Conferences / Symposiums / Seminars Organized

Session Chair at the 9th IAFOR International Conference on Education (IICE) held in partnership with University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawai'i. (January 3-7, 2024).

• • Session Chair: Online Parallel Presentations Session 2 - Innovative Technologies in Education

Hosted Featured Presentation Sessions on Digital Transformation (DX) in Japanese Business Organizations with Will Baber at the 14th Asian Conference on Social Sciences (ACSS 2023) held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, Japan in Tokyo, Japan. (May 26-29, 2023).

Session Chair at the 8th IAFOR International Conference on Education (IICE) held in partnership with University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawai'i. (January 5-8, 2023).

• • Session Chair: Online Parallel Presentations Session 3 - Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration

Member: Organizing Committee of The Asian Conference on Business & Public Policy (ACBPP2021), held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, Japan in Tokyo, Japan. (November 1-3, 2021).

Member: Organizing Committee of The 11th Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment (ACSEE2021), held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, Japan in Tokyo, Japan. (November 1-3, 2021).

Member: Organizing Committee of The Asian Conference on Business & Public Policy (ACBPP2020), held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, Japan in Tokyo, Japan. (November 5-8, 2020).

• • Chair: Live Stream 3 - Business Models.

Member: Organizing Committee of The 10th Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment (ACSEE2020), held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, Japan in Tokyo, Japan. (November 5-8, 2020).

• • Chair: Live Stream 3 - Business Models.

Organizer of the Conference on Transformation of Global and Japanese Business in Digital Age held at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (February 28-29, 2020). Click here for proceedings.

Member of the Scientific and Research Committee for the Fourth International Conference of the Japan Society for Production Management (JSPM) at Aichi Institute of Technology (Jiyugaoka Campus), Nagoya, Japan (September 7-8, 2019).

Organized and moderated Symposium: Dealing with Digital Disruption - Aligning and transforming your business Venue: Northern Alberta Business Incubator (NABI), St. Albert, Canada (May 26, 2017). 

Track and Session Chair at the 2016 Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development held on the 18-21 July, 2016 in Cracow, Poland. 

• • Track Chair 23: Sustainable Marketing/Sustainable Management

  • Track Chair 24: Technology/Research and Development and Innovation

  • Session 2 Chair: Public Administration and Social Policy

Member of the Organizing Committee for Humboldt Association of Canada’s (HAC) Fifth Canadian Annual Conference, Humboldt Kolleg 2016: Fifth National Symposium in Toronto, Canada on May 6-8, 2016. The theme of the conference is “Time”.

Co-Chair of the Second International Conference of the Japan Society for Production Management (JSPM) at Calgary, Canada (September 12-14, 2015). 

Moderator (Panel 1: SMART Foundations - The Building Blocks of a SMART City) at the 2014 Alberta Smart City Symposium, City of St. Albert, St. Albert, Canada (September 18, 2014). 

Member Scientific Advisory Committee for the World Symposium on Sustainability at Universities (WSSD-U-2014), Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom (September 3-5, 2014). 

Member of the Organizing Committee for Humboldt Association of Canada’s (HAC) Fourth Canadian Annual Conference, Humboldt Kolleg 2014: Fourth National Symposium in Banff, Canada on May 9-11, 2014. The theme of the conference was “Earth”. 

Organized and moderated Athabasca University’s Innovation and Productivity Symposium. Venue: Petroleum Club, Edmonton, Canada (February 05, 2014). 

Sustainability Liaison for the Fourth Asian Business Management Conference in Osaka, Japan (November 20-24, 2013). 

Organized and moderated Symposium: Resource Efficient Cities – Technology Driving Change under the banner of Alexander von Humboldt Network for Cities and Climate Change. Venue: Northern Alberta Business Incubator (NABI), St. Albert, Canada (February 22, 2013). 

Member of the Organizing Committee for Humboldt Association of Canada’s (HAC) Third Canadian Annual Conference (called Humboldt Kolleg 2011: Third National Symposium) in Vancouver, Canada (May 12-13, 2011). The theme of the conference is “Air”.