PROFESSOR DR. KARL WAGNER
Professor / Project Leader (Research & Development Green & Energy Efficient Buildings)
School of Business at University Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Biography
PROF. DR. KARL WAGNER graduated both in Sociology and Business Administration from the University of Munich in 1987. He was awarded a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service to research the former German Democratic Republic in Berlin. By his thesis on that topic, he took his German Ph.D. at the Faculty of Economy at the University of Munster in 1991 and spent the next three years as a HR-manager in industry. Prof. Karl Wagner also has been head of the study branch on Human Resource Management. He was the national organizer for the first synergies forum between all colleagues of his state Bavaria. He is the founder president of the Human Resource Circle providing an internet platform for both his graduates and HR-managers who collaborate with the University in terms of practical projects and recruitment. For several companies, he was responsible for team building and development. On a part-time basis, he became both lecturer and supervisor in different Universities, like UM, UMS and UPM. His last position was to act as a consultant for the Senior Vice President of Open University Malaysia.
Research Interest
•Leadership •Organizational Behavior and Development •Human Capital Management •Strategic Management •Qualitative Research Methods • Team Building and Team Development •Green Building Management •Renewable Energy •Geothermal Exploration and Spa Development •Marketing
Melio Saenz
IANAS Energy Program
Central University of Ecuador
Ecuador USA
Biography
Melio SAENZ has completed his PhD (Docteur-Ingénieur) in Fluid Mechanics at the University of Grenoble, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble in 1978. Melio SAENZ currently works as an Associate Researcher at the Water and Soil Management Center, PROMAS of the University of Cuenca, Ecuador) . He has been Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Systems Science since 2011 and a member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Fluid Dynamics. Member of the Energy Group of the Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences, IANAS, since 2010. He has been Director General of Science and Technology of Ecuador, PAHO / WHO consultant, UNESCO, OPEC, OLADE.
Research Interest
Computational fluid mechanics and complex systems modeling and simulation