Keynotes Speakers

Terry Mollner is one of the pioneers of socially responsible investing as a new asset class in the professional investment community. He is a founder and member of the board of the Calvert Family of Socially Responsible Investment Funds, the largest such family of funds with over $7 billion under management. Dr. Mollner is also the Founder and President of Trusteeship Institute, Inc., a think tank and consulting firm in economic and social development.

Basu D. Sharma is a Professor at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada. He received the UNB Merit Award for extraordinary performance in research, service, and teaching. Basu has held appointments at the National University of Singapore, Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu, Nepal), and University of Saskatchewan. He has been a consultant for the International Labour Organization, the Singapore National Employers Federation, and the Singapore Institute of Labour. Dr. Sharma is a pacifist, and devotes his spare time to promote the cause of international peace, environmental protection, and poverty elimination through writings, public speeches, and private discourse. He is the founding editor of: Business Journal, the Journal of Comparative International Management.

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza is a Malawian historian, literary critic, and novelist. He is the current Vice Chancellor of the United States International University- Africa, located in Nairobi, Kenya. Zeleza is widely recognized as one of the leading authorities on African economic history. His book A Modern Economic History of Africa won the 1994 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, the continent’s most prestigious book award.

Dr.Zhan Su, Professor of Business Strategy and International Management is Director of Stephen- A-Jarislowsky Chair in International Business and Director of MBA in Global Business at Laval University in Quebec City, Canda

During these past years, Professor Su has carried out many research projects regarding a variety of subjects such as new international division of work and strategic management. Professor Su researches have been presented in over 200 conferences and published in numerous journals and books.

Having visited more than 100 countries in the world lived during long periods of time on three continents, Professor Su a lot interest in international exchange. He has provided consultation for numerous organizations and firms worldwide.

Abbas J.Ali, Ph.D. is distinguished University Professor and Professor of Management, Director, School of International Management, Eberly college of Business, at Indian University of Pennsylvania. He serves as a Executive Director of the American Society for Competitiveness. Ali has served as a visiting professor at King Saud University,  University of Sharjah, and as a senior Fulbright Scholar at the University of Jordan.

Prof. Mohammad N. Elahee is a Professor and Chair of the Department of International Business at Quinnipiac University, CT, USA, obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Pan American. He held teaching positions in various countries including Bangladesh, Canada, China, USA, Mexico, Ireland, Egypt, and France.  He has published in a number of reputed international business journals and presented his work in the US as well as in various other countries of the world.

Prof. Wolfgang Hinck, Dean of the College of Business Administration at Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University in Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, studied marketing and international business in Germany, Ireland, Spain, and the United States, and has worked for German, French, English, Mexican, Norwegian, Irish, and U.S. organizations, holding positions as Managing Director and as Sales Director, among others. His research has been published in dozens of proceedings and journals and is cited in several textbooks. He was voted 2006 and 2009 Professor of the Year at LSU Shreveport and 2011 Business Faculty of the Year at Berkeley College.