ECKM 2026
27th European Conference on Knowledge Management
Biographies
Below are the ECKM Biographies of the Conference and Programme Chairs, Key Note Speakers and Mini-Track Chairs.
Conference and Programme Chairs
Marco Valeri: Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Niccolò Cusano University, Italy. His research areas include sustainability and green practices, strategy implementation, knowledge management, family business, crisis management, information technology, network analysis. He is member of several editorial boards of international tourism journals, reviewer and editor of several handbooks on entrepreneurship, tourism and hospitality management
Mini Track Chairs
Dr. Liu Gang earned his Ph.D. from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is currently an associate professor at the Business School, Shenzhen Technology University. His research interests include knowledge management, organizational performance, innovation and entrepreneurship, and cross-cultural management. His work has been published in the Journal of Business Research, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, and the European Conference on Knowledge Management. He serves on the committee of the European Conference on Knowledge Management and is co-editor of Management & Marketing and associate editor of the International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies.
Prof. Jacky F. L. Hong is Professor of Management and Head of the Department of Management and Marketing in the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Macau. He received his PhD from Lancaster University. His research focuses on organizational learning and knowledge management in multinational corporations, with publications in Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Journal of World Business, Management Learning, Journal of International Management, and International Business Review. He serves on the editorial review boards of Journal of World Business, Management Learning, and International Business Review.
Anna Maria Melina is Research fellow in Organization studies at University of Messina. Her research focuses on Knowledge Management, Family Business, Small & Medium Business, Generational Change and Healthcare System. She is a speaker in national and international conferences. She is the author and/or co-author of several publications, including books, articles, research reports and working papers.
Prof. Dr. Mustafa SAĞSAN is currently serving as the Director of the Continuing Education Centre at the European University of Lefke, North Cyprus. He earned his Ph.D. in Management and Organization Science from Başkent University, Ankara, Türkiye, in 2008, and was subsequently promoted to Full Professor in 2017. Throughout his academic career, he has held several key administrative positions, including Rector, Director, Founding Chairperson, and Deputy Manager, across various universities. Prof. Sağsan has been actively engaged in the field of Knowledge Management since 2002 and has authored over 150 scientific publications. In addition to his academic work, he is the creator and host of “Düşünce Nüansı” (Nuance of Thought) — the first television program in Northern Cyprus dedicated to scientific and philosophical discourse.
Dr Brenda van Wyk holds a PhD in Information Science, an M.Inf in Information and Knowledge Management and M.Ed. in Education Technology. She has published in various accredited journals and presented at national and international conferences on Higher Education, Research Management, AI Ethics and Literacy. She supervises and moderates postgraduate students on masters and doctoral level at UNISA, UCT and UP. Her research interests include, among others, Open Science, Learning Organizations, technology-assisted teaching and learning, digital scholarship, and Applied Ethics
Marzia Ventura, Ph.D., is assistant Professor at Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro and she is member of Research Center “Economics and Management of Services”. The main topic of research is on human resource management, intellectual capital, corporate social responsibility, knowledge sharing in organizations.
Walter Vesperi is Research Fellow in Organization Theory and HRM at University of Palermo (IT). His research topics are on knowledge transfer, university entrepreneurship and agri-food sector. His publications appeared in academic journals and presented his research at several international conferences. Also he is member of editorial board of several International Journal.