Black Excellence Symposium
Our inaugural Black Excellence Symposium 'Black Excellence: Shaping an Inclusive and Sustainable Future' will feature a line up of business and academic experts, tackling questions on equal access and opportunities for Black students, and provoke debate on shaping a future that protects our environment, economy and society.
Date: Wednesday 23 March 2022
Time: 12:00noon - 5:00pm
Where: Brookfield, School of Business, University of Leicester
Keynote
We are delighted to welcome Eugene Nizeyimana, CEO of SSCG Consulting, Director - African Business Chamber (AfBC) and Director - One Africa Network (OAN) as our keynote speaker.
In addition other speakers and panellists include:
- Dr Maureen Paul, Interim Chief Economist, Ofgem
- Byron Dixon OBE, Founder and CEO, Micro-Fresh
- Sandra Pollock OBE, Founder and CEO, The Women's Awards and SHINE magazine
- Professor Clive Fraser, Professor of Economics, University of Leicester School of Business
- Dr Paul Campbell, Director of the Leicester Institute for Inclusivity in Higher Education
- Pierre Ngon A Mbarra, PhD student, University of Leicester School of Business
Programme
| 12:00noon - 12:30pm | Registration and coffee |
| 12:30pm - 12:45pm |
Welcome Dr Winifred Onyas and Dr Zovanga Kone |
| 12:45pm - 12:55pm |
Dean of the School of Business Professor Dan Ladley |
| 12:55pm - 1:10pm |
President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Leicester Professor Nishan Canagarajah |
| 1:10pm - 1:50pm |
Keynote and Q&A Eugene Nizeyimana |
| 1:50pm - 2:40pm | Lunch |
| 2:40pm - 3:55pm | Panel discussion |
| 3:55pm - 4:15pm |
Poster competition results Chair: Dr Godfrey Charles-Cadogan, School of Business Judges: Rajinder Bhuhi, Leicester Innovation Hub Tobias Gould, Leicester Innovation Hub Dr Adeolu Adesanya, National Grid Nora Musyoka, School of Business |
| 4:15pm - 5:25pm |
Networking including post-symposium challenge Councillor Dr Ashiedu Joel, Leicester City Council and Founder of Ashioma Consults |
| 5:25pm | Closing remarks |
Student Poster Competition
The symposium will also involve a poster competition on a research project or enterprise challenge, open to all undergraduates at the University of Leicester. The shortlisted 10 posters will be presented at the symposium and our expert panel of judges will select winners in the research project and enterprise challenge categories with six prizes available.
Find out more about the competition
Register for the symposium