Keynote Speakers
Dr. Yasin Rofcanin
Professor of Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management
Co-Director of the Future of Work Research Centre
School of ManagementUniversity of Bath, the UK
Professor Rofcanin works as a professor of human resource management and organizational psychology at the University of Bath School of Management. He earned his PhD from the University of Warwick, Warwick Business School, and his BA from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. His research focuses on the intersection of work and nonwork life, with implications for employees, employers, and organizations. The overall theme of his research adopts a critical lens to the bright and the dark side of various HR practices and proactive work behaviours. Some of the current projects focus on leisure crafting, playful work design, idiosyncratic deals, proactivity, well-being, exhaustion, burnout, and flexible work practices. He has published across a wide range of prestigious journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Human Resource Management (USA), the Human Resource Management Journal, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. He has edited three books on a) idiosyncratic work deals, b) human flourishing, and c) healthy relations at work. He sits on the editorial boards of the major peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Victoria Hurth
Independent Pracademic and Project Leader: ISO 37011 Purpose-Driven Organisations
Dr Victoria Hurth is an Independent Pracademic, executive advisor and a Fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership. Victoria advised the UN on the methodology for SDG 12.6.1 (sustainability reporting), co-led the 5-year development of the global ISO standard in Governance of Organisations (ISO37000), was Technical Author for the first national standard in Purpose-Driven Organisations and is currently Project Leader of the development of an equivalent ISO (ISO37011). Her forthcoming book: Beyond Profit: Purpose-Driven Leadership for a Wellbeing Economy outlines a holistic frame for governing long-term wellbeing for all (sustainability). She is a non-executive Director for the Soil Association Certification Ltd and on the governance advisory board for Planet Mark. Victoria is an advisor for UnaTerra Venture Capital and SACE (Italy's national export credit agency). She has over 25 years' global experience in business transformation, previously working for 3M and Accenture and developing cutting edge theory, through practice, as an Associate Professor of Sustainable Business and Marketing.