Keynote Speakers
- Assc. Prof. Annie Stéphanie Banikema, Ph.D. – University of Evry, France
Annie 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
Dr. 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 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 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)
Jashim 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 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’.