Sustaining responsible family business models from generation to generation

Conference Synopsis:

This conference* celebrates the10th anniversary of EDHEC Family Business Research Centre with live cases, round tables, workshops, and peer-learning on sustaining responsible family business models!

It stands as a unique opportunity to reflect on a decade of research, education, and dissemination of knowledge, and to embrace the future altogether in the face of unprecedented challenges.

Our founding members who are at the heart of our history and have accompanied us over the past 10 years will be participating to this conference along with our organizational partners who supported us along the way.

The conference will feature family business members, academics, public-policy advocates, legal, wealth, finance and consulting experts, from around the globe!

Join us for the learning experience and the festivities ;)!

*Limited seats available with priority given to family business stakeholders.

You can check the dedicated webpage with more information via https://www.edhec.edu/en/news/the-edhec-family-business-chair-celebrates-its-10-th-anniversary-discover-the-program-of-this-event

Program Description**:

We will explore the overarching theme of the conference “Sustaining a responsible family business model from generation to generation” in several parts.

We will start the program with two interactive sessions intended to reflect on the past decade through three lenses - research, practice, and public-policy. Exchanging about these lessons, we will set the stage for the next decade with initial propositions conducive to responsible family business stakeholders.

We will then delve into the overarching theme through 4-D live illustrations based on cases and panel discussions around resilience, succession, governance, and entrepreneurship. We will learn from the oldest banking dynasty of the world, C. Hoare & Co., who managed to successfully navigate notable crises while consistently realizing impact over the course of 350 years. We will be immersed into the succession odyssey of century-old family businesses from different parts of the world, facing diverse challenges and consolidating their governance along the way. We will finally look into how the entrepreneurial dimension is nurtured over time in multigenerational families and business(es) towards ensuring family business sustainability.

We will end the conference with closing remarks and a dining cocktail to celebrate altogether.

Program Schedule**:

1.30 - 2.00 PM Registration

2.00 – 2.10 PM Welcome and Introductory Speech

Speakers: Ludovic Cailluet, Rania Labaki, Emmanuel Métais (EDHEC Business School, France)

2.10 – 2.50 PM “From one Decade to Another (Part 1) : Drawing Lessons from Research Towards Practical Implications for Family Business Stakeholders”

Speakers: Fabian Bernhard, Ludovic Cailluet, Rania Labaki and Lorraine Uhlaner (EDHEC Business School, France)

2.50 – 3.20 PM “From one Decade to Another (Part 2): Looking Back and Forward on Family Businesses through the European Public-Policy Lens”

Speaker: Jesus Casado (European Family Businesses, Belgium)

3.20 – 3.40 PM Tea & coffee break

3.40 – 4.40 PM “Lessons of Resilience and Sustainable Impact from the Oldest Banking Dynasty in the World: C. Hoare & Co.”

Speakers: Alexander S. Hoare and Michael G. Hoare (C. Hoare & Co., UK) and Rania Labaki (EDHEC, France)

4.40 – 5.40 PM “Transferring the Family Business Responsibly while Consolidating Governance: Testimonials across Europe”

Speakers: Simone Møkster (Simon Møkster Shipping, Norway), Julian von Moeller (Moeller Group, Germany), Mariann Wenckheim (Vöslauer and Wenckheim Holding, Austria)

5.40 - 6.00 PM Tea & coffee break

6.00 – 7.00 PM "Nurturing Responsible Entrepreneurship in Families and Businesses towards Sustainability : Perspectives across Generations"

Speakers: Leila Hosri and Riccardo Hosri (Fernand Hosri Group, Lebanon), Antoine Mayaud (Association Familiale Mulliez, France) and Marin Njavro (LSB, Luxembourg)

7.00 – 7.30 PM Key learnings and Closing Remarks

7.30 – 9.00 PM Cocktail

Speakers include**:

Ludovic Cailluet, Associate Professor and Director, EDHEC Centre for Responsible Ownership, France.

Jesus Casado, Secretary General, European Family Businesses, Belgium.

Fabian Bernhard, Associate Professor and Member, EDHEC Family Business Research Centre, France.

Alexander Hoare, 11th generation member, Partner, C. Hoare & Co., UK.

Michael Hoare, 10th generation member, Former Chairman of Audit and Compliance Committee, C. Hoare & Co., UK.

Leila Hosri, 6th generation member, Hosri Group, Lebanon.

Riccardo Hosri, 5th generation member, CEO, Sacotel, Lebanon.

Rania Labaki, Associate Professor and Director, EDHEC Family Business Research Centre, France.

Antoine Mayaud, Former Head of Affectio-Societatis and Owner, Association Familiale Mulliez, France.

Simone Møkster, 2nd generation member, Board member, Simon Møkster Shipping, Norway.

Marin Njavro, 2nd generation member, Founder, Luxembourg School of Business, Luxembourg.

Lorraine Uhlaner, Professor, EDHEC Business School, France.

Julian von Moeller, 8th generation member, Board member and shareholder, Moeller Group, Germany.

Mariann Wenckheim, 3rd generation member, Former non-executive director, Vöslauer, and Chair, Wenckheim Holding AG, Austria.

**This Preliminary Program is Subject to Change.