Current Conference Speakers

Past Conference Speakers

Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, USA
2015 Conference

Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp, PhD, MSc, BSc (all summa cum laude), Dr. honoris causa (honoray doctorate) is the C. more

Joe Hair
Kennasaw State University, USA
2013 Conference

Professor Joe Hair is Founder and Senior Scholar of the Coles College DBA Program at Kennesaw State University more

Masaaki Kotabe
Temple University, USA
2013 Conference

Professor Masaaki Kotabe holds the Washburn Chair Professorship in International Business and Marketing at the Fox School of Business at Temple University more

Russell Belk
York University, Canada
2013 Conference

Professor Russell Belk is the Kraft Foods Canada Chair of Marketing at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto more

V. Kumar
Georgia State University, USA
2013 Conference

Professor V. Kumar is the Lenny Distinguished Chair Professor of Marketing, Georgia State University more

Kannan Srinivasan
Tepper School of Business, USA
2011 Conference

Rohet Tolani Distinguished Professor in International Business; H.J. Heinz II Professor of Management, Marketing and Information Systems.

Johnny K Johansson
McDonough School of Business, USA
2011 Conference

Johny K. Johansson is the McCrane/Shaker Professor of International Business and Marketing, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, where he specializes in international marketing strategy and global branding. Before joining Georgetown in 1989, Dr. Johansson held faculty positions at University of Illinois and University of Washington, Seattle.

John Dawson
University of Edinburgh, UK
2009 Conference

Emeritus Professor at Universities of Edinburgh and Stirling. Currently active on a number of retail research projects in UK, elsewhere in Europe and Japan. Most recent publication is Global strategies in Retailing jointly with Masao Mukoyama.

Itamar Simonson
Stanford University, USA
2007 Conference

Itamar Simonson is a professor of marketing, holding the Sebastian S. Kresge Chair of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He is known for his work on the factors that determine the choices that buyers make.

Jagdip Singh
CaseWesternReserve University, USA
2007 Conference

Jagdip Singh’s research involves building and sustaining effective and enduring connections between organizations and their customers, especially in service industries. Singh studies how firms organize, implement and support change and knowledge management to balance the competing goals of productivity and quality in the frontlines. He also studies conflicts of interest in professional markets, and its implications for marketing theory and practice.

Jagdish N Sheth
Emory Univeristy, USA
2005 Conference

Prior to coming to Emory University, Dr. Jagdish Sheth was the Robert E. Brooker Professor of Marketing at the University of Southern California and the Walter H. Stellner Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the University of Illinois. He was also on the faculty of Columbia University and MIT.

Michael J Baker
University of Strathclyde, U.K.
2005 Conference

Founding Professor of Marketing and Head of the Department from its inception in 1971 to 1988. After serving as Dean of the School of Business Administration / Strathclyde Business School, 1978-84, appointed as Deputy Principal in 1984, Deputy Principal (Management) in 1988 and Senior Adviser to the Principal in 1991, Emeritus 1999.