A Proposal for a Standard With Innovation Management System

Conference Committee
Conference Executive
Professor Alistair Anderson, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Dr Heather Fulford,Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Dr Ilídio Tomás Lopes, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal
Dr Fernando Lucas, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal
Dr Carla Vivas, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portuga
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Mini Track Chairs
Dr Claire Auplat, Novancia Business School, France
Prof. Dr Alexander Brem, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Dr Aurélie Delemarle, ESIEE Management, France
Dr Sandra Fielden, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Alexandros Kakouris, of the University of Athens, Greece
Dr Jun Li of the University of Essex
Dr Maria Theresia Semmelrock-Picej of Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, biztec, Austria
Professor Milan Todorovicof the Union Nikola Tesla University, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Marianne Tremaine, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Doan Winkel of the Illinois State University, USA
Committee Members
The 2012 conference programme committee consists of key people in the entrepreneurship and innovation community,
both from the UKand overseas. The following people have confirmed their participation:
KamarulzamanAb. Aziz (Multimedia University, Malaysia); Zafer Acar (Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey); Bulent Acma
(Anadolu University, Turkey); Hassanali Aghajani (University of Mazandaran(UMZ), Iran); Jaione Aguirre (Tekniker
technological centre, Spain,); Saleh Al-Jufout (Tafila Technical University, Jordan); Khedidja Allia (University of Science
and Technology, Algiers, Algeria); Hanadi Al-Mubaraki (Kuwait University, Kuwait,); Rumen Andreev (Bulgarian Academy
of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria); Zacharoula Andreopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Christos
Apostolakis (Bournemouth University, UK); Erik Arntsen (University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway); Omid Askarzadeh
(Polad Saab Shargh, Tehran, Iran); Claire Auplat (Imperial College Business School, London, UK); Miroslav Baca (University
of Zagreb, Varaždin, Croatia); Alina Badulescu (University of Oradea, Romania); Susan Bagwell (London Metropolitan
University, UK); Alan Barrell (Centre for Enterprise Learning, University of Cambridge , UK); Mihai Berinde (University
of Oradea, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Dept. of International Business, Romania,); Cristin Bigan (Ecological
University of Bucharest, Romania); Ferrucio Bilich (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Adam Jay Bock (University of Edinburgh,
United Kingdom,); Dietmar Boenke (Reutlingen University, Germany); Ana Maria Bojica (University of Granada,
Spain); Raymond Boyle (University of Glasgow, UK); Tina Bratkovic (University of Primorska, Slovenia); Alexander Brem
(VEND consulting, Nuremburg, Germany); Fraser Bruce (University of Dundee, UK); Sheryl Buckley (University of Johannesburg,
South Africa); Cagri Bulut (Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey); Jeffrey Burke (National Pollution Prevention
Roundtable, Washington DC, USA); Kevin Burt (University of Lincoln, UK); Toly Chen (Feng Chia University, Taichung,
Taiwan); Kuo-Sheng Cheng (National Cheng Kung University/Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Taiwan); Chuang-
Chun Chiou (Dayeh University, Changhua, Taiwan); Nick Clifton (University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK); Costas N.
Costa (Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus); Fengzhi Dai (Tianjin University of Science and Technology,
China); Leo-Paul Dana (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand); Rogerio Atem De Carvalho (Instituto
Federal Fluminense, Campos, Brazil); Sven H. de Cleyn (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium); Isidro De Pablo
(Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain); Armando Carlos de Pina Filho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil);
Maria Chiara Demartini (University of Pavia, Italy); Izabela Dembińska (University of Szczecin, Poland); Charles Despres
(Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France); Anca Dodescu (University of Oradea, Romania); Michael Doellinger
(University Hospital Erlangen, Germany); Salah Doma (Sinai University, El-Arish, Egypt); Nelson Duarte (Porto Politechnic
- School of Management and Technology, Portugal); Smile Dzisi (Koforidua Polytechnic, Ghana); Vasco Eiriz (University
of Minho, Portugal); Hatem El-Gohary (Birmingham City University, UK,); Scott Erickson (Ithaca College, USA);
Engin Deniz Eris (Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey); Mahtab Farshchi (London South Bank University, UK); Luis Fé De
Pinho (Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal,); Burca Felekoglu (University of Cambridge, Turkey); Paula Odete
Fernandes (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal); João Ferreira (University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal);
Maria Joao Ferreira (Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal); Sandra Fielden (University of Manchester, UK); Helena
Forsman (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lahti, , Finland); Heather Fulford (Aberdeen Business School,
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