W15: Designing a data strategy roadmap: Building your office’s dashboard and data plan

13:30 – 17:00 BST, 8 September 2026 ‐ 3 hours 30 mins

Room: Dochart 2, SEC Centre, Level 1

Workshop

🎟️ Registration required (paid)
🤝 Workshop (collaborative)
💡 Staff skill development | Strategic planning

Building on our acclaimed EAIE 2025 session on data dashboards for managing international partnerships, this interactive workshop responds to the demand for deeper learning. You will design a data strategy roadmap for office challenges, moving beyond static dashboards. Activities include mapping collaborators, identifying data sources, receiving peer feedback and developing context-aligned actionable plans. The aim is to enable professionals to lead confident data transformations using practical tools for informed decision-making. In line with the rhythm of revolution theme, the workshop will emphasise collaboration, momentum and purpose in fostering effective change.

Learning outcomes

• Learn the principles of data-driven decision-making;
• Identify a specific data challenge in your office;
• Map key collaborators, systems and data sources;
• Design a clear, context-based data roadmap;
• Gain peer feedback to refine your plan;
• Reflect on barriers and plan mitigation steps.

Target audience
This workshop is targeted at international education professionals working with data, strategy, or reporting, especially those looking to develop or enhance a data-informed approach in their office.

Speakers

Laura Haas

University of Michigan, USA

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Saila Kurtbay

Aalto University School of Business, Finland

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Laura Haas

University of Michigan, USA

Laura Haas is the Director of Global Student experiences, Laura is responsible for leading a team of professionals to create semester exchange and short-term study abroad programs and has spent the last 15+ years working with students in study abroad, leadership programs, and student organisations.

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Saila Kurtbay

Aalto University School of Business, Finland

Saila Kurtbay, Head of International Affairs at Aalto University School of Business, leeds the development of the School’s international partner university network, aligning partnerships with institutional strategic priorities. She has designed a quality evaluation framework and partnership criteria to sustain a high quality, resilient network in line with AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA accreditation standards. Kurtbay has 15 years of corporate experience in France and Turkey. Before joining the School of Business in 2004, she worked at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Sabanci University in Turkey. She holds a master’s degree in Business Administration and Economics from the Aalto University School of Business (formerly the Helsinki School of Economics), with a major in information science.

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