Gender quotas across public life continue to fuel debate in the UK, but what happened when the Norwegian Government required boards at publicly listed companies to appoint a minimum of 40% women?
Fifteen years on Thorhild Widvey, then cabinet minister for Oil and Energy, joins us to reflect on the legacy of this policy, and asks how we can extend participation of women into areas of leadership across private companies and senior positions in organisations.
The event will be followed by a networking drinks reception.
About the speaker:
Widvey is currently Chair of the Board at Statkraft, a leading hydropower company in the world and the largest renewable power generator in Europe. In 2013 she was appointed Minister of Culture for the Norwegian Government; she had previously served as Minster of Petroleum and Energy (2004 – 2005), State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (2003 – 2005), State Secretary for Fisheries (2002 – 2003). Widvey has served on more than 50 boards of companies, in private and public sectors, including Hitec Vision AS (2006 to 2015); ENI Norway AS (2007 to 2015), Aker Drilling ASA (2006 to 2005), Oslo Havn KF (2012 to 2015), Aker Philadelphia Shipyard AS (2011 to 2015) and Sjømannskirken (Norwegian Church Abroad) (2006 to 2015).
Event details:
Venue: University of Edinburgh Business School
Date: Wednesday 11 October, 2017
Time: 18:00 – 19:00, followed by a networking drinks reception
Cost: FREE
Contact: 0131 651 5326 or events@business-school.ed.ac.uk
Reserve your place here: https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/event/beyond-business-thorhild-widvey
Come and meet University of Edinburgh Business School students and critique their business insights on 1st November
Each year our first year undergraduates carry out a team-based project to analyse a business, using tools that will be familiar to many in business such as Strategic Groups and SWOT analysis. The output is an event in our Playfair Library, on 1st November, where the teams display their analysis in the form of a poster.
We welcome members of the business community to take part in this event by coming along to discuss the posters with their student teams and provide informal feedback and advice. This event is part of the student’s ‘Introduction to Business’ module.
The poster session runs throughout the day but you could simply come along to all or some of the morning or afternoon session (each session will have around 25 teams of five students).
If you are interested, please contact Aidan Hetherington, Corporate Engagement Manager, on aidan.hetherington@ed.ac.uk to receive further details.
Public guest speaker event on 17 October at 6.30pm, at the University of Edinburgh Business School
The Business School’s Entrepreneurship Club invites you to find out about how entrepreneurs can most effectively promote themselves on a limited budget.
This event is free and open to all. Michelle Brown of Michelle Brown PR makes a welcome return to the Eclub to draw upon her 20+ years of experience in the PR industry to give insights into how entrepreneurs can make the most of PR.
In her presentation, Michelle will cover the following points including, how to create a PR story and stand out from the crowd, how the media works and how to maximise exposure across all media platforms, on a limited budget. She will also illustrate her talk with case studies and will answer questions from the floor.
Michelle will be joined by Ali Wyllie, Founder of Run the Sights who will provide examples of a good PR story.
To register for this, and any other free event at the Business school please visit https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/about/events
The School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh will host an interactive seminar on September 18, from 3pm – 5:30pm, titled “From Risk to Resilience in Climate Change: Creating Opportunities!”
Resilience is a buzz-word when it comes to preparing for climate change and its consequences.
While many resilience-related activities are policy-oriented, this highly interactive seminar is part of a range of Solution-Finding Sessions that all use the DIEM Focused Feedback Methodology: a ‘hands-on’ approach to collect practical recommendations.
After an introduction to set the stage, the DIEM’s Focused Feedback Methodology pulls you inside a gripping ‘What If…?’ flooding scenario and creates a sense of co-ownership among the teams who will then be tasked with formulating their own conclusions and corresponding recommendations on what to do (better) during four Critical Moments-in-Time in the scenario.
Within a month of the seminar, participants will also receive a report which will summarize the results of the feedback and include a trend-analysis and some benchmarking information. DIEM’s international jury will select best recommendations and team performance.
Presenter: Eelco H. Dykstra, M.D – – The Hague, Netherlands;
• 11th Brunel Internationale Lecturer
• Director of DIEM, Expert Network and Primary Research Group
Host: Professor Gordon Masterton OBE, Chair of Future Infrastructure
How to apply: By e-mail to: eelco.dykstra@diem.nu or diemthehague@gmail.com
Applications are welcome from both individual participants as well as from pre-established teams.
Cost: £45 for students, £75 for non-students.
Please note that your participation and payment also entitles you to apply for a one-year membership in the DIEM Network in the Student/Young Professional¹ or Subscriber² categories.
¹ Other than participating in the Online Knowledge Exchange (OKE) program (access to information and out-of-network contacts), DIEM operates a mentoring program in which students and young professionals can be matched with and connected to selected DIEM Partners and Experts
² Subscribers receive news, updates and can submit specific questions to our Partners and Experts. Groups of Subscribers may also be asked to function as a ‘review board’ to assess new approaches, ideas, or recommendations.
