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SAC-MESS 2019

Scientia Academia Conference (SAC)

on Management, Entrepreneurship, and Social Sciences (SAC-MESS 2019)

Scientia Academia Conference (SAC) is a prestigious event organized with a motivation to provide an excellent international platform for the academicians, researchers, engineers, industrial participants, and students around the globe to SHARE their research findings and to EXCHANGE knowledge with the global experts. 1st Scientia Academia Conference on Management, Entrepreneurship, and Social Sciences (SAC-MESS 2019) is going to be co-organized by Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). SAC-MESS 2019 will be held in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 06-07, 2019.

The key intention of Scientia Academia is to provide opportunities for global participants to share their ideas and experience in person with their peers expected to join from different parts of the world. In addition, this gathering will help the delegates to establish research or business relations as well as to find international linkages for future collaborations in their career path. We hope that SAC outcome will lead to significant contributions to the knowledge base in these up-to-date scientific fields in scope.

Conference Chair,
Prof. Dr. Kamariah Ismail
Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS)
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

Call for papers

Keynote Speakers

Scientific Committee

SAC-MESS 2019

Dr. Nur Naha Mansor
Dean, Professor
Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Dr. Ahmad bin Jusoh
Deputy Dean, Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Dr. Suresh Ramakrishnan
Deputy Dean (Research & Innovation)
Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Dr. Zafer Bekirogullari
Managing Director, Future Academy
United Kingdom.

Dr. Anis Mahomed Karodia
Professor, Regent Business School
Durban, South Africa.

Dr. Shahjahan Khan
Professor of Statistics, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld. 4350, Australia.

Dr. Emma E.O. Chukwuemeka

Professor Head, Department of Public Administration,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Nigeria.

Dr. N. Panchanatham
Professor Department of Business Administration,
Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, 608002 India.

Dr. Abdel-Salam Gomaa
Professor. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics,
College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

Dr. Víctor Leiva
Professor of Statistics
School of Industrial Engineering,
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile. [Profile]

Dr. Derek Watson
Faculty of Business & Law,
University of Sunderland, United Kingdom.

Dr. Alao, David Oladimeji
Professor, Babcock University, Ilishan Remo,
Ogun State, Nigeria.

Dr. Prof. Dhiru Soni
Director of Research, Regent Business School,
35 Samora Machel Street, Durban 4001, South Africa.

Dr. Kuen-Suan Chen (陳坤盛)
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan.

Dr. Shahram Gilaninia
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Management,
Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

Dr. Muhammad Mudasar Ghafoor
Director Campus, University of the Punjab Jhelum Campus,
Jhelum, Pakistan.

Dr. Muqadas Rehman
Assistant Professor, Hailey College of Commerce,
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Dr. Yasin Munir
Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration,
GC Women University Sialkot, Pakistan.

Dr. Nur Mansor
Dean, Professor of Business Systems and People Development
Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Dr. Zhang Jin-Ting
Associate Professor
Department of Stat. and Applied Prob.
National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Dr. Suresh Ramakrishnan
Deputy Dean (Research & Innovation)
Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Dr. Syed Ali Raza
IQRA University Karachi, Pakistan.

Dr. Imtiaz Arif
IQRA University Karachi, Pakistan.

Dr. Alya O. Al Mutairi
Assistant Professor
Applied Statistics, Mathematical Dept, Faculty of Science,
Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Wan Zaidi Bin Wan Omar
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia.

Dr. Shahid Mubeen
Deputy Director QEC, Controller of Examinations
Department of Mathematics
University of Sargodha, Pakistan.

Dr. Khalil bin Md. Nor
Professor, Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Dr. M. Khyzer Bin Dost
Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences,
Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan.

Dr. Fayaz Ali Shah
Assistant Professor, Research Journal Coordinator
Islamia College Peshawar, Pakistan.

Dr. Wasim ul Rehman
Assistant Professor/Head of the Department
Department of Business Administration
GC Women University Sialkot, Pakistan.

Dr. Farrah Merlinda Muharram
Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia.

Dr. Farhan Jamil
Assistant Director,
Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.

Organizing Team

SAC-MESS 2019

Conference Chair
Professor Dr. Kamariah Ismail
Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Publication Head
Dr. Muhammad Wasim Akram
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Editor-HEC Journals
Ms. Shaza Mahar
PhD Scholar – Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Head Operations
Dr. Farah Merlinda
Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Editor-ISI Journals
Dr. Mobeen Ur Rehman
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
Islamabad, Pakistan.

Media & Marketing
Mr. Jahanzeb Sheikh
Scholar – Bioscience & Medical Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Conference Secretary
Mr. Rajeh Bati Almasradi
Bishah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Marketing Coordinator
Ms. Maryam Hafeez
PhD Scholar – Azman Hashim International Business School
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

International Linkages

Dr. Zhang Jin-Ting
National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Mr. Muddasar Ghani Khwaja
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
Islamabad, Pakistan.

Dr. Anis Mahomed Karodia
Professor, Regent Business School, Durban, South Africa.

Mr. Saquib Mehboob
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
Islamabad, Pakistan.

Dr. Derek Watson
Faculty of Business & Law, University of Sunderland, United Kingdom.

Dr. Shahram Gilaninia
Department of Industrial Management, Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

Dr. Shahjahan Khan
University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

Conference Theme

The main theme of SAC- MESS 2019 is "Emerging Trends in Innovation & Wealth Creation".

ᴥ Sustainability

ᴥ Health and sustainable development

ᴥ Technological change and sustainable development

ᴥ Legislation and sustainable development

ᴥ Management consulting

ᴥ Management training and development

ᴥ Natural sciences and business

ᴥ Research methods

ᴥ Social sciences and business

ᴥ Technology management

ᴥ Risk management

ᴥ Critical management

ᴥ Management of telecommunications

ᴥ Supply chain management

ᴥ Tourism management

ᴥ Information management

ᴥ Social Entrepreneurship

ᴥ Economic growth

ᴥ Economic strategy

ᴥ Law and business

ᴥ Macroeconomics

ᴥ Microeconomics

ᴥ Managerial economics

ᴥ Economic of transport and telecommunications

ᴥ Economic of web portals

ᴥ Information Technology

ᴥ Business Statistics

ᴥ Business Ethics

ᴥ Management Information System

ᴥ Project Management

ᴥ Human Resource Management

ᴥ Innovation Management

ᴥ Accounting and Finance

ᴥ Financial Institutions Management

ᴥ Organizational Behavior

ᴥ Banking and Finance

ᴥ Business Management

ᴥ Business Strategy

ᴥ Strategic Management

ᴥ Marketing

ᴥ New Product Development

ᴥ International Business

ᴥ Cross-cultural Management

ᴥ Entrepreneurship Ventures

ᴥ Entrepreneurship in Organizations

ᴥ Enterprise Resource Planning & Management

ᴥ Creativity and Innovation

ᴥ Change and Knowledge Management

ᴥ Financing Ventures

ᴥ Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

ᴥ Corporate Entrepreneurship

Important Dates

IMPORTANT DATES

Registration Fee

Participants are requested to send payment receipt at sac@scientiaacademia.com.my. Once the payment confirmation is received, we will send you a confirmation of registration.

	Registration Fee *
	Local	International
Early Bird Registration (Before February 15, 2019)	630 MYR	150 USD
Normal Registration (Before March 15, 2019)	750 MYR	180 USD
Listener/Attendee	500 MYR	120 USD
Virtual Participants	630 MYR	150 USD

Note:
* Registration fee only includes conference kit, certificate, participation in sessions, lunch, and daily tea breaks. An additional fee 250 USD will be applied for paper publication in journal/proceeding, where applicable.

Authors are requested to make the payment into one of the following bank accounts:

Malaysian Bank Details

Bank Name: CIMB Bank
Account Title: Scientia Academia Training Centre
Account Number: 8 6 0 3 0 5 8 1 0 4
SWIFT: CIBBMYKL

1 USD = 4.20 MYR

Pakistani Bank Details

Bank Name: United Bank Limited (UBL)
Account Title: Muhammad Wasim Akram
Account Number: 1192-207659104
IBAN: PK95UNIL0109000207659104
Branch Code: 1192

1 USD = 140 PKR

Note: Transfer charges will be beard by participants.

Cancellation/Withdrawal Policy:

The conference registration fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
Before/after conference commencement – 50% will be deducted as administrative + handling charges from publication fee.

** For any query, please contact at sac@scientiaacademia.com.my

Benefits

Registration Fee Includes following:

Paper Publication opportunity in SCOPUS/ISI Web of Science/HEC Pakistan recognized journals/proceedings
Welcome reception
Printed name card
Conference Kit
Participation in the technical sessions
SAC abstract book in a printed/electronic format
Attending all conference sessions and/or tutorials
Lunches (sponsored by the conference organization)
Tea/coffee breaks and networking activities
Printed participation & presentation certificate

Note:

Only registered authors will be allowed into the conference area and will be the only ones who will receive name badges.
Selected papers will be offered publication opportunities in indexed journals/proceedings. An additional fee 250 USD will be applied for paper publication in journal/proceeding, where applicable.
Paper acceptance and rejection totally depend on the journals’ decision which can not be challenged.

Presentation Formats

Oral Presentation

Poster Presentation

Poster should be mounted on Saturday, Feb 09, 2019, before 8:30 a.m..
In addition to the poster presentation, each poster session will start with a short oral presentation which has the goal to inform the audience on the topic of your poster and to motivate to visit you during the subsequent poster session. Each author will be strictly limited to 2 minutes presentation time. After this time the presentation will be stopped.
There will be no guided poster tours but main authors are kindly requested to be present at their posters during the poster viewing session for discussions.
The posters have to be in portrait (upright) format and should not exceed the following dimensions: 85 cm width, 119 cm height.
Please fix your poster on the poster panel marked with your paper ID number. Presenters are highly appreciated to bring materials to fix poster.

Virtual Presentation

Those who are unable to attend the conference in person due to the schedule conflict or teaching/research load, but wish to participate in this international event, virtual presentation is available. Virtual Presentation allows participants to submit papers for refereeing and publication in the conference proceedings, exactly like a regular paper. Virtual participants will receive a full copy of the conference proceedings in regular mail. Virtual presenters will present on the second day of the conference through Skype software. The schedule for virtual presentation will be emailed and also be uploaded to this section.

Publications

Publication Opportunity

All papers will be published in normal/special issues/proceedings in following databases subject to the acceptance from the journals:

SCOPUS (Elsevier)
ISI Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
HEC Pakistan recognized journal
UGC India

SCOPUS/ISI Web of Science journals:

Middle East Journal of Management (MEJM) – ISI indexed (Clarivate Analytics)
SAC-MESS 2019: Special Issue on “South East Asia: Business and Management Perspectives for Sustainable SMEs”
Download the call for papers [PDF], [Web]

International Journal of Business and Globalisation (IJBG) – SCOPUS (Elsevier) & ABDC (Australia) indexed
SAC-MESS 2019: Special Issue on: “Entrepreneurship’s Role in Wealth Creation in Emerging Markets: Business Excellence Models”
Download the call for papers [PDF], [Web]

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management (IJPSPM) – SCOPUS (Elsevier) & ABDC (Australia) indexed
SAC-MESS 2019: Special Issue on: “Accounting, Performance Management Innovations, and Responsible and Lean Practices in Public Sector Organisations”
Download the call for papers [PDF], [Web]

International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management (IJBCRM) – SCOPUS (Elsevier) indexed
SAC-MESS 2019: Special Issue on: “Extending Theory for Global Strategic Risk Management Perspectives”
Download the call for papers [PDF]. [Web]

International Social Science Journal (ISSJ) – SCOPUS (Elsevier) indexed
SAC-MESS 2019: Special Issue on: “Internationalization of Universities and Social Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Development”

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences (EpSBS) (ISI Web of Science)

HEC Pakistan category journals:

South Asian Journal of Management Sciences (SAJMS) – X category

Journal of Management Sciences (JMS) – Y category

Journal of Finance and Economics Research (JFER) – Z category

Journal of Administrative and Business Studies (JABS) – Z category

Sarhad Journal of Management Sciences (SJMS) – Z category

UGC India approved journals:

Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (Oman Chapter)
[UGC link]

International Refereed journals

Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (Kuwait Chapter)

Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (Nigerian Chapter)

International Journal of Accounting Research (IJAR)

Journal of Research and Development (JRnD)

Review of Public Administration and Management (RPAM)

Journal of Policy and Development (JPDS)

NG-Journal of Social Development (NGJSD)

Note:

Papers will be offered publication opportunities in indexed journals/proceedings.
Paper acceptance and rejection totally depend on the journal’ decision which can not be challenged.
Authors will be offered to submit papers in indexed journals and responsible to fulfill reviewers’ comments (if any).
Journals’ indexing/abstracting is based on information as provided on the publishers’ website.
Publication in international refereed journals will be free of cost.

Paper Formation

Guidelines for full paper submission:

The conference has a limit for full paper pages up to 15 pages, however later at the time of publication in the journal. If required by journal rules and regulations author may be requested to follow the conditions imposed by journal policy.

Abstract: Abstract should have the title of the paper, author(s) name, email IDs of all authors, affiliation(s) of the author(s), and keywords (3-6 keywords). The abstract including the keywords and affiliations should not exceed one page (Maximum 300 words).

Introduction: Introduce study concept, major theoretical and empirical gap and contribution by this study, importance, and implications for practice.

Literature Review: A thorough synthesis of the past and current literature backing the study hypotheses and leading towards propositions.

Methodology: Clear and concise elaboration of the method applied and the steps taken to ensure the reliability and validity of used methodology. Explain the sample and target population with justifications.

Results: Clear and comprehensive presentation of results in view of proposed hypotheses.

Discussion & Conclusion: Discuss the strengths and contribution of research to theory and practice. Limitations and future research directions with the conclusion.

Acknowledgment: When appropriate

References: APA style is recommended (Use of referencing software (Endnote/Mendeley etc.) is appreciated)

Appendices: When appropriate

Conference Partners

Conference Program

Venue: Royal Widad Residence @ UTMKL
Date: 06-April-2019

Day-1:

Time Activity
07:30 – 08:45	Confirmation of Registration on Desk
08:45 – 09:00	Guest Seating
09:00 – 10:00	Inaugural Session and Keynote Speech by Speakers
10:00 – 10:05	Group Photograph
10:05 – 10:30	Breakfast & Tea
10:30 – 13:00	Parallel Technical Session – 1
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch & Prayer Break
14:00 – 16:30	Parallel Technical Session – 2
16:30 – 17:30	Closing Ceremony & Group Photograph
17:30 – 18:00	Tea & Networking

*The Definite Program Schedule will be mailed to all delegates after the last date of registration.
** Parking slots will be available on level 3 to 6 at cost of 8 RM per day.

Day – 2:
Date: 07-April-2019
Post Conference Virtual Presentation

Time Activity
11:00 – 15:00	Parallel Sessions for skype presentations

*The Definite Program Schedule will be mailed to all delegates after the last date of registration.

For more information, please email at sac@scientiaacademia.com.my

Submission/Registration

Conference Registration

Fill the following form and upload full paper/abstract

Conference Venue

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract Submission Deadline	January 30, 2019 ~~January 15, 2019~~
Notification of Acceptance	Till January 31, 2019
Early Bird Registration Deadline	February 15, 2019
Full Paper Submission Deadline	March 10, 2019
Normal Registration Deadline	March 15, 2019
Conference Dates	April 06-07, 2019

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Scientia Academia Conference (SAC)

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Management, Entrepreneurship, and Social Sciences (SAC-MESS) 2019

Scientia Academia Conference (SAC) UTM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Scientia Academia Conference (SAC)

Scientia Academia Conference (SAC)

Scientia Academia Conference (SAC)

Call for papers

Keynote Speakers

Scientific Committee

Organizing Team

Conference Theme

IMPORTANT DATES

Registration Fee

Registration Fee Includes following:

Oral Presentation

Poster Presentation

Virtual Presentation

Publication Opportunity

Paper Formation

Conference Partners

Conference Program

Conference Registration

Conference Venue

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