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About

​The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business and Griffith University host this webinar, in which Professor Nick Barter, Professor Jan Bebbington and Dr Akihiro Omura will present the key findings of their recent report exploring generational governance, which surveyed 3,000 business leaders across Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom.

The same webinar will be delivered across three sessions to support wider global participation and reach audiences in different time zones.

Generational governance describes arrangements whereby future generation leaders are part of corporate governance, with two main ways of implementation. A company might create a dedicated board made up of younger leaders who interact with a main board. Alternatively, main boards might self-consciously include younger members. In both cases, there is a desire to bring a more future orientated perspective to corporate governance and critical decision making by including those who will be around to see the outcomes of current decisions. 

Governance becomes even more critical as we seek to understand and prepare for a future that will be different to our current times. In particular, we anticipate that the future will be more volatile than the present due to social and ecological changes that are being ‘baked into’ our economic system.

Many organisations are seeking to understand how to face this future and this report focuses on one mechanism by which a conversation can be held between current and future corporate leaders about sustainable transitions: that of generational governance.

Considering examples of generational governance in both political and corporate settings, these webinars will offer insights into attitudes towards generational governance, its potential role in supporting sustainable transitions and open up a wider conversation about how business leaders think about generational governance and the role it may play in future-proofing organisations.

You can read the report which informs the webinars here: [LINK]

Practicalities
Three identical webinar sessions are available to accommodate different time zones. The first two are hosted by the Pentland Centre, and you can register here, please select your preferred session below.

The third session is hosted by Griffith University, click the description below to book.

• First webinar: 8:00 - 9:00 BST/UTC+1 (please note that this session will be recorded) will be presented by Professor Nick Barter, Professor Jan Bebbington and Dr Akihiro Omura 
• Second webinar: 16:00-17:00 BST/UTC+1 will be presented by Professor Jan Bebbington
• Third webinar: 23:00-00:00 BST/UTC+1 will be presented by Professor Nick Barter and Dr Akihiro Omura

Please note: In order to comply with data protection regulations and the need to request permissions from participants, the use of recording devices or AI virtual assistants is not allowed – anyone found using one will be asked to leave.

If you are unable to attend for any reason, please cancel your booking with the relevant organisation.

Booking closes on Saturday 9 May at 5pm BST/UTC+1, for sessions 1 & 2. After that, please contact the organiser. 

SPEAKERS:

Professor Nick Barter is an academic specialising in Strategy and Sustainability and the founder of Future Normal. As a professor, he teaches sustainability and systems thinking on the No.1 MBA in the world  for sustainability, supervises PhD students and conducts research on next-generation governance and organisational philosophy. As the founder of Future Normal he assists organisations in becoming  exemplars that deliver value over the long-term and in turn have amazing legacies. This involves working with boards, executives and the wider teams to help them reconsider their organisation’s  possibilities and potential.

Professor Jan Bebbington is the Director of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business at Lancaster University. Using her discipline background in accounting, she examines how organisations  establish organisational routines for sustainability outcomes as well as how companies discharge their accountability for sustainability outcomes. 

Dr Akihiro Omura is a senior lecturer in finance at Griffith University. He obtained his bachelor’s degree at the University of Queensland and PhD at Griffith University. He possesses a rich experience in  the finance industry as an equity analyst. In particular, before joining academia, he worked as the equity analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities and SMBC Nikko Securities.

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