• BMRI Day on 20 January 2016
• BISC PhD student win the Audience Choice Award for the First Annual Winter Conference: 28 January 2016

February

• BISC research seminar by Dr Gendao Li from University of Northumbria: 3 February 2016

March

• BISC research seminar by Dr Alok Choudhary from Loughborough University: 14 March 2016

April

• BISC research seminar by Dr Vikas Kumar from University of the West of England: 6 April 2016
• BISC research seminar: 20 April 2016
• ResCAFE Southeast Asia Strategic Forum by Dr Sandar Win: 14-15 April 2016

May

• BISC research student seminar: 11 May 2016
• CLI: Plans are underway for our annual Writing Retreat which we hold each year in July. We will be ably mentored again this year by Professor Jo Brewis, from the University of Leicester. We have just held our May seminar with Rudy Ocler presenting his work on story telling and the hegemony of managerial capitalism, which he is writing with co-author David Boje.

September

• Professor Yanqing Duan gave a keynote presentation in the Information Systems stream of OR58: 6 September 2016
• BMRI PhD graduate Dr Hani Shaiti (Hani bin Khalid Shetty) received the prestigious Sharjah Award for the Best PhD thesis

November

• BISC hosted the third Talented Europe project meeting in Luton: 2-4 November 2016
• BMRI Research Seminar and Workshop on EU Funding by Dr Johann Riedel: 16 November 2016
• BMRI Research Seminar by Dr Michel Leseure: 22 November 2016
• CLI is a finalist for the Leadership Research Award. The winner will be announced on the 25th November
• CLI news: Our monthly seminar series has recommenced. Christina Schwabenland presented a seminar on her work in October. In November Janet Akhile and Jean Egbegi will present. Christina Schwabenland is attending the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, in November as a delegate of the Humanistic Management Network.

December

• BISC Seminar by Prof Mark Xu: 8 December 2016
• Keynote Address by Prof Ramanathan at the 49^th Annual convention of the Operational research society and the International Conference on Analytics in Operational Research: 12 December 2016
• Keynote Address by Prof Ramanathan at the 4th International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICBAI): 19 December 2016
• Keynote Address by Prof Ramanathan at the 1^st International Conference on 'Reenvisioning Economies: Inclusive Growth & Sustainability': 20 December 2016