Undergraduate Business School Leadership Conference

UBSLC 2024 Conference

2024 Conference: February 22-24

The Undergraduate Business School Leadership Conference (UBSLC) is a student-run international conference held annually at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, with more than 50 students from around the world. UBSLC provides a forum for top undergraduate business students to meet with leading business executives, cultivate meaningful connections and unify under a common theme designed to help them become more effective leaders and professionals. What these leaders learn here will impact hundreds of students at their home schools and thousands of their future coworkers.

2024 UBSLC Keynote Speaker - Joe Lawrence

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Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

Joe Lawrence is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), headquartered in Atlanta. PCNA is the exclusive U.S. importer of the Porsche 911,718 Boxster and 718 Cayman; Panamera; Cayenne and Macan.

As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Lawrence is responsible for sales and dealer network development in the United States. He also oversees Porsche Cars North America's field operations and the Porsche Academy.

Lawrence assumed his current role in August 2013 after serving as President and CEO of Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. for four years.

He began his career selling cars in his hometown of El Paso, Texas in 1989. Prior to arriving at Porsche, he worked for 15 years at BMW in a variety of sales and marketing positions in the United States, Germany, and Canada.

Lawrence holds a B.A. in Economics from Southern Methodist University and an MBA. from Emory University.

UBSLC Attendees

DOMESTIC SCHOOLS

  • Michigan State University
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • University of Washington
  • University of Arizona
  • Kennesaw State University

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

  • The American University of Rome (Rome, Italy)
  • Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)
  • Singapore Management University (Singapore)
  • The Prague University of Economics & Business (Prague, Czech Republic)
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong)
  • The University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
  • WHU- Otto Beisheim School of Management (Vallendar, Germany)
  • Trinity College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea)

DOMESTIC SCHOOLS

  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Wisconsin School of Business at UW Madison
  • University of Michigan
  • UC Berkeley | Haas School of Business
  • The George Washington University
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Arizona Eller College of Management
  • The University of Iowa
  • Providence College
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Washington
  • Northwestern University
  • Georgia State University

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

  • University of Economics, Prague
  • Peking University
  • INSEEC Paris Business School
  • Vienna University of Business and Economics

DOMESTIC SCHOOLS

  • Bentley University
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Clarkson University
  • Indiana University
  • Lewis and Clark College
  • Michigan State University
  • Ohio State University
  • Purdue University
  • The George Washington University
  • The University of Iowa
  • University of Arizona - Eller
  • University of California Berkeley - Haas
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Kansas- Lawrence
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Oregon
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Texas at Austin - McCombs
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

DOMESTIC SCHOOLS

  • Babson College
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • George Washington University
  • Indiana University (Kelley)
  • Northeastern University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Texas Christian University
  • The College of New Jersey
  • University of Arizona
  • University of California, Berkeley (Haas)
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Florida
  • University of Iowa
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Washington-Foster School of Business
  • Villanova University
  • Washington University in St. Louis

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

  • ITAM Instituto TecnolĂłgico AutĂłnomo de MĂ©xico
  • EBS Universität fĂĽr Wirtschaft und Recht
  • Universidad P. Comillas
  • University of Manchester
  • Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

DOMESTIC SCHOOLS

  • Arizona State University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • DePaul University
  • George Washington University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Georgia State University
  • Indiana University
  • Southern Methodist University
  • The Ohio State University
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Florida
  • University of Iowa
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Oregon
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Washington
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Wake Forest University

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

  • American University of Rome
  • Bocconi University
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • EBAPE - Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration
  • EBS Business School
  • ICADE, Universidad Pontificia Cosmillas
  • MBA Institute Paris
  • University of Economics, Prague
  • University of St. Gallen
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business

DOMESTIC SCHOOLS

  • Babson College
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • George Washington University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Georgia State University
  • Indiana University
  • Northeastern University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • The Ohio State University
  • University of Arizona
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • University of Florida
  • University of Iowa
  • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of San Diego
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Wake Forest University

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

  • Cass Business School, City University London
  • EBS Business School
  • ICADE, Universidad Pontificia Cosmillas
  • Johannes Kepler University
  • Maastricht University
  • Manchester Business School
  • Stockholm School of Economics
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of New South Wales

DOMESTIC SCHOOLS

  • Bentley University
  • Brigham Young University
  • College of William & Mary
  • Georgetown University
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Washington University in St. Louis

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

  • European Business School
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Singapore Management University
  • SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
  • Simon Fraser University
  • Thammasat Business School
  • The University of Hong Kong
  • The University of New South Wales
  • The University of Sydney
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Los Andes
  • University of Navarra
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Wollongong

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