Proportion of women and non-binary speakers at MBAC 2024

I’m not at today’s Melbourne Business Analytics Conference (MBAC) since I’m on holiday this week. But that won’t stop me from calculating the proportion of women and non-binary people who are speaking at this event, as I have since its launch in 2017.

The excellent news is that this year is their highest proportion, with 58% of the folks on stage* being woman or non-binary. Great job MBS!

Bar chart titled, “Percentage of female or non-binary speakers and panelists at #MBSAnalytics”. The chart shows the lowest percentage in the first year, 2017, at 31%. Between 2018 and 2023 the percentage ranged from 39% to 51%. The 2024 percentage is 58%.

In case you’re wondering why I track this, that’s because I don’t attend or speak at conferences with 40% or fewer non-male participants. #NoMoreManels

* I don’t include the welcome speech at the start of the day and the practice prize finalists session at the end of the day.

Melbourne Business School alumni reunion 2019

One of the highlights of my year is the annual Melbourne Business School alumni reunion – which is, essentially, a two-day seminar and networking event.

Here’s our Dean, Professor Ian Harper, giving us an update on how the school is doing.

Professor Ian Harper, Dean of Melbourne Business School gives alumni an update on how the school is doing.

This year I attended sessions on:

  • creating career roadmaps (with speakers from act3 Planning)

  • data-oriented businesses

  • areas of marketing debate

  • ethics for companies that collect data, and

  • managing sustainability.

All of which were excellent, as usual.

Melbourne Business School MBA ranked #9 by BloombergBusinessweek

Melbourne Business School (MBS) has one of the best MBA programs in the world but, for whatever reason, it hasn't always gotten as much recognition as it deserves.

That's changed this year because MBS is at #9 in BloombergBusinessweek's 2016 International MBA rankings: 

It's also the only Australian B-school to be ranked by BloombergBusinessweek.

Students love it, too, because MBS achieved the #3 position in the student survey rank: 

This is excellent news for MBS and it makes me super happy to see how well they're doing. 

(For more on this, also check out Professor Mark Ritson's write-up: 'Melbourne Business School rated in International Top 10 for MBA for 2016'.)