KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  Dr. Julie A. Gedro is Dean of the School of Business, Undergraduate Studies, at Empire State University where she is also a tenured Full Professor. She holds a B.A. in Economics and English from the College of William and Mary; an M.B.A. from Kennesaw State University; and a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)  from the University of Georgia. Julie is certified as a Senior Certified Professional (SCP) by the Society for Human Resource Management. Dr. Gedro awards include the State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities; the Empire State College (now University) Altes Prize for Outstanding Community Service; the Empire State College (now University) Susan H. Turben Award for Excellence in Scholarship, and the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) Laura L. Bierema Award for Excellence in Critical Human Resource Development (HRD). Julie is the author of numerous academic journal articles; the editor of three edited volumes; the Series Editor for the Palgrave Macmillan book series “Explorations in Workplace Stigma” which is a nine-book series on workplace subjects such as religion, autism, workplace ostracism, disability through a Caribbean perspective, and inequalities and identity. Julie is in her 21st year at Empire State University.

Dr. Jorge Martin Diez Zamora is a Professor at Universidad Anáhuac, Puebla, Mexico. He holds a B.S. in Economics from Universidad de las Americas, a Master's Degree in Regional Development from Colegio de Mexico, a Master's Degree in Education from Universidad Anáhuac, and a Ph.D. from Centro de Estudios Superiores en Ciencias Jurídicas y Criminológicas (CESCIJUC). Jorge completed a certificate in cognitive neuroscience and behavioral neurobiology at CESCIJUC. He is a professor of Neuromarketing for the MBA and doctorate programs at Brodward International University, Miami, USA. Dr. Diez's awards include Researcher in Neuroscience Applied to Marketing from IEU University, Mexico, and Excellence in Marketing Career by the Marketing Clan Association, Mexico. He also has honorary positions as President of the Academic Marketing Council of the UPAEP, Mexico, and Member of the business council of TEC Milenio, Mexico. Dr. Diez has published several articles on Marketing, Consumer Research, and Neuroscience applied to marketing and the book Ten Myths of Neuromarketing (2018), Art Graffitti publishing house. He has taught at several universities in Mexico and internationally in Colombia at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana; in Nicaragua at the Universidad Centroamericana and in Spain at the University of Vigo, the University of Murcia, and at ISIE Higher Institute for Business Research.

Dr. Cristian Salazar-Concha is an Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of  Administration of the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences of the Universidad Austral de Chile. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Bio-Bio, a Master's Degree in Information Society Technologies from the School of Industrial Organization, and a PhD in Information Society and Knowledge from the Open University of Catalonia. He has actively participated in various research and environmental outreach projects. Doctoral thesis supervisor internationally and lecturer in America, Europe, and Asia. His research, reflected in JCR articles, covers teleworking, human resource management with ICT, the prevention of psychosocial risks derived from using ICTs, technostress, e-commerce, digital transformation, and xenocentrism and ethnocentrism of the digital consumer. Dr. Salazar-Concha multidisciplinary studies advocate using new technologies to transform labor relations and democratize access to work. Numerous Ibero-American universities and institutions have invited  Dr. Salazar to share his experience through talks and workshops on teleworking and technostress. Together with other researchers, he won the National Innovation Award in the Avonni Patagonia category for developing "DonoSangre", the first application in Chile to motivate blood donation.