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Conference Topics
Attention will be focused on, but not limited to:
- management of innovation, - business process management,
- entrepreneurship and innovation,
- financial management and financial governance,
- strategic management,
- change management,
- supply chain and operations management,
- sustainable management,
- third sector organisations management.


Key-note Speakers

	Christian von Albrichsfeld, Continental Automotive Romania Title of paper: Challenges at Managing Growth in a Provoking Environment. A practical approach based on the example of Continental in Romania Short bio: Christian von Albrichsfeld graduated at the Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany in 1992 and received a doctoral degree in robotics and artificial intelligence from the same University in 1997. In the same year he joined Continental, being today one of the most important suppliers for the automotive industry worldwide, where he worked in research projects and in the technical management for innovative automotive systems. Since 2009 he is the General Manager of Continental Automotive Romania, representing also as Country Head Continental in Romania, coordinating it’s activities with currently more than 15.000 employees in Timisoara, Sibiu, Brasov, Nadab, Carei and Iasi at national level. At the same time he is the manager for Research and Development for Romania. In 2012 he received the title of Honorary Professor of the Polytechnic University Timisoara. He is vice president of the German Economic Club Banat, vice president of the Executive Board of the Politehnica University of Timisoara and founding member of the Economic Consultative Council of the Timisoara City Hall. He is permanently engaged in the collaboration between economic and educational institutions, a collaboration which not only has a scientific component, reflected in research and development but also an institutional one for improving the educational academic system and its’ adaptation to European standards. His commitment to education has also extended to the undergraduate level, being one of the initiators for reintroducing vocational schools in Romania, a project in which Continental is a partner of the pilot classes in Timisoara, Carei, Brasov and Sibiu, being also member of the German-Romanian Steering Committee for dual professional education.
	Richard Pettinger, University College London Title of paper: Towards an Agreed Body of Knowledge, Understanding, Skills and Expertise for Managers: managing in turbulent times Short bio: Richard Pettinger is Principal Teaching Fellow (Reader) in Management Education at University College London (UCL), where he is the director of the undergraduate and graduate programmes in information management for business, in the UCL School of Management. Richard is the author of over fifty books and numerous papers on all parts of the subject of management. His research interests are privatisation and restructuring, the effects of organisation and human behaviour on decision taking in organisations, and the development of a professional and agreed body of knowledge and expertise for the ?profession of management?. He is also a major contributor to the development of management teaching and learning initiatives in the UK university sector. Richard is visiting professor of management at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. He continues to research write and consult with companies and organisations of all sizes and in many different sectors. He regularly is asked to join panels and conferences as keynote speaker, conference and session chair and expert contributor.
	Roger Seifert, Wolverhampton Business School Title of paper: Heading for Disaster: Labour Management in the UK Emergency Services (Police, Fire, and Ambulance) in the Recession Short bio: Roger Seifert studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University; then took a MBA from London Business School; and then a PhD from the London School of Economics. He worked as a management consultant in London for several years. In 1993 he became professor of industrial relations and human resource management at Keele University, and moved to the same position at Wolverhampton University in 2008. He has published a range of books and academic papers in several areas, but mainly on labour management, industrial relations and trade unions in the public sector (health, education, local and central government, police and fire). He acts as a consultant to large companies, trade unions, and government departments. He is a committee member of the World Association of Political Economy, and the Centre for Labour and Social Studies. He has been a visiting professor in China, Africa, and Europe.