Conference Updates
Preparations are well underway what seems to be an outstanding 16th World Business Congress. Our colleagues at Maastricht School of Management (MsM)- our host institution is doing an outstanding job in organizing the Congress. At this stage, some of the highlights are as follows:
MAASTRICHT CONGRESS TESTIMONIALS
Dear Erdener:
It was my pleasure to see you again in Maastricht and to celebrate with you
IMDA's 20th anniversary. I have very warm feelings toward you and toward
IMDA. May the lord bless you and continue to give you the energy to guide
IMDA into new and higher tiers of excellence.
Best wishes to you, to IMDA, and to your family.
Regards,
Said.
Business School, Lebanese American University
Dear Erdener and Talha - good to meet you at the recent IMDA conference.
Congratulations - it was a big success!!
Dr. Stephanie Jones
Maastricht School of Management
The Netherlands
Dear Erdener,
Congratulations for perfect organization of World Business Congress in
Maastricht.
Regards,
Marian Gorynia
Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Dear Prof. Kaynak:
Nice to meet you in the IMDA and it was indeed a great chance to paticipate
a congress that had provided a platform to meet so many scholars from many
different countries. Hope to see you for the following year conference in
Suriname. Best Wishes
NG, Sio-Wang
Macau Polytechnic Institute
Macau, China
Dear Dr. Kaynak,
I was impressed by the conference and your style of leadership and
management. I would like to be more involved in the IMDA conference.
Best regards,
Hamid Khan
Dear Dr. Kaynak,
The conference was a great success and I would like to thank you for that.
Plus, it is such honor as Turkish to see a great success of another Turkish
person, you did a great job and all kudos go to you. I wish you a great
summer. And I am more than happy to be part of the next year conference as
much help as I can be.
TUBA KALAFATOLU
Tugba Kalafatoglu & Associates
Istanbul, Turkey
Erdener
"Thanks again for an excellent Congress in the Netherlands. IMDA is a
diverse and heterogeneous group of international academics. This is a nice
change from more ethnocentric organizations."
Gerard Danford
HELIA - Helsinki Polytechnic
Finland
Dear Talha and Dr Kaynak;
Thank you very much for another great organization I had the opportunity to meet many new academicians. Also I was able to see again my old friends. I will like to take more responsibilities in the organization.
Mahmut Paksoy
Istanbul University
Program IMDA
WBC 2007
Wednesday.
July 4th 2007
08:00 – 18:00
Day Tour to Cologne, Germany
(Optional Paid Tour)
Please congregate at the Lobby of Maastricht School of Management, 7:50 a.m.
at the latest. Departure 08.00 a.m. sharp.
10:45 – 15:00
Doctoral Research Symposium MSM,
First Floor (147)(149)
Opening Address Prof. Dr. Ronald Tuninga, Maastricht School of Management
11:00 – 13:00
Seminar Leaders: Dr. Richard Allen
Nelson- Louisiana State University
Dr. Dragan Nikolik- Maastricht School of Management
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch MSM Restaurant
14:00 – 16:00
Seminar, MSM, First Floor
(147)(149)
15:00 - 17:00
Congress Registration, MSM Entrance
Hall
18:00 - 20:00
Early Bird Reception with Dinner
Buffet at MSM
MSM Restaurant, Ground Floor (008)
(Sponsored by Maastricht School of Management)
20:00 - 23:00
Social Function, MSM Restaurant
(Registered delegates, registered spouses and invited guests only. Entry
tickets are required)
Thursday. July 5th
2007
09.00 – 17:00
Congress Registration, MSM, Ground
Floor (048)
09.00 – 09:30
Opening Ceremony, Provincial
Government Buildings, in the Council Chamber (Maastricht Treaty signed in
1992) (on your own)
Welcome Messages and Introductions
Erdener Kaynak, Executive Vice-President and Director of the IMDA and
Congress Program Chair
Jan Napolean Saykiewicz, Chairman of the IMDA Country Board of Directors
R.S.J. (Ronald) Tuninga, Director Dean, Maastricht School of Management and
Congress Co-chair
Richard Alan Nelson, President of the IMDA and Congress Co-chair
09.30 – 09:45
Keynote Speakers
Mr. L.J.P.M. (Leon) Frissen
Governor for the Province of Limburg
09:45 – 10:15
Keynote Speaker
Mr. A.A.M (Dries) Van Agt
Former Prime Minister of The Netherlands Former Ambassador of the European
Economic Community in Washington D.C., the USA
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break (sponsored by Province
of Limburg)
10:45 – 12:30
Keynote Addresses by Business
Leaders
Mr. G.J.H.M (Ger) Wagemans, Managing Director, Chemelot – Chemical and
Science Park
Mr. A.W.A.M. (Guus) Broos, President of the Board of Director, Orbis -
Medical and Care Center
Mr. G. (Gosse) Boxhoorn, Chief Executive Officer, Solland Solar Energy
Holding B.V.
Mr. P.M.R (Paul) Beck, Chief Executive Officer, Floriade 2012 – World
Agriculture Exposition
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch at NH-Hoteles Maastricht
(Lunch sponsored by NH-Hoteles Maastricht, NH-Hoteles Epen and Randwyck
Hotel)
14:00 - 15:30
SPECIAL PANEL I: Global Business
Education, Collaborative Education,
Consulting Opportunities, and Networking (Location: Conference Hall)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break Business Lounge, First
Floor (106)
(Sponsored by Maastricht School of Management)
16:00 – 17:30
SPECIAL PANEL II: Global Publishing
Opportunities in Business
Administration (Location: Conference Hall)
18:00 – 19:00
Reception at Maastricht City Hall
(sponsored by the City of Maastricht)
Congregate at MSM Entrance Hall, departure at 17.45 sharp.
(Registered delegates, registered spouses and invited guests only. Entry
tickets are required)
19:30
Visit Maastricht City Center (all
shops are open on Thursday until 21.00 hrs.) or return to MSM
Friday. July 6th
2007
09.00 – 17:00
Congress Registration, MSM, Ground
Floor (048)
09:00 – 10:30
Concurrent Sessions
First Floor (123) (125) (147) (149)
Second Floor (223) (225)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break Business Lounge, First
Floor (106)
(Sponsored by t.b.d.)
11:00 – 12:30
Concurrent Sessions
First Floor (123) (125) (147) (149)
Second Floor (223) (225)
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch at NH-Hoteles Maastricht
(Lunch sponsored by NH-Hoteles Maastricht, NH-Hoteles Epen and Randwyck
Hotel)
14:00 – 15:30
Concurrent Sessions
First Floor (123) (125) (147) (149)
Second Floor (223) (225)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break Business Lounge, First
Floor (106)
(Sponsored by Maastricht School of Management)
16:00– 17:30
Concurrent Sessions
First Floor (123) (125) (147) (149)
Second Floor (223) (225)
18:30– 23:00
Congress Banquet Dinner at the
Erenstein Castle in Kerkrade
Award Ceremonies (International Business Person of the Year)
Entertainment and Cultural Performances Congregate at the MSM Entrance Hall
18.20 at the latest, departure 18.30 sharp (Registered delegates, registered
spouses and invited guests only. Entry tickets are required)
23:30 MSM, Adjourn
Saturday. July 7th 2007
09.00 – 17:00
Congress Registration
MSM, Ground Floor (048)
09:00 – 10:30
Concurrent Sessions
First Floor (123) (125) (147) (149)
Second Floor (223) (225)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break Business Lounge, First
Floor (106)
(Sponsored by t.b.d.
11:00 – 12:30
Concurrent Sessions
First Floor (123) (125) (147) (149)
Second Floor (223) (225)
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch at NH-Hoteles Maastricht
(Lunch sponsored by NH-Hoteles Maastricht, NH-Hoteles Epen and Randwyck
Hotel)
14:00 – 15:30
Concurrent Sessions
First Floor (123) (125) (147) (149)
Second Floor (223) (225)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break Business Lounge,
First Floor (106)
(Sponsored by Maastricht School of Management)
16:00– 17:30
Concurrent Sessions
First Floor (123) (125) (147) (149)
Second Floor (223) (225)
18:30– 23:00
Dinner Reception at the Schinvelder
Hoeve in Schinveld
Congregate at the MSM Entrance Hall 18.20 at the latest, departure 18.30
sharp.
(Registered delegates, registered spouses and invited guests only. Entry
tickets are required)
23:30 MSM, Adjourn
Sunday. July 8th
2007
09:00 - 10:00 Closing Ceremony
10:00- 10:30 Coffee Break (MSM Restaurant, Ground Floor (008)
(Sponsored by t.b.d.)
10:30- 11:00 IMDA Membership Meeting (AGM) in the Business Lounge,
First Floor (106)
Hotel Booking Notice
Dear Colleagues,
Please note that delegates can only book a hotel room either at NH Hotel or
at Hotel Randwick through e-mail. Please send an e-mail message to the
e-mail number of the hotel you prefer to stay at, indicating your dates of
stay, type of room you prefer. You also indicate under subject heading that
IMDA 2007
World Business Congress. They will acknowledge your hotel booking and
provide
you with a booking number. Both hotels do not accept bookings by fax. In
case of difficulties, Please communicate with Fer Somogyi at
somogyi@msm.nl
I have recently been informed by the local organizing committee chair in
Maastricht that during July 6, 7, and 8 of July, 2007 from Friday through
Sunday, there is a major international congress at convention center (MCCC)
next to Maastricht School of Management where 1500 delegates will be
attending. That weekend , there is also a jazz festival in Maastricht. Our
major hotel NH Hotel is only able to maintain half of the rooms we booked.
Over the weekend that week, all of the Maastricht hotels will fully be
booked. May I kindly request that as many of you as possible book your hotel
rooms at NH Hotel as well as at Hatel Randwick as soon as possible. If you are
going to stay at a hotel in Maastricht, please book your hotel rooms as
early as possible. Otherwise, you may have great difficulties in securing
hotel rooms on Friday and saturday nights.Please act swiftly. Thanks for
your kind attention.
Erdener Kaynak
