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An event exclusively for business school leaders. Early registration ends December 20!
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February 3​ – 5​, 2025
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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Keynote Speakers

Ethan_MollickEthan Mollick, Innovation Expert & Artificial Intelligence Thought Leader; Professor of Entrepreneurship, The Wharton School

Ethan Mollick is an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies and teaches innovation and entrepreneurship, and also examines the effects of artificial intelligence on work and education. He also leads Wharton Interactive, an effort to democratize education using games, simulations, and AI.

His academic papers have been published in top management journals and his research has been covered by CNN, The New York Times, and other leading publications. He has created numerous teaching games on a wide variety of topics.

Prior to his time in academia, Ethan co-founded a startup company, and he currently advises a number of startups and organizations. Mollick received his PhD and MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. 

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James Rhee, Johnson Chair of Entrepreneurship and a Professor of Entrepreneurship, Howard University; Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management and Duke Law School

James Rhee designs and funds systems that give us permission to be human. His national bestselling book, red helicopter, offers a future-forward operating and leadership system that centers applied agency and bridges math with emotions in the business of life and the life of business. Rhee currently devotes a portion of his time teaching these principles at Howard University, where he serves as the Johnson Chair of Entrepreneurship and a Professor of Entrepreneurship, as well as MIT Sloan School of Management and Duke Law School, where he holds appointments as Senior Lecturer. He is an acclaimed CEO, private equity investor, and TED Speaker, and his transformational leadership has been recognized by the leading civic and business organizations. The philosophies and pedagogy underlying his shocking reinvention of Ashley Stewart, an iconic company serving and employing predominantly Black women, have captured the imagination of millions searching for a better way forward. Rhee graduated with honors from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of Harvard Law Review.