Lausanne, Switzerland 17 December 2018 – As a top-ranked business school, IMD is expert in developing leaders, transforming organizations and creating positive, sustainable impact – immediate and long-term. We strive to ensure this impact is felt by the individual, the team and the entire organization.
For the last 7 consecutive years, IMD has been ranked TOP 3 in executive education worldwide – FIRST in open programs (Financial Times 2012-2018).
Please find below for your planning purposes a list of events and upcoming reports scheduled for 2019.
IMD faculty regularly publish thought leadership articles on business issues faced by leaders and executives across industries. They are available too for commentary on trending news topics, within their area of expertise.
Should you wish to schedule an interview with one of our 50+ world class faculty or to visit our campus, please do not hesitate to contact us. IMD is based in Lausanne, Switzerland and Singapore.
Events, Reports and Rankings
| 09 January | IMD MBA 2019 Program begins | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 09 January | Program: Change the way you think about innovation strategy | Online | |
| 14 January | IMD Alumni Community for Entrepreneurship ACE: Zurich start-up investments | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 15 January | How to Change Employees’ Behavior:
New Solutions to an Old Challenge with Prof. Shlomo Ben-Hur |
Munich | Germany |
| 15 January | IMD ACE: Lac Leman start-up investments | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 31 January | ‘Journée Du Conseil d’Administration’ Swiss Board Center | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| February | ‘Orchestrating Transformation: How to Deliver Winning Performance with a Connected Approach to Change’ book publication – authored by Prof. Michael Wade, James Macaulay, Andy Noronha and Joel Barbier | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 01 February | IMD MBA Admissions application deadline | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 03 February | IMD Executive MBA program begins | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 07 March | IMD EMBA and MBA Masterclass | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 12 March | IMD ACE: Lac Leman start-up investments | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 17 March | IMD Executive MBA program begins | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 18-22 March | Digital Strategy & Analytics: leverage your business transformation | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 14-16 April | AACSB International Conference – Prof. Howard Yu speaker | Edinburgh | Scotland |
| 01 May | IMD MBA Admissions application deadline | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 09 May | IMD Executive MBA program begins | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 09 May | IMD Executive MBA and MBA Masterclass | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 17 -18 May | IMD MBA Alumni class 2016, 2017 and 2018 reunion | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 24 May | IMD Alumni Club: Breakfast with Arturo Bris, IMD World Competitiveness Center | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 28 May | IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2019 | Report launch | |
| 07 June | IMD Executive MBA class of June 2019 graduation | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 13-14 June | IMD Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 24-28 June | Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP) | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 01 August | IMD MBA Admissions application deadline | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 18 August | IMD Executive MBA program begins | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 30 August | IMD MBA Alumni celebration 5-20 year reunions | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 11 September | IMD Alumni: Workshop with Prof. Bill Fischer | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 19-20 September | Digital Leader Summit | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 26 September | IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019 | Report launch | |
| 27-28 September | Annual International Alumni Event | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 30 September | Digital Competitiveness Summit 2019 | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 01 October | IMD MBA Admissions application deadline | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 03 October | IMD Alumni: Workshop with Prof. Peter Vogel | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 03-04 October | IMD World Competitiveness Center 30th Anniversary | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 04 October | IMD Alumni: Breakfast with Prof. Arnaud Chevallier | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 11 October | IMD MBA celebrating 25+ year reunions | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 17 October | IMD Global Family Business Award, sponsored by Pictet | Recife | Brazil |
| 03 November | IMD Executive MBA program begins | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 18 November | IMD World Talent Ranking 2019 | Report launch | |
| 21 November | Program: Strategies for thriving in a global career | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 07 December | IMD Executive MBA class of November 2019 graduation | Lausanne | Switzerland |
IMD offers a portfolio of programs, designed to help individuals and teams to develop a full range of capabilities, bringing impact to their organizations – General Management programs, Degree programs – MBA and EMBA, Digital Transformation programs, Leadership programs, Focused programs and Online programs. The full Program Brochure 2019 is available here.
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