Babson College will host OBTC 2008: Teaching Conference for Management Educators on June 11-14, 2008. OBTC 2008 is the annual conference of OBTS: Teaching Society for Management Educators, held each year at a different institution. 

Over 300 academics and practitioners are registered to attend the peer-reviewed, interactive sessions on innovative teaching, classroom technology, and curriculum development, as well as panels with business leaders and exhibits by major textbook publishers. 

Keynote speakers are among the most prominent scholars of leadership, organizational learning, and culture, including:

• Chris Argyris, Harvard University
• Ed Schein, MIT, Sloan School of Management
• Noel Tichy, University of Michigan Business School
• Bill Torbert, Boston College

• Len Schlesinger, president-elect, Babson College

• Joan Gallos, Bloch School of Business and Public Administration, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Olin Graduate School interim dean Allan Cohen was one of the founders of this organization over 30 years ago. The Society fosters growth in management education by editing and publishing the Journal of Management Education as well as sponsoring this annual conference.

Coordinating the conference for Babson are professors Danna Greenberg

and Keith Rollag. They may be contacted at obtc2008@obts.org.