGORIES:Annual Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Zoom_Aerial_1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260911 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260724T122356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T122826Z UID:9798-1788912000-1789084799@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON European Meet Up\, September 9-10\, Istanbul\, SabancÄą University DESCRIPTION:UNICON European Meet Up 2025\, 4-5 September\, Lyon\n \n📍 Location\nemlyon business school\n144 Avenue Jean-Jaurès\n69007 Lyon\, France\nNearest airport: Lyon Airport St ExupĂŠry \n🤝 About European Meet-Ups\n\nCurrent issues discussion\nHost school insights\nPeer networking\nRegional collaboration\n\n✨ Format\n\nInformal networking\nKnowledge sharing\nRegional updates\nLocal culture experience\n\nThe next UNICON European Meet-Up will take place on September 4–5\, 2025\, hosted by Emlyon Business School in Lyon\, France. During this Meet-up\, we will explore how AI is shaping the future of executive education and having vibrant discussions with all of you. Who will be the next executive education to embark on a learning expedition of a new kind? It’s not a question of going to the other side of the world\, but rather of exploring new possible futures with AI and taking a fresh look at the present. \nDate: September 4–5\, 2025 \nVenue: emlyon business school\n144 Avenue Jean-Jaurès\n69007 Lyon\, France\n(Lyon Airport St ExupĂŠry) \nTheme: Artificial Intelligence for New Futures in Executive Education \nFees (to cover the costs): around 500 euros + VAT \nRegistration will open soon (first in\, first served; limited place) \nVenue: emlyon business school: Founded in 1872 by the Lyon Chamber of Commerce at the initiative of silk entrepreneurs\, emlyon business school is one of the oldest management schools in Europe. It belongs to the top 1% of business schools worldwide\, holding a triple accreditation from EQUIS\, AACSB\, and AMBA. \nemlyon business school welcomes 9\,260 students of 130 nationalities across four global campuses (Lyon\, Shanghai\, Paris\, and Mumbai). The School relies on a Faculty of 174 international research professors and a network of 220 academic partners worldwide to offer excellence in learning and global exposure. It has a community of 48\,000 graduates in more than 130 countries. \nAs a Mission-driven company since 2021\, emlyon’s purpose is to: “provide lifelong training and support to enlightened people who effectively change organizations to build a society that is fairer\, show solidarity for others and respect the planet.” \nemlyon business school cultivates the ability to drive change in resonance with the world\, by placing scientific knowledge creation\, skills hybridization\, and social & environmental responsibility at the core of its training programs\, and by supporting on a teaching method that closely combines action and thinking. \nAbout Our Host\n \nLearn more about our host:\nemlyon at UNICON |\nemlyon website \nTo express interest in attending\, please contact Katarzyna Kozicz Fonseca. Learn more about European Meet-Ups here. \nRegister Interest URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/unicon-european-meet-up-2026-istanbul-sabanci/ CATEGORIES:European Meet Up ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Sabanci-University.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261014 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260925T081440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T081441Z UID:10526-1791849600-1791935999@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:CRM Adoption & Training: UNICON CRM Group Meeting DESCRIPTION:  \nCRM Group Meeting: CRM Adoption & Training\nTuesday\, October 13\, 2026\n10 AM ET / 3 PM UK / 4 PM CET\, online (Zoom) \nThis month\, Grace Hemenway from Cornell joins us to walk through how Cornell has approached CRM adoption and training. It’s a space to learn from peers who have solved similar challenges and to reconnect with the group. All staff working at UNICON member schools with\, or interested in\, CRM systems are invited. \nThank you\, Nuwan. Before we get started\, a huge thank you to Nuwan Dishan (Cambridge Judge Business School)\, who is stepping down as CRM Group co-lead as he moves into his new role as Client Director at Cambridge Judge Business School\, Executive Education. If you’re interested in stepping in as co-lead alongside Andrea Fiske (Yale School of Management)\, please get in touch with Andrea or with Danielle Cerga Macedo. \nSession format\n\nVirtual meet-up with a speaker walkthrough\nGuest speaker: Grace Hemenway\, Cornell\nTopic: CRM adoption and training\n\nAbout the CRM Group \n\n100+ CRM professionals from UNICON member institutions\nTop focus areas: CRM adoption\, training strategies\, reporting & KPIs\nInteractive session formats: case studies\, tool demos\, expert Q&As\n\nTo get your invite and join the group\, email: daniellemacedo@uniconexed.org URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/crm-adoption-training-unicon-crm-group-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot-2026-01-12-at-20.19.34-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261121 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260108T160530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T160530Z UID:9175-1794960000-1795219199@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON Team Development Conference\, TDC 2026 | Arizona State University DESCRIPTION:Save the Date: UNICON Team Development Conference 2026\n Hosted by Arizona State University in Phoenix\, AZ\n November 18–20\, 2026. \n\n Arizona State University is a comprehensive public research university committed to excellence\, access and real world impact. Guided by the ASU Charter\, the university pursues research and discovery of public value\, prepares students to succeed in a rapidly changing world\, and assumes fundamental responsibility for the overall health of the communities it serves. ASU brings a broad set of academic\, research and engagement strengths together to support learners\, organizations and communities in Arizona and around the world.\n \n\n For many years ASU has been recognized nationally for leadership in educational innovation. U.S. News & World Report has ranked ASU the number one “Most Innovative School” in the United States every year since 2016. The university combines high quality teaching with scientific and technological excellence across fields such as engineering\, sustainability\, health\, business\, social sciences\, humanities and the arts. ASU invests heavily in research that addresses urgent global challenges\, and the university is consistently ranked among the top institutions worldwide for progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.\n \n\n ASU provides learning opportunities across the lifespan. Students can enroll in campus immersion programs\, fully online degree programs\, hybrid formats\, and a wide range of flexible\, modular and credit eligible learning offerings. Through the Learning Enterprise\, ASU also provides professional and workforce learning designed for individuals seeking new skills\, as well as organizations that want to invest in developing their employees. ASU additionally has Thunderbird School of Global Management\, W.P. Carey School of Business and other ASU schools and colleges that offer executive education programs to a wide range of global partners. This portfolio of learning opportunities builds on ASU’s reputation for high-quality digital learning and its commitment to meeting learners where they are.\n \n\n ASU’s faculty\, students\, researchers and partners work across disciplines to address major societal and economic challenges. Their work includes advances in water security\, clean energy\, biomedical diagnostics\, sustainable materials\, climate adaptation\, semiconductor manufacturing\, public policy\, learning science and artificial intelligence. This breadth of activity positions ASU among the country’s fastest growing research universities and supports innovation that improves lives locally and globally.\n \n Mark your calendars: November 18–20\, 2026. More details to come. URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/unicon-team-development-conference-asu-tdc-2026/ CATEGORIES:Directors' Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ASU.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270508 DTSTAMP:20261024T080545 CREATED:20260107T131934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T173934Z UID:9168-1809388800-1809734399@uniconexed.org SUMMARY:UNICON 2027 Directors Conference (Sydney + Melbourne) DESCRIPTION:Save the Date \nUNICON 2027 Directors Conference\n May 4–7\, 2027  ¡  Sydney + Melbourne \nHosted by the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) and Melbourne Business School (MBS). \n \n \n \n \n \nGet ready for a first-of-its-kind UNICON experience: a dual-city immersion across two of Australia’s most dynamic leadership hubs. \n \n \nSydney \nInnovation-fueled\, global energy. \n \nMelbourne \nDesign-led\, academic depth. \nAll delivered through one seamless\, fully coordinated journey. No logistics. No stress. Just transformative learning\, connection\, and discovery. \nAGSM and MBS will curate a unified program that uses both cities to tell a bold\, future-focused story about executive education in Australia—its momentum\, creativity\, and global influence. \nAt the heart of this experience is Australia’s First Nations heritage. Delegates will engage with the world’s oldest continuing culture and its leadership principles—offering powerful insights into resilience\, sustainability\, and community that strongly align with executive education’s evolving mission. \nJoin us as Australia’s leading business schools bring UNICON’s collaborative spirit to life in a way only Australia can: immersive\, high-quality\, culturally grounded\, and absolutely unforgettable. \nMark your calendars: May 4–7\, 2027. \nMore details to come. \nTraveling to Australia — FAQ \nEverything you need to plan your trip to the 2027 Directors Conference\, May 4‐7 in Sydney and Melbourne. Getting to Australia is more straightforward than many travelers expect ‐ here are the questions we hear most often. \n\nIs Australia difficult to reach?\nNot at all. Australia is well connected from every major region. Most travelers from Europe reach Sydney with a single stop\, North America offers extensive nonstop options\, and Asia is only a few hours away. Travel times are firmly in line with global long-haul norms\, served by high-quality airlines and reliable infrastructure. \n\n\nWhat are the best flight routes from my region?\nEurope \nMost journeys are one stop\, typically around 22–26 hours.London → Singapore → Sydney (Singapore Airlines\, Qantas)Paris / Frankfurt / Amsterdam → Hong Kong → Sydney (Cathay Pacific)Major hubs → Tokyo → Sydney (Japan Airlines\, ANA)One-stop routings via Dubai or Doha (Emirates\, Qatar Airways) are also available. \nNorth America \nExtensive nonstop service\, particularly from the West Coast.Los Angeles / San Francisco → Sydney (Qantas\, United\, American) — ~14–15 hoursDallas → Sydney (Qantas) — ~16–17 hoursVancouver → Sydney (Air Canada\, Qantas) — ~15–16 hoursFrom the East Coast\, ~21–26 hours via a West Coast connection. \nAsia \nFrequent direct services\, mostly 8–10 hours. Singapore\, Hong Kong\, Tokyo\, Jakarta\, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok all offer direct flights to Sydney. \nLatin America \nSantiago → Sydney nonstop (~15 hours\, LATAM)\, or one stop via Los Angeles. \nMiddle East \nDubai → Sydney (~13–14 hours\, Emirates)\, Doha → Sydney (~14 hours\, Qatar Airways). \nAfrica \nOne stop via Singapore\, Dubai or Doha (~20–25 hours). \n\n\nDo I need to arrange travel between Sydney and Melbourne?\nNo — all travel between the two cities will be fully arranged by your hosts\, AGSM and Melbourne Business School\, and is included in the participant fee. It’s one of the world’s most efficient domestic routes\, and we’ll ensure a seamless transition between locations. No logistics\, no stress. \n\n\nHow much should I budget for flights\, and when should I book?\nBooked three to six months ahead\, return economy fares are typically AUD $1\,800–$2\,800 from Europe\, $1\,200–$2\,200 from North America\, and $700–$1\,500 from Asia. Premium economy and business class are widely available across all routes. We recommend booking early to secure the best fares and connections. \n\n\nWho can I contact for help with planning?\nWe’re here to make your trip as easy as possible. If we can assist with routing\, timing or any other planning questions\, please don’t hesitate to reach out — we’ll be glad to help. URL:https://uniconexed.org/event/unicon-2027-directors-conference-sydney-melbourne/ CATEGORIES:Directors' Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uniconexed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Exploring-Australia-Presentation-2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR