Conference on contemporary Studies in Management (CoSiM)
Honorary Chair &
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Prof. Dr. Cihan Cobanoglu
University of Southern Florida, USA
Prof. Dr. Cihan Cobanoglu is the Dean and the McKibbon Endowed Chair Professor of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHRM) in the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida (USF) at the Sarasota-Manatee Campus, who also serves as the Director of the M3 Center for Hospitality Technology and Innovation and Director for International Partnerships for the Muma College of Business. He is a renowned hospitality and tourism technology expert and educator. He is also President of the Association of North America Higher Education International. He is a renowned hospitality and tourism technology expert. Dr. Cobanoglu is a Fulbright Specialist commissioned by the Fulbright Commission (2018-2021). He is a Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) commissioned by Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals (HFTP) and Educational Institute of American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA). He is the Editor of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology (JHTT)(Indexed in SSCI IF=4.2) and a co-author of 10+ books and 20+ conference proceedings.
MUMA College of Bsuiness: https://www.usf.edu/
His personal website: https://www.cobanoglu.com/
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Prof. Wing-Keung Wong
Chair Professor
Department of Finance, Asia University, Taiwan
China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong
Professor WONG, Wing-Keung obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the USA and obtained his Bachelor degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Currently, he is a Chair Professor at the Department of Finance, Asia University. He was a Full Professor at the Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University, and Deputy Director at Risk Management Institute, National University of Singapore.
He appears in “Who’s Who in the World” and gets Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. 2017, Marquis Who’s Who, and is on the list of the “2022 World’s top 2% of researchers/scientists” and on the list of the “Best Economics and Finance Scientists”, ranked 964th in the world and ranked second in Taiwan with a D-index of 43. His Erdos number is 3. He is ranked top 1% by Social Science Research Network and in the list of top Taiwan economists and Asian economists and top economists by RePEc. He has published more than four hundred papers including papers published in some top journals. He has more than 17000 citations in Google Scholar, and more than 16000 citations in both Researchgate and Scopus. His h-index is 70, (48 since 2019) and his i10-index is 331, (297 since 2019) by Google Scholar citation in September 2024
He has been providing consultancy to several Government departments and corporations, giving lectures and seminars to several universities, serving as editor, guest leading editor, advisor, associate editor for some international journals, and appointed as an external examiner.
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Prof. Dr. Eugene Sadler-Smith
University of Surrey, United Kingdom, on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intuition
Prof. Dr. Eugene Sadler-Smith is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Surrey Business School. His first degree was from the University of Leeds (School of Geography), and my Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham. His research has been published in various CABS-listed journals including: Academy of Management Learning and Education; Academy of Management Perspectives; British Journal of Management; British Journal of Educational Psychology; British Journal of Psychology; Business Ethics Quarterly; Creativity Research Journal; European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology; Human Relations; Human Resource Management Journal; International Journal of Human Resource Management; International Journal of Management Reviews; International Small Business Journal; Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Creative Behaviour; Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology; Journal of Organizational Behaviour; Leadership; Long Range Planning; Management Learning; Organizational Dynamics, Organizational Research Methods; Organization Studies; Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, etc. He has also published in professional journals such as Forbes (Korea), People Management, Work, etc., as well as in the press (Times, Observer, etc).
His latest book I”ntuition in Business” was published by Oxford University Press in 2023. He has written a number of other books including Human Resource Development: From Theory into Practice (SAGE, 2022). Hubristic Leadership (SAGE, 2019). Learning and Development for Managers (Blackwell, 2006), Inside Intuition (Routledge, 2008) and The Intuitive Mind (John Wiley and Sons, 2010).
His website: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/
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Dr. Marta Sinclair
University of Brisbane, Australia
Dr Marta Sinclair received a PhD in Organizational Behavior from The University of Queensland, Australia, a MA in Education from George Washington University, USA, and a BA in Linguistics from Charles University. She has an extensive management experience from a number of companies in Europe and USA, including Silicon Valley.
At present she is senior lecturer at Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia, where she teaches comparative and cross-cultural management. Her research focuses on the role of intuition in decision making, learning, and everyday life. She wrote and/or cooperated on a number of academic and popular articles and book chapters about intuition, edited two international Handbooks of Intuition Research and Methodology, and co-authored a practical book and course Intuition for Everyday Life. Her first novel, Woman’s Intuition, is available as e-book on Kindle and iTunes.
Her website https://experts.griffith.edu.au/
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Prof. Dr. Kuanchin Chen
Professor of Computer Information Systems
Director of the Center for Business Analytics, and John W. Snyder Fellow at Western Michigan University, USA
KC Chen has more than twenty-five years of research, teaching, and consulting experience. His research interests include data analytics, social networking, privacy & security, online behavioral issues, AI and human computer interaction. Dr. Chen has published in many reputable academic journals, including Information Systems Journal, Decision Support Systems, Information & Management, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Database Management, Internet Research, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Global Information Management, DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, Information processing & Management, and Tourism Management. He has been an editor, associate editor, and editorial member of several scholarly journals. He is also a recipient of several research and teaching awards, including awards given by the scholarly community, academic institutions, and the U.S. Fulbright program. He is frequently invited to give research talks at universities, government agencies and other institutions.
His website: https://wmich.edu/
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Prof. HAKKI OKAN YELOĞLU
Başkent University Department of Technology and Management, Turkey
Professor Yeloğlu was born in Ankara, Turkey. He earned his undergraduate degree in Statistics from the Faculty of Science at Anadolu University. Following this, he completed a Master’s degree in Business Administration at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Başkent University. He subsequently obtained a Ph.D. in Management and Organisation Studies, with his doctoral research focusing on brokerage firms within Turkish capital markets and organizational ecology.
In 2016, Professor Yeloğlu joined the faculty at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, as a faculty member and researcher. He served as the Head of the Technology and Knowledge Management Department at Başkent University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, from 2014 to 2024.
Professor Yeloğlu’s teaching portfolio encompasses technology management, knowledge management, strategic management, research methods, quantitative research methods, and statistics across undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels. He has authored numerous books, peer-reviewed papers, and scholarly articles in these fields. His academic work reflects his expertise and ongoing contributions to the domains of technology and knowledge management. Additionally, Professor Yeloğlu is fluent in English and possesses a foundational knowledge of German.
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Dr. Rich Harrill
University of South Carolina, USA
Dr. Rich Harrill is an accomplished center director with a strong record of success and an international reputation as an expert in tourism, urban planning, and economic development with the University of South Carolina (2005-Present) and Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute (2001-2005), after beginning his research and teaching career at Clemson University (1997-2001). He is a Research Professor and Senior Director of the University of South Carolina’s Hospitality and Tourism (2012-2016). He has taught a course on Travel and Tourism in Film and Literature in USC’s top-ranked Honors College since 2015. In 2018, he was named College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management Global Scholar of the Year.
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Prof. Dr. Rania Lampou
Greek Ministry of Education, Directorate of
Educational Technology and Innovation,
Greek Astronomy and Space Company, Greece
Rania Lampou is a Global Educator, STEM instructor, ICT teacher trainer, and international inspirational keynote speaker in Greece. She has a post-graduate degree (M.Ed.) in language teaching related to cognitive neurosciences and she is also a passionate researcher on cognitive neurosciences and neuroeducation. She is a PhD candidate in environmental and peace education at the Noble International University of Canada. She is a STEM instructor at the Greek Astronomy and Space Company (Annex of Salamis) and she is also working at the Greek Ministry of Education, at the Directorate of Educational Technology and Innovation where she writes STE(A)M projects for Greek schools.
She has been awarded many national and international prizes (over 100) and she is a “Global Teacher Award 2020” (AKS Awards) winner and a “Global Teacher Prize finalist 2019” (Varkey Foundation). Recently she has been selected as “Global Icon 2020” featured in “Passion Vista” Magazine, among the top 10 women entrepreneurs featured in “Fortune” and among the “100 most successful women in business” featured in an Amazon book by “Global Trade Chamber ”. She promotes STEM vision by introducing STEM in astronomy and physics projects and combines STEM with Language Teaching. She is the founder and international coordinator of many innovative international projects that focus on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals described in the 2030 Agenda. She is also an author of scientific books for kids.
Furthermore, she is a social activist, a global peace ambassador, senior advisor of United Nations Peace-Keepers Federal Council (UNPKFC).
Her website: https://education.adamasuniversity.ac.in/