IEMC 2007 17th International Engineering Management Conference


Monday July 30, 2007
8:30am-10:00am
Opening Keynote: Gerhard Fischer "Meta-Design and Social Creativity"
10:30am – 12:30pm
Drucker Panel

Peter Drucker Leadership Panel -

Gus Gaynor, Steve Teleki, Mary Reidy

Management Challenges

Creativity mechanism, knowledge management capacity, and innovation performance
Ya-Ching Yeh, ROC

The CIO as Innovator:Managing the Creative-Desctructive Agency of Technology
Andres Fortino USA

Model of Technology Foresight: An innovative Approach
Karin Loeffler, Switzerland

Relational capital, causal ambiguity, and knowledge transfer performance
Chung-Jen Chen

Towards Understanding the Impact of Crisis Environments on the Distributed Cognition of Multidisciplinary Crisis Control Center Teams
Christopher J. West, USA

Why did California Electricity Crisis Occur?
T. Sueyoshi USA

Innovation Panel

Innovation and Creativity Panel

Gerald Wagner, Laura Kilcrease, Jim Swartz

1:30pm – 2:30pm
Plenary Panel

Vision to Reality: Creating a Technology Center, a Panel Discussion Led by
Pike Powers, with Ben Streetman, Eliza Evans, Milton Holloway, and Phil Wilson, Texas Secretary of State

 

2:30pm – 3:30pm
Technical Management Council Panel

How Does the Engineering Management Society's Transition to the Technology Management Council Affect You?

Gerhard H. (Gus) Gaynor, Tariq Durrani, Charles Rubenstein, Louis Luceri

Creative Management

Philosophical Profile of the Individual
Ipek Bozkurt, USA

Communicating with "The Others"
Dr. Kathleen M. Wilburn, USA

Ancient Wisdom for Engineering Managers: Drucker and Judeo-Christian Concepts for Managing Creativity
Albert W. Small, USA

You’re Dilbert’s New Boss – Overview of Engineering Management Issues
Robert Bishop, USA

Successful Change

Systematic approach to superior innovation structures
Deplazes Wolfgang

Creating Change and Developing Large-scale Organisations
Tariq Durrani, Scotland

The positive influence of knowledge networking on the performance of organizations coping with major changes
Michael Heiss, Austria

The Adaptation and Adaptability Evaluation of the Enterprise System
Chun-ping Huang, China

4:00pm – 6:00pm
Publishing Technology Research Panel

How to Publish Research on Technology, Innovation and Engineering Management: Perspectives of the Editors of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Tools for Change

Project Management Maturity Models: Towards Best Practices for Virtual Teams
Martin Pazderka, Austria

Systems Engineering Process Standardization and Cultural Diversity
Tim Ferris, Australia

Growth and Management Systems Complexity: Applying the Dunbar Hypothesis to High Growth Organizations
Patrick Cassidy, USA

Access Granted: The Imperative of Innovation and Standardization in Information Security
Divakaran Liginlal, USA
Lara Khansa, USA

Holistic Project Management – A new Approach for Managed Services
Thomas Frisanco, Germany

Growth

Firm’s Growth Through Resources’ Re-allocation
António S. C. Fernandes, Portugal

Game Analysis of Bidding with Base Price in Construction Projects
LONG Zi-quan, China

Technology and Competence alignment to the Roadmap
Mihir Gokhale, USA

Applying TOC Replenishment method to Improve TFT-LCD Production Performance
Sheng-Hung Chang, ROC

An Empirical Investigation of Procurement System Selection: A Transaction Cost Explanation
Chen-Yu Chang, UK

6:00pm – 7:00pm
Exhibitor Hospitality Reception