Program Schedule

Time

Event

Venue

08:30-09:30

Registration

Lobby, Block 16

09:30-09.45

Opening ceremony and welcome address

Oasis Theatre, Block 16

09.45-10.30

Keynote address: “Human Legacy”

- Hugh Ragg, Senior Manager Learning & Development at Expo 2020 Dubai

Oasis Theatre, Block 16

10.30 –11.00

Tea break

Block 17, Room 007

11:00-11.30

Plenary Session – Mobility: “Backhauling in Thailand: Practical implementation, challenges and benefits”

- Dr Janya Chanchaichujit, Director Logistics and Business Analytics Center of Excellence, Walailak University Thailand

Oasis Theatre, Block 16

Time

Sessions

11:40-13:00

Block 17 - Room 008

Block 17 - Room 011

Block 17 - Room 012

Block 17 - Room 013

Session A1

Session A2

Session A3

Session A4

Ndubuisi Ukwuani and Engie Bachir

An Investigation of an Integrated Methodology for Smart City Benchmarking, and the Influence of Technology in Benchmarking & in Dubai’s Smart City Mission

Stanley Lazarus, Roslin Lazarus and Ambigai Siva Kumar

The Roles, Challenges and Benefits of Internal Auditing in Organizations: Evidence from Oman

Swapan Deep Arora and Sameer Mathur

Effect of Airline Competition and Seasonality on Flight Delays

Salisu Alhaji Uba, Ibrahim Labaran Ali and Ian Robert Whitfield

An assessment of the role of organisational culture in the implementation of Blockchain technology in supply chain.

Stephen King

Agenda 2030: An Involuntary National Review Perceived Sincerity in Supporting, Implementing and Reporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals: a case of UK Gov

Umar Farouk Abdulkarim, Lawal Mohammed and Lawal Ibrahim

Effect of firm specific characteristics and interest rate on lease financing of listed consumer goods companies in Nigeria

Akinori Minazuki and Hidehiko Hayashi

A Study of Supported System for Long-distance Movement Maternity

Radhika Menon and Rekha Ramu

Impact of Cross Culture on Women's Empowerment in Hospitality Industry

Jacinta Dsilva and Jeremy B Williams

Can Dubai become the world’s most sustainable city?

Sudipa Majumdar and Rashita Puthiya

Role of Information Asymmetry in Sukuk issuance – an empirical analysis of the bond Market in the United Arab Emirates

Michael Kloep

Current Factors Contributing to the Success of Supply Chain Management Entrepreneurs (Preliminary Findings of a Literature Review)

Jessica Bellingham

When West meets Middle East: understanding how unexpected employee attitudes toward the workplace emerge from situations of crossvergence to reveal a missing link in values evolution.

13:00-14:15

Networking lunch - Block 17 – Room 007

14:15-15:15

Panel Session – Mobility (Oasis Theatre, Block 16)

Moderator - Michael Stockdale

Panel members - Janya Chanchaichujit, Prakash Rao, Muddassir Ahmed and Ghanim Wogayeh

15:15-15:45

Tea Break - Block 17 – Room 007

15:45-17:25

Block 17 - Room 008

Block 17 - Room 011

Block 17 - Room 012

Block 17 - Room 013

Session B1

Session B2

Session B3

Session B4

Madduma Hewage Ruchira Sandeepanie, Dinoka Perera, Lasanthika Sajeewanie and Prasadini Gamage

Impact of Talent Management Practices on Perceived Employer Branding and the Role of Psychological Contract, Generational Cohort and Occupational Stress: Conceptual Model Development for the Sri Lankan IT and Software Service Sector

Mohammad Jebreel and Jeremy B Williams

Is social impact reporting helpful? A review of current impact investment reporting frameworks

Louise Edensor

The Native Companion: E. J. Brady's 'home-grown' literature and Modernist aesthetics

Avneet Kaur, Asima Shirazi and Jaspreet Singh Sethi

Enhancement of Student Performance and Motivation through Gamification

Mohit Yadav

Influence of LMX and job stress on service quality of police personnel: A Moderated Mediation Model with Job satisfaction and Social Support

Jemma V Williams and Jeremy B Williams

Why nature must be valued but not priced

Sophie Azoury

Who I am: Examining the Way Students Construct their Sense of Self Through Narratives of Ill Physical Health

Faiza Umar and Siobhan McNiff

The efficacy of integrating various pedagogical approaches to customise learner support in a British university in the UAE.

Clea D'Souza, Ashley Paulson, Vineeta Aroz, Somer Rodrigues, Zainab Udaipurwala, Fadhila Mohideen, Tisha Virani, Sachi Kariappa, Hafseena Bind Ashraf, Tanvi Telang, Aishwarya Patil and Nishtha Lamba

Impact of Cross-cultural friendships and Residency status on Socio-cultural development and Social cynicism

Deena Kassab, Mohammed Ahmed Alghamdi, Reem Motie Fleifel and Jacinta Dsilva

David Tully

Compulsions: Richard Fleischer's Cinema of Crime

Thomas Mc Donagh

Right to Education

Amani Omer

A Club Model of Biodiversity, Climate and Productivity Enhancement in Agro-ecosystems

Rebecca Keogh

Media Representations of Land Clearing in Northern Queensland: An Eco linguistic Discourse Analysis

Meike Schulte

The Gap between Theory and Practice and the Gap between Education and Management- An Alignment of Misalignments

Jyothi Kumar

Ali Rehan and Jelena Janjusevic

Market synchronicity, Impact of oil price volatility on stock market Index

Time

Event

Venue

09:00-09:30

Registration

Foyer, Block 16

09.30-10.00

10.00-10.30

Plenary Session Opportunity 1: “Inclusive Education in Dubai Private School Sector”

Sean Pavitt, Director of inclusive education programmes, Knowledge and Human Development Authority

Plenary Session Opportunity 2: “Expanding Opportunities at the Top: Compensation, Diversity, and Innovation in the C-Suite and Corporate Boards”

Dr Virginia Bodolica, Professor, American University of Sharjah & The Said T. Khoury Chair of Leadership Studies

Oasis Theatre, Block 16

10.30 -11.00

Tea Break - Block 17 – Room 007

Time

Sessions

11:00-12.20

Block 17 - Room 008

Block 17 - Room 011

Block 17 - Room 012

Block 17 - Room 013

Session C1

Session C2

Session C3

Session C4

Nidhi Sehgal and Saboohi Nasim

Graduates’ perception on the predictors of employability in information technology sector

Aneta Pawłowska-Legwand and Mirosław Mika

DMOs & ICT: New approach to promote a destination in Poland. Regional perspective on promoting destinations via digital tools

Qussai Jamal Serhan and Vijay Pujari

Influence of Digital Platforms in the Food & Beverage sector of UAE

Nariman Maalouf and Jeremy B Williams

An Environmentally Safe, Socially Just Operating Space for Humanity: An Insurance Industry Perspective

Murtala Sale

Non-formal education programs and public enlightenment in the effective attainment of youth skills acquisition in Faskari local government, Katsina State, Nigeria

Isabel Giannina Feldbauer and Heather Jeffrey

They are not all the same: Muslim women and tourism

Jeffrey Siekpe-Sambo and Aurore Kamssu

Exploring Major Trends in Information and Communication Technology

Neeharika Senthilkumar, Neeru Sood,Trupti Gokhale and Mrutuyanjaya Sahu

Bioethics and Biosafety Policies and Practices in UAE: A Critical Review

Syed Ali Husain and Mohammad Ali Meraj

Open for Talent: Understanding mobility and motivation of expatriate teachers coming to the UAE

Magdalena Kubal-Czerwińska

Do We Still Have Space for Living?: Tourism and the Everyday Life of Residents – Perspectives from Krakow, Poland

Mahima Parnami

Towards A Model Of Optimizing Carbon Emissions In The Data Centre And Cloud Design: A Green Cloud Broker Perspective

Jamilu Mohammed and Leon Moller

How sustainable is Nigeria’s effort of ending gas flaring and unlocking gas potentials – A review of the country’s anti-gas flaring legal and policy frameworks.

Torpev Terver Francis

Family Stability: A Panacea for Sustainable Business Enterprise and Graduate Employability in Nigeria

Sreejith Balasubramanian, Supriya Kaitheri, Krishnadas Nanath, Sony Sreejith and Cody Paris

Leveraging Smart Technologies for Connected Tourist Experiences – The Case of Dubai

Iman Saeed, Sarah Baras, Wedad Ahmed and Modafar Ati

Privacy and Security in Smart Home

Anita Baku

SDG 8, Local Authority and Informal Sector Worker Occupational Safety in Two Urban Local Authorities in Ghana

12:20-13.00

Poster Presentation – Block 16, Foyer

Archana Raghavan and Nishtha Lamba

-Exploring Shyness and Social Interaction in Women: A Mixed-Methods Study

Ajab Mustafa and Aditi Bhatia

-“I can go through this myself”: Exploring the barriers and facilitators towards seeking help for mental health in South Asian male youth

Marco Kilada and Anita Shrivastava Kashi

-Impact of Social Role in Aggressive Behaviour on Subjective Well-being and Internalising Symptoms in Young Adults

Shahid Mustafa

-Towards a Model for Performance Evaluation of Cloud Machines

Darsa Madhusudanan, Faiza Abdul Aziz, Aiyda Binth Shafi, Mahnoor Abbasi, Safa Ahmed and Sumayya Abdul Salam

- The Effect of Instagram Usage on Life Satisfaction and Healthy Eating Attitudes

Hanan Chaaibi

- The Securitization of Migration in the EU and the UK

Khadija Abubakar

-The Politics of Diversity and Inclusivity; Quotas, Affirmative Action, Structural Change vs the Discourse of Representation

*Poster presenters should be present at 11:30am to set up their posters

13:00-14:15

Networking lunch –Block 17 – Room 007

14:15-15:45

Block 17 - Room 008

Block 17 - Room 011

Block 17 - Room 012

Block 17 - Room 013

Session D1

Session D2

Session D3

Session D4

Special Session

Moderator – Alun Epps

Panellists - Matthew Brown, Krishnadas Nanath, Lynda Hyland, and Rim Hamacha.

101010 - An ınterdıscıplınary philosophical dıscussıon of the dıgıtal answer for mınors to the ultimate questıon of lıfe, the unıverse and everythıng

Deepak Singh, Balvinder Shukla and Manoj Joshi

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence: The next generation of Entrepreneurial Innovation by Lean Startups

Jyotheeswar Adhi and Sudipa Majumdar

Impact of abenomics on the Japanese banking sector

Huma Shaafie

Green Accounting in UAE: Current Status and Future Trends

Sameer Kishore, Daniel Freeman, Polly Haselton, Jason Freeman, Bernhard Spanlang, Emily Albery, Megan Denne, Poppy Brown, Mel Slater and Alecia Nickless

Automated psychological therapy using immersive virtual reality for treatment of fear of heights: a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

Achintha Nirman Senanayake and Pallavi Kishore

The effect of Non-Interest Income on Banks profitability in top 23 publicly listed banks in GCC Region

Anqi Liu

Positioning of Consumers in the Value Chain of Green Economy: A Cross Case Analysis of Listed Companies and Social Enterprises in China

Chinnu George

Review of Source and Sink Node privacy preservation techniques in Wireless sensor networks

Zainab Lawan Gwadabe, Maryam Lawan Gwadabe and Fatima Usman Sabo

Impact of social media marketing on micro and small businesses in Kano state

Sameer Mathur

The influence of Green Globe Certification and Sustainability Investments on Hotel Rents in Dubai

Bhumika Gambhir

Artificial intelligence and automation in the accounting and finance sector: analysis of the skillsets required for the future job market

Sony Sreejith and Bushra Khan

Green Human Resource Management: From a Literature Review to a Conceptual Framework

15:45-16:00

Tea Break - Block 17 – Room 007