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Delighted to see Marco Valeri join the Journal of Family Business Management as our new Social Media Editor. Best wishes for your new role! Claire Seaman

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Many, many congratulations! Claire Seaman

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Family Business Research Symposium, 4th Feb. 2022: An Invitation

Dear friends and colleagues,
Research Symposium - Governance in Family Businesses: 2022 & Beyond

The IFB Research Foundation and Loughborough University in London are collaborating to host a Research Symposium to bring family business researchers and practitioners together for a multi-disciplinary conversation about the direction of travel for family business research.

We invite you to attend the Symposium! It is FREE of charge and will be hosted both in-person at Loughborough University in London at the amazing Stratford, Olympic Park campus, and online. Please join us! Speakers and panelists include Sir James Wates, Professor Jess Chua, Professor Isabel C. Botero, Professor Claudia Binz Astrachan, Professor Torsten Pieper, and Dr BingBing Ge, Hannah Harris, Dr Susan Lunz, and Dr Dennis Jaffe, joining us in person and live via telecast.

TIME: Friday 4th February 2022, 10.00am-15.45pm UK time (9.30am for registration and coffee)
PLACE: Loughborough University in London, 3 Lesney Avenue, The Broadcast Centre, Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 3BS.
FACILITATORS: Dr Louise Scholes and Professor Mat Hughes, Loughborough University
Please note: There is no charge for the event! For those attending in person, lunch and refreshments will be provided, and the post-event network session is graciously sponsored by IFERA - The International Family Enterprise Research Academy and the Journal of Family Business Strategy! We would ask in-person participants to adhere to Loughborough University’s policies on Covid-19, whatever they might be in February.
RSVP:
To attend the Symposium in person, register your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/governance-in-family-businesses-2022-beyond-attending-in-person-only-tickets-205721306967
To attend online, register your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/governance-in-family-businesses-2022-beyond-for-those-attending-online-tickets-205594547827

Please can I encourage you to register by Friday 28th January 2022.

More about the event:
The Symposium will focus on the theme of governance in family business. Researchers and family business practitioners will come together to share their research and insights, and to explore new avenues for research in 2022 and beyond. In particular, the event will cover the following central themes and questions:

• Business Family governance - the family-business relationship
• Governance in the context of ESG
• Corporate governance in family firms
• ‘Hot topics’ in family business research in 2022
• Recent and current activity of the IFB Research Foundation

The programme of the Symposium will be circulated in the weeks running up to the event. For those attending in person, more information on how to plan your journey to Loughborough's Stratford campus can be found here.

The Symposium builds on the successful virtual family business event held last year in partnership with Lancaster University Management School which focused on the twin themes of social impact and Covid-19 (see here for the presentations).

For more information about the event, contact:
Dr Martin Kemp, [email protected]
Dr Louise Scholes, [email protected]
Professor Mat Hughes, [email protected]

We look forward to you joining us in February.

Dr Martin Kemp, Dr Louise Scholes, and Professor Mat Hughes

Governance in Family Businesses: 2022 & Beyond (attending in person only) The IFB Research Foundation and Loughborough University in London are hosting a Research Symposium about family business research in the UK.

Many, many congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Awards for Journal of Family Business Management. Claire

We have a number of short courses in the arts, film and media and finance/fundraising currently available. Many have some free places and offer an opportunity to build career-enhancing skills. Details at

Arts, Social Sciences and Management Short Courses Arts, Social Sciences and Management Short Courses. We are now offering a number of short courses, or microcredentials, for people looking to develop their skills, upskill and improve their employability in a particular area without having to commit to a full degree. Free and low cost.

Congratulations, Barry and all at Henderson's

Look what arrived! Delighted to contribute the 'Forward' and very much looking forward to the new book from our colleague Marco Valeri. Claire Seaman