The members of the advisory board of the conference

  1. Dr. Ahmad Abareshi, RMIT University, Australia
  2. Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadpour, University of Tehran, Iran
  3. Dr. Ayandeh Alpha, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), Canada
  4. Dr. Alistair Anderson, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
  5. Professor Chi Anyansi-Archibong, North Carolina A&T State University, United States of America
  6. Professor Sung-sik Bahn, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, South Korea
  7. Dr. Bettina Bastian, American University of  Beirut
  8. Dr. Gianni Augusta Romani Chocce, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
  9. Dr. Alicia Coduras, GEM Spain
  10. Dr. Yousef Daoud, Birzeit University, Palestinian Territory
  11. Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger, University of Leipzig, Germany
  12. Professor Christine Ennew, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
  13. Professor Hamid Etemad, McGill University, Canada
  14. Professor Christian Felzensztein, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI), Chile
  15. Dr. Ali Faizbakhsh, University of Sharif, Iran
  16. Professor Piero Formica, National University of Ireland, Ireland
  17. Dr Iraj Hoshi, Business School ,Staffordshire University, UK
  18. Professor Michael Hay, London Business School, United Kingdom
  19. Professor Kim Klyver, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
  20.  Professor David A. Kirby, The British University in Egypt
  21. Professor Tage Koed Madsen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
  22. Dr. Mehrdad Madhoshi, Mazandaran University, Iran
  23. Dr. Stephen A. Malone ,Faculty of Business, Education and Law, Staffordshire University
  24. Professor Mathew Manimala, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
  25. Dr. Tatiana S. Manolova, Bentley University, United States of America
  26. Professor Mirjana Radovic Markovic, Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade
  27. Dr. Ali Mobini Dehkordi, University of Tehran, Iran
  28. Dr. Mohammad Ali Moradi, University of Tehran, Iran
  29. Professor Patricia P. McDougall-Covin, Indiana University, United States of America
  30. Professor In-Soo Han, Chungnam National University, South Korea
  31. Professor Mike Herrington, GEM Director
  32. Professor K. H. Huarng, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
  33. Dr. Ferry Jie, RMIT University, Australia
  34. Dr. Jong Seok Kim, Chungnam National University, South Korea
  35. Professor Norris Krueger, Entrepreneurship Northwest, United States of America
  36. Professor Jonathan Levie, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
  37. Dr. Claudia Bahamón Osorio, Centro de Desarrollo de l Espíritu Empresarial, Colombia
  38. Professor Kunibert Raffer, University of Vienna, Austria
  39. Dr. Farhad Rahbar, University of Tehran, Iran
  40. Professor Paul Davidson Reynolds, Florida International University, United States of America
  41. Dr. Ali Rezaian, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
  42. Professor Roberto Ricciuti, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
  43. Dr. Marina Ranga, Stanford University, USA
  44. Dr. Oscar Schiappa-Pietra, Universidad San Martín de Porres, Perú
  45. Professor Kambiz Pourrezaei, Drexel University, USA
  46. Professor Kristie Seawright, Brigham Young University, United States of America
  47. Professor Dharam Deo Sharma, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
  48. Professor Galina Shirokova, St. Petersburg University, Russia
  49. Professor Sunil Shukla, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, India
  50. Dr. Rana Sobh, Qatar University, Qatar
  51. Professor Emeric Solymossy, Western Illinois University – Quad Cities, United States of America
  52. Dr. Nebojsa Stojcic, University of Dubrovnik  Economics and Business Economics
  53. Dr. Anna Tarnawa, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Poland
  54. Dr. Misagh Tasavori, University of Essex, United Kingdom
  55. Professor Polona Tominc, University of Maribor, Slovenia
  56. Professor Mustafa Tumer, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus
  57. Dr. Aida Licaros Velasco, GEM Philippines
  58. Dr. Rodrigo Varela Villegas, GEM Colombia
  59. Professor Doan E. Winkel, Illinois State University, United States of America
  60. Dr. Richard Woodward, International Business, University of Edinburgh Business School
  61. Dr. Sibin Wu, University of Texas-Pan American, USA
  62.  Professor Pooran Wynarczyk, Newcastle University, UK
  63. Dr. Roland Xavier, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak
  64. Dr. Przemystaw Zbierowski, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland