CIIM organizes annual conferences on current business and management topics giving individuals and organisations the opportunity to stay ahead on issues addressed. Information about upcoming conferences can be found on this website. Our most recent conferences are listed below.
The Strategic Development of Family Businesses – Business Families: Leading the Owner-Managed Family Business to the next Stage of Growth
5th of May 2010, Nicosia
| During the conference the importance of owner-managed family business, the predominant form of corporate organization, was highlighted and discussed. Family businesses range in scale and scope from the traditional family owner-managed company, and include quoted and unquoted public limited companies. The conference was organized by CIIM and PWC with a view to offer the best practice on How to Strategically Plan for Family in Business Continuity. |
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Speakers
Professor Panikkos Poutziouris, CIIM Business School and Manchester Business School –UK
Professor Joachim Schwass, IMD, Switzerland
Roger Pedder , Chairman of Clarks Shoes – UK
Professor Theodore Panayotou, CIIM Director and Professor at Harvard University
George M Loizou, Member of Executive Board of PwC
Nicos A Theodoulou, Member of Board of PwC
Spyros Evangelou, Head of Practice, S.A. Evangelou
Dinos Lefkaritis, Lefkaritis Group of Companies
Minos Charalambous, Malloupas & Papacostas
Iacovos Photiades, IPH Group
Community Based Tourism in Cyprus and Realizing the Competitive Edge
4th May 2010, Nicosia
| This international conference was co-organized by CIIM and KPMG Academy. During this high-profile event, worldrenowned academics, business sustainability experts and tour operator representatives discussed the latest tourism economics and business research and turned it into a framework of practical guidelines in order to transform Cyprus’s tourist industry back into a powerful economic driver. The event addressed the root causes of our industry’s decline and brought forth a new and realistic model towards sustainable competitiveness. |
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Speakers
Dr. Theodore Panayotou, Director CIIM
Andreas Christofides, Managing Director, KPMG Limited
Christos Makriyiannis, Senior Advisor KPMG Sustainability Services
Sean Owens, Sustainable Product Manager, TUI UK & Ireland
Philippos P. Drousiotis, Chairman, Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI)
Dr. Timothy J. Tyrrell, Professor of Economics, Arizona State University, USA
Dr. Carlo Scodanibbio, Internationally recognized business performance consultant
Leadership and Innovation in Uncertain Times
19th November 2009, Nicosia
| CIIM and KPMG Academy joined forces to present their first annual Leadership and Innovation Conference in Cyprus. In the context of the world‘s financial slowdown, high profile academics and industry leaders gathered together in order to provide insightful solutions to some of the most important organizational concerns. The main speakers of the event were Costas Markides - one of the Top 50 Thinkers of the World, Adrian Gilpin - the Chairman of the Institute of Human Development, and Rowan Gibson - The Innovation GrandMaster. |
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