ECMLG Biographies

Below are the ECMLG Biographies of the Conference and Programme Chairs, Key Note Speakers and Mini-Track Chairs.

Conference and Programme Chairs

Stéphanie Buisine is Research Director at CESI, and leads innovation research at LINEACT laboratory. Her career has taken her from technological innovation issues (ex: Human-Computer Interaction) to the methodological and strategic dimensions of innovation (ex: Creativity, Prospective on future needs), up to organizational innovation. Through innovation, her research aims to support self-determination of users, designers and collaborators


After studying engineering and management, Muriel Davies worked 14 years in the textile industry on several plants as supply chain or quality manager. She joined CESI in 2009 as a pedagogical manager, and the LINEACT CESI 8 years ago as researcher. Today she conducts research on culture and organizational innovation with the current socio-environmental challenges as structural framework.

Keynote Speakers

Daniel Ahlers is Managing Partner of the Centre for Coaching (Europe), as well as a Certified Professional Integral Coach®, Systemic Team Coach, and experienced facilitator. With over 12 years of coaching experience, drawing on Swiss and South African heritage, he helps executives and leadership teams navigate transformational shifts and enhance stakeholder value. A background in Chemistry and Information Systems and his prior leadership roles in finance and marketing inform his evidence-based, strategically aligned approach. Passionate about developing confident, authentic leaders, he also teaches, mentors, and designs leadership interventions worldwide, driving meaningful impact across diverse organisational contexts. The Centre for Coaching has been a centre of excellence at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business since 2001. https://centreforcoaching.ch/specialised-centre-gsb/

Mini-Track Chairs