SPEAKERS 2014

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

1. DR. JAMIE SMITH Head of the Programme Grande Ecole at France Business School in Poitiers, France – See more

2. ALI SAYIGH, BSC, DIC, PHD, FIE, FIEE, CENG, MB WEC – See more

DR. JAMIE SMITH
Dr. Jamie Smith is Head of the Programme Grande Ecole at France Business School in Poitiers, France. He is an active member of the Entrepreneurial Center of Research at his school with research interests including Competitive Intelligence (CI) as public policy, decision making in SMEs, and attitude antecedents in CI. He has twice been a speaker at international SCIP conferences and has presented papers at colloquiums on CI across Europe. He has taught CI at L’Ecole de Petrole et Moteur in Paris. Jamie completed his PhD at De Montfort University, Leceister, UK, in 2012 and has twice been a small business manager himself.

PRESENTATION TITLE: ”BUSINESS EDUCATION IN FRANCE AND UK – A LOOK TO THE FUTURE”

PROF. ALI SAYIGH, BSC, DIC, PHD, FIE, FIEE, CENG, MB WEC, CHAIRMAN OF WREC & DIRECTOR GENERAL WREN
British Citizen, Graduated from London University, & Imperial College, BSC.DIC, PhD, C Eng in 1966. Fellow of the Institute of Energy, and Fellow of the Institution of Electrical & Mech. Engineers, called now Institution of Energy and Technology, Chartered Engineer, Chairman of Iraq Energy Institute. He started working in Renewable Energy in September 1969. In 1972, he established “The Journal of Engineering Sciences” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 1984 he established with Pergamon Press his first International Journal for Solar and Wind Technology as an Editor-in-Chief. This has changed name in 1990 to Journal of Renewable Energy. He has been Editor-in-Chief of Renewable Energy incorporating Solar & Wind Technology, published by Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK.
In 1990, he established the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) and in 1992 the World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) which hold their Congresses every two years, attracting more than 100 countries each time. Read more

PRESENTATION TITLE: RENEWABLE ENERGY WILL SUPPLY 50% OF GLOBAL ELECTRICITY BY 2030

PROF.UNIV.DR. GHEORGHE ZAMAN
Prof.univ. dr.Gheorghe Zaman is a graduate of the Faculty of International Economic Relations (1965) a corresponding member of Romanian Academy, president of General Association of Economists of Romania, director of the Institute of National Economy. Main scientific research domains of theoretical and practical interest are: macroeconomic efficiency; sustainable economic development; impact of foreign direct investment; EU integration; economics of technological change and R&D.; He is a member of scientific boards of several economic Journals in Romania and abroad and professional society.

PRESENTATION TITLE: THE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PILLARS: A CHALLENGE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES