The 15th Ceremonial Conferment of Aalto University School of Business was held at 2016
The fifteenth Ceremonial Conferment of Aalto University School of Business was held on 19–21 May 2016. At the ceremony, 88 Masters, 43 Doctors, and 10 Honorary Doctors were conferred. The officiants of the 2016 conferment were Conferrer Pekka Ilmakunnas, Professor at Aalto University School of Business, Master of Ceremonies Virpi Tuunainen, Professor at Aalto University School of Business, and Head Marshall Markku Kaustia, Professor at Aalto University School of Business. Additionally, for the Conferment, a child of the oldest professor in senior tenure is chosen to play the role of the Spirit of Mercury; in 2016, the Spirit of Mercury was Villiina Ikäheimo.
Aalto University School of Business grants honorary doctorates and doctoral insignia at conferment ceremony to individuals deemed to merit the accolade. The Honorary Doctors have strong ties to Aalto University and achievements in business or contributions to societal activities.
Honorary Doctorates of Aalto University School of Business was awarded on May 20, 2016, to:
- President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö
- Professor Eric Arnould, Southern Denmark University
- Chair of the Board Sari Baldauf
- Professor Alnoor Bhimani, The London School of Economics
- Professor Harrison Hong, Princeton University
- CEO, chairman of board Kari Jordan
- Professor Ann Langley, HEC Montréal – Canada
- Professor Herbert Moskowitz, Purdue University
- Janez Potocnik, Co-Chair of International Resource Panel (UNEP) former European commissioner for the Environment
- Professor Udo Zander, Stockholm School of Economics
Confermet publication 2016
You can read the ceremonial speeches from the fifteenth conferment (2016) and get a sense of the atmosphere from the festivities of the conferment (see pdf. below).
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