NAC24: NACLICS CONFERENCE 2024
PROGRAM

Days: Sunday, June 16th Monday, June 17th Tuesday, June 18th Wednesday, June 19th Thursday, June 20th Friday, June 21st Saturday, June 22nd

Sunday, June 16th

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13:45-15:30 Session 1: Academy: Campus Tour

PhD Academy Campus Tour

Location: Tour departs from the Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Time: 13:45-15:30

Description: PhD participants will visit different buildings of Saint Mary’s University campus.

Tour Guide: Raghvi Gambhir

Location: SH211
15:45-17:15 Academy: Welcome Reception

Welcome Reception

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Time: 15:45-17:15

MC: Thomas Woodson, Stony Brook University

Welcome Words:

  • Adam Sarty, Dean of FGSR
  • Ashraf Al Zaman, PhD Coordinator
  • Claudia De Fuentes, SMU & NACLICS Local Organizer
  • Susan Cozzens, Georgia Tech
  • Jahan Peerally, HEC Montreal
  • Alejandra Rosales Soto, CETYS
Location: SH211
17:15-20:00 Session 2: Academy: Reception Dinner and Networking

Reception networking followed by the welcome remarks.

Location: SH211
Monday, June 17th

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09:00-10:30 Session 3: PhD Academy Opening Lecture: Knowledge to Policy: Beyond Linear Models

PhD Academy Opening Lecture: Knowledge to Policy: Beyond Linear Models

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/87535016728

Zoom ID: 875 3501 6728

Time: 9:00-10:30

Panelists:

  • Gabriela Dutrénit, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
  • Susan Cozzens, Georgia Tech
  • Carlos Freire, MacEwan University

Moderator: Claudia De Fuentes, SMU

The opening lecture will elaborate on the global challenges in the new millennium, and the need to address them through the development of science and technology. The lecture will address that innovation should be a continuous and deliberate process. In addition, the lecture will elaborate on the concept of national systems of innovation, focusing on production, transfer and use of economically useful knowledge. The panel will address the discussion on how ideas and findings from innovation studies get used in the world of science, technology, and innovation policy, and how these analytical frameworks of STI policies fit the conditions of specific contexts.

11:00-12:30 Session 4: Professional Development Workshop: Excelling in Literature Reviews

Professional Development Workshop: Excelling in Literature Reviews

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/87535016728

Meeting ID: 875 3501 6728

Time: 11:00-12:30

Speaker: Guy Paré, HEC Montreal

Dr. Guy Paré will share best practices in conducting literature reviews and cover different types of literature reviews.

13:45-15:15 Session 5: Panel Session: Innovation Policy and Sustainable Transitions

Panel Session: Innovation Policy and Sustainable Transitions

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/88540623597

Meeting ID: 885 4062 3597

Time: 13:45 - 15:15

Panelists:

  • Will Gibbons, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
  • Fernando Santiago, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
  • Clovis Freire, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  • Rafaelle Trapasso, OECD
  • Domonic Aquina, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

Moderator: Sarah Feng, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

The panel will address the key theme of developing innovation policy to address sustainable transitions and will address key questions from PhD students. 

15:45-17:15 Session 6: Academy: Hackathon -- teamwork and objective

Hackathon: Innovation for Sustainable Development

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/89697458447

Meeting ID: 896 9745 8447

Time: 15:45-17:15

Moderators: Sandra Schillo, University of Ottawa; Claudia De Fuentes, SMU

In this first session of the Hackathon, we will conduct teambuilding activities and provide the details of the guidelines, and work with your mentors.

Tuesday, June 18th

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09:00-10:30 Session 7: Professional Development Workshop: New Technologies to Advance Literature Reviews

Professional Development Workshop: New Technologies to Advance Literature Reviews

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/84896164427

Meeting ID: 848 9616 4427

Time: 9:00-12:30

Speaker: Wendy Carroll, Saint Mary’s University

In this session Dr. Wendy Carroll will share advanced frameworks and techniques to advance literature reviews. 

11:00-12:30 Session 8: Professional Development Workshop: New Technologies to Advance Literature Reviews (continues)

Professional Development Workshop: New Technologies to Advance Literature Reviews

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/84896164427

Meeting ID: 848 9616 4427

Time: 9:00-12:30

Speaker: Wendy Carroll, Saint Mary’s University

In this session Dr. Wendy Carroll will share advanced frameworks and techniques to advance literature reviews. 

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13:45-15:15 Session 9: Panel Session: Partnership for Innovation and Sustainable Development

Panel Session: Partnership for Innovation and Sustainable Development

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/84896164427

Meeting ID: 848 9616 4427

Time: 13:45 - 15:15

Panelists:

  • Allan Gray, Port of Halifax
  • Eric Siegel, Ocean Frontier Institute
  • Doug Jones, Ignite
  • John MacQuarrie, Cavendish Farms

Moderator: Tatevik Poghosyan

The panelists will elaborate on the importance of building partnerships between industry, government, and academia to address current local and global challenges. The session will allow connecting with PhD students and addressing their specific questions.   

15:45-17:15 Session 10: Academy: Hackathon

Hackathon: Innovation for Sustainable Development

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/89697458447

Meeting ID: 896 9745 8447

Time: 15:45-17:15

Breakout rooms and online. Groupwork and connecting with mentors.

Wednesday, June 19th

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09:00-10:30 Session 11: Academy: Professional Development Workshop, Career path

Professional Development Workshop: Career Path

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/8309586082

Meeting ID: 830 958 6082

Time: 9:00-10:30

Panelists:

  • Sandra Schillo, University of Ottawa
  • Jahan Peerally, HEC
  • Jennifer McGill, Pier Labs
  • Bryan Daniel, Pier Labs

Moderator: Jahan Peerally

The panelists will share their experiences through their career journeys and engage with the participants addressing various topics, including recruitment pathways in different contexts, impact and collaborators, role of science and society, turning points and decision points, and skillsets.

11:00-12:30 Session 12: Academy: Paper presentations and feedback -- parallel sessions

PhD Academy Paper Presentations

Time: 11:00-12:30

 

Session 1

Location: SH212B (Main 1)

Presenters:

  • Aparajit Sridharan: "Do Good Boys Perish or Prevail? CSR Idiosyncrasy and Corporate Survival"
  • Skye Shu: "Middle-Age Crisis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? Investigating the Influence of Development Stages and CSR Strategies"

Discussants: David Wicks, SMU; Feng Liu, SMU

 

Session 2

Location: SH211E

Presenters:

  • Esnaina Quader: "A Comparative Analysis of Multinational Enterprises' Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals through Public-Private Partnerships in Developing and Developed Countries"
  • James Pérez-Morón: "Microfranchises as an Inclusive Business Model at the Bottom of the Pyramid in Post-Conflict Zones"

Discussants: Jahan Ara Peerally, HEC Montreal; Ramesh Venkat, SMU

 

Session 3

Location: SH211B (Incubator Space)

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/88066261271

Meeting ID: 880 6626 1271

Presenters:

  • Brian Halubanza: "Innovative AI and IoT-Based Strategies for Locust Management in Zambia: A Sustainable Approach to Ensuring Food Security"
  • Fabrice Bitoto Ewolo: "Contribution of Alternative Financing Sources to Africa's Sustainable Development: Does Financial Innovation Matter?"

Discussants: Alejandra Rosales Soto, CETYS; Jason Rhinelander, SMU

 

Session 4

Location: SH211E

Presenters:

  • Diana Montserrath: "Design of a Knowledge Mobilization Model to Understand the Problem of Diabetes in Mexico"
  • Jin Saebom: "Breaking the Vicious Cycle: How Vulnerable Cities Can Develop Smart and Sustainable with Adaptation Planning"

Discussants: Sandra Schillo, University of Ottawa; Tony Charles, SMU; Kent Williams, Acadia University

 

Session 5

Location: SH213H (Studio Office)

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/85430501365

Meeting ID: 854 3050 1365

Presenters:

  • Priyanka Sharma: "Indigenous Technology, Innovation and Inclusive Development: A Study of the Silk Reeling Sector of Jammu and Kashmir"
  • Diana Peprah: "Building Trust and Legitimacy in Health Information Systems: A Case of Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRs) in Ghana"
  • Rachidi Aboudou: "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Livelihood of Smallholder Rice Farmers in Developing Countries: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa"

Discussants: Louise Earl, SMU and University of Ottawa; Claudia De Fuentes, SMU; Carlos Freire, MacEwan University

Session 6

Location: SH209 (Video Conference Room)

Presenters:

  • Juan Torrente: "Organizational Mattering and its Mediating Effect between Leadership and Cooperation for Sustainable Development in Regional Innovation Systems"
  • Joseph Jung: "Impact of Government Support on Clean Technology Innovation in Canada: In-House vs. Outsourced R&D Expenditures for Low-Carbon Economy Transition"

Discussants: Susan Cozzens, Georgia Tech; Chantal Hervieux, SMU; Thomas Woodson, Stony Brook University

 

Session 7

Location: SH212A (Main II)

Presenters:

  • Fariba Seyedjafarrangraz: "Unveiling Regulatory Dynamics in Digital Banking: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Evolution and Adaptation"
  • Arzu Ulusoy Shipstone: "The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Innovation Policy"
  • Ricardo Jáquez Cortés: "Factors of the Technology Transfer Process Involved in the Digitalization of Tourism SMEs: A Case Study of a Boutique Hotel in Mexico"

Discussants: Tatevik Poghosyan, TBS; Ashraf Al Zaman, SMU; Annika Voltan, IONS

13:45-15:15 Session 13A: Academy: Hackathon

Hackathon

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Time: 13:00-17:00

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/89697458447

Meeting ID: 896 9745 8447

Breakout rooms and online group work with mentors.

15:45-17:15 Session 14: Conference Opening Keynote: Innovation and Sustainable Development

Conference Opening Keynote: Innovation and Sustainable Development

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/84625115418

Meeting ID: 846 2511 5418

Time: 15:45 - 17:15

Keynote Speaker: Cristina Chaminade, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV)

Moderator: Susan Cozzens, Georgia Tech

Cristina Chaminade´s keynote revolves around the interaction between innovation and sustainable development, particularly looking at the issues of directionality, agency, scale and speed of change of sustainability transformations. The presentation is structured around 4 key questions:

  1. Why shall we discuss innovation and radical sustainability transformations?  
  2. What are the implications for innovation studies of adopting weak or strong sustainability as a goal? that is he issue of directionality 
  3. How can system innovation be enacted and accelerated? that is, issues of the speed of change and agency, and last
  4. So what? That is, how relating innovation to biodiversity loss and climate change can open a new and extremely fruitful research agenda for innovation studies. 

The presentation is based on the recent work of Cristina Chaminade, which can be found here: 

  • On the directionality of innovation and transformations- https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20200007.
  • On the speed of transformations- https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114621
  • On scaling innovations (in conservation)- https://unearthodox.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Unearthodox-Scaling-Conservation-Innovation.pdf
15:45
Innovation and Sustainable Development
Thursday, June 20th

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09:00-10:30 Session 15: Plenary Panel: Beyond Endless Frontiers -- Rethinking the Social Contract for Science and Innovation

Plenary Session: Beyond Endless Frontiers: Rethinking the Social Contract for Science and Innovation

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/89925255622

Meeting ID: 899 2525 5622

Time: 9:00-10:30

Panelists:

  • Jeff Kinder, Council of Canadian Academies
  • Rhonda Moore, Institute on Governance
  • Sandra Schillo, University of Ottawa
  • Kent Williams, Acadia University

Moderator: Susan Cozzens, Georgia Tech

At the core of today’s science system is an implicit social contract between science and society: society, through government, provides public funds and a high degree of autonomy to the scientific community in return for the considerable but unpredictable benefits that science can provide society in terms of innovation, economic prosperity, and solutions to global challenges. This social contract for science and innovation is under strain. With the decline of trust, there are worrying signs of a public unsure about the value and authority of science in their everyday lives. There is a growing disconnect between what the public increasingly sees as unapproachable, elitist institutions and what scientists see as a lack of public appreciation for the modes and merit of their work. At the same time, there have been major developments in the processes of science and innovation and their intersections with public policy, communities, and communications. In this period of significant social, economic and environmental stresses, the need for science and innovation to be central to society's response is even greater. It is imperative that we rethink the postwar social contract (perhaps including finding a new framing metaphor) and develop a renewed and strengthened relationship appropriate to the challenges and opportunities of this era. This session will elaborate on the important role of science and innovation to address complex social, economic, and environmental challenges. 

09:00
Beyond Endless Frontiers: Rethinking the Social Contract for Science and Innovation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jeff Kinder
11:00-12:30 Session 16A: Innovation Policies in Action

Session 16A: Innovation Policies in Action

Location: LA281

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/83304153900?pwd=BpxEibs5iA9w6hbSMaI5hyGqhNOQH6.1&from=addon

Meeting ID: 833 0415 3900

Passcode: 910921

Location: LA281
11:00
Impact assessment of innovation policy: A review of the literature of approaches and methods (abstract)
11:20
The differential impact of BIGS programs on beneficiary enterprises’ R&D spending (abstract)
PRESENTER: Syeda Batool
11:40
Impact assessment of the Business Innovation and Growth Support (BIGS) programs on firm performance in Canada using the CDM model (abstract)
12:00
Decent work in the automotive industry: the case of BMW in San Luis Potosi (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 16B: Innovation Systems in Economic Development

Session 16B: Innovation Systems in Economic Development

Location: LA282

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/82633924916

Meeting ID: 826 3392 4916

Location: LA282
11:00
Building regional innovation ecosystems in remote regions: The case of Atlantic Canada (abstract)
PRESENTER: E. Louise Earl
11:20
Makers as Agents of Responsible Production: A Systemic Exploration in Community Economic Development for Atlantic Canada (abstract)
11:40
The Effect of Pro-competitive Reforms on Labour Share of Firms’ Value Added: Evidence from Korean Chaebols (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 16C: Who Directs Development?

Session 16C: Who Directs Development?

Location: SH212B

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/82178225752

Meeting ID: 821 7822 5752

Location: SH212B
11:00
The Belt and Road Initiative: A cross-border ‘political innovation system’ for economic development (abstract)
11:20
A Co-created Model for Self-determined Development Objectives in Indigenous Communities (abstract)
PRESENTER: Girendra Persaud
11:40
Gendered Agglomeration and Innovation Dynamics. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Samson Aklobo
12:00
Interest, motivation and self-efficacy towards the SDGs: a view from the psychology of sustainability in entrepreneurs of the regional innovation system of Tolima, Colombia (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 16D: Enabling Seeds for Thriving Futures

Session 16D: Enabling Seeds for Thriving Futures

Location: SH212A

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/82023628370?pwd=RzdtKpPs8WaKo0alJX5WGkHTjv5O2A.1

Meeting ID: 820 2362 8370

Passcode: 254221

Location: SH212A
11:00
Enabling Seeds for Thriving Futures: A Community Approach Using the SDGs Case Study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kent Williams
13:00-17:00 Session 17A: Experiential Learning Tour 1: Digital transitions - Volta and Pier Labs

Experiential learning tours

Location: All tours depart from the Entrepreneurship Centre

Tour 1. Digital transitions. Volta and Pier Labs

Volta:

Volta is one of Canada’s leading startup hubs, located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. We are focused on early-stage tech founders and their teams in Atlantic Canada.At Volta, we are dedicated to helping startups in Atlantic Canada take the risks needed to build incredibly valuable companies. We believe that every startup has the potential to make a positive impact on the world, and our mission is to help them drastically improve their odds of doing just that. We provide a range of services to our resident startups, including access to experienced advisors, a comprehensive performance framework, and a suite of tools and resources to help them grow their businesses.

Contact Amy Conrad - Senior Events Manager; amy@voltaeffect.com  (902) 702-0194 ext: 112

 

Pier Labs:

Pier Labs offices in Halifax, Toronto, and PEI, our team has extensive expertise in mixed methods research, behavioural science, wellbeing science, implementation science, evidence syntheses, service design, and evaluation. We are diverse, skilled, and have a proven ability to connect and foster partnerships across sectors to solve problems creatively and collaboratively. 

Our experience as mission-driven researchers and knowledge of the social policy uniquely positions Pier Labs to understand the challenges ahead and effectively work through them with our partners and collaborators to test and learn what interventions work and don’t work in the real-world setting. For more context about our impact, please refer to Pier Labs' Impact Report.

Pier Labs invites the NACLICS attendees to an Experiential Learning Tour where you will experience our open and vibrant space in the historic Alexander Keith’s Brewery Market. During the tour you will learn more about our organization, meet our research team, learn about our research projects, all while enjoying a refreshment and light snack as we engage in discussion.

Contact: Jennifer McGill; jennifer.mcgill@pierlabs.c

13:00-17:00 Session 17B: Experiential Learning Tour 2 : Ocean Innovation - Cove

Experiential Learning Tour 2 - Ocean Innovation

Location: All tours depart from the Entrepreneurship Centre

Cove:

COVE is home to a community of marine tech companies who are creating the world’s next practical, commercial and revolutionary marine tech advances. It is the only place that has everything a marine tech company needs to grow—wharves, machine shops, in-water labs, co-working space, programming, and access to talent. COVE’s location, partnerships, and community make it the best place in the world to bring marine research, business, and technology together.  

 

Contact: Anna Hart - Client Experience Associate 

COVE | 27 Parker Street | Dartmouth, NS | B2Y 4T5 | Canada  

902-403-8997anna.hart@coveocean.com  

13:00-17:00 Session 17C: Experiential Learning Tour 3 : Agricultural Transitions - Annapolis Valley

Experiential Learning Tour 3 : Agricultural Transitions - Annapolis Valley

Location: All tours depart from the Entrepreneurship Centre

Lightfoot and Wolfville

Lightfoot & Wolfville is owned and operated by the Lightfoot family who have been farming in the Annapolis Valley for eight generations. Originating in Northern England, the Lightfoot name referred to the swift-footedness of our forebears who traditionally worked as messengers. At Lightfoot & Wolfville we like to think we bring a light touch and enlightened approach to both the agricultural and artisanal parts of our work – working in harmony with nature and letting the land offer up its innate best, without subjecting it to aggressive inputs.

Tour itinerary:

2:00 PM - Guest arrival - guided to Barrel Cellar for seated welcome, introduction and first two tastings

2:30 PM - Guided Tour of Vineyard & Livestock Pastures with Interactive Biodynamic Preparation Display & Third Tasting

3:15 PM - Guests able to Explore Property / Visit Tasting Room at their leisure

4:00 PM - Guest Departure

 

Contact: Kori Lightfoot - Events Management Team

Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards  -  P.O. Box 2406 Wolfville, NS B4P 2S3

Phone 1-902-542-7774    Fax 1-902.542.7776

www.lightfootandwolfville.com 

17:00-20:00 Reception at Pier HFX, exact time TBD

Conference Reception

Location: The PIER, 1209 Marginal Road, Halifax, NS, B3H 4P8

Time: 17:00-19:00

Contact: (902) 334-3447

MC: Thomas Woodson

Welcome Words:

  • Captain Allan Gray, Halifax Port Authority
  • David Thomas, PIER
  • Claudia De Fuentes, SMU
  • Susan Cozzens, Georgia Tech
Friday, June 21st

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09:00-10:30 Session 18: Plenary Panel: Global Value Chains and Green Windows of Opportunity

Plenary Panel: Global Value Chains and Green Windows of Opportunity

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre SH211

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/88374280669

Meeting ID: 883 7428 0669

Time: 9:00-10:30

Panelists:

  • Roberta Rabellotti, University of Pavia
  • Tommaso Ferretti, University of Ottawa
  • Jahan Peerally, HEC Montreal

Moderator: Alejandra Rosales Soto, CETYS Mexico

Green Windows of Opportunity in latecomer countries – Roberta Rabellotti

The green transformation has profound implications for the global economy and, hence, for the prospects for latecomer development. In my presentation I will introduce the Green Windows of Opportunity framework to investigate whether the green economy offers new opportunities for latecomer development. How latecomer countries can exploit these opportunities differ across cases. I will focus on sectoral systems and, particularly, on (a) preconditions allowing exploitation of these opportunities, and (b) strategic responses of public and private actors in this respect, identifying four different scenarios: (1) effective opportunity exploitation; (2) missed opportunities; (3) active approach; and (4) distant opportunities. I will conclude by assessing the options for policy to support developing countries in their efforts to encourage green development strategies, focusing on both the provision and augmentation of opportunities and construction of the requisite sectoral production and innovation systems.

09:00
Global Value Chains and Green Windows of Opportunity
11:00-12:30 Session 19A: Accelerating Climate Transformation

Session 19A: Accelerating Climate Transformation

Location: SH212B

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/89782261812

Meeting ID: 897 8226 1812

Location: SH212B
11:00
Sustainability transformations and the transformative capacity of nation-states: implications for innovation policy (abstract)
11:20
Innovative Technologies for the sustainability of Water Management - a primary resource to sustainable development within our developing and small island developing(SID) economies (abstract)
11:40
Climate Action Now ! An initiative to scale and accelerate climate action across the food system (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sandra Schillo
12:00
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Alleviate Food Insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa: is there a need for more innovation? (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 19B: Digital Transformation

Session 19B: Digital Transformation

Location: LA282

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/83304153900?pwd=BpxEibs5iA9w6hbSMaI5hyGqhNOQH6.1&from=addon

Meeting ID: 833 0415 3900

Passcode: 910921

 

Location: LA282
11:00
Unveiling Regulatory Dynamics in Digital Banking: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Evolution and Adaptation (abstract)
11:20
The relationship between digitalisation and innovation for SIDS: Evidence from the Caribbean (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tracey Broome
11:40
Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Embracing global Knowledge exchange (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 19C: Horizontal Review of Business Innovation and Clean Technology Programs

Session 19C: Horizontal Review of Business Innovation and Clean Technology Programs

Location: LA281

Online Link: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/87982205950

Meeting ID: 879 8220 5950

Location: LA281
11:00
Horizontal Review of Business Innovation and Clean Technology Programs (abstract)
13:45-15:15 Session 20A: Workshop: Social Network Analysis

Workshop: Social Network Analysis

Time: 13:45-15:15

Location: Room SH212 (Main I)

Instructor: Tatevik Poghosyan, TBS

Social network perspectives highlight the interconnectedness among individuals within social systems, viewing the social landscape as comprised of patterns or recurring connections. These perspectives emphasize the influence of relationships on the behavior and outcomes of those within networks. Social network analysis (SNA) serves as the methodology for examining and quantifying these social structures and the relationships between individuals. This course predominantly concentrates on SNA techniques and their practical implementation in real-world scenarios. Furthermore, the course will offer illustrations of relevant networks for economic and social policy analysis.

13:45-15:15 Session 20B: Workshop: Analytics Business Intelligence

Workshop: Analytics Business Intelligence

Location: Room LA281

Time: 13:45-15:15

Instructors: Ethan Pancer, Matthew Boland, Michael Zhang, SMU

This presentation will provide a comprehensive introduction to the field of analytics, focusing on its fundamental concepts, methodologies, and applications. The session will cover key topics that illustrate the importance and utility of data-driven decision-making in various domains. Most recent AI tools will be discussed.

Correlation does not mean causation. Much theory in business school academia suggests that X causes Y. Understanding causal inference and research designs that support causal claims is critical in many areas of research. Generally, large data and advanced machine learning do not fix poor research designs and remedy the inability of these designs to support theory. 

13:45-15:15 Session 20C: Workshop: Data Analytics and Machine Learning Using Python

Workshop: Data Analytics and Machine Learning Using Python

Location: Room LA282

Time: 13:45-15:15

Instructor: Jason Rhinelander, SMU

Participants in the workshop will learn the fundamentals of Python programming, machine learning in Python (classification, regression, anomaly detection and clustering). Python programming experience is not required. Python installation instructions will be provided ahead of time.

13:45-15:15 Session 20D: Doing Video-based Research

Workshop: Doing Video-based Research 

Location: Room SH209

Time: 13:45-15:15

Instructor: Feng Liu, SMU

Dr. Liu will first present a brief overview of the current state of the field, including different approaches for using video methods to study organizations and their underlying assumptions about the nature of human behavior. She will then introduce how she uses video methods to study top management team strategizing in meetings. Finally, she will engage participants in an exploration of potential applications of video methods within their own research endeavors

15:45-17:15 Session 21: Academy: Professional Development Workshop, Pitch with Power

PhD Academy Professional Development Workshop: Pitch with Power

Location: Entrepreneurship Centre (SH212B)

Time: 15:45-17:15

Instructor: Jason Turner, SMU

Jason Turner will share some best practices to deliver award winning presentations. 

Saturday, June 22nd

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09:00-10:30 Session 22: Academy: Hackathon Presentations

Hackathon Presentations

Location: The PIER, 1209 Marginal Road, Halifax, NS, B3H 4P8

Time: 9:00-12:30

MC: Thomas Woodson, Stony Brook University

13:45-14:00 Session 24: Academy: Closing ceremony

Closing Ceremony

Location: The PIER

Time: 13:45-14:00