Synopsis
This timely peer refereed conference will cover subjects related to innovation, technology, enterprise and entrepreneurship and their integration. It is jointly organised by ASU and LSBU.
The complex challenges of the 21st century require complex solutions. This indicates a need to provide an inter-disciplinary forum where the most serious problems affecting current and future opportunities in the areas of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship can be discussed. The ICITEE conference will provide a common forum for researchers and practitioners specialising in a range of subjects related to the conference themes to present their ideas, best practices, and research findings.
The International Conference has the following objectives:
- To provide a forum for international researchers and practitioners to discuss, share and exchange their latest research findings in the areas of the conference.
- To develop and promote a network of like-minded people who are passionate about the future of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship and its sustainability.
- To empower GCC and other oil dependent economy countries by providing them with research findings that help decision makers cope with difficult economic conditions.
Topics will cover the widest range of relevant areas, including the following:
- Role of universities in promoting innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship
- Supporting the growth and development of SMEs
- Innovation management and the role of technology in the growth of firms
- Innovation and enterprise education within the curriculum
- Extra-curricular innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship education
- Fostering the creation of start-ups
- Technology to support innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship
- Strategies for the integration of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship
- Role of innovation hubs and accelerator programmes
- Creativity
- Coaching and mentoring of entrepreneurs
- Innovation parks and business incubation
- Emerging technologies, such as augmented reality technologies and immersive reality in support of innovation
- Technology readiness
- Big data
- Cloud Computing
- AI
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Building Information Modelling
- Simulation techniques
- Market adoption of technologies
- Internet of Things
- Futurology and Technology
- The use of technology to support learning and teaching
- Technology and sustainable futures
- Innovation platforms
- Innovation diffusion
- Innovation Policy
- R&D
- Innovation and sustainability
- New ventures creation
- Funding for entrepreneurship
- The application of innovation in various industries
- Case studies and lessons learnt from practitioners
Audience
Decision makers, researchers and practitioners who are interested in the subjects of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship
Attendees from academic institutions, government departments, and private sector organisations will be exposed to state-of-the-art research in these topical and important areas. In addition, graduate students can benefit from this conference.
Why Bahrain
- Vibrant place with a clear economic vision 2030
- Outstanding Research Strategy developed by the Ministry of Education and the Higher Education Council
- A cosmopolitan country open to embrace research, innovation and new ideas
- Centrally located in the Arabian Gulf, a midway between east and west time zones and offers ease of access to the world’s major business markets.
Deadlines
- Submission of abstracts, 31 January 2019
- Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 28 February 2019
- Submission of full papers: 15 May 2019
- Notification of acceptance of papers: 20 July 2019
- Submission of final papers: 25 September 2019
- Proceedings production: October-November 2019
Abstract Submission
- Submission of abstracts in English (no more than 250 words)
- Full papers in English (no more than 5000 words)
- Abstracts Due 31 January 2019
- Abstracts and papers to be submitted at this link
About ASU
Applied Science University (ASU) has earned its license from the Ministry of Education in 2004 making it one of the first private universities in the Kingdom of Bahrain. ASU is striving to become one of the leading universities in the Kingdom of Bahrain and in the wider Gulf region. The University aims to support the economic and social development of the Kingdom of Bahrain by providing degree programmes at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Our programmes are grounded in a pedagogical framework that aims to develop our student’s understanding of key theories and concepts through knowledge acquisition and the development of practical skills and life-long learning skills, while preparing our student’s for a range of career paths within their chosen field or discipline. The University aims to provide its students with a high quality learning experience by ensuring an up-to-date curriculum for its degree programmes that meet the demands of private industry and the public sector alike, locally, regionally and internationally. ASU employs experienced and well qualified academics that can support student learning and the overall student experience through provision of research informed teaching, supported by a comprehensive range of learning and assessment methods. This approach produces ASU graduates that are well equipped and capable of facing on-going challenges in their professional careers.
About LSBU
London South Bank University (LSBU) was established as the Borough Polytechnic Institute in 1892, the original aim of London South Bank University (LSBU) was ‘to promote the industrial skill, general knowledge, health and well-being of young men and women’, which remains remarkably similar today. The continuous focus on applied and vocational education and professional opportunity allows LSBU to produce graduates who can meet the challenges of today’s workplace. LSBU named Entrepreneurial University of the Year at Times Higher Education Awards.