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The Global Peter Drucker Forum (GPDF or Drucker Forum) is an international management conference dedicated to the philosophy of Peter Ferdinand Drucker (* 1909 Vienna, Austria; † 2005 Claremont, USA), the father of modern management, who coined the term knowledge worker among other things. It serves as the worldwide platform for thought leaders, practitioners, and academics to share innovative management practices and theories. It fosters a deep understanding of Peter Drucker’s principles, while pushing the boundaries of contemporary management thinking.
The Forum was launched in 2009 on the occasion of Drucker’s 100th birthday. Since then it is held annually in Vienna, Drucker’s city of birth. Since 2010 the forum is held in conjunction with the Peter Drucker Challenge (PDC), an essay contest open to young business leaders. (in 2013 and 2014 incl. a video contest).
From 2009-2021 the forum was sponsored and organized by the Peter Drucker Society of Austria and its successor the Peter Drucker Society Europe (PDSE). Since 2022 it is sponsored and organized by the Vienna Center for Management Innovation (VCMI).
Conference themes of interest:
- 2024: The Next Knowledge Work: Managing for New Levels of Value Creation and Innovation
Conference Sessions of interest:
- 2009: Future of Knowledge Work
Conference History:
17h Global Peter Drucker Forum 2025, November 6–7, 2025, Vienna, Austria
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16th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2024, November 14–15, 2024, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: The Next Knowledge Work: Managing for New Levels of Value Creation and Innovation
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Plenary:
Radical (but Practical) Ideas for Advancing Knowledge Work (Opening)
Designing for Intimate Monumentality (Charles and Elizabeth Handy Lecture)
Managing For A Better Functioning Society
Debates:
Did Drucker Get It Right about Knowledge Work?
Decision-Making, Still More Art than Science?
How Geopolitical Turmoil Will Hit Home
Justice Begins at Home: Workplaces that Stand for Ethics,Truth, and Trust (CANCELLED)
The Truth about Knowledge Worker Productivity
Top Priorities In Upskilling, Reskilling And Capacity Building
The Human Edge that Remains Unassailable (CANCELLED)
Panels:
When Innovation is Imperative
Entrepreneurial Initiative and How to Fuel It
AI as a Transformative Force
Unleashing Scientific Innovation
The Mysterious Human: Managerial Insights from the Social Sciences
Slaying Zombie Ideas: The Old Advice that Holds Organizations Back
What Does “Justice” Really Require of a Workplace?
It’s 10 am – Do You Know Where Your Knowledge Workers Are?
Getting Big Things Done
Leading Autonomous Knowledge Workers
Value Creation in Knowledge Ecosystems
Deep Dive Dialogues:
Generative AI Demands a Management Mindshift
Will AI Change the Way We Think?
Reflections on the Future of Management: Embracing the Next Generation of Knowledge Workers
Making Quick Work of AI
Strategically unlocking Generative AI
The New Demographics of Knowledge Work
Drucker Challenge Award Ceremony
Pitches of Drucker Challenge Laureates
Pre-conference Workshops: (Nov 13)
How To Transition To The ‘Next Management’: Developing A Strong Action Plan
Leading at the edge of the unknown
The Nexus of Knowledge Work: Opportunities and Challenges
The India Way: Humanism, Longevity, and Compounding Returns (w. Living Machine Institute)
15th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2023, November 30 – December 1, 2023, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: Creating Resilience: Leading in an Age of Discontinuity
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Drucker Forum 2023 Workshops
14th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2022, November 17-18, 2022, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: Performance that Matters: Sparking the Entrepreneuial Spirit
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Drucker Forum 2022 Workshop
13th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2021, November 17-19, 2021, Vienna, Austria / Virtual venue
Conference Theme: The Human Imperative: Digital Humanism as a Framework for Progress (was: …: Navigating Uncertainty in the Digital Age)
Digital: Nov 17; In-person: Nov 18-19
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Pre-conference Workshops: (Nov 10)
Digital Workshops Day
Associated Events:
A Day of Drucker 2021, June 30, 2021, Virtual venue
Theme: Tackling Today’s Challenger with the “Father of Management”
(Workshops Day, Jun 29)
12th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2020, October 29-30, 2020, Vienna, Austria Virtual venue
Conference Theme: Leadership Everywhere: A Fresh Perspective on Management
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11th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2019, November 20–21, 2019, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: The Power of Ecosystems: Managing in a Networked World
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10th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2018, November 29–30, 2018, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: management. the human dimension
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9th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2017, November 16–17, 2017, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: Growth & Inclusive Prosperity
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8th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2016, November 17–18, 2016, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: The Entrepreneurial Society
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7th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2015, November 5–6, 2015, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: Claiming Our Humanity – Managing in the Digital Age
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6th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2014, November 13–14, 2014, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: The Gerat Transformation: Managing Our Way to Prosperity
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5th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2013, November 14–15, 2013, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: Managing Complexity
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4th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2012, 15-16 November 2012, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: Capitalism 2.0: New Horizons for Managers
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3rd Global Peter Drucker Forum 2011, 3-4 November 2011, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: A Quest for Legitimacy – How Managers Can Shape the Future
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2nd Global Peter Drucker Forum 2010, 18-19 November 2010, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: Managing in the Next Society
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1st Global Peter Drucker Forum 2009, November 19 and 20, 2009, Vienna, Austria
Conference Theme: Reaching out – Coming Home (A Forum On the Occasion of Drucker’s 100th Birthday)
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Keynotes: Perspectives on Peter Drucker
Visible but not Seen: The Genius of Peter Drucker
Peter F. Drucker as a Systems Thinker and social Ecologist
What Peter Drucker taught me
Peter Drucker: uber-guru
Peter Drucker: The Grandfather of Modern Marketing
Parallel Sessions:
Ethics and CSR in the Light of Peter Drucker
More than a Management Thinker
Emerald CfPs Presentation Sessions 2009:
– Innovation & Entrepreneurship
– Drucker Inspired & Inspirer
– Drucker & China
– Managing Complexity
– Company Decision-Making
Learning from the Non-profit World
Future of Knowledge Work
Plenary Panels:
Peter Drucker’s Importance for the 21st Century Business World
Management as the Defining Role in Modern Society
Preparing the Ground for 21st Century Management Education
Moving into a World of Increasing Complexity, Speed and Entrepreneurial Spirit
SESSION: Future of Knowledge Work
Knowledge Navigation in an Era of growing Intangibles
How to Lead Knowledge Workers
Knowledge worker productivity – Peter Drucker revisited
SESSION: Emerald CfPs 2009 – “Knowledge” Essays
From Inspired Teaching to Effective Knowledge Work and Back Again
Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Productivity: The Taiwan Biotech Industry
An Exploration of Factors Predicting Work Alienation of Knowledge Workers