Conference Executive

Professor Alistair Anderson, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Dr Claire Auplat, Advancia-Negocia Business School, Paris, France
Dr Sandra Fielden, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Helena Forsman, University of Winchester, UK
Dr Heather Fulford, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Professor Panagiotis Georgiadis, University of Athens, Greece
Brendan Galbraith, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK
John Howard, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Dr Alexandros Kakouris, University of Athens, Greece

Professor Veli-Pekka Niitamo, Nokia-IT, The Netherlands
Dr Bill Sutherland, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Dr Ann-Charlotte Teglborg, Advancia-Negocia Business School, Paris, France
Dr Marianne Tremaine, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Doan Winkel, Illinois State University, USA

Committee Members

The 2011 conference programme committee consists of key people in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship community. The following people have confirmed their participation.

Zafer Acar (Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey); Bulent Acma (Anadolu University, Turkey); Saleh Al-Jufout (Tafila Technical University, Jordan); Khedidja Allia (University of Science and Technology, Algiers, Algeria); Randa Almahasneh (The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan); Ibrahim Al-oqily (Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan); Rumen Andreev (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria); Zacharoula Andreopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Senguttuvan Annamalai (Madha Engineering College, India); Erik Arntsen (University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway); Johannees Asamer (Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria); Omid Askarzadeh (Polad Saab Shargh, Tehran, Iran); Matthias Assel (high Performance Computing Centre Stuttgart, Germany); Robert Atkinson (The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington, USA); Michael E. Auer (Carinthia Tech Institute, Villach, Austria); Claire Auplat (Imperial College Business School, London, UK); Ashwini Awasthi (MLSM College, Sundernagar, India); Kamarulzaman Ab. Aziz (Multimedia University Malaysia, Malaysia); Miroslav Baca (University of Zagreb, Varaždin, Croatia); Susan Bagwell (London Metropolitan University, UK); Oras Baker (UCSI University, Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia); Tabarak Ballal (The University of Reading, UK); Ulla Bard (HAMK University of applied science, Finland); Alan Barrell (Centre for Enterprise Learning, University of Cambridge , UK); Tuzin Baycan (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey and George Mason University, USA); Sid Ahmed Berrani (France Telecom, Rennes, France); Cristin Bigan (Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania); Ferrucio Bilich (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Dietmar Boenke (Reutlingen University, Germany); Ana Maria Bojica (University of Granada, Spain); Benjamin Botchway (American University of Nigeria, Nigeria); John Bourne (Olin College, Massachusetts, USA); Raymond Boyle (University of Glasgow, Scotland); Tina Bratkovic (University of Primorska, Slovenia); Alexander Brem (VEND consulting, Nuremburg, Germany); Fraser Bruce (University of Dundee, UK); Sheryl Buckley (University of Johannesburg, South Africa); Luigi Buglione (Nexen, Rome, Italy); Cagri Bulut (Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey); Jeffrey Burke (National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, Washington DC, USA); Kevin Burt (University of Lincoln, UK); Marina Candi (Reykjavik University, Iceland); Elias Carayannis (George Washington University, USA); Eduardo Castro (Research Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physical Chemistry, Buenos Aires, Argentina); Carreto Chadwick (Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexioc DF, Mexico); Abdellah Chehri (Laval University, Quebec, Canada); Toly Chen (Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan); Ping-Hei Chen (National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan); Shi-Jay Chen (National United University, Maio Li, Taiwan); Kuo-Sheng Cheng (National Cheng Kung University/Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Taiwan); Chuang-Chun Chiou (Dayeh University, Changhua, Taiwan); Evrard Claessen (Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium); Colin Clark (University of Aberdeen, UK); Nick Clifton (University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK); Greg Clydesdale (Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand); William Cooper (University of Strathclyde, Scotland); Costas N. Costa (Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus); Nigel Culkin (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK); Fengzhi Dai (Matsue College of Technology, Japan); Leo-Paul Dana (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand); Francesco D'auria (University of Pisa, Italy); Bertrand David (Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France); Rogerio Atem De Carvalho (Instituto Federal Fluminense, Campos, Brazil); Sven H. de Cleyn (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium); Isidro De Pablo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain); Armando Carlos de Pina Filho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil); Maria Chiara Demartini (University of Pavia, Italy); Charles Despres (Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France); Anca Dodescu (University of Oradea, Romania); Michael Doellinger (University Hospital Erlangen, Germany); Salah Doma (Sinai University, El-Arish, Egypt); Alex Douglas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK); Scott Droege (Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, USA); Vasco Eiriz (University of Minho, , Portugal); Engin Deniz Eris (Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey); Burca Felekoglu (University of Cambridge, Turkey); Maria Joao Ferreira (Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal); João Ferreira (University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal); Sandra Fielden (University of Manchester, UK); Alan Fitzgerald (Aston University & Kingston University, UK); Helena Forsman (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lahti, Finland); Maria del mar Fuentes (University of Granada, Spain); Heather Fulford (Aberdeen Business School, UK); Erdei Gábor (University of Debrecen, Hungary); Brendan Galbraith (University of Ulster, UK); Laura Galloway (Heriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland); Guido Giebens (University of Antwerp Management School, Belgium); Alan Gillies (Hope Street Centre, Liverpool Science Park, UK); Andrew Goh (University of South Australia, Australia); Ebru Gunlu (Doluz Eylul University, Turkey); Jukka Hallikas (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland); Khaled Hamid (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA); Saskia Harkema (The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands); Sayed Mahdi Golestan Hashemi (Iranian Research Center for Creatology, TRIZ & Innovation Management. Iran); Takashi Hirao (Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, Japan); John Howard (Public Health and Clinical Sciences, UK); Amy Hsiao (Memorial University of Newfoundland, St Johns, Canada); Dil Hussain (Aalborg University, Denmark); Cong Thanh Huynh (University of Granada, Spain); Paul Jones (University of Glamorgan, UK); Alexandros Kakouris (University of Athens, Greece); Yusniza Kamarulzaman (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Mira Kartiwi (International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia); Trish Kernan (University of Winchester, UK); Panayiotis Ketikidis (CITY College - International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Greece); Gyeung-Min Kim (Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea); Sam Kongwa (Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa); Kothandaraman Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India); Brent Lane (Kenan-Flager Business School, University of North Carolina, USA); Jonathan Lean (University of Plymouth Business School, UK); Kiefer Lee (Sheffield Hallam University, UK); Joao Leitao (University of Beira Interior, Portugal); João Leitão (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal); Jun Li (University of Essex, UK); Yipeng Liu (University of Mannheim, Germany, www.ifm.uni-mannheim.de); Loykie Lomine (University of Winchester, UK); Angeline Low (University of Technology Sydney, Mosman, Australia); Sam Lubbe (University of South Africa, South Africa); Randa Mahasneh (The Hashemite University, Jordan); Klofsten Magnus (IEI/PIE/Helix Centre of Excellence, Sweden); Neil Marriott (University of Winchester, UK); Juan Martínez (Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain); Philip McClenaghan (University of Teeside, , UK); Caroline Miller (Keele University, Newcastle-Upon-Lyme, UK); Zoran Mitrovic (University of Western Cape, South Africa); Norbert Morawetz (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, uk); Isabel Mota (Universidade do Porto, Porto. , Portugal); Jens Mueller (Management School, Waikato University , New Zealand); Maurice Mulvenna (University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK); Jan Nab (Utrecht University, Netherlands); Desai Narasimhalu (Singapore Management University, Singapore); Artie Ng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong); Birgit Oberer (Kadir Has University, Turkey, www.khas.edu.tr); "Jukka Ojasalo (Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Espoo, Finland); Mohand-Said Oukil (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran,, Saudi Arabia); Antti Paasio (Turku School of Economics, Turku, , Finland); Piotr Pachura (Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland); Jatin Pancholi (Middlesex University, London, UK); Deepti Parachuri (SETlabs, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Hyberabad, India); Mika Pasanen (University of Kuopio, Finland); Shaun Pather (e-Innovation Academy, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa); Ige Pirnar (Yasar University, Turkey); Nataša Pomazalová (University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic); Adina Simona Popa (University "Eftimie Murgu" OF Resita, Romania); Jean-Michel Quentier (ESC-Bretange, Brest, France); Sudhanshu Rai (Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark); Catarina Ramalho (University of Lisbon, Portugal); Ganesan Ramaswamy (College of Business Administration, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia); Colin Rigby (Keele University, UK); Cheryl Rodgers (University of Portsmouth, UK); Jonas Rundquist (Halmsted University, Sweden); Paulo Rupino Cunha (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Balasundaram Sadhu Ramakrishnan (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India); Enrico Santarelli (University of Bologna, Italy); Simone Scagnelli (University of Turin, Torino, Italy); Cezar Scarlat (“Politehnica” of Bucharest, Romania); Mark Schatten (University of Zagreb,Varaždin, Croatia); Jeanne Schreurs (Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium); Erickson Scott (Ithaca College, USA); Maria Theresia Semmelrock-Picej (Klagenfurt University Biztec, Austria); Namchul Shin (Pace University, New York, USA); Eric Shiu (The University of Birmingham, UK); Dorotea Slimani (Innventia AB, Sweden); David Smith (Nottingham Trent University, UK); John Sparrow (Birmingham City University, UK); Padma Srinivasan (ICFAI Business School, India); Mangaleswaran Thampoe (Vauniya campus of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka); Thomas Thijssen (Hospitality Business School at Saxion, Netherlands); Milan Todorovic (University Union Nikola Tesla, Serbia); Marko Torkkeli (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland); Christopher Turner (University of Winchester , UK); Lorraine Uhlaner (Nyenrode Business University, Breukelen, Netherlands); Bernard Vollmar (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany); Catherine Wang (University of London, UK); Peter White (YTKO Ltd, Cambs); Doan Winkel (Illinois State University, United States); Fabiola Wust Zibetti (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil); Aziz Yahya (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia).
The conference programme committee consists of key people in the entrepreneurship and innovation community, both from the UK and overseas. The following people have confirmed their participation:

If you are interested in joining the committee for this conference, please click the conference committee button on the right.

Last updated 24 May 2011

Alistair Anderson


Heather Fulford


Panagiotis Georgiadis


Alexandros Kakouris