Among 15 nominations from nine countries (Austria, France, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the UK) for the CEEMAN Champion Awards, an evaluation committee with Jim Ellert, Professor Emeritus, IMD, Switzerland as president decided as follows:
· In the category of Teaching: Arthur Lindemanis, RISEBA, Latvia
· In the category of Responsible Management Education - two co-winners: Bernard Belletante and Jean-Christophe Carteron, Euromed Management, France and Nadya Zhexembayeva, IEDC - Bled School of Management, Slovenia
· In the category of Institutional Management: Peter McKiernan, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK and Murdoch University, Australia 
Based on the received nominations, the jury decided not to give the award in Research category this year.

On that occasion, Danica Purg, President of CEEMAN, congratulated to all winners for their contributions in areas that are considered critical for the success in business education and management development.

The 20th CEEMAN Annual Conference "Business and Educational Challenges in Dynamically Changing Environments" took place between 26 and 28 September in Cape Town, South Africa, hosted by the University of Stellenbosch Business School. It has gathered more than 100 deans and directors from management schools and universities from 32 countries (Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa), as well as business and political leaders, and featured a number of prominent international speakers both from academia and business. Among them were two prominent public figures from South Africa: Mamphela Aletta Ramphele, the Founder of The Citizens' Movement, and Sullivan O'Carroll, Chairman and Managing Director of Nestlé South Africa.