CEMS: Strategic Partner
Estoril Conferences is joining forces with CEMS for an interactive global discussion with the schools of the future about the world’s most pressing issues.


A global dialogue for a better future
CEMS is an internationally renowned strategic alliance of leading Business Schools – among the best worldwide – multinational companies and NGOs. Together, they offer the CEMS Master in International Management (CEMS MIM) to over 1340+ students from 80+ nationalities, embracing a community of 16.000+ alumni from over 100+ nationalities, working in over 75 countries.
Through CEMS’ partnership, Estoril Conferences is calling the leading business schools worldwide, as independent institutions, to set the tone and lead the way forward to transform our societies.
United by their shared mission of developing and training the leaders of tomorrow, the schools of the future will find at Estoril Conferences an opportunity to engage with the Purpose Generation, and inspire them to raise an active and worldwide community of global citizens, passioned about taking action, to push the world forward.

Current collaborations
Beyond CEMS MIM
Customized collaborations, co-designed with Estoril Conferences, such as live virtual interactions with CEMS Schools during the event and the CEMS Video Challenge Competition.


CEMS MIM-Based
Collaborations that are integrated in the scope of the CEMS MIM Curriculum, such as the Global Citizenship Seminar and the #SpeedUpSustainability CEMS Business Project Program with McKinsey & Company.
With whom?
CEMS Schools
Together with 8 (might be subject to change) of the 34 CEMS schools, we are partnering up to create awareness and elevate worlwide the dialogue about some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
CEMS Academic Directors
The CEMS Academic Directors Cross School Initiatives Sub Committee is co-designing several initiatives together with Estoril Conferences’ team.
CEMS Global Office
The CEMS Global Office is the permanent coordination and management body of CEMS, and it has been working together with Estoril Conferences in the promotion of its 7th Edition.
CEMS Student Board
The CEMS Student Board represents CEMS Students within the CEMS Global Alliance and has partnered with Estoril Conferences, playing a contributing role in initiatives, such as the Video Challenge Competition.
CEMS Clubs
We are also joining forces with several CEMS Clubs, run by CEMS students around the world, who are actively involved in the promotion of CEMS’ initiatives with Estoril Conferences, with CEMS Club Lisbon leading the way.
Beyond CEMS MIM
Estoril Conferences is partnering up with some of the most prestigious business schools to take the event to a global scale. Together, different formats of the conference will be created that seek to engage local and global communities in an open dialogue about the world’s most pressing issues.

Full Collaboration
CEMS Business Schools partnering with Estoril Conferences in a joint event will hold a separate version of the “Estoril Conferences” on exactly the same dates, at their own location, in paralel to the live Estoril Conferences, with virtual interactions between the host and the partner schools.

2-day event covering the Estoril Conferences' program
Los Andes School of Management
Colombia
Universidad de los Andes School of Management (UASM) was founded in 1972, defining itself as a school of management rather than a business school, committed to educate and influence decision makers in all sectors – private, public and not-for‐profit. UASM is the only school in Colombia and among the ten in Latin America with AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditations, placing it in the Top 1% of business schools worldwide with the Triple Crown, which is the highest posible recognition in this field.

Collaboration in one moment of the agenda
CEMS Business Schools partnering with Estoril Conferences in a panel debate will hold single events, on exactly the same dates, at their own location, in paralel to the live Estoril Conferences agenda, with virtual interactions between the host and the partner schools.

Aalto University
Finland

Ivey Business School
Canada
The Ivey Business School (www.ivey.ca) at Western University is Canada’s leading provider of relevant, innovative and comprehensive business education. Drawing on extensive research and business experience, Ivey faculty provides the best classroom experience, equipping graduates with the skills and capabilities they need to tackle the leadership challenges in today’s complex business world. Ivey offers world-renowned undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as Executive Education at campuses in London (Ontario), Toronto, and Hong Kong.

London School of Economics
United Kingdom
A world-leading centre for research and education in business and management. We sit at the heart of a leading social science institution, giving our teaching and research a real world context in the social, economic and political environment across the globe. We are proud to be part of LSE, an institution that ranks #2 in the world for social sciences and management (QS World University Rankings 2021) and #1 in the UK for research in business and management studies (REF 2014). We engage with people and organisations worldwide, across the private, public, and third sectors, who are motivated to improve the world through better understanding and practice of management.

Promotion & Reach
CEMS Business Schools that support the Estoril Conferences by promoting and sharing information about the event to their own communities, to find new possible speakers and partners as well as engaging more participants around the world in the event.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
United States
Cornell is a private, Ivy League university and the land-grant university for New York state. Cornell’s mission is to discover, preserve and disseminate knowledge, to educate the next generation of global citizens, and to promote a culture of broad inquiry throughout and beyond the Cornell community. Cornell also aims, through public service, to enhance the lives and livelihoods of students, the people of New York and others around the world. We aspire to be the exemplary comprehensive research university for the 21st century. Faculty, staff and students thrive at Cornell because of its unparalleled combination of quality and breadth; its open, collaborative and innovative culture; its founding commitment to diversity and inclusion; its vibrant rural and urban campuses; and its land-grant legacy of public engagement. Purposeful discovery, free and open inquiry and expression, a community of belonging, exploration across boundaries, changing lives through engagement and respect for the natural environment constitute Cornell’s core values.

Rotterdam School of Management
Netherlands

Stockholm School of Economics
Sweden
The Stockholm School of Economics is filled with talented, motivated, diverse and innovative people and is an interesting and exciting place to work. Rated as a top business school in the Nordic and Baltic countries and enjoys a strong international reputation, The Stockholm School is world-class research forms the foundation of our educational offering, which includes bachelor, master, PhD, MBA, and Executive Education programs. Our programs are developed in close cooperation with the business and research communities, providing graduates substantial potential to attain leading positions in companies and other organizations. The School is accredited by EQUIS, certifying that all of its principal activities – teaching as well as research – maintain the highest international standards. The Stockholm School of Economics is also the only Swedish member institution of CEMS and PIM, which are collaborations between top business schools worldwide, contributing to the level of quality for which our school is known.

Warsaw School of Economics
Poland
SGH Warsaw School of Economics is the most prestigious university of economics and management in Poland, with over 110 years of history. Its mission has continuously been educating economists and business leaders serving the nation, country and the region. SGH is AMBA, CEEMAN IQA, EQUIS and ECA CeQuInt accredited university. SGH’s unique selling points are: flexible programmes adjusted to students’ needs including courses delivered by top experts in their field and top international companies, rich student life, possibility to meet alumni who change the history of Europe and play essential role in shaping the country’s and region’s political and economic future.
CEMS Video Challenge Competition
The CEMS Alliance, via the Academic Directors Cross-School Initiatives Sub-committee, and the Estoril Conferences’ Academic Board have come together to invite the CEMS Student community to contribute to one of the seven topics to be debated in the Conference: Technology and Ethics.

CEMS MIM-Based
CEMS Global Citizenship Seminar
Integrated in the CEMS MIM Curriculum, it is a two-day course that offers an experiential learning experience focused on one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year, it has the added focus of engaging the Purpose Generation in the resolution of these global challenges, to nurture Estoril Conferences’ discussions and debates.


#SpeedUpSustainability CEMS Business Project Program with McKinsey & Company
In 2022, McKinsey & Company, Estoril Conferences’ Knowledge Partner, joins forces with CEMS for the #SpeedUpSustainability CEMS Business Project Program. The CEMS students’ outputs will be showcased at the 7th Edition of Estoril Conferences.