Keynote  Speakers

 

  • Assc. Prof. Annie Stéphanie Banikema, Ph.D. – University of Evry, France

Assc. Prof. Annie Stéphanie Banikema, Ph.D. – University of Evry, FranceAnnie BANIKEMA is associate Professor at the University of Evry. .She has worked in some institutions as a teaching assistant in University Paris 12, Creteil (2008–2010) and in IESEG School of Management (2010–2011). Then she became an Assistant Professor in Amiens Business School (2011–2012) before moving to University of Evry in the same year. She is currently the Head of the marketing and Trade department at the University Of Evry Institute Of Technology. Her Teaching specializations are Marketing, digital marketing and Research Methodologies.  Research areas of interest are Consumer behaviour and sales techniques. She has participated in a lot of international conferences in Canada, USA and Europe. In addition, she has actively become a member of professional associations, like Association for Consumer Research (ACR), European marketing Academy (EMAC).  She also became a reviewer for “Recherche et Applications en Marketing” (special issue on Marketing and Innovation) in 2015. She is member of the scientific committee for the Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation congress.


  • Jati kasuma Ali, Ph.D. – Universiti Teknologi Mara Sarawak, Malaysia

Jati kasuma Ali, Ph.D. – Universiti Teknologi Mara Sarawak, MalaysiaDr. Jati Kasuma Ali obtained his Ph.D. in Management (Mention Très Ho­norable Avec félicitations) from Ecole Doctorate de Sciences de Gestion, Institute’d’ Ad­mi­nis­tra­tion des Entreprises, Universite de Toulouse 1 Capitole, in a beauty­ful capital of southern Occi­tanie region Toulouse, France. Since the esta­blish­ment of Institut Teknologi MARA until what it is known today as Universiti Teknologi MARA Kampus Sarawak, he has been joining the university for over 10 years now and is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Business Ma­na­gement, Universiti Tekno­logi MARA Malaysia (Sarawak Campus). Being a senior lecturer tasked with long hours of teaching does not deter him to get himself involve in administrative duty as currently he is holding a position as Coordinator for Student Entrepreneurship Pro­gram at the university. As part of academicians’ responsibility to enhance and contribute to literature of knowledge, he develops a passion towards academic re­search in his field par­ticularly Social Entrepreneurship, Consumer Behaviour, Brand Loyalty, or­ganizational behaviour and Islamic leadership related area. Per­tain­ing to that, he has published numerous research articles under his belt which he wrote and co-authored for several international refereed and index journals as well as sharing his research findings at numerous national and inter­na­tio­nal conferences and seminars as presenter, invited speaker as well as key­notes speaker. Prior to joining the university, he had several years of indus­trial experience in the banking, tourism, and telecommunication industry in Malaysia.


  • Rayenda Khresna Bhramana, Ph.D. – Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Rayenda Khresna Bhramana, Ph.D. – Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Rayenda Brahmana, Ph.D. is a Director for Centre of Business Economics and Finance Forecasting Univer­siti Malaysia Sarawak. He obtained his Ph.D. from Uni­versiti Sains Malaysia in 2013. He serves In­ter­na­tional Journal of Business and Society as Associate Ma­naging Editor, active as editorial boards and re­view­er boards for several reputable journals, and has international recognition by winning several interna­tio­nal awards. He has published many research papers including in Scimago Q1 and Q2 Scopus journals. Brahmana is also actively writing books and articles in newspaper. Currently, he has several graduated Ph.D. students and Master by Research students. His research interest is Behavioural Corporate Finance, Ex­pe­rimental Economics, and Economics Psychology

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  • John Francis Diaz, Ph.D., CEA – Chung Yuan Christian University

John Francis Diaz, Ph.D., DEA – Chung Yuan Christian UniversityJohn Francis Diaz is an Associate Professor of Fi­nance at Chung Yuan Christian University, Tai­wan. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Bu­si­ness majoring in Finance and Investment from the same university in 2012. Currently, he is the faculty member of the Department of Finance and Department of Accounting. He is also a Cer­tified Ethics Associate by the Manage­ment and Strategy Institute, Pennsylvania, USA. His re­search interests include international fi­nan­­cial mar­kets and investments, corporate finance, non-linear metho­do­logies and ethics in finance. Diaz is also an Editorial Board of the Research Academy of Social Sciences, VP-Secretary of the Association of Chinese Management Educators, and an Associate Fellow of the World Business Institute. He is also a contributing reviewer of several academic journals, such as Invest­ment Analysts Journal (SSCI), Ma­nagerial Finance (Econlit), Journal of Eco­nomics and International Business Management, Global Busi­ness and Economics Review, Inter­natio­nal Journal of Management Theory and Prac­tice, and Journal of Global Eco­nomics, Management, and Business Re­search. He has received Four Best Paper Awards from international con­fe­rences since 2011. He has also been invited to do a TEDx Talk about the ethics in the financial industry, and was interviewed by the Seven Pillars Institute regarding his views on the rela­tive­ly new academic discipline, Fi­nance Ethics. Diaz advocates more transpa­ren­cy and stronger ethical foun­dation in the financial services industry.


  • Dr.  Jashim Khan  (Surrey International Institute – DUFE – University of Surrey, UK and Dong Bei University of Finance and Economics, China)

Dr. Jashim KhanJashim Khan interests are wide, but broadly in the area of marketing and consumer behaviour. His research interests are experimental consumer behaviour and consumption in new digital environment especially in how mobile internet influences consumption and informs marketing education. He participates a lot in international seminars and conferences. As an academician, he is passionate about teaching and his style reflects student cantered learning and blended teaching approach. He likes to facilitate learning process and empower students to participate in and accept responsibility of their own. In his leisure time, he enjoys hiking/ trekking and loves camping with friends, and family. Reading archaeology related magazines, history, autobiographies and traveling books is also one of the activities he enjoys a lot.

 


  • Dr. Vikas Arora

Dr. Vikas AroraDr. Vikas Arora (45) is an inspiring motivational speaker & corporate trainer of international repute. He has conducted training programs for the corporate sector and faculty/students community all over India. He is a visiting faculty to many top management institutes (more than 100 in number) of the country. His seminars and workshops are well known for their high quality content backed by his unique and entertaining style of delivery.

Dr. Vikas is a Management Graduate with distinction from Institute of Management & Research, New Delhi. He started his career in international marketing & possesses worldwide exposure i.e. traveled more than 16 countries several times like USA, UK, AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, UAE etc & is involved in training since 2001.

Presently, he is a trainer of International repute & working as a DIRECTOR at SUNSHINE Group of Institutions, Rajkot (Gujarat). His knowledge, corporate experience and world-wide exposure strengthened his belief that essential element for personal growth is ‘SELF-REALIZATION’. He is having more than 20 years of experience (7 years in corporate & 13 years in academics/training). He has also authored four books on BUSINESS COMMUNICATION, SOFT SKILLS, MOTIVATE YOURSELF and HRM. Till date; he has trained more than 95,000 professionals/faculty/students. Recently bagged ‘Best Educationist Award’.