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William Halal is Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essor Emeritus <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Management, Technology, and Innovati<strong>on</strong> at<br />

George Washingt<strong>on</strong> University, Washingt<strong>on</strong>, D.C. An authority <strong>on</strong> emerging technology,<br />

strategic planning, knowledge, and instituti<strong>on</strong>al change, he has worked with General<br />

Motors, AT&T, SAIC, MCI, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> Data Corporati<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

DoD, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Asian Development Bank, foreign companies, and various government<br />

agencies. Halal’s work has appeared in journals such as Nature/BioTechnology,<br />

California Management Review, Strategy & Business, Knowledge Management Review,<br />

Academy <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Management Executive, Journal <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Corporate Citizenship, Human<br />

Relati<strong>on</strong>s, Systems & Cybernetics, and Technological Forecasting & Social Change. Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Halal is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

founder <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> TechCast, a web-based system that pools <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> knowledge <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> experts to forecast breakthroughs in<br />

all technical fields – “A Virtual Think Tank Tracking <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Technology Revoluti<strong>on</strong>.” He also co-founded <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Institute for Knowledge & Innovati<strong>on</strong> as a collaborative effort between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> GW School <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Business and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

School <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Engineering.Bill studied engineering, ec<strong>on</strong>omics, and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> social sciences at Purdue and Berkeley.<br />

Previously, he was a major in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> U.S. Air Force, an aerospace engineer <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Apollo Program, and a<br />

Silic<strong>on</strong> Valley business manager. He serves <strong>on</strong> advisory boards <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> AMD Corporati<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> World Future<br />

Society, and o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r organizati<strong>on</strong>s. Macmillan’s Encyclopedia <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Future ranked him am<strong>on</strong>g “The World’s<br />

100 Most Influential Futurists“<br />

Mini Track Chairs<br />

Eduardo Rodriguez has experience in knowledge management, risk management and<br />

analytics in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> insurance and banking industry. He has been Knowledge Management<br />

Advisor at EDC Export Development Canada in Ottawa, Regi<strong>on</strong>al Director <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> PRMIA<br />

(Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al Risk Managers <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> Associati<strong>on</strong>)in Ottawa and currently, he is<br />

Quantitative Analyst for EDC, Director <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> IQAnalytics, Director <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Strategic Intelligence<br />

UNAD Colombia. Ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>matician, MBA, MSc. Ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>matics, certificati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Advanced<br />

Management Program McGill University. PhD Candidate at Ast<strong>on</strong> Business School in<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> UK research in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> field <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Knowledge Management applied to Enterprise Risk<br />

Management.<br />

Dr Mustafa Sagsan graduated in Library and Informati<strong>on</strong> Science at Ankara<br />

University, Turkey in 1997. He gained his Masters Degree in Nati<strong>on</strong>al Informati<strong>on</strong><br />

Policy from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same University in 2001. He completed his Ph.D in Management and<br />

Organizati<strong>on</strong> Science at Baskent University in 2008. He was <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> co-founder <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Knowledge Management in Baskent University in 2002. He currently<br />

works as Chairman <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Near East University Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Knowledge<br />

Management in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Turkish Republic <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn Cyprus. His research focuses <strong>on</strong> KM<br />

discipline and applicati<strong>on</strong>s, MIS, organizati<strong>on</strong>al behaviour and e-government<br />

applicati<strong>on</strong>s. He c<strong>on</strong>sults <strong>on</strong> knowledge management and organizati<strong>on</strong>al communicati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

Dr Mohamed Rabhi holds a MS from Purdue University and a PhD from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> University<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Minnesota in Soil Science; has interest in envir<strong>on</strong>mental implicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> mineral<br />

fertilizers <strong>on</strong> soil, water, and air. He worked for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Minnesota as research<br />

associate. Then joined SABIC as chemical fertilizer researcher; held <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> positi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

fertilizer technology manager. He champi<strong>on</strong>ed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> knowledge management project with<br />

SABIC R&D organizati<strong>on</strong>, and implemented a knowledge management system that was<br />

partially described in two articles presented and published in ICICKM proceeding in 2009<br />

and 2010. He is currently <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> knowledge management leader in SABIC Technology and<br />

Innovati<strong>on</strong> organizati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

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