Program Committee

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Ruijun Bu
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom

Brief Bio
Dr. Ruijun Bu is a Senior Lecturer in Econometrics at The University of Liverpool Management School (ULMS). He has a Bachelor degree in Engineering, a Master degree in Finance and a Ph.D in Economics and Finance. Dr. Bu’s research interests are in the areas of financial economics and econometrics, quantitative finance, and time series analysis. He is particularly interested in non- and semi-parametric methods for modelling nonlinear continuous-time stochastic processes with applications to financial forecasting and derivatives pricing. In 2010, Dr. Bu was a Visiting Research Fellow of the Bendheim Center for Finance at the Princeton University in 2010, and he is the current group leader of the Econometrics and Business Statistics research cluster at ULMS. Dr. Bu has held research grants from British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, ESRC and European Science Foundation, and his publications appear in Journal of Financial Econometrics, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Time Series Analysis, Econometrics Journal, Econometric Reviews, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, Economic Modelling, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, etc. ... More >>

Mitra Arami
University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt
Austria

Brief Bio
Mitra Arami is the head of Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt and the head of Startup Center. She obtained her BSc, MSc and PhD in Management Information Systems from Technical University of Vienna. She has more than 25 years record in business and strategic IT consulting, project and programme management and cross-organizational business process integration within telecommunication, IT and oil and gas industry. She has designed several degrees in Higher Education and has extensive experience with international accreditations (EQUIS, FIBAA, AMBA, IPMA, PMI). She has been conference chair in information systems and project management since 2003 and Editor / Reviewer. She was also involved in design and development of Startup and incubations programs in the Middle East and is currently responsible for Design and delivering courses in field of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. As head of Institut for Entrepreneurship and innovation, she is acting as the nexus between the university and the community with respect to research initiatives of mutual benefit, collaborative research of mutual benefit and developing mutually beneficial linkages with industry in order to develop partnerships and collaborative research. ... More >>

Patricia Baudier
Ecole de Management Normandie
France

Brief Bio
Patricia Baudier prepared her PhD in management science within the Business School of Mines-Télécom Institut in 2013. She is an associate professor of marketing at EM Normandie in Paris (France). Her research focuses on the acceptance of new technologies, innovations, consumers behavior and Digital Marketing. She spent 28 years within major American companies such as Apple and Kodak, mainly at marketing positions. Patricia has authored several papers in leading journals of innovation, management and marketing and a book "Lexique du digital".Patricia Baudier prepared her PhD in management science within the Business School of Mines-Télécom Institut in 2013. She is an associate professor of marketing at EM Normandie in Paris (France). Her research focuses on the acceptance of new technologies, innovations, consumers behavior and Digital Marketing. She spent 28 years within major American companies such as Apple and Kodak, mainly at marketing positions. Patricia has authored several papers in leading journals of innovation, management and marketing and a book "Lexique du digital".

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Nor Aznin Abu Bakar, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Chantal Ammi, Mines Telecom Business School, France
Irena Andreeska, PVPU Euro College, Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia, North Macedonia
Nora Azureen Abdul Rahman, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Taqadus Bashir, Bahria University, Pakistan
Roland Berberich, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Alexander Brem, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Asli Cazorla Milla, American University in the Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Yang Chen, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Mingli Chen, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Xueyu Cheng, Clayton State University, United States
Alexakis Christos, ESC Rennes business School, France
Cristina Duhnea, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania
Samuel Fosso-Wamba, TBS Business School, France
Li Gaorong, Beijing Normal University, China
Rod Garratt, University of California at Santa Barbara, United States
Olga Gorelkina, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Tina E. Gruber-Muecke, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria
Kaddour Hadri, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
Abdulnasser Hatemi-J, United Arab Emirates (UAE) University, United Arab Emirates
Ming He, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Emilia Herman, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania
Muhammad Jawad, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan
Kanwal I. Khan, Institute of Business & Management, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Seon Tae Kim, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Galina Kondrateva, EDC Paris Business School, France
Eiji Kurozumi, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Hugo Lam, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Yan Li, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Marcos Lima, SKEMA Business School, France
Lúcia Lima Rodrigues, University of Minho, Portugal
Nikolina Ljepava, American University in the Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Frank McGroarty, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Zhanna A. Mingaleva, Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Russian Federation
Simon Neaime, American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon
Pece Nedanovski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Economics, Skopje, North Macedonia
Kinga Niemczak, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Norhafiza Nordin, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Vasileios Pappas, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Serge Perrot, University Paris-Dauphine, France
Massimo Pollifroni, University of Turin, Italy
Branka Remenaric, Zagreb School of Economics and Management, Croatia
Angela Roman, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Romania
Volker Seiler, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Duško Šnjegota, Faculty of Economics, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Xiaojun Song, Peking University, China
Lan Sun, Central Queensland University, Australia
Abderrahim Taamouti, Durham University, United Kingdom
Kun Tian, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Ellen E. Touchstone, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Daniel Traian Pele, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Tugrul U. Daim, Portland State University, United States
Ramesh Vahidi, University of Southhampton, United Kingdom
Weining Wang, City U of London, United Kingdom
Bin Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China
Xiao Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Toshiaki Watanabe, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Dacheng Xiu, University of Chicago, United States
Fuyu Yang, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Chengyu (Allen) Yang, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
ZhenZhen Zhao, SKEMA Business School, France

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