2023 LIB PRO

1. Yi-Hsuan Gloria Lo, Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
   Michelle Meng-Ding Liu, PhD Student, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
   Title: Crossing the Boundary between an EFL. Multiliteracies Classroom and the Industry: The Perspective of Academic versus the Industry.
2. Ester Ulloa-Unanue, Professor, Cadiz University, Spain.
   Sofia Perez de Guzman-Padron, Associate Professor, Cadiz University, Spain.
   Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio, Professor, Cadiz University, Spain.
   Title: The Platform Economy: Innovative Strategies from A Traditional Trade Union.
3. Julian Arevalo, Senior Fellow, University of Basel, Switzerland.
   Title: Uncertain Readiness: Process Design and Complexity Reduction in Peace Negotiations.

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1. Peter Koveos, Professor, Syracuse University, USA.
   Title: Chinese Enterprises in Africa.
2. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER.
   Title: Variations of Self-Employed in the Eurozone Countries: The Role of Corruption and Wage Rate Growth.
3. Anastasios Elemes, Associate Professor, ESSEC Business School, France.
   Travis Chow, Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, China.
   Kenneth Klassen, Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada.
   Title: Audit-Firm Cross-Border Integration and Client-Firm Tax-Motivated Income Shifting: Evidence from PwC Europe.

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1. Rahşan Inal, Assistant Professor, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Turkey.
   Title: Sport as a Field of Struggle.
2. Lefose Makgahlelam, Associate Professor, University of Limpopo, South Africa.
   Title: The Use of Electronic Information Resources by Postgraduate Students at the University of Limpopo.
3. Koketso Manamela, Lecturer, University of South Africa, South Africa.
   Title: Bibliometric Analysis of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Literature Related to Libraries: 2013-2021.

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1. Veselin Vasilev, Assistant Professor, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
   Nikolay Boyadjiev, Professor, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
   Katerina Georgieva, Professor, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
   Title: Effects of Ostarine and Training on Some Metabolic Indices.
2. Chanté Johannes, PhD Candidate, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
   Lloyd L. Leach, Professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
   Nicolette V. Roman, Professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
   Simone Titus, Professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
   Sunday Onagbiye, Professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
   Title: The Relationship between Psychosocial Factors and Physical Activity among Undergraduate University Students.
3. Marsa Daniel, Teaching Associate, University of Washington, USA.
   Title: Honoring the Biopsychosocial Needs of Female Athlete and Teams: How the University of Washington’s IAL Program is Preparing Coaches to Best Support Female Athletes.

Discussion

1. Yunus Emre Ozigci, Deputy Head, Embassy of Turkey in Nairobi, Turkiye.
   Title: Ontological and Temporal Complications of the Social Sciences’ Approach to the Intersubjectivity: The Example of the Constructivism in the IR Field.
2. Arya Rachel Thomas, PhD Student, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.
   Umakant Dash, Director, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), India.
   Santosh Kumar Sahu, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.
   Title: Illnesses and Hardship Financing in India: An Evaluation of Inpatient and Outpatient Cases, 2014-18.
3. Saladdin Ahmed, Visiting Professor, Union College, Schenectady, USA.
   Title: Auracide: A New Concept for Critical Analysis of Social Space.
4. Yan Ma, Professor, University of Rhode Island, USA.
   Title: Visual Literacy Research Spectrum: Paradigm Expansion for the Field of Information.

Discussion

1. Helene Jeannin, Researcher Sociologist, Orange Innovation, France.
   Title: The Emergence and Spread of the AI for Good Movement.
2. Ali Abusalem, Director, Center for Higher Education Futures (CHEF), ATINER & Course Coordinator, Kent Institute Australia & External Member of Academic Board, Elite Education Institute, Australia.
3. Lorraine Bennett, Deputy Director, Center for Higher Education Futures (CHEF), ATINER &Managing Director, Lorraine Bennett Learning and Teaching Consultancy, Australia.

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1. Chin-chi Chao, Associate Professor, National Chengchi University, Taiwan.
   Title: How Pre-serve Teachers Understand and Design Social Media TESOL Practice: An Exploratory Study on Emerging Language Teacher Identities in Social Media.
2. Adam Pitluk, Assistant Professor, Coastal Carolina University, USA.
   Title: Learning Lifestyle Coverage: An Examination of What Magazine Journalism Tenets are Taught to Contemporary Journalism Students.
3. Malika Knissarina, Researcher, West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University, Kazakhstan.
   Aigerim Baikulova, Associate Professor, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan.
   Aigul Syzdykbayeva, Associate Professor, Kazakh National Teacher Trainig University, Kazakhstan.
   Gulmira Zhumaliyeva, Senior Lecturer, NJSC “West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University, Kazakhstan.
   Title: Social Networks, Media Resources in the System of Increasing Social Responsibility among Students.
4. Ling Li, PhD Student, University of Erfurt, Germany.
   Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Fellow, University of Erfurt, Germany.
   Title: Cultural Governance in China: The Case of Education.

Discussion

1. LaVerne Seales, Associate Professor, California Lutheran University, USA.
   Title: From Latin America to the United States: An Autoethnographic Study.
2. Sofia Perez de Guzman, Associate Professor, Cadiz University, Spain.
   Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio, Professor, Cadiz University, Spain.
   Ester Ulloa-Unanue, Professor, Cadiz University, Spain.
   Title: The Long and Conflictive Path towards the Promulgation of the Spanish “Rider Law”. An Example of Institutional Experimentation in the Regulation of Work in the Platform Economy.
3. Georgios Lampropoulos, Core Faculty, The Michigan School of Psychology, USA.
   Title: “Blue Spaces” and Mental Health: An Interdisciplinary Review of the Literature and A Research Agenda for Psychology.

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1. Joseph Dolphin, PhD Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology, India.
   Title: How Does Machine Intelligence (AI, ML, XR) Affect the S-D Logic–Informed Customer Engagement Foundational Processes, and Customer Engagement: Insights from Review of Academic Literature and Marketplace Innovations & Technology Trends.
2. Jorge Cerdeira, Assistant Professor, University of Porto, Portugal.
   Title: Too Much of a Good Thing? The Concave Impact of Corruption on Firm Performance.
3. Warveni Jap, Assitant Professor, Thompson Rivers University, Canada.
   Title: Transformative Impacts on China’s Country Branding through Major- and Mega-Events Co-Branding.
4. Simona Stan, Professor, University of Montana, USA.
   Carmen Barb, Lecturer, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania.
   Title: Local Branding: Effects of Conditions and Congruence among Local Identity Levels.
5. Maria Kalyvaki, Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University, USA.
   Title: A Study on Crisis Communication in the Food Industry and its Impact on Marketing.
6. Richard Christy, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
   Title: Political Change and 21^st Century Governance: Monarchies and Republics and the Unraveling of Civility.

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1. Mahya Kasaeian, Master Student, University of Applied Management Studies, Mannheim, Germany.
   Hans Rüdiger Kaufmann, Professor, University of Applied Management Studies, Mannheim, Germany.
   Title: The Impact of the Metaverse on Iranian Smes’ Brand Identity.
2. Carla Sequeira, Researcher, University of Porto, Portugal.
   Title: The Noble & Murat Brand, from Exporter to Port Wine Producer.
3. Peter Baur, Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
   Title: Using A Mentoring Program to Assist Practitioners within the Visual and Performing Arts to Facilitate Small Business Development within South Africa.
4. Deborah Helman, Professor, DeVry University, USA.
   Title: F1, Ted Lasso and All That…
5. Michael Gendron, Professor, Central Connecticut State University, USA.
   Abdullah Oguz, Assistant Professor Central Connecticut State University, USA.
   Jeffery Peck, Adjunct Lecturer, Central Connecticut State University, USA.
   Title: The True Value of Blockchain.

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