3 “I” of GSEM InterLectures project: International, Intellectual, Integrating

21:18, May 30, 2020

The figures of the online educational project InterLecture of GSEM – 4 weeks, 8 lectures, 8 hot topics in business, economics and management, 150 participants from 11 countries – confirm this

On May 21st and 25th, the final lectures were held in the framework of  the online learning project InterLectures. As always topics were relevant and practical: «Supply Chain Management: production planning with multiple recourse constraints using Excel Solver tool» by Prof. Irina Burlakova, International Management master programme, International Economics and Management Ac.Dep. and «Trade shows and Business events in international B2B marketing» by Prof. Ekaterina Demchenko, BA International Economics and Business, International Economics and Management Ac.Dep., head of GSEM International Affairs Office.

During  lecture on  supply chain management process, Prof. Burlakova demonstrated how to solve production plan problems with the help of Excell Solver. Prof. Demchenko told about the global industry of business events, the role of industrial exhibitions and business events in international B2B marketing, and how enterprises can properly organize their participation in international exhibitions.

“We came up with the idea of InterLectures as an opportunity for our students and for students from our partner universities to gain new knowledge during quarantine, to meet new people and ask questions. The feedback from our participants confirms: the project became a success and everyone found something useful for themselves. For us, this is also a new format of work that we plan to use in the future to expand the international educational online opportunities at GSEM” - notes Ekaterina Demchenko.

In general, InterLecture project consisted of eight online lectures provided by leading GSEM lecturers on topics of business, economics and management. More than 150 participants from different countries, including Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece, Thailand, France, Pakistan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Hungary and others, took part in discussions and received certificates of participation. All project participants highly assessed the topics, the practical orientation, openness and level of experience of lecturers.

Once again, we thank all GSEM lecturers who made possible the InterLectures project and all participants for the new experience and participation!