Frederic Marimon, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Spain
Title of the keynote: Revolution or Risk? Generative AI as the New Workforce Catalyst Amid Economic Turbulence
Dr. Frederic Marimon holds a PhD in Business Administration and serves as a tenured professor at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), specializing in business administration. Over the course of his distinguished career, he has held several leadership positions at UIC, including Vice-Rector of Research and Vice-Rector of Planning and Quality. He currently serves as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics. Dr. Marimon’s academic journey began with a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), followed by an MBA from the IESE Business School in Barcelona. A thought leader in the field of operations management, Dr. Marimon co-founded the International Conference on Quality Engineering and Management (ICQEM) and the International Association for Quality, Innovation, and Sustainability (IAQUIS). He now leads the Observatory of Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies at UIC, where his research focuses on new business models driven by digital platforms and the collaborative role of Artificial Intelligence in the modern workplace. His research expertise spans the domains of quality management, e-quality measurement, and service management, and he has been actively engaged in international projects analyzing quality practices across a wide array of industries, with particular emphasis on higher education institutions.
With over 100 peer-reviewed articles published in leading academic journals, Dr. Marimon continues to contribute groundbreaking research in his field, making him a respected figure in the global academic community.
Vanessa Druskat, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Title of the keynote: How Resilience Helps Us Learn and Adapt in a Complex World
As an internationally recognized expert on leadership and team performance, Vanessa Druskat has advised leaders and teams in some of the world’s most respected organizations including in over a dozen Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 companies in the banking, pharmaceutical, petroleum, and healthcare industries. During her thirty-year research career has published articles in the most well-known academic and practical journals in her discipline including the Academy of Management Journal, The Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Human Relations, the Harvard Business Review and M.I.T.’s Sloan Management Review. She is the recipient of multiple research and teaching awards. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire in the USA.
University of Dubrovnik, Faculty of Economics and Business, Dubrovnik, CROATIA