B-Schools from Brazil, Russia, China,

India and South Africa came at XIME .

From an acronym in the media, BRIC’s will manifest itself as a reality at XIME on January 30 and 31, 2009.A reality to witness and experience.Representatives from select Business Schools in Brazil, Russia, India and China will gather at XIME campus to confer on themes of management education that are of special interest to their countries.They will address them against the sombre backdrop of the global economicslowdown. With focus on

what it means to their countries’economies – and their business schools. They will be joined by South Africa, the leading economy of the African continent, in a meaningful addition to the acronym.The conference will be addressed by distinguished BRICS academics from the field of management education:

Country presentations on: Shaping ManagementEducation to our needs.

• Managerial Capacity building for Russia’s Economy

• Industry-Academia Collaboration in Brazil

• China’s Special Economic Zones

• Entrepreneurship Training and Development in China

• Prospects for Cooperation in Management education

between China and other BRICS Countries

• MBA Curriculum Development Issues in China

• What South Africa can bring into BRICS