Deborah Dougherty(USA)

• Former Professor and Department Vice Chair, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
• Author, Taking Advantage of Emergence: Productively Innovating in Complex Innovation Systems, Oxford University Press
• Presentation Theme: “Taking Advantage of Emergence for Complex Innovations”

Ulrich Witt (Germany)

• Professor at Griffith Business School, Griffith University(Australia)
• Director of the Evolutionary Economics Group at the Max Planck Institute of Economics
• Honorary Member of the Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics 2006
• Presentation Theme:"Capitalism as a Complex, Adaptive System"

Anil K. Gupta (India)

• Professor, Indian Institute of Management, India
• Founder of Honey Bee Network
• Presentation Theme: “Connecting corporations and communities: Towards a theory of social inclusive open innovation"

Philip Cooke (UK)

• Professor, Bergen University College, Norway
• Editor of European Planning Studies(SSCI)
• Presentation Theme: “A Ground-up “Quaternary” Innovation Strategy for South Korea Using Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Platforms”

Tan Yigitcanlar (Australia)

• Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development
• Presentation Theme: “Sustainable Development of Smart Cities: A Systematic Review of the Literature”

Giovanni Schiuma (Italy)

• Professor at University of Basilicata and Vice Mayor of Matera City, Italy
• The Founder and First Director of the Innovation Insight Hub at University of the Arts London, UK
• Chief-Editor of the Journal “Knowledge Management Research and Practice” and as Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal “Measuring Business Excellence”
• Presentation Theme: “The Business Model Prism: Managing and Innovating Business Models of arts and Cultural Organisation"

Uwe Cantner (Germany)

• Professor, University of Jena, Germany
• Editor of Journal of Evolutionary Economics
• Presentation Theme "Cluster policy: Insights from the German leading edge cluster competition"

Natalja Lace (Latvia)

• Professor, Riga Technical University, Latvia
• Presentation Theme: "Total Factor Productivity and the Features of Economic Growth: the Case of Lithuania and Latvia”

JinHyo Joseph Yun (Korea)

• Tenured Senior Researcher, DGIST
• Hosting Chair of SOItmC& KCWS 2015, Organizing Chair of SOItmC& CSCOM 2016
• President of Society of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity(SOItmC)
• Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity(JOItmC)
• Presentation Theme: "Benefits and Costs of Closed Innovation Strategy: Analysis of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 Explosion and Withdrawal Scandal"