[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/World-Congress-logo.jpg” caption=”The 28th McMaster World Congress will address intellectual capital & innovation, corporate governance, strategic business valuation, human capital, knowledge management, and the role of the board of directors. Image courtesy of the DeGroote School of Business.”]The 28th McMaster World Congress will take place from Wednesday, Jan. 24 to Friday, Jan. 26 at the Hamilton Convention Centre. With more than 800 attendees from 30 countries, this is one of the largest management conferences of its kind in the world.

The conference will focus on intellectual capital & innovation, corporate governance, strategic business valuation, human capital, knowledge management, and the role of the board of directors.

“The World Congress is one of the foremost in the field in that it combines insights from academics, practitioners and students,” says Nick Bontis, program director and associate professor strategy, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. “This year, we have over 88 world-class speakers confirmed.”

Featured speakers include:

Marie Bountrogianni, MPP, Ontario Provincial Parliament

Jonathan Wellum, CEO, AIC

Paul Tsaparis, President & CEO, HP Canada

Eugene Roman, Group President, Bell Canada

Ray Anderson, Chairman, Interface Inc.

Gerlinde Herrmann, Chairman, HR Professional Association of Ontario

Anita Sands, Head of Innovation, RBC Financial Group

Richard Marceau, Provost, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Baruch Lev, Professor of Accounting and Finance, New York University

Leif Edvinsson, 1998 World Brain of the Year Winner

Hubert Saint-Onge, Author: The Conductive Organization

Debra Amidon, Author: In Search of Innovation

Ante Pulic, Co-Founder, Austrian Intellectual Capital Research Centre

More information and the full agenda are available at http://worldcongress.mcmaster.ca/.