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Our Expert Speakers

Professor Tim Bentley

Professor Tim Bentley

MARS Centre Director and Professorial Chair

Areas of expertise:

  • Psychosocial risk
  • Workplace bullying and other interpersonal psychosocial hazards
  • Older workers/aging workforce
  • Flexibility and new ways of working

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • "Workplace bullying and harassment: why traditional approaches to prevention don’t work."
  • "The WA skills crisis: can we do more to attract, engage and retain our mature-aged workers."
  • "Well, they’re technically brilliant, but can they manage people? The role of relational leadership in managing workplace psychosocial risk."

Professor Edward Wray-Bliss

Professor Edward Wray-Bliss

Professorial Chair of Business Ethics

Areas of expertise:

  • Ethical leadership
  • Emerging ethical issues in business
  • AI and ethics
  • Creating ethical cultures

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • "The ethical risks of AI and how to govern them."
  • "What are the most pressing ethical issues on the horizon for West Australian business?"

Professor Peter Galvin

Professor Peter Galvin

Professor of Strategic Management

Areas of expertise:

  • Corporate & Business Strategy
  • Competitive Dynamics & Innovation
  • Dynamic Capabilities
  • Organization Design
  • Open Innovation and DIY Science

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “Why collaboration may not actually be critical for innovating.”
  • “Why the traditional strategy toolkit is more important than ever in the WA economy.”
  • “The emerging importance of industry ecosystems as a basis for value creation.”

Professor Ben Farr-Wharton

Professor Ben Farr-Wharton

Professor of Workforce Strategy

Areas of expertise:

  • Workforce Wellbeing and Productivity
  • Psychosocial Safety & Mental Health Programs at Work
  • Leadership and Management
  • Public sector innovation
  • Flexible and Hybrid Work

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • Flexible Work, Divided Workplaces.”
  • “Skill shortages reshape leadership trajectories.”
  • “'Unlearning' Leadership: modern management lessons from our ancient past.”

Associate Professor Flavio Romero Macau

Associate Professor Flavio Macau

Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management

Areas of expertise:

  • Supply Chain Management and Global Logistics

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “How to prepare your business for Supply Chain Disruptions?”
  • “Supply Chain Challenges: Climate Change, Digitisation, and Social Responsibility.”

Professor Sanjit Roy

Professor Sanjit Roy

Professor of Marketing and Service Science

Areas of expertise:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Marketing
  • Human-Robot Interactions
  • Metaverse and Marketing
  • Customer Experience Management

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • "AI and customer experience management.”
  • “Digital transformation as a strategy.”
  • “AI and the future of work.”
  • “AI's trust problem.”

Professor Steven D'Alessandro

Professor Steve D'Alessandro

Professor of Marketing

Areas of expertise:

  • Consumer behaviour
  • Political Marketing
  • Big Data and Marketing Analytics
  • Human dimensions of cybersecurity

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “Why customers don’t switch even if they are unhappy.”
  • “How marketing can help create positive social change.”

irene de patar

Professor Irene de Pater

Professor of Business Psychology

Areas of expertise:

  • Incivility / rudeness at work
  • Misbehaviour and Bullying
  • Leadership and Leadership development
  • Organisational justice

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “Enough is enough.”
  • “Stop bullying and harassment.”
  • “Addressing workplace rudeness.”

Associate Professor Kate Blackwood

Associate Professor Kate Blackwood

Deputy Director of MARS Centre

Areas of expertise:

  • Healthy work and employee wellbeing
  • Managing psychosocial risks
  • Workplace bullying

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “Designing healthy work programs for the greatest impact.”
  • “Success factors for workplace bullying prevention.”
  • “Building a safety climate for psychosocial risk management in SME’s.”

Dr Naoise McDonagh

Dr Naoise McDonagh

Senior Lecturer

Areas of expertise:

  • Geopolitics and international business
  • International trade and global supply chain governance
  • Economic Sanctions and Business Risk
  • Foreign Direct Investment Screening and National Security

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “Geopolitics in the boardroom: balancing risk and opportunity in a contested world.”
  • “Global supply chains and diversification: implications for international business.”

Dr Mehran Nejati Ajibisheh

Dr Mehran Nejati

Senior Lecturer and member of the ECU Centre for People, Place and Planet

Areas of expertise:

  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Business Sustainability and Responsible Management
  • Ethical Leadership
  • Green Human Resource Management

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “Is your corporate social responsibility commitment authentic? If not, don’t bother!”
  • “Sustainability transformation: Tapping into the power of leadership and green human resource management.”

Dr Judy Lundy

Dr Judy Lundy

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Director

Areas of expertise:

  • Inclusion and diversity
  • Inclusive leadership
  • Workplace wellbeing
  • Workplace Learning

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “Leadership and Management to Foster Inclusive and Innovative Workplaces.”
  • “Towards an inclusive and sustainable future – building diverse, inclusive and equitable workplaces.”

Dr Ashlee Morgan

Dr Ashlee Morgan

Course Coordinator, Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Areas of expertise:

  • Marketing
  • Sponsorship
  • Sport business
  • Diversity and inclusion in sport
  • Environmental and social impact in sport

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • Changing the Game: ESG in the Sport Industry.”
  • “Keeping it Real: The Power of Authentic Marketing.”

Dr Violetta Wilk

Dr Violetta Wilk

Senior Lecturer

Areas of expertise:

  • Online Brand Advocacy
  • User-generated content
  • Big data analysis
  • Social media data analysis
  • Digital marketing
  • Social media marketing

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “The importance of a strong personal brand in being a leader.”
  • “Is generative AI going to replace me?”
  • “Why paid influencer marketing is no longer the ‘in’ thing?”

Dr Fleur Sharafizad

Dr Fleur Sharafizad

Lecturer

Areas of expertise:

  • Gender and Careers
  • Small business
  • Research Methodology

Speaker topic suggestions:

  • “Gender diversity can be a competitive superpower.”

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