Academic Events
Bentley offers a wide array of conferences, lectures and programs that enhance intellectual engagement among students and faculty, and inform the broader community of educators and scholars, civic and business leaders.
Events to promote new knowledge and advance teaching, learning, research and business practice focus largely on our four strategic domains: Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, Ethics and Social Responsibility, and Global Commerce and Culture. (For a detailed description of these strategic domains, please visit our Mission and Focus web site.)
Instituto de Empresa Professor Luis Solas; Bentley Provost Robert Galliers; Bentley Management Professor Mark Davis
2nd Annual Conference on the Art and Science of Services
May 24 to 26, 2006
The conference, hosted by Bentley and the Instituto de Empresa, was held at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain. The two day workshop addressed the issues of research in services and gathered together academics and service industry practitioners to discuss the challenges that service managers are facing. Click here for more information on this event.
Business Ethics
Open lectures and presentations hosted by Bentley’s internationally acclaimed Center for Business Ethics explore ethical leadership and issues of the day. Topics and industries examined include information technology, investments and finance, telecommunications, public utilities, defense, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and many more. Featured speakers include board directors and CEOs of major corporations such as EMC Corp., Merck & Co., United Technologies, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the Vanguard Group, and Xerox, and ethics scholars from leading universities. The center is a partner in the Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility.
Bentley Creative Writing Forum
The Bentley Creative Writing Forum presents a host of readings this fall and events this fall, all open to the public and free of charge. For more information, contact Joan Oliveri in the English Department.
New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies
November 5 to 6, 2005
The 2005 Annual Meeting of the New England Conference of the Association of Asian Studies was hosted by Bentley’s Cronin International Center and International Studies Department.
Integrating the Curriculum: Learning Across Disciplinary Boundaries, was sponsored by the Management Education Alliance (MEA), which fosters faculty, curriculum and program development at business schools that serve African-American and Hispanic-American students. The November 2005 event drew faculty from several historically black and Latino colleges and universities. Bentley trustee Frank Aguilar is executive director of the MEA. An article in the summer 2006 issue of the MEA Newsletter summarizes this faculty workshop.
12th Annual IRS Town Meeting
October 24, 2005
The Bentley College Department of Law, Taxation and Financial Planning, and the Internal Revenue Service, invited tax professionals to a one-day tax conference, offering 8 continuing education credits. Keynote speaker was Robert C. Wilkerson, director of Stakeholder Liaison Field Operations, who spoke on, “Moving Ahead with the IRS.”
Aging by Design
October 17 to 18, 2005
Aging by Design was a two-day conference exploring the intersection of the rapidly-growing aging population and the world of business and technology. Click here to learn more.
Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with Public Good
September 15 to 16, 2005
2:10 to 3:35 p.m.
Adamian Academic Center Pavilion
Stephen Young, Global Executive Director of the renowned Caux Round Table (CRT) spoke about the CRT and his recent book, “Moral Capitalism.” The book examines the current state of capitalist trends and how business can weigh both profit and principle. Sponsored by the Center for Business Ethics, Cronin International Center and the Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility.
To see a complete listing of Academic Events held at Bentley, click here.
