Some of Our Past Speakers
Prof. Dr. Ernest Biktimirov
Goodman School of Business, Brock University, Canada
Dr. Ernest Biktimirov received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Kentucky, USA, and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute. Professor Biktimirov has research interests in the areas of empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, and financial education. Professor Biktimirov has won numerous research and teaching awards, and he has been frequently quoted in media.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristina Fernandes
Associate Professor at Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, Portugal
She is an Associate Professor w/Habilitation (in Management) at the Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, Portugal. She holds a PhD in Management from the University of Beira Interior. She is a researcher at CEF.UP (Center for Economics and Finance), Porto and NECE - Center for Studies in Business Sciences at the University of Beira Interior and researcher at Centre for Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Loughborough University, UK. She is part of the editorial board of Management Decision, Review of Managerial Science, Journal of Innovation and Knowledge; has several dozen scientific articles published in international journals including the Journal of Technology Transfer; Journal of Knowledge Management; R&D Management and Journal of Business Research. Actively participates in scientific meetings and international conferences on these topics, having been distinguished several times with awards for best article. Has participated in several international projects.
ReseachGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristina_Fernandes7
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PY1DiFYAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author ID: 55343368900
Researcher ID: G-6390-2015
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8560-0758
Prof. Dr. Beata Reformat
Beata Reformat - Professor at the University of Economics in Katowice, a specialist in Management and Quality Sciences. Her research interests focus on the sphere of marketing, retail trade and the tourism sector. She has authored and co-authored more than 150 scientific papers in both Polish and English. She was awarded the National Education Medal for her overall research, popularization and teaching activities.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Katalin LIPTÁK
Katalin Lipták Ph.D. is an associate professor, head of Department of Labour Market and Employment Policy, and vice-dean for education at the Faculty of Economics, University of Miskolc, Hungary. She is an economist and jurist. Her research fields are regional labour market processes, regional economics, and labour law. She is a member of the Hungarian Regional Science Association. She is editor-in-chief of the journal Socialis Series in Social Science.
Prof. Dr . Rehalia Billel
Prof. Dr . Rehalia Billel is specialized in Project Management and Sustainable Development. PhD in Management with 15 years of experience in project management and entrepreneurship. Strong background in data analysis and market studies. Actively involved in research on sustainable development and the integration of AI in management. He has participated in numerous international conferences focusing on startups, innovation, and AI applications in business management.
Assoc. Prof. Alexandre Croutzet
Alexandre Croutzet is Associate Professor of economics at the School of Management of TELUQ University. He holds a Ph.D. from UQAM. His research areas span real options theory, environmental economics, and energy economics. His works have appeared in leading international journals such as Renewable Energy, Resource and Energy Economics, Journal of Environmental Management. He co-chairs the UNESCO Chair on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development in Africa.
Prof. Dr. Nebojša Radojević
Nebojša Radojević is a Professor of Project Management at IU International University of Applied Sciences in Dresden, Germany. His research focusses on innovation in technological, managerial and strategic context. Nebojša holds a PhD in International Business and an MBA from University of Montreal, a master's degree in Computer Science from Dresden University of Technology, and professional credentials in project management.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kapil Khandeparkar
Dr. Kapil Khandeparkar has joined SPJIMR in May 2024 as an Associate Professor in the Marketing Group. He has completed his Doctoral studies from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) in 2015 on the topic of advertising humor. Prior to that, he has completed his engineering from BITS Pilani Goa campus in 2008. He has three years of industry and nine years of academic experience. He has taught at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Indore, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Sirmaur and IIM Rohtak as a visiting faculty.
Dr. Oksana Khymych
Oksana Khymych, Ph.D., is an MCSA4Ukraine scholar at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands and before an Associate Professor at Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine. She specializes in innovative entrepreneurship and startup development. Her research focuses on fostering startups in post-war economies, particularly in Ukraine. She has extensive experience in international collaborations, including USAID and the British Council. Dr. Khymych has been actively engaged in teaching and training on startup development technologies and has contributed to numerous international projects.
Assoc. Prof. Małgorzata Kieżel
She is Habilitated Doctor in the field of Management and Quality Sciences. Associate Professor at the Department of Marketing Management and Tourism at Management Faculty, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. Her research interests include areas of modern marketing communication, innovations, digital marketing, relationship marketing and consumer behaviour at the retail banks sector and tourism sector. She has authored or co-authored over 140 research publications, including five books. She is a certified academic tutor and Design Thinking moderator.
Prof. Dr. V. Aslihan Nasir Isler
V. Aslihan Nasir Isler is a full-time faculty member at Bogazici University, Department of Management Information Systems since 2004. She is currently a full professor with many recognized publications in reputable academic journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of Information Management, Telematics and Informatics, Online Information Review, Journal of Consumer Marketing, and Journal of Internet Commerce. She teaches marketing, CRM, digital marketing and social media at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research interests are mainly centered around digital marketing, consumer behavior, digital business and various aspects of the intersection of marketing and information systems. She is the Director of Information Systems Research Center (ISRC) in Bogazici University and co-founder of the Social Media Lab at ISRC. She is also a professional executive trainer in the field of marketing to large scale companies in Turkey through the Lifelong Learning Center of Bogazici University.
Prof. Dr. Hande B. Turker
Hande B. Turker is a full-time faculty member at Bogazici University, Department of Management Information Systems since 2002. She is currently a full professor with many recognized publications in reputable academic journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Computers in Human Behavior, Online Information Review, Journal of Consumer Marketing, and Marketing Intelligence and Planning. She teaches digital marketing, e-business management and research methodology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research interests are mainly centered around digital marketing, consumer behavior, digital business and various aspects of the intersection of marketing and information systems. She is the co-founder of the Social Media Lab at ISRC in Bogazici University. She is also a professional executive trainer in the field of marketing to large scale companies in Turkey through the Lifelong Learning Center of Bogazici University.
Prof. Katarzyna Bilińska
Professor and head of Marketing Management and Tourism Department, at the Faculty of Management, University of Economics in Katowice in Poland. She is interested in issues regarding management, marketing strategies, marketing management. She is an author or co-author of 190 publications, including articles and conference papers published in Polish and foreign periodicals. She has taken part in teaching program Erasmus and Erasmus plus and lecturing in Germany, France, Finland, Cyprus, South Korea, China, Russia. She actively participates in different research. She has also run many business researches for companies and has been a consultant in marketing and management.
Ms. Alina Blehuiu
Alina Blehuiu is a Phd Candidate at the Doctoral School of Economics and Business Administration of West University of Timisoara, Romania. She is also a Research Assistant in the Management and Entrepreneurship Department of the same university. Her research interests include Cross-Cultural Management and Business Ethics as her PhD thesis analyses the process of ethics institutionalization within multinational companies as cultural diversity spaces.
Ms. Jevgenija Glazunova
Jevgenija holds two Master of Business Administration Degrees: one from St Gallen University, Switzerland, and another from Riga Technical University, Latvia. In her current role as a Scientific Assistant at the Riga Technical University, Jevgenija’s research interests are in the areas of marketing, customer relationship management, personalization, and AI. She also works as a lecturer and an independent consultant in the areas of digital marketing, customer-centricity, and customer relationship management.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Luay Jum'a
Associate Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at German Jordanian University (GJU)
Luay Jum'a is an Associate Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at German Jordanian University (GJU). He holds a Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from Brunel University in the United Kingdom and an MSc in Marketing Management from the University of Surrey, both of which are considered as top management schools. From 2018 to 2020, he was the Head of the Logistic Sciences Department at the German Jordanian University. Finally, he has published his research and served as an academic reviewer for a number of prestigious journals, including the International Journal of Production Economics, the Journal of Enterprise Information Management, the Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Management Research Review, and a variety of other journals focusing on supply chain management, logistics operations management, disruptive technologies, and sustainability.
Prof. Dr. Beata Reformat
Beata Reformat - Professor at the University of Economics in Katowice, a specialist in Management and Quality Sciences. Her research interests focus on the sphere of marketing, retail trade and the tourism sector. She has authored and co-authored more than 150 scientific papers in both Polish and English. She was awarded the National Education Medal for her overall research, popularization and teaching activities.
Ass. Prof. Dr. Ali Halawi
Ali Halawi is PhD holder in Management Sciences from Paris 2 University, France. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Arab Open University – Oman. He has been teaching for 13 years in various Universities, after 9 years of experience in the banking sector. His research interests are Organizational Behavior, Human Resources, and Leadership.
Ass. Prof. Dr. Mana Luksamee-Arunothai
Mana Luksamee Arunothai is the Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, Thailand. He received his doctoral degree in Economics from Kobe University, Japan. Formerly, he was an assistant director at the Thai Military Bank PCL and a visiting lecturer at Hiroshima University, Japan. His areas of research interest include Input-Output Analysis and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Analysis.
Mr. Temur Tutarashvili
Researcher at Sustainable Development Research Center of Tbilisi State University. Third year student at Tbilisi State University, faculty of economics and business. The main field of interest is macroeconomics and related researches. He is involved in the research of sustainable development of Georgia, he has participated in about twenty international and national projects, he was awarded twice in the scientific conference of Tbilisi State University.
Mrs. Afifah Nurrosyidah
Afifah is a PhD candidate and graduate research assistant at the Institute of Information Management at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. Her research interests include electronic commerce, information technology adoption, and information technology management. She also works as a management consultant by handling several digitalization and master plan advisory projects in Indonesia.
Prof. Dr. Tamar Magalashvili
Dr. Katalin LIPTÁK
Dr. Klára SZŰCSNÉ MARKOVICS
Dr. Taofeek Aremu Kasali
Ms. Malgorzata Waniek
Ms. Conghui Chen
Mr. Zhenhua Xu
