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Each of the two conference days will host three Keynote Speakers:
Professor Chris Argyris, James Bryant Conant Professor, Graduate Schools of Business Administration and Education, Harvard University
Dr John Seely Brown, Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation; Chief Innovation Officer, 12 Enterpreneuring; co-author, The Social Life of Information
Professor Soumitra Dutta, The Roland Berger Chair of e-Business and Information Technology; Dean of Technology and e-Learning; Director, eLab@INSEAD; INSEAD, Visiting Professor, ALBA
Professor Arie Y. Lewin, Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Sociology
and the IBM Research Fellow, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Dr. Silvia Massini, Lecturer, UMIST School of Management
Professor John McGee, Professor of Strategy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Professor Howard Thomas, Professor of Management; Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Professor Georg von Krogh, Professor of Management; Director of The Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen

The Academic Track will comprise eight thematic areas, as follows.

  • Explorations of Organizational Knowledge
  • Practices of Managing Knowledge
  • Knowledge Creation and Organizational Innovation
  • Sharing, Acquiring, and Transferring Knowledge
  • Organizational Learning
  • Knowledge Strategies, Organizational Competencies, and Competitive Advantage
  • Information Technologies and Knowledge Management
  • Human Resources, Knowledge Work, and Knowledge Management

Throughout the conference there will be 2 parallel Practitioner Tracks in which papers mainly addressing the needs of practitioners will be presented. In addition, the following Panel Discussions will be held:

  • Knowledge Management and Public Policy
    Panel participants:
    Dr. Yiannis Caloghirou, Secretary General for Industry, Ministry of Development
    Mr. George Papaconstantinou, Secretary for the Information Society, Ministry of National Economy
    Dr. Erastos Filos, Scientific Co-ordinator, IST Program - Key Action Two, European Commission
    Mr. Billy McGilvray, Scottish Enterprise Network
    Chair: Professor Spyros Lioukas, Athens University of Economics and Business & former Ambassador of Greece to OECD

  • Knowledge Management and the Management of Human Resources
    Panel participants:
    Ms Yvonne Shayegan, Managing Director, SHAYEGAN INNOVATION, UK
    Dr. Irini Tzanetou, Human Resources Director, DELTA HOLDING S.A.
    Ms Cynthia Koutsoumari, Human Resources Director, International Operations, TITAN CEMENT Co. S.A.
    Chair: Mr. Chris Amiralis, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, HAYGROUP S.A.

  • Knowledge Management and Information Technologies
    Panel participants:
    Mr. Vassilis Trapezanoglou, General Manager, Retail Banking, PIRAEUS BANK
    Mr. Xenophon Hasapis, Commercial Director, SAP HELLAS S.A.
    Mr. William Nisen, Executive Director, e-Institute, University of Strathclyde & University of Glasgow
    Chair: Mr. Giannis Rontiris, Managing Director, MICROSOFT S.A.

  • Higher Education in the Knowledge Economy
    Panel participants:
    Professor George Doukidis, Athens University of Economic & Business
    Dr. Panagiotis Damaskopoulos, Senior Research Fellow, INSEAD
    Professor Hans Siggaard Jensen, Director, Learning Lab, Denmark
    Chair: Dr. George Neofotistos, Associate Professor, Physics Department, UNIVERSITY OF CRETE & LAMBRAKIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION

The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies and The Journal of Management Studies are sponsoring The Journal of Management Studies Doctoral Colloquium. Doctoral Students from all over the world will present and debate their work. Professor Fran Ackermann (University of Strathclyde) will chair the colloquium. .