Management and
Organization (ICMO 2026)

Conference Organizers and Partners

ICMO 2026 Themes and Tracks

The conference addressed paradoxical challenges in organization and management through the following themes.

ICMO 2026 Keynote and Invited Speakers

The conference brought together distinguished academic, professional, and industry voices from across the international management community.

Keynote Speakers

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  Arnold B. Bakker

  Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology.

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  Peter Bamberger

  Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Immediate Past President, Academy of Management.

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  Oliver Baumann

  University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Denmark. Professor of Strategy and Organization Design.

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  Nancy Bello

  Former Senior Wealth Management Leader, Merrill Lynch, USA. Wealth management executive and board advisor.

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  Evangelia Demerouti

  Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. President, European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology.

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  Bradley L. Kirkman

  College of Management, North Carolina State University, USA. General H. Hugh Shelton Distinguished Professor of Leadership.

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  Carin-Isabel Knoop

  Executive Director of the Harvard Business School Case Research & Writing Group, USA.

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  C. Chet Miller

  University of Houston, USA. C.T. Bauer Professor of Organizational Studies and Co-Editor in Chief, Academy of Management Discoveries.

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  Dana Minbaeva

  King’s Business School, King’s College London, UK. Professor of Strategic Human Capital.

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  Mark Pattison

  Entrepreneur, media executive and former NFL player, USA. High-performance speaker and leadership advisor.

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  Taryn Sullivan

  Senior Product Manager, Google, USA. Product and business leader with global-scale product experience.

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  Larry J. Williams

  Texas Tech University, USA. Founder and Director, Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA).

Invited Academic and Industry Speakers

Through their roles in research, professional associations, and industry, these speakers strengthened the conference’s academic and practical contribution across strategy, international business, innovation, organizational behavior, methods, leadership, and contemporary management research.

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  Ilan Alon

  Ariel University, Israel. Professor of Business and Economics and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Emerging Markets.

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  Amitabh Anand

  Excelia Business School, La Rochelle, France. Professor of Management, Organization, and Entrepreneurship.

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  Carole Bousquet

  IDRAC Business School, France. Associate Professor and Chair, Management Consulting Division, Academy of Management.

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  Xavier Castañer

  HEC Lausanne, Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Professor of Strategy and Past President, IFSAM.

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  Jelena Cerar

  WU Vienna, Austria. Tenure-track Assistant Professor and post-doctoral researcher at Copenhagen Business School.

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  Bonnie Hayden Cheng

  City University of Hong Kong, China. Professor and Head of the Department of Management.

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  Michael Christofi

  Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus. Professor of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation.

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  Caroline Fry

  Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA. Associate Professor.

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  Ada Guštin Habuš

  CEO and co-founder of Kolibri Labs, Slovenia. Expert in technology management, behavioral economics, and coaching psychology.

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  Goran Kuljanin

  DePaul University, USA. Associate Professor, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship.

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  Ivana Milošević

  College of Charleston, USA. Associate Professor of Management and Associate Editor, Journal of Business Research.

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  Ted A. Paterson

  Oregon State University, USA. Professor of Management and Director, Center for Family Enterprise.

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  Stevo Pavićević

  Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany. Associate Professor of Strategy.

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  H. Cenk Sözen

  Turkish Academy of Management, Türkiye. Professor at Başkent University and President, Turkish Academy of Management.

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  Alexander D. Stajković

  University of Wisconsin–Madison, School of Business, USA. Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior.

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  Kayla Stajković

  Oregon State University, USA. Lecturer and researcher on gender, leadership effectiveness, and work motivation.

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  Natalia Vershinina

  Audencia Business School, France. Professor of Entrepreneurship and Deputy Director for Research.

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  Ivana Vranješ

  Tilburg University, Netherlands. Assistant Professor and Associate Editor, Group & Organization Management.

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  Jelena Žikić

  York University, School of Human Resource Management, Canada. Professor.

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