KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1

· Prof. Tayyab Maqsood   · School of Property, Construction and Project Management   · RMIT University, Australia

Research Area: Project management

Experience: Tayyab is a Professor of Project Management and Associate Dean, Project Management. Over last 14 years, Tayyab has made significant contribution in growing project management discipline at RMIT and making it one of the largest discipline nationally and internationally through his teaching, research and various leadership roles.He leads a highly capable academic team associated with the delivery of world leading undergraduate and postgraduate programs in project management. He has authored/co-authored over 140 peer-reviewed publications and received several research grants.He has successfully supervised 16 Ph.D. students for their doctoral degrees. He lectures in both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in Project Management and has taught courses related to project planning/control (MS Project and Primavera Planner P6), project risk management and honours research.He is a member of the Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust), Project Management Institute (PMI) and Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM).He leads Construction and Demolition Waste management research group at RMIT University and is also associated with Australia’s Sustainable Built Enivronment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) based in Perth, Australia. He is a founder of the Australia’s first portal related to Construction and Demolition waste management Http://cdwasteportal.com.au

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2

· Prof. Kenneth Guang-Lih HUANG   · Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management,     College of Design and Engineering & Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School  · National University of Singapore (NUS)

Research Area: Management of Innovation, Technology and Knowledge (Biotech/Life Science, AI, Digitalization, Clean Tech, ICT); Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Intellectual Property Strategy in Emerging Markets (e.g. China); Global and Digital Strategy; Technology Policy; Institutional Change

Experience: Prof. Kenneth G. Huang is an Associate Professor (with tenure) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management (ISEM), College of Design and Engineering, and Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School. He is the Academic Director of the Master of Science (MSc.) in Management of Technology and Innovation at NUS. He also serves on the advisory board of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). He is the Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review and was an Associate Editor/editorial board member of Organization Science (for a special issue) and a Co-editor of Journal of Management Studies (for a special Issue). He serves on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. His research focuses on innovation and technology management; entrepreneurship; intellectual property management and strategy; digital and global strategy; science and technology policy; open science/ innovation; and institutional change particularly in emerging economies like China and ASEAN. His research is internationally influential and has been published in high-impact, leading journals such as Science, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, Nature Biotechnology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Management Studies, and Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. His research has also been recognized by several international research and best paper awards from the Academy of Management (AOM), Strategic Management Society (SMS), DRUID, Academy of International Business (AIB) and INFORMS.  

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