EXECUTIVES
BEYOND COMPETITION

“DRIVING CHANGE, TOGETHER”

– IN COOPERATION WITH ALLIANCE 2030 –

CONTEXT

On the initiative of Belgian scholars, the ‘Beyond Competition’ project strives to encourage collaboration between Belgian Universities and University Colleges, through their respective Schools of Management. Under this flag, projects are launched to target Master students, PhD candidates, Alumni as well as Executives in general. The latter group is the focus of this initiative.

COLLABORATING MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS

UCLouvain – LSM

ULB – Solvay

University of Antwerp – MNG

SUBJECT MATTER

This pilot project proposes a series of three face-to-face training sessions in autumn 2025, co-organised with Alliance 2030 and hosted by partner Universities. Alliance 2030 is a community of business leaders engaged in a process of collective learning and sharing, with selected content on sustainability issues and best practices for regenerative businesses, with humility, transparency and a willingness to act.

These sessions are designed for CEOs and board members and will cover key sustainability topics such as planetary boundaries, doughnut economy, post-growth approaches, systems thinking and innovation for regeneration.

DISCUSSIONS’ STRUCTURE

Each session (17:00–22:00) will combine academic insights, practical tools and methodologies, and peer-to-peer exchange. Real-life business cases (e.g., urbike, Cosucra, IBA) will be used to ground discussions in practice.

TIMELINE

Three sessions will be organized in autumn 2025, one per partner university:

UCLouvain – LSM (contact: Valérie Swaen) on October 7.
Solvay Brussels School (contact: Marek Hudon) on November 3.
University of Antwerp (contact: Luc van Liedekerke) on November 25.

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