Keynote speakers
 | Prof. Dr. Marjolein Lips-Wiersma Marjolein Lips-Wiersma is Professor/Hoogleraar at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. Her research focuses on the intersection of meaningful work and sustainability. Her work is applied in profit and not-for-profit organisations around the world. She is co-author of numerous academic articles that appeared in journals such as Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics and Journal of Organizational Behavior and was a founding member of the Academy of Management Workplace Spirituality Division. |
 | Prof. Dr. Jean-Pascal Gond Jean-Pascal Gond is a Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at Cass Business School, City, University of London where he heads ETHOS – The Centre for Responsible Enterprise. His research mobilizes organization theory, sociology and psychology to investigate corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability. He has extensively published in the fields of corporate responsibility, organizational behaviour and organization theory in leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Review, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business and Society, Economy and Society, Human Relations, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies or Journal of Organizational Behavior as well as in French academic journals such as Revue Française de Gestion. Personal page: https://www.cass.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/experts/jean-pascal-gond ETHOS: https://www.cass.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/centres/cre |
| DAY 1 | Meaningful Work and Sustainability: New Insights and Future Directions
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| 8.30-9.00
| Registration & Coffee
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| 9.00-9.15
| Introduction
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| 9.15-10.00
| Keynote and panel discussion with
Prof. Dr. Marjolein Lips-Wiersma and Prof. Dr. Jean-Pascal Gond |
| 10.00-11.00
| Presentations
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| 11.00-11.20
| Coffee break
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| 11.20-12.45
| Presentations
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| 12.45-14.00
| Lunch
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| 14.00-15.45
| Presentations
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| 15.45-16.15
| Coffee break
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| 16.15-17.00
| Discussion
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| 18.00-21.30
| Drinks & Dinner
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| DAY 2 | Meaningful Work in Organizations: Academia Meets Practice |
| 8.30-9.00
| Registration & Coffee
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| 9.00-9.30
| Reflections Day 1
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| 9.30-10.15
| Keynote speech of Prof. Dr. Marjolein Lips-Wiersma |
| 10.15-10.45
| Reflective activity
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| 10.45-11.00
| Coffee break
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| 11.00-12.00
| Workshops 1 round
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| 12.00-13.15
| Lunch
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| 13.15-14.15
| Workshops 2 round
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| 14.15-15.15
| Meet the expert
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| 15.15-15.30
| Coffee break
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| 15.30-16.15
| Discussion
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| 16.15-17.15
| Drinks
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Who Should Attend?
Everybody who is interested in and would like to engage in productive discussions on the topics, such as:
- Academics in the fields of Meaningful work, CSR, healthy work places
- Professionals (HR directors, HR managers, HR business partners, HR consultants), governmental institutions, employer organizations and trade unions
Organizing Committee
| Dr. Evgenia Lysova | Jitske Both-Nwabuwe, MSc. | Dr. Ruth Yeoman |
| Assistant Professor of Careers and Organizational Behavior
Department of Management & Organisation Director of the VU Center for Meaningful Work | PhD Candidate Department of Organisation Sciences | Research Fellow Said Business School |
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