MBA Summit
Friday 6 June 2025
Our annual University of Bradford, School of Management, MBA Summit provides current students, alumni, academics and business leaders with the opportunity to join us in our home city of Bradford.
This year's MBA Summit will provide you with the opportunity to learn new skills, share knowledge and network with our MBA and School of Management community, global peers and academics.
The current turbulent economic and geo-political time has led us to choose the theme of Resilience for this year's MBA Summit.
Resilience
Through a range of discussions and activities, attendees will enjoy a programme which looks at resilience from a multi-level perspective.
Sessions will help to demonstrate the importance of resilience by exploring:
- How personal resilience can help you become a better leader.
- How you can plan strategic, technologic and supply chain resilience to make your organisation more agile.
- How to embed different types of resiliency to drive your career, organisation or business forward.
- Ways of overcoming the volatility of market, industry or geo-political instability.
Speakers from a range of industries will talk candidly and share their personal experiences of how they handled and thrived after both ups and downs.
School of Management, 60th Anniversary Banner on Bright Building
The MBA Summit is great, it's good to have an occasion to meet, see the school, see the buildings and see how it is here in Bradford. It creates a strong feeling of being part of something.
Tomasso Sica, MBA Innovation, Enterprise & Circular Economy Student
Schedule
Below is the schedule for the upcoming MBA Summit 2025. This highlights the themes of discussion and timetable for the day.
Pre-Event
On Thursday 5 June 2025 you will have the opportunity to book on to our MBA Careers Personal Coaching Sessions which will take place from 13:00 - 16:00. You can access this and book your session via Handshake.
MBA Summit Schedule - Friday 6 June 2025
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Welcome & Organised Networking hosted by Nick Snowden, MBA Director |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Keynote Lecture on Professional and Personal Resilience |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Choice of two breakout sessions:
|
| 12:15 - 13:00 |
Lunch including business networking with stalls hosted on: Bradford-Renduchintala Enterprise Ecosystem, Green PMI, BD25 City of Culture, Alumni Team, Apprenticeships, Wealth Management and Venture Funding. |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Keynote Lecture on Embracing AI - Building in digital resilience and transformation. How do you deploy AI day-to-day in your business? Organise your life and fully utilise AI efficiencies. Bring your smartphone and we'll share which apps to use and some tricks, skills or shortcuts for you to apply personally and professionally, making your life easier. |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Break |
| 14:15 - 15:15 |
Choice of two breakout sessions:
|
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Break |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Keynote Lecture on Global Business - Leading in a volatile geo-political climate including a panel discussion and open Q&A. |
| 18:30 | You are invited to join us for food, drinks and networking off campus. |
You can get a taste of the MBA Summit by watching back session from last years iteration on our MBA Summit 2024 YouTube Playlist.
MBA Summit 2024
View images from the MBA Summit 2024.
In addition to this you can watch eight of our sessions from the 2024 iteration via our MBA Summit 2024 YouTube playlist.
MBA Summit Location
The MBA Summit is held on the University of Bradford City Campus. The home of the School of Management is in the heart of our campus in the Bright Building.
Sessions will be delivered on our campus with further details to be confirmed ahead of the Summit. In the meantime you can find out more information about visiting our campus.
Visitor parking is available on our city campus via Tumbling Hill Street, this is offered on a first come, first serve basis.