HBS Beijing Club, U Penn Beijing Club and HBS Asian American Alumni Association are proud to co-host a workshop:

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education

Countries all over the world have achieved near universal primary enrollment.  However, many countries are still struggling to help all students learn and thrive to be ready for the needs of the 21st century.  Can principles of entrepreneurship and innovation be the answer?  Professor Kim will explore the many ways that consumer choice, accountability, technology and private investments are transforming a sector that has been in existence for thousands of years.

When: Thursday, Nov 15th, 2018 19:30 to 21:30

Where: Penn Wharton China Center， World Financial Center West Building, 16F, No. 1 East Third Ring Middle Road， Chaoyang District， Beijing, 100020, China

Dressing Code: Business Casual

Important: NO Walk-In will be honored. Please purchase your ticket online beforehand. Tickets Non-Refundable

Language: English. Interpretation will not be available due to venue limitation

Agenda:

19:30-20:00 Registration

20:00-21:00 Discussion with Prof. John Kim: Fullfilling EdTech's Promise

21:00-21:30 Wrap-up & Networking

About the Speaker

John J-H Kim is a Senior Lecturer in the General Management unit of the Harvard Business School. Mr. Kim created and teaches the second-year course Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education, which explores ways in which entrepreneurs are pursuing the use of technology to transform education and achieve higher performance. He also co-teaches the Social Innovation Lab, a project-based course providing student teams an opportunity to build a social enterprise with the discipline of business tools and entrepreneurial techniques.  Previously, he taught Entrepreneurship and Education Reform.
Mr. Kim also serves as the Co-Chair of the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a joint project of HBS and Harvard Graduate School of Education. PELP was founded in 2004 to work with some of the largest urban districts in the U.S. to improve the management and leadership competencies and practices of public education leaders.  Additionally, Mr. Kim teaches in several executive education programs including Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations (PMNO) and Governing for Non-Profit Excellence (GNE).

Mr. Kim is the founder and CEO of The District Management Council (DMC), an organization that helps school districts achieve higher performance by improving their management practices. He is the founding editor of The District Management Journal, a publication which provides actionable insights related to leading and managing public school districts. Previously, Mr. Kim founded and led several firms in the education sector including a school management company that served more than 20,000 students in ten states. Additionally, he served as an Executive Vice President of Rakuten, Inc (JASDAQ: 4755), a global Internet services company, and was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Kim currently serves on several non-profit and corporate boards including the National Governing Board of BELL, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged youths.
Mr. Kim received an A.B. with Honors from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

HBS Beijing Club, U Penn Beijing Club and HBS Asian American Alumni Association are proud to co-host a networking night, featuring distinctive alum from each school sharing his/her life story.