Faculty

ESCA Ecole de Management, as part of the Business Schools for Climate Leadership Africa (BS4CL), is pleased to invite theoretical and empirical paper submissions for its annual conference, the Casablanca Climate Leadership Forum (CCLF) 2024. This edition of the forum emphasizes the need for innovative and context-specific climate solutions that cater directly to the distinct challenges and opportunities within Africa’s business landscape, yet also resonates beyond its borders. This initiative aims to forge a multidisciplinary dialogue that not only addresses specific regional issues but also contributes to the global discourse on climate change and sustainability, fostering a broader impact on climate leadership worldwide.

The 2024 edition of the CCLF is cosponsored by the Cyrus Institute of Knowledge (USA), UNINOVE/SINGEP (Brazil), and Bentley University (USA), marking a collaborative effort to advance the forum’s objectives.The CCLF 2024 theme, “Global Challenges, Local Solutions: Crafting Tailored Climate Strategies for Emerging Africa and Beyond,” highlights the critical need for strategies that address the distinct challenges of Africa’s emerging economies, such as water scarcity, agricultural reliance, and infrastructural limitations. Emphasizing the essential role of research, the forum aims to create actionable knowledge tailored to local socio-economic and environmental needs. CCLF 2024 stands as a key platform for researchers to shape policy and practice, fostering climate resilience and sustainable growth through region-specific solutions.

The Forum, scheduled for October 23rd to 25th, 2024, will initiate with an Inaugural Day, featuring key opening remarks and foundational discussions. The subsequent day, termed the Scientific Day, is allocated for the presentation and critical evaluation of academic contributions and research in the field. The forum will culminate with the Stakeholder Forum Day, aimed at fostering collaborative dialogues and partnerships among pivotal climate change stakeholders. 

It is increasingly common for governments to commit, symbolically and economically, to dreams of therapeutic innovation in healthcare. This often relates to ‘targeted’ approaches, such as pharmaceuticals aimed at very specific kinds of disease (e.g. certain cancers), which might respond only to people with particular genetic variants – imagined and innovated through the idiom of ‘precision’ and ‘personalised’ medicine. At the same time, we can see other ‘targeted’ approaches to healthcare in action; for instance, psychological therapy services tailored to specific populations and interventions that stratify and construct publics in response to existing and emerging forms of illness (e.g. restrictions on the movements of groups regarded as highly vulnerable to COVID-19;
increasingly narrow stratification of mental health diagnoses etc).

Through this conference, we will critically examine the design, delivery, and implications of ‘targeted’ biomedicine and public health to help us to better understand the dynamics between science, healthcare, and society. While research from the humanities and social sciences on biomedicine and public health often keeps these domains apart, our event will seek to consider the commonalities between them. We welcome approaches from bioethics, gender studies, history, law, medical humanities, political philosophy, and science studies (among others) to explore the cultural and normative dimensions of ‘targeted’ approaches and interventions in biomedicine and public health. Through comparative analysis across these disciplines, we hope the event will help us to explore how different cultural, historical, legal, scientific, and healthcare contexts interact in the shaping and deployment of ‘targeted’ approaches.

We invite papers that consider how societal histories, traditions, and legal processes affect how medical research is funded and conducted and how healthcare is prioritised and delivered. We also look forward to presentations that will examine how law, ethics, and cultures are impacted and contoured through targeted approaches to health.

The conference will be held at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland from May 2-3 2024; it is funded by Prof Susi Geiger’s MISFIRES ERC project (grant no. 771217) and a joint Arts and Humanities Research Council UK research fund held by Prof Martyn Pickersgill – University of Edinburgh, Dr Ilaria Galasso – Technical University of Munich, Dr Sone Erikainen – University of Aberdeen, and Prof Susi Geiger – UCD.

Submission Process:

To apply to present at this conference, please submit an abstract of around 500 words of your research to gemma.watts@ucd.ie by 19 February 2024. Successful applicants will be notified by the end of February 2024. Should you have any questions prior to submission regarding the suitability of your research proposal to the conference, please contact either Prof Martyn Pickersgill (martyn.pickersgill@ed.ac.uk) or Prof Susi Geiger (susi.geiger@ucd.ie) directly.

Travel Bursaries:

For early career researchers there are a limited number of travel bursaries available to present at this conference. Early career applicants who are interested in applying for a travel bursary can specify this in their email when submitting the abstract, and please
provide a breakdown of the anticipated cost for travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses. The travel bursary will cover a maximum of 2 nights in a hotel.

Book Series Title: AI Applications and Case Studies for Business

Publisher: CRC Press Taylor and Francis

Relevant dates for events/deadlines for calls: 30th January 2024

Scope and Objectives:

The primary objective of this book series is to demystify artificial intelligence (AI) and give a clear roadmap for global business leaders, managers, and practitioners to harness the power of AI and achieve revolutionary change inside their organizations. The series aims to bridge the gap between theoretical AI concepts and their real application by providing practical recommendations on how to incorporate AI into diverse sectors to produce meaningful business benefits.

Are you a pioneer in the world of Artificial Intelligence, passionate about its transformative potential for businesses? Do you have groundbreaking insights, practical experiences, and valuable case studies to share with the global community?

We invite you to submit your book proposal for the prestigious “AI Applications and Case Studies for Business” series, published by CRC Press Taylor and Francis.

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• Explore the Latest AI Trends: Our series focuses on the most cutting-edge developments in AI, providing readers with the freshest insights and real-world applications.
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• Show Your Expertise: Contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the AI field by sharing your expertise and case studies.
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Submission Guidelines:

To initiate a discussion on any proposed work, we request our authors to share detailed information about the work in the attached Book Proposal Form(BPF) for an internal and external review process. Please complete the BPF with as much detail as possible and submit it to us with a detailed author/editor bio (including an updated publications list). Also, do share a detailed table of contents. In case a sample chapter is available for review, sharing that will help us to understand the proposed work better. In case of an edited volume, please also provide a list of tentative contributing authors along with their affiliations. The inclusion of at least 60% global contributors is required as the book will be considered for our global book publishing programme.

Book Proposal Template : https://t.ly/h3FPO

Submit your book proposal to hemachandran.k@woxsen.edu.in

Some of the book Topics Listed here to apply ( But not limited to):

·        AI-Powered Supply Chain Optimization: Real-world Case Studies

·        Machine Learning in Marketing: Success Stories from the Field

·        Financial Forecasting with Artificial Intelligence: A Case Study Approach

·        AI-Driven Innovations in Education: Case Studies from Institutions

·        AI-Enabled HR: Case Studies in Talent Management and Engagement

·        AI in Sports Analytics: Winning Strategies and Data-Driven Insights

·        Healthcare Transformation: AI Innovations and Case Studies

·        Navigating the Metaverse: AI’s Impact on Digital Worlds and Commerce

·        AI-Powered Education: Enhancing Learning in the Digital Age

·        Sustainability Solutions: AI Applications for a Greener Future

Who Should Submit?

We welcome submissions from:

• Business Leaders
• AI Researchers and Developers
• Academicians
• Industry Experts
• Analytics Practitioners

For inquiries or more information, please contact us at hemachandran.k@woxsen.edu.in

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Series Editors: 

• Dr. Hemachandran K, Director – AI Research Centre, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India
• Dr. Raul Villamarin Rodriguez, Vice-President, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India
• Dr. Manjeet Rege, Professor and Chair of the Department of Software Engineering and Data Science, University of St.Thomas, MN, USA
• Prof. Vincent Wahrenburg, Project Manager, Renewable Energies, Energie Quelle GmbH, Germany