Keynote Speakers:

The Conference first key note would be delivered by Professor Peter Hines from Lean Manufacturing Institute Cardiff University UK, where he would explore how a whole organisations approach called Lean Business System might be employed to create innovation right across their organisation and wider supply chain. He would bring his discussion to limelight by discussing cases how these concepts are applied in the UK Insurance company, metal process industry and utility companies.

The Second Keynote would be delivered by Professor Robert Cole from Emeritus, Haas School of Business, and Dept. Sociology, UC Berkeley, USA, Executive Director, Leadership Excellence and Advancement Program (LEAP), Visiting Researcher, ITEC, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan on "Business Models as Competitive Startegy, where he would explore the conmcpet of internal and external capabilities to develop new business models to achieve excellence and succeed in the present business environment.

The third key note would be delivered by Professor Alan Brown, School of Management Edith Cowan University, Australia on "Sustaining Business Excellence" that would would be based on current research dealing with Australian Business Excellence Award winning companies.

Conference Discussion Forums:

• Discussion Forum 1: "Celebrating the Work of Juran Chair"
  The discussion forum would be chaired by Dr. Mansoor Al Awar, Chancellor Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University, UAE where he would introduce and the role of Juran Chair in the region and its importance in the regional economic development. This would followed by the Juran Chair Professor Mohamed Zairi, Assistant Chancellor for Growth & Corporate Strategy, Hamdan bin Mohammed e-University and Professor Emeritus at the School of Management, University of Bradford UK, on the contribution of Juran Chair in the region. The session would be followed by an exhibition on the works of Juran.
• Discussion Forum 2: Professor Jens J. Dahlgaard Professor, Division of Quality Technology and Management, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden

"Assessing and diagnosing ILL: InnovAbility, LearnAbility & LeanAbility"

• Discussion Forum 3: Professor Rick L. Edgeman, Professor & Chair, Department of Statistics, College of Science, Adjunct Professor, College of Business & Economics, Six Sigma Black Belt, University of Idaho, USA

“Innovation as a Key to Organizational Sustainability”

The QC6 Technical Committee invites submissions for full papers, case studies, poster presentations and presentations to student track.

• Excellence based Competition, Excellence based Innovation, Innovation based Competitiveness
• TQM and Radical Innovation; Innovation System in Knowledge Based Society; Open and closed Innovation; Innovation Clusters, Customer Centric Innovation
• Excellence and Innovation in the Public Sector, Excellence and Innovation Service Sector
• Excellence and Innovation in the Manufacturing Sector; Excellence and Innovation in the Social Sector
• Leadership Role for Embedding Innovation Culture, Innovation and Personal Development
• Technological Innovations; Innovation and CSR; Innovation and Learning; Creativity, Ideation & Knowledge Management; Innovation and Business Models
• Innovation Clusters and Partnership; Managing Innovation and Economic Development;
• Innovation Policy Development; Strategies for Managing Destructive Innovations

Important Information:

• You are requested to submit an extended abstract (500-700 words) with a brief resume, contact details & digital passport size color photograph using Congress online paper submission system. For more details about abstracts submissions, please click here
• Accepted papers which are presented during the conference will be included in the conference proceedings.
• All presented papers will be considered for Best Paper and Best Presentation award and maybe considered to publish in one of the University's refereed journals.
• Presenters will need to complete their registrartion to the conference no later than the 2ⁿd of Jan, 2012.
• The conferece Technical Committee also accept papers in Arabic. For more details, click here
• A selection of high quality full papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of Journal Total Quality Management and Business Excellence ISSN: 1478-3363 Published By: Routledge
  
  • Abstract Submission Deadline & Full Paper: 15^th October2011
  • Posters Submission Deadline: 30^th November 2011
  • Author Notified of Paper Acceptance: 1st November, 2011