PANEL PARTICIPANTS CHAIR Debbie Kemp Director of business school engagement AMBA & BGA
HOSTS Gaston Fornes Dean, UBI Business School, Belgium
Desmond Yap Deputy managing director UBI Business School, Belgium
DELEGATES Hassan Abu Bakar Dean, Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Pumela Msweli Former executive dean, UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa (UNISA)
James Njuguna Faculty member and MBA programme lead Strathmore University Business School, Kenya
How can schools encourage responsible AI use while maintaining academic standards and trust in student work? Xu Yong: “A healthy relationship between faculty/teachers and students exists when we think of them as being teammates, so we must ask if there is a risk of AI breaking this harmonious relationship. If teachers use AI, students may mistrust them, while if students use AI, teachers may mistrust them. We must find ways of dealing with these potentially negative effects and try to help them build a positive mindset because if we do not have this kind of trust between teachers and students, it will be very hard for us to use the technology.” Pumela Msweli: “Students often cannot listen without touching a gadget and I think we are losing our humanity. In Africa, for instance, you don’t just rely on what people say, you also sense their energy and build your own intuition about the circumstances. AI takes away from that kind of intuitive, emotional intelligence. I think teaching, learning and assessment should focus on building human capabilities.” Luis Torras: “Are we talking about reshaping work, or are we talking about reshaping our society and changing our culture, values and
Himanshu Rai Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, India
Luis Torras Arruga Senior adjunct professor in strategy, EADA Business School, Spain & member of the International Accreditation Advisory Board (IAAB), AMBA & BGA
Xu Yong Deputy dean, School of Business and Management Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), China
Kenji Yokoyama Dean of external relations NUCB Business School, Japan
30 Ambition • ISSUE 1 • 2026
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