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DAY ONE March 16, 2022

08:00 – 09:30 (SAST)

Orientation: Prof Arnold Smit

 

Official welcome

Prof Mark Smith

Director: University of Stellenbosch Business School

South Africa

 

Keynote speaker

Prof Nicola Pless

Professor of Management & Chair in Positive Business

University of South Australia Business School

Australia

Session 1:
Panel discussion
09:30 – 10:30 (SAST)

The Responsible Leadership Research Agenda

 

Moderator

Dr Natasha Winkler-Titus

Senior Lecturer: University of Stellenbosch Business School

South Africa

 

Panellists

Prof Mias de Klerk

Director: Centre for Responsible Leadership Studies

University of Stellenbosch Business School

South Africa

Prof Kurt April 

Director: Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership

Graduate School of Business

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Prof Derick de Jongh

Executive Director: Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Mr John North

Director: The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative

South Africa

10:30 – 11:00 (SAST)

Refreshment break

11:00 – 13:00 (SAST)

Presentations

Session 2:
Stream A
11:00 – 11:40 (SAST)
11:40 – 12:20 (SAST)

Responsible leaders and organisations with IKIGAI

Dr Frank Brueck

University of Stellenbosch Business School

South Africa

12:20 – 13:00 (SAST)

An integrative approach to change: The role of responsible leadership

Dr Melaine de Ruiter & Dr Jeroen van der Velden

Nyenrode Business University

Netherlands

Session 3:
Stream: B
11:00 – 11:40 (SAST)

Power, responsibility & wisdom: Exploring the issues at the core of ethical decision-making and leadership

Dr Bruce Lloyd

London South Bank University

United Kingdom

11:40 – 12:20 (SAST)

A relational and values-driven approach to responsible leadership: Lessons from public healthcare in South Africa

Ms Elmé Vivier

Nottingham Business School

United Kingdom

Dr Bryan Robinson

Nelson Mandela Bay University

South Africa

Dr Zilla North

Western Cape Health Department

South Africa

Prof Louis Jenkins

Western Cape Health Department

South Africa

Prof Mollie Painter

Nottingham Trent University

United Kingdom

12:20 – 13:00 (SAST)

Capacity building and social impact through service learning and cross-sector collaboration

Dr Louise van Rhyn

Symphonia for South Africa - Partners for Possibility

South Africa

Session 4:
Stream C
11:00 – 11:40 (SAST)

Evidence of responsible leadership practices: Case studies from Africa

Prof Marius Ungerer

University of Stellenbosch Business School

South Africa

11:40 – 12:20 (SAST)

Developing responsible leaders through artificial intelligence coaching

Dr Nicky Terblanche

University of Stellenbosch Business School

South Africa

12:20 - 13:00 (SAST)

Enabling and empowering responsible leadership 

Dr Nirja Mattoo

S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research

India

13:00 - 14:00 (SAST)

Lunch

14:00 - 14:30 (SAST)

Mr Tony Roche

CEO Emerald Publishing

United Kingdom

14:30 – 16:00 (SAST)

Roundtables: From papers to practice through co-creative design work

DAY TWO March 17, 2022

08:00 – 09:30 (SAST)

Orientation: Prof Arnold Smit

 

Keynote speaker

Prof Jonathan Gosling

Emeritus Professor in Leadership

University of Exeter

United Kingdom

Session 5:
Panel discussion
09:30 – 10:30 (SAST)

International Perspectives on Ethics, Economics and Responsible Management Education

 

Moderator

Prof Piet Naudé

Director: EFMD Deans Across Frontiers

South Africa

 

Panellists

Prof Josef Wieland

Director: Leadership Excellence Institute

Zeppelin University

Germany

Prof Enase Okonedo

Vice-Chancellor: Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria

Prof Dima Rachid Jamali

Dean: College of Business Administration

University of Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

10:30 – 11:00 (SAST)

Refreshment break

11:00 – 13:00 (SAST)

Presentations

Session 6:
Stream: A
11:00 – 11:40 (SAST)

Student-led service – Learning for civilisational grand challenges: Entrepreneurship training with 2030 agenda thematic

Msc Flavio Pinheiro Martins

PhD Student

Ribeirao Preto Medical School 

University of Sao Paulo

Brazil

Dr Lara Bartocci Liboni

Assistant Professor

University of Sao Paulo

Brazil

Ms Bethânia Nunes Pereira de Lima Rosa

Undergraduate Student

University of Sao Paulo

Brazil

Dr Luciana Oranges Cezarino

Assistant Professor

University Ca' Foscari Venezia

Italy

11:40 – 12:20 (SAST)

Student leadership in the South African post-Apartheid context: A reflection on role identity and the student leader as “facilitator” in a multi-cultural context

Ms Heidi October

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

12:20 - 13:00 (SAST)

Responsible leadership through purpose-driven brand building: Strategic principles for leaders in Africa

Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit, Ms Michelle Wolfswinkel & Dr Carla Enslin

University of Stellenbosch Business School

South Africa

Session 7:
Stream B
11:00 – 11:40 (SAST)

Coaching as a leadership skill

Mr Joel Digirolamo

International Coach Federation

USA

11:40 – 12:20 (SAST)

The chartered accountant profession in South Africa: Towards responsible leadership reimagined

Ms Zanne Horrell

Teach the Future SA

South Africa

Dr Judith Terblanche

University of the Western Cape

South Africa

12:20 – 13:00 (SAST)

Ubuntu as the North Star: Tools to responsibly lead Africa forward

Dr Siphokazi J. Ntetha

The Nomalanga Tribe

South Africa

Session 8:
Stream C
11:00 – 11:40 (SAST)

Developing the next generation of African ethical entrepreneurial leaders: A scholarship of teaching and learning programme evaluation at Ashesi University

Dr Marty Bullis, Dr Leonard Baer and Dr Daniel Kwame Acquaah

Ashesi University

Ghana

11:40 – 12:20 (SAST)

Collaboration for sustainable development: A case of SDG 17

Dr Rumina Dhalla

University of Guelph

Canada

12:20 – 13:00 (SAST)

Generating responsible leadership in African health service delivery: Lessons from endemic disease models

Prof Jonathan Gosling

Emeritus Professor in Leadership

University of Exeter

United Kingdom

Dr Priscilla Mataure

Senior Lecturer

Women’s University of Africa

Zimbabwe

Ms Amanda Marr Chung

Global Health Project Director, UCSF

USA

Prof Peter Case

University of the West of England & James Cook University

Australia

Mr Greyling Viljoen

Hon. Fellow

University of the West of England

United Kingdom

Prof Roly Gosling

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

United Kingdom

Ms Precious Chitapi

CEO, Precious Innovations Ubuntu Global Charitable Trust

Zimbabwe

Mr Joseph Murungu

Senior Fellow HEALTHQUAL, UCSF and MoHCC

Zimbabwe

13:00 - 14:00 (SAST)

Lunch

14:00 - 14:30 (SAST)

Vanessa Duckenfield 

Head L&D at Bettys & Taylors Group

United Kingdom

14:30 – 16:00 (SAST)

Roundtables: From papers to practice through co-creative design work

17:00 – 18:30 (SAST)

Virtual wine tasting (Beyerskloof Wines)

DAY THREE March 18, 2022

08:00 – 09:30 (SAST)

Orientation: Prof Arnold Smit

 

Keynote speaker

Mr Cas Coovadia

CEO: Business Unity South Africa

Chairman: South African National Business Initiative

South Africa

Session 9:
Panel discussion
09:30 – 10:30 (SAST)

Industry Perspectives on Sustainability Policies Governance and Responsible Business

 

Moderator

Prof Willem Fourie

Founder and Coordinator of the South African SDG Hub

South Africa

 

Panellists

Prof Shirley Zinn

Former Head of Human Resources at Woolworths

South Africa

Ms Namhla Mniki

Executive for Women’s Economic & Financial Inclusion in the Presidency of South Africa

South Africa

Ms Shameela Ebrahim

Chief Sustainability Officer: Johannesburg Stock Exchange

South Africa

10:30 – 11:00 (SAST)

Refreshment break

11:00 – 13:00 (SAST)

Presentations

Session 10:
Stream A
11:00 – 11:40 (SAST)

Paradoxes and dilemmas of responsible leadership in the mining industries of emerging economies – It is complex

Prof Mias de Klerk & Mr Bernard Swart

University of Stellenbosch Business School

South Africa

11:40 – 12:20 (SAST)

Responsibility of multi-national corporations in connection to COVID-19 vaccine launch: An alternative analysis of leadership discourse

Ms Minna Ahokas & Dr Anne Keränen

University of Oulu

Finland

12:20 – 13:00 (SAST)

Ubuntuism and virtues in the board: An exploration of two decades of literature at the crossroad between ubuntu, corporate governance and responsible leadership

Mr Cricy Makufa

Leeds Beckett University

United Kingdom

Session 11:
Stream B
11:00 – 11:40 (SAST)

Exploration of leadership practices in inter-organisational partnership contexts from a relational social constructionist leadership perspective: The case of Twende Mbele African Partnership on Monitoring and Evaluation

Mr Stanley Ntakumba

PhD Student University of Pretoria

South Africa

Prof Derick de Jong 

Executive Director: Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute

University of Pretoria

South Africa

11:40 – 12:20 (SAST)

Accelerating and amplifying climate response: Opportunities for bank board directors to reimagine their thinking and leadership

Ms Clare Nickson Havens

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative Working Group

Australia

Session 12:
Session C
11:00 – 11:40 (SAST)

Responsible leadership infusing the 4th industrial revolution: In search of virtuous, optimised people- technology integration in organisations

Prof Theo H Veldsman

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

11:40 – 12:20 (SAST)

The echo of conscience: The role of responsible leadership in corporate lobbying for government action to achieve sustainability transitions

Prof Matthew Gitsham

Professor of Business and Sustainable Development

Hult International Business School

United Kingdom

Dr Ajit Nayak

Associate Professor of Strategy

Southampton University Business School 

United Kingdom

Prof Jonathan Gosling 

Emeritus Professor in Leadership

University of Exeter

United Kingdom

12:20 – 13:00 (SAST)

Sustainable business practices in informal economies: Insights from Brazil’s ragpickers

Prof Stefan Gröschl

ESSEC Business School

France

13:00 - 13:30 (SAST)

Closing of conference

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