Building language bridges at NHH

Three conference participants talking to each other in the auditorium
By Ingunn Gjærde

6 June 2025 13:30

Building language bridges at NHH

From June 4 to 6, Department of Professional and Intercultural Communication organized the conference "Building Bridges between Business Communication and Management". Researchers from Europe, the US and Asia came to present their research.

Sunniva Whittaker talking to a colleague
Silje Stang standing up in a corwded auditorium
The Association for Business Communication (ABC) is an international, interdisciplinary organization that works to promote research, education and practice in business communication. A regional conference is held in rotation for Europe, the US and Asia, and this year the honorable assignment fell to NHH.
There was no shortage of exciting topics and sessions for the participants to choose from. They could choose sessions on, among other things, leadership and communication, communication in teams, building trust through intercultural communication, teaching and academic language.
Key note speakers were:
  • Professor Rebecca Piekkari
  • Professor Stephanie Schnurr
  • Professor Sunniva Whittaker
The 134 conference participants will take home many good discussions and new professional knowledge about language and business communication.

The ABC Regional Conference 2025

 

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