Undergraduate Business School Leadership Conference

UBSLC 2023 Conference

2023 Conference: February 9-11

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.

2023 UBSLC Keynote Speaker - Djuan Rivers

Photo of Djuan Rivers

Former Vice President, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park

Djuan Rivers retired as Vice President, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park May 2021, where he led a Cast base of more than 6,000. Under his leadership, the park completed the largest expansion in its history.

With almost 30 years of leadership experience, Djuan began his Disney management career on the opening team of Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa in 1988. He held numerous Executive positions at The Walt Disney Company including Director of Operations for Disney’s Reservation Center, General Manager of Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort, General Manager of Disney's All-Star Resorts, and Vice President of Downtown Disney, a million square feet of retail, dining and entertainment. Djuan’s diverse operations background also includes being part of the Disney Cruise Line organization as the hotel Director onboard the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder. Throughout his career, he has assisted with the opening of six resorts in Florida, three resorts at Disneyland Paris and was the opening Vice President of Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, the first Disney vacation destination in Hawaii. Prior to coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, Djuan was the Vice President, Hotels and Conventions at Disneyland Paris.

Djuan holds a degree in economics from Emory University in Atlanta and is a graduate of the Rollins College Crummer School of Business executive management program.

A native of Orlando, Djuan prides himself in being a world traveler and avid sportsman. He has traveled across 60 different countries and is attempting to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountains on each continent. In October 2008, Djuan was one of the first people to participate in a HALO skydive over Mount Everest, incidentally making him the first African-American to do so. In 2016 he traveled to Antarctica where he completed his first full marathon. Currently, Djuan also serves as a Trustee and international Ambassador on The Nature Conservancy Board for the state of Florida.

Djuan currently resides in Paris, France.

UBSLC Attendees

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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