It's finally here.  The GBSN Annual Conference and Members Meeting starts tomorrow.  The GBSN team has been on the ground in Mexico City for the past few days, wrapping up details for what will be one of our most engaging conferences to date.  This conference being my first with GBSN, I am very excited to get to know all of our members and friends - 140 people from 37 countries will be joining us.

IPADE Business School is a fantastic host.  Those of you lucky enough to be coming to the conference are in for a real treat.  The campus is one of the more beautiful that I have ever seen, built around a gorgeous old hacienda.  And the staff could not be more wonderful to work with (not to mention the great food they serve).

The theme of the conference this year is "Generating leadership: developing human capacity in emerging markets".  We'll be jumping right into the heart of the matter on Tuesday morning with our "Regional Panel", leaders in management education from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the U.S. talking about trends in education.  They will be sharing their thoughts on the changing economic climate around the globe and how education is keeping up with demand for more and better-trained managers.

There are too many sessions following the panel to mention here.  You can see them all at the GBSN 2011 website (www.gbsnonline/2011). The schedule is jam-packed with discussions and workshops on socially responsible management, innovations in teaching, and ways to further strengthen management education for the developing world.

We're looking forward to an enlightening and invigorating few days of networking, sharing and learning.

Those of you who can't make it can follow what's happening at www.ipade.mx and on Twitter at #gbsn2011.  Follow us today @gbsnonline.

We'll be tweeting what's going on, posting videos and podcasts, and keeping our membership around the world up on what's going on here in Mexico.

Hasta Luego!