Session Description

Why the Meetings Industry Will Survive

The session will discuss why F2F human interaction is critical to profession and societal development and how the pandemic, while a short term shock to the industry, may lead to a better model of interaction between professionals in meetings.

Professor Timothy Devinney Biography 

Timothy Devinney (BSc CMU; MA, MBA, PhD Chicago) is Chair and Professor of International Business at Alliance Manchester Business School. He is also the Director of the DBA programme and the A/Dean (International). He has held positions at U. Chicago, Vanderbilt, UCLA and Australian Graduate School of Management and the University of Leeds been a visitor at many other universities. He has published 12+ books and 100+ articles in leading journals. He is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, the Royal Society of Arts, Academy of International Business, and an Alexander von Humboldt Research Awardee and Fellow. He has served on the executive of a number of academic associations as well as corporate and charity boards. He regularly consults with major corporations across the globe.

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