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Rob Gibson
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Rob Gibson develops innovative training and coaching solutions in his role as Manager at Siemens' Learning Campus, Intercultural Management. He welcomes you to exchange ideas at his Fireside Chat.

Congress presentations

90 minute workshops

	Richard Cook United Kingdom Key Competencies for Intercultural Training in a Business Training and Development Context

	Josef R. Erbler Austria Clash of Religions? About the interdependency between Religion and Culture

	Carolyn Feuille USA A Competency Approach to Developing Culturally Intelligent Leadership

	Mijnd Huijser and Ahmad Mohseni Netherlands The Cultural Advantage. Reconciling the Work of Hofstede and Trompenaars in a New Model

	Doug MacDonald, Daniel J. Kealey Canada The Role of Cross-Cultural Training in Contributing to the Success of International Projects

	Mark Manners France Overcoming social anxiety in intercultural situations using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

	Nathalie van Meurs United Kingdom Culture’s impact: multi-level thinking and perspective taking

	Angelika Plett and Liane Dannen-berg-Schütte Germany The Intercultural Conflict style Inventory (ICS) – Theory And Practice

	Joanne Zitek Cynthia Livingston USA Conflict Resolution Isn’t Enough…. Insights and Skills for Managing Conflict

45 minute papers

	Layla Al Al Bloushi, Abdulhamied Alromaithy, Dianne Hofner Saphiere UAE and USA Creating Cultural Bridges with Gulf Arabs

	Nara Arutchyan Armenia Cultural Diversity as a component of European identity

	Enrique Banús, Nuria Arbizu, María C. Barcenilla, Consuela Dobrescu, Silvia Gurbindo, Álvaro Rosa and Daniel Ruiz-Villa Spain Cultural infrastructures’ influence on Spanish economic, social and cultural development

	Roger Bell Spain and Great Britain Multiculturalism in today’s environment: will it ever be the same?

	Maria Borger Qatar and USA Teaching Cross-Cultural Perspectives in the Arabian Gulf: Academic Bridge Program, Doha, Qatar

	Florence Bourdon France View of Culture in Studies of Human Development

	Patrick Boylan Italy Intercultural understanding and the Pope's lecture in Regensburg

	Dine Brinkman and Marjan Wink Netherlands How to assess Intercultural Competence?

	Cheryl Caesar France and USA The Dance of Time and Space: Chronotopes

	Nancy Caldwell France and USA Potential Dangers of Interculturalism. A Creative Look

	Elisabeth Cassels-Brown and Priya Abraham Austria Looking in a distorted mirror: Western mis-perceptions of Eastern managers

	Tanya Chavdarova Bulgaria Between West and East or between North and South? The Case of Bulgarian Business Culture

	Anne Mette Christiansen and Rikke Kolbech Denmark Scandinavian Management in a Polish setting

	Ute Clement and Gerhard Krejci Germany and Austria Intercultural trainings in business settings

	Barbara Czarnecka United Kingdom and Poland Cross-cultural differences in value appeals in the UK and Polish printed advertising

	Aneta Dimitrova Bulgaria Sweet Europe (Exploring cross-cultural diversity through EU labelling of sweets)

	Ciaran Dunne Ireland Managing cultural diversity in higher education - A qualitative exploration of intercultural communication from the perspective of host culture students in an Irish University

	N. Eernstman and D. Brinkman Netherlands Bridging Cultures between Teachers and Parents: Stimulating Interaction Between Teachers and Parents in a Multicultural Setting

	Betse C. Esber USA Intercultural Communication and Education in Multicultural Societies

	Nigel Ewington and David Trickey United Kingdom and Italy What competencies make international managers effective? - comparing the priorities of 125 interculturalists to 1600 managers in the field

	Richard Fay United Kingdom Developing awareness of the richness and challenges of com-puter-mediated intercultural communication: Curriculum design and participant experiences

	Anne-Claire Frank and Julien Keruhel Netherlands and France Building bridges between generations: Young SIETAR and the SIETAR Galaxy

	Fokion Georgiadis and Zisimos Apostolos Greece School Leadership’s Professional Development regarding Anti-Racism and Social Justice: the Greek Case

	Susana Goncalves Portugal Intercultural Learning, Communication and Education: Connecting Research and Practice

	Gourves-Hayward et al France and Ireland The Intercultural Dimension of the Language On-Line Project (LOLIPOP). How interculturally competent are you?

	Eva Gordon-Smith United Kingdom The Motivating Forces and Challenges of Global Business Teams – Eastern and Central Europe EU-Accession - taking Czech Republic as an example

	Ellen Greenberg, Serguey Ivanov and Krassimir Goranov Bulgaria and USA Racism in Post-Communist Bulgaria: The Case of the Roma

	Tzvetana Guerdjikova Canada and Bulgaria Managing cultural diversity: the Canadian experience

	Judit Hidasi Hungary Intracultural Diversity - Japan at the beginning of the 21st century

	Matthew Hill United Kingdom Intercultural Case Study – Muslims in a Christian World

	Yordana Hristozova Bulgaria Incorporating training activities in the process of a English language learning as a foreign language to University level students

	Zarine Jacob United Kingdom and India Global Coaching – a practitioner’s view from the field

	Robert Johnson and Wei Ju Liao United Kingdom and Taiwan Can cross-cultural training make matters worse? Lessons to be learnt from an empirical study of sojourners in Taiwan

	Sonia Karabeliova and Liudmilla Andreeva Bulgaria Cultural diversity in multicultural societies. Sex Role and Ethnic Stereotypes of the Young Adults in Bulgaria

	Oxana S. Karnauhova Russia Multiculturalism as the paradigm of the postcolonial development: the Russian glance at the British multicultural model

	Eun Kim USA Managing Asian Cultural Diversity

	Natalie Kleinschmidt and Anne Claire Geffroy France and Germany From managing differences to Reaching Full Potential: a new approach to respond to our clients’ and participants’ evolving needs

	Christina Laib Germany Like an English man in New York: A Chinese Student in Germany

	Patrick LeMont Schmidt Austria, USA and France The Invisible Mindsets of Americans, Germans and Austrians - How do they differ?

	Jasmin Mahadevan Germany Beyond Culture: Why the Interpretative Anthropological Approach to Global Interactions is So Important

	Plamen Makariev and Tsvetan Davidkov Bulgaria Power Distance – Legitimacy or Coercion

	Ruth Mastron USA Human Rights, Cultural Wrongs

	Mihail Minkov Bulgaria Pride and Self-Consistency Predict Cross-Cultural Differences in School Performance, Thrift, Suicide Rates and Religiousness

	Marjeta Novak Slovenia Why do 'proven' interactive training methods sometimes fail in Central & Eastern Europe: an insider's perspective

	Jose Pascal da Rocha Germany Negotiating the "Other" - Towards an Analysis and Theories of Interculturalism

	Irina Perianova Bulgaria Political Correctness - the Case of the Vanishing Trust?

	Melville Petrie United Kingdom The Influence of China and UK's Culture on Doing Business

	Ngyen Phuong-Mai et al. Netherlands A Culturally Appropriate Model for Cooperation

	Petr Podlesak and Eliska Kubickova Czech Republic Cultural aspects of Czech beer commercials

	Juliana Roth Germany and Bulgaria Ethical Considerations for Intercultural Trainers

	Adrienne Rubatos and Rudolf Bildhauer Germany Intercultural work at the very heart of the business (Mixed top manage-ment team within German automotive industry in Romania)

	Haiganush Silgidjan, Sonja Karabeliova, Julian Genov and Encho Gerganov Bulgaria The Growing Value of Uncertainty Avoidance: The Actual "Anchor" of National Culture in Bulgaria

	Joseph Shaules France and USA The Deep Culture Model – Understanding Hidden Barriers to Intercultural Adaptation

	Laurence Sicot and Lucy Linhares France Diversity map: a tool to help corporations and NGOs to succesfully implement diversity policies

	Laurence Sicot and Natalie Lutz France French And American Perceptions Of Leadership In Corporations

	Shawn Simpson France The IDEA project - a case study on intercultural teamwork in the creation of EU proposals

	Robert Spenser United Kingdom Stereotypes, Self-stereotypes and Looking in the Mirror: What Japanese Are Taught About Working Abroad

	Margret Steixner Austria Learning between the worlds: Relevance and potentials of Intercultural Coaching in the field of development work

	Katharina Storch Ireland and Poland The experiences of Polish migrant women in Ireland and their adjustment to Irish society

	Bettina Strewe Germany Adult Education in Macedonia as an important factor for cultural rethinking: how to encourage people to practice democracy and tolerance

	Jaroslav Svetlik Czech Republic The Single European Market - Opportunities and Threats for Newcomers? Newcomers - Opportunities or Threats for the Single European Market?

	Wim Swaan Netherlands Intercultural relations including Central Eastern Europe: An identity negotiation perspective

	Pascale Sztum Belgium Is it always possible to overcome most of the research’s bias through the help of researchers indigenous to the context explored?

	Magdalena Telus Germany Intercultural Communication Eastern Europe – an innovative module for a master program

	Ingemar Torbiörn Sweden Some thoughts on the relevance of psychology for the efficiency of inter-cultural training

	Marine Tunyan Armenia 3C and K’ model in multicultural companies

	Nilly Venezia and Avi Sharfman Israel Multicultural Education in Early Childhood

	Paul Weslake Finland Cross-Cultural Colours

	Hannah Wilder and Sabine Amend United Kingdom and Germany Coaching Executives for the Four Directions: Leading Change in a Complex Multicultural World

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