2025 BLE PRO

1. Kurt Klein, Professor, University of Lethbridge, Canada.
   Stavroula Malla, Professor, University of Lethbridge, Canada.
   David Forestell, Researcher, University of Lethbridge, Canada.
   Title: Is it Time for Canada to Institute Mandatory Labelling for Genetically Engineered Foods? Assessing the Evidence.
2. Massimo Bianchi, Full Professor (Retired), University of Bologna, Italy.
   Title: Changing the Context of Business Management Theory: Risks and Opportunities.
3. Salvador Sandoval Bravo, Professor, University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
   Title: Environmental Sensitivity and Pollution Taxes.
4. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, Athens Institute.
   Title: The Trump Effect on Globalization: If the First Time was a Farce, Would the Second be a Tragedy?

1. Chux Gervase Iwu, Professor & Chair, Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
   Title: Positioning Entrepreneurship as a Discipline through Engaged Research.
2. Danijela Brecko, Associate Professor, MLC Management and Law College Ljubljana, Slovenia.
   Title: Introduction of Job-Specific Competencies into a Public Sector Organization: A Case Study.
3. Gyula-Laszlo Florian, Assistant Professor, Partium Christian University, Romania.
   Gabriel Dumitru Maghiar, Engineer Economist, Romania.
   Title: Managerial Activities, and Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises After the COVID-19 Global Crisis: A Comprehensive Overview in the European Union, with a Special Focus on Romania.
4. Christiana Kappo-Abidemi, Senior Lecturer, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa.
   Title: Exploration of the Interactions between the Selected Key Performance Areas and Human Capital Development of Academics in South African Universities.

1. Morteza Hashemi, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, UK.
   Title: The Value of ‘Westoxication’ as a Sociological Concept: Retrieving a Decolonial Approach in the Global South.
2. Sabrina Moretti, Associate Professor, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.
   Francesco Sacchetti, Associate Professor, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.
   Title: The Reactions of Social-Health Networks to Catastrophic Events. The Case of the 2016 Earthquake in the Marche Region.
3. Baptiste Lebot, PhD Student, University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France.
   Fenintsoa Andriamasinoro, PhD Supervisor, BRGM, Mineral Resources Division, Environmental and Social Assessment Unit, France.
   Title: Evaluating the Role of Knowledge Co-Production in Addressing Post-Mining Risks.

1. Marzia Coltri, Extraordinary Professor, UNISA, South Africa & GUS Fellow, Lecturer, Arden University, UK.
   Title: Menopause and Perimenopause: Ethics, Rights, Well-being.
2. Ujjwal Kango, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, India.
   Title: The Ethics of Gig Work: An Ethnographic Study of Food Delivery Platforms in India.

1. Mitra Esfandiarei, Professor, Biomedical Sciences Program, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University. Title: The Future of Medical Research in the U.S. and Canada?
2. Jun Qu, Professor and Director, Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. Title: Striking α Balance οf Funding Seeking αnd Conducting Research.
3. Steven M. Oberhelman, Professor (Holder of the George Sumey, Jr., Endowed Professorship), Texas A & M University, USA. Title: Is There a Future for Classics in an Age of Woke Culture?
4. Robert Earle, David W. Wilson Ethics Fellow & Assistant Professor of Instruction, University of Northern Iowa, USA. Title: Academic Freedom and the Right to Learn: Reflections from a US Educator.
5. Joyce Victor, Associate Professor, Wilkes University, USA. Title: Experiential and Distance Learning.

Short Interventions 

1. John Spiridakis, Chair of the Department of Education Specialties and Professor, St. John University, USA.
2. Sonia Salari, Professor, University of Utah, USA.
3. Jan Reid, President, Coast Economic Consulting, USA.

 Discussion

1. Paul OConnor, Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates University, UAE.
   Title: The Disinformation Industry; Expert Knowledge as Normalizing Power.
2. Adalmiro Andrade Pereira, Senior Lecturer, Porto Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration, Portugal.
   Title: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity and its Efficiency in the Cryptocurrency Market.
3. Istvan Peter, PhD Student, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania.
   Title: Student Employment and the Financial Challenges of the School-to-Work Transition: Economic Pressures during the Labor Market Integration.
4. Habib Mahmudov, PhD Student, Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University, Azerbaijan.
   Title: Social Marketing Mechanism Design for Social Problem of Crimes Committed among Children Aged 14-17 in Azerbaijan.

1. Lehte Roots, Professor, Tallinn University, Estonia.
   Title: Instrumentalization of Schengen Borders.
2. Constantine, Katsanis, Professor, École de Technologie Supérieure ÉTS, Canada.
   Title: From Contracts to Collaboration: The Evolution of Legal Frameworks and Relationships in Infrastructure Projects.
3. Bandar Althubyani, Associate Professor, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
   Ibrahim Aljohani, Professor, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
   Title: Public Order as a Factor Influencing on the Enforcement of Arbitral Awards under the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
4. Tanel Kalmet, PhD Student, Lecturer, Tallinn University, Estonia.
   Title: Common Practices of the EU Intellectual Property Network as Soft Law and Beyond.

1. Daniel Kilvington, Reader, Leeds Beckett University, UK.
   Dina Karavaeva, Associate Professor, Russian Academy of Science, Ural Federal University, Russia.
   Title: British Muslims In-Between Identities in Modern UK: Borders, Boundaries, Urban Spaces.
2. Michaela Michalopulos, PhD Candidate, McGill University, Canada.
   Title: Beyond Traditional Crime: Routine Online Activity Theory in the Era of Big Data.
3. Maye Ehab, Researcher, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany.
   Stefanie Heyne, Researcher, University of Mannheim, Germany.
   Title: Understanding the Gender Employment Gap for Syrian Refugees: A Cross-Country Comparison of Lebanon, Turkey, and Germany.

14:00-15:00 Lunch 

13:00-14:30: Student poster section is organized in parallel by the Athens Institute & MLC College in Ljubljana.

1. Dipane Hlalele, Professor & Chair, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
   Title: Geographies of Ethics: A Critical Analysis of Rural Tourism, Community Development, Religion and Education.
2. Robert Earle, David W. Wilson Ethics Fellow & Assistant Professor of Instruction, University of Northern Iowa, USA.
   Title: Against Ignorance: The Normative Ethics Consensus Requiring Our Seeking to Know the Interests of Others.
3. Matthias Huehn, Mary S. Carey Chair in Ethics & CST, Saint Vincent College, USA.
   Title: The Common Good as the Opposite of the Collective Good: Theoretical and Practical Insights from Aristotelian and Thomistic Virtue Ethics.
4. Stavros Prineas, Head of Anaesthetics, Blue Mountains Hospital, Australia.
   Title: I Guess Therefore I Am.
5. Maria Mut Bosque, Senior Lecturer, International University of Catalonia, Spain.
   Title: The Erosion of Informed Consent: Transparency Failures and Vaccine Victims during the COVID-19 Pandemic.