Keynotes Speakers

Professor. Janusz Kacprzyk graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, with a Ph.D. in systems analysis. He is a professor of computer science at the  Systems Research Institute.  He is an  engineer and mathematician, notable for his multiple contributions to the field of computational and artificial intelligence tools like fuzzy sets, mathematical optimization, decision making under uncertainty, computational intelligence, intuitionistic fuzzy sets, data analysis and data mining, with applications in databases, ICT, mobile robotics and others.  

Professor. Angappa Gunasekaran earned his doctorate degree in industrial engineering and operations research from the Indian Institute of Technology.  He is currently the Director of the School of Business Administration at Pennsylvania State University. He has over 200 articles published in 40 different journals that include Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, Production and Inventory Management Journal, European Journal of Operational Research and Computers & Industrial Engineering .

Professor. Wolfgang Hinck earned his Ph.D. in International Business and Marketing from the University of Texas-Pan American.  He is an engaged and decisive leader with strong practitioner background and significant experience in public and private higher-education management and innovation, including leading roles in initiatives at presidential and provost level since 2010.
His specialized knowledge developed through involvement in and/or supervision of: program development (AAS, BBA, BFA, BS, EMBA, MBA, M.D., and Ph.D. degrees); curriculum review; strategic planning (unit and system); accreditation (AACSB, IACBE, MSCHE, NCAAA, NECHE, SACS); assessment of pedagogy and student learning; recruitment (faculty, administrative, and executive positions); institutional branding and ranking; large-scale conference organization (U.S. and abroad); and 1+3/2+2/3+1 articulation (with U.S. and international institutions).

Professor. Morris A. Kalliny holds a Ph.D. in International Business and Marketing from The University of Texas-Pan American. He is currently serving as the Associate Dean of the Rohrer College of Business and Professor of Marketing at Rowan University. Dr. Kalliny held various academic positions where he served as a faculty and programs director at Missouri University of Science and Technology, a faculty member at Saint Louis University and an Associate Dean and Interim Department Chair at Eastern Washington University. Professor Kalliny has taught marketing and international business courses at the undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, and Ph.D. levels. He has also been active with AACSB where he has held several  2-day effective teaching seminars and spoke at various AACSB events.

Stephen Wunker has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master’s of Public Administration from Columbia University, and a BA from Princeton University. He combines world-class strategy consulting and entrepreneurial skills. He is the author of Capturing New Markets: How Smart Companies Create Opportunities Others Don’t, named one of the five Best Business Books of 2011, as well as co-author of Jobs to be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation, which was one of four finalists for Best General Business Book of 2016. Steve has a long track record of creating successful ventures for his own companies and on behalf of clients, and his third book Costovation: Innovation That Gives Your Customers Exactly What They Want–And Nothing More was recently published by HarperCollins and selected as one of the top business books of 2018 by The Globe and Mail.

Prof. Mohammad N. Elahee is a Professor and Chair of the Department of International Business at Quinnipiac University, CT, USA, he 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.

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