International Virtual Conference on
Business
Finance
Management
& Economic
BizFAME 2021
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Embracing the New Normal: Are We Ready?
14 - 16 July 2021
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ABOUT
BizFAME 2021
The Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah Branch is pleased to host the International Virtual Conference on Business, Finance, Management and Economics (BizFAME) 2021 from 14-15 July 2021. BizFAME 2021 will be an interactive virtual conference with a blend of diverse knowledge sharing, inspiring webinar and networking opportunities.
Join us as we unfold and embrace the new norms affecting Business, Finance, Management and Economics from the perspective of our participants and presenters. In addition, the conference also offers publication opportunities to participants. All accepted papers will be considered to be published in the Voice of Academia (VOA), Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT), or SCOPUS Journal.
Online Video Presentation
In view of COVID-19 pandemic, now you can present your paper from the comfort of your home. Please submit to us your pre-recorded video presentation and slides. The video will be posted on the conference day. It saves time, money and more importantly, stays safe. The pdf version of Technical Instruction for Presentation can be downloaded here.
Please send your downloadable video link presentation slides to here with the subject: BizFAME2021 Virtual Presentation – Paper ID, by 1st April 2021.
Our
Speakers
keynote speakerS
Dato Haji Nor Azman Bin Haji Mufti
Managing Director/CEO TNB Power Generation Sdn. Bhd.
Dato’ Haji Nor Azman bin Mufti is the Chief Power Generation Officer of Power Generation Division, Tenaga Nasional Berhad. Prior to the current appointment, he was the Vice President of Energy Ventures. He has served more than 35 years, holding various Generation portfolios in TNB namely, Managing Director of Remaco and Vice President of Energy Ventures. He is responsible to lead and drive GenCo towards new growth, increased efficiencies, business synergies and greater business development.
Dr. Keah-Choon Tan
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Dr. Keah-Choon Tan is Professor of Operations Management in the Lee Business School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He received a BSc degree in Business Administration and an MBA from the University of South Alabama, and a PhD in Operations Management from Michigan State University. He obtained the Institute for Supply Management's Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) certification, and the APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) certification in 1996. He has published articles in the areas of supply chain management, quality and operations scheduling in academic journals and trade magazines including Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Omega, and Journal of Cleaner Production. He has also coauthored a supply chain management textbook entitled Principles of Supply Chain Management: A Balanced Approach, currently in its 5th edition. Dr. Tan has served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Department Chair in the Lee Business School at UNLV. In addition to serving as the co-track chair and on various committees of the Decision Sciences Institute, he has also served as the chief editor, co-guest editor and on the editorial boards of academic journals. Prior to academia, Dr. Tan was a hospital administrator at a private specialists hospital and an account comptroller of a listed manufacturing firm in Malaysia. Dr. Tan has received several research grants and teaching awards, including the UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award.
plenAry speakers
Prof Dr. Haji Mohamad Abdullah Bin Haji Hemdi
Rector, UiTM Kedah Branch
Professor Dr Mohamad Abdullah Bin Helmi is currently the Rector of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah Branch. Prior to the current appointment, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Hotel and tourism Management UiTM, Malaysia (2012–2018) and a Professor of Hospitality Human Resource Management. On scholarly contributions, Professor Hemdi was the Panel Experts Chairman for the development of Guidelines to Good Practices: Work-Based Learning (GGP:WBL) quality assurance document for Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA). He was also appointed as the Deputy Chairman for the development of Guidelines for Implementation of 2u2i Mode of Study (an industry curriculum mode of study) for the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). Professor Hemdi is also the Panel Experts Chairman for the development of the Program Standards for Hospitality and Tourism Management as well as panel expert members for the development of Code of Practice for TVET Program Accreditation (COPTPA) for MQA. Professor Hemdi has been appointed as a Member of Accreditation Committee for MQA for humanities and social science for the past eight years. He is also an Executive Committee Member of PATA (Pacific Asia Tourism Association) Malaysia Chapter and a member of Tourism Educators Association of Malaysia (TEAM). Professor Hemdi is an active researcher and has published a number of articles in high impact journals and conferences in the area of hospitality and tourism management, human resource management, employee attitudes and outcomes, tourism economic, technology and education. Professor Hemdi was awarded the Best Professor in Hospitality and Tourism Management (Education Leadership) by The Golden Tigers Award 2018.
Dr. Syamsul Hadi, S.E., M.M.
Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa / CEO PT. Smart Training Indonesia
Lecturer in Management Department, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa (UST), and Director / CEO PT. Smart Training Indonesia (STI). Dr. Syamsul Hadi holds a Doctorate degree in Economics and specializes in Human Resource. He has certified as a manager and assessor of human resource development management from BNSP (Badan Nasional Sertifikasi Profesi). He is an active researcher and has published a number of articles in journals in the area of economics, human resource management, entrepreneurship (SME), with systematic review methods.
Schedule
Tentative
Keynote Speaker: Dato Haji Nor Azman bin Haji Mufti
Day 1 - 14 July 2021
Day 2 - 15 July 2021
08:00
Registration
09:00
Opening Ceremony (Live)
Rector of UiTM Kedah Branch
09:20
Welcoming Speech (Live)
Head of Faculty (Fac. of Bus. Mgmt.)
09:30
Welcoming Speech (Recorded)
Co - Host (SSRU)
09:40
Welcoming Speech (Recorded)
Co - Host (Hatyai University)
09:50
Keynote (Recorded)
Keynote Speaker: Dato Haji Nor Azman bin Haji Mufti
10:05
Plenary (Recorded)
Plenary Speaker: Prof Dr. Haji Mohamad Abdullah Bin Haji Hemdi
10:20
Break
10:30
Parallel Session I
13:00
Break
14:00
Parallel Session II
16:00
End of Day 1
09:00
Keynote (Recorded)
Keynote Speaker: Professor Keah-Choon Tan
09:30
Plenary (Recorded)
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Syamsul Hadi, S.E., M.M.
10:00
Break
10:30
Parallel Session III
13:00
Break
14:00
Parallel Session IV
16:00
Closing
Research Webinar
09:00
Session I
12:00
Break
14:00
Session II
17:00
Adjourn
BizFAME POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM 2021
09:00
Presentation
12:30
Closing
Fees
BizFAME 2021 (Early-Bird Fees)
Fees | Presenter | Participant |
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International | USD50 | USD25 |
Local | RM100 | RM50 |
BizFAME 2021 (Normal Fees)
Fees | Presenter | Participant |
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International | USD75 | USD50 |
Local | RM150 | RM100 |
Package (Conference and Research Webinar) (Early-Bird Fees)
Fees | Presenter | Participant |
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International | USD 75 | USD 50 |
Local | RM 150 | RM 100 |
Package (Conference and Research Webinar) (Normal Fees)
Fees | Presenter | Participant |
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International | USD 100 | USD 75 |
Local | RM 200 | RM 150 |
Research Webinar
Fees | Participant |
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International | USD 35 |
Local | RM 70 |
Payments are to be made to the following account.
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Akaun Amanah UiTM Kedah
Bendahari UiTM Kedah 02020010021120
Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB)
No.71 & 72, Lorong Lagenda 1, Lagenda Height,
08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah
Bank Swift code BIMBMYKL
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Note: In the event of cancellation by the participants, the payment made is non- refundable.
Research Webinar
Bibliometric Analysis by Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Aidi Ahmi
In conjunction with the International Virtual Conference, we are pleased to cordially invite all academicians and researchers to join our Research Webinar: Bibliometric Analysis by Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Aidi Ahmi (UUM), which will be held on 15 July 2021. This workshop will train and guide participants in writing and publishing articles on bibliometric analysis in the high-indexed journal.
Speaker
Aidi Ahmi currently is an Associate Professor at The Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and a Deputy Director of Research and Innovation Management Centre (RIMC) of UUM.
He has authored and co-authored over 80% reviewed publications and successfully supervised 7 PhD scholars. His research area focused on AIS, Auditing, E-Commerce, Supply Chain and Sustainability.
Information about this research webinar:
1. This workshop will train and guide the participant to write and publish an article on bibliometric analysis as per high-indexed paper.
2. A template will be shared to simplify the writing.
3. The participant will be trained on how to gather the data from the Scopus database (it take less than 5 minutes to gather data from the Scopus database if you know the trick).
4. The participant will also be guided on how to get the results, analyze and interpret the result to justify the contribution of the study to the knowledge.
5. The bibliometric techniques and indicators will be explained and some tips and tricks to analyze some variables will be shared throughout the workshop.
6. Harzing’s Publish or Perish software also will be promoted as an alternative way to gather the data from the academic database.
7. VOSviewer will be introduced to develop the bibliometric networks for the data gathered from the academic databases.
About the research webinar:
Write & Publish
This workshop will guide the participants to write and publish articles using bibliometric analysis.
Data Gathering
Participants will be trained on how to gather the data from academic databases and interpret the results as part of the contributions in the specific research domain.
Tools
Suitable tools to analyse the bibliometric data such as VOSviewer and Harzings' pop will be introduced
Inquiries for Registration :
Yong Azrina – 012-2483028
Najmie - 012-4664254
Inquiries for Payment :
Jamilah – 013-5989055
Fauziah - 017-6608084
BizFAME POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM 2021
Calling PHD/DBA/ RESEARCHERS. Only 30 seats available!!!
Don’t miss a chance to present your research in BizFAME Postgraduate Colloquium 2021 on 16th July 2021.
In line with the International Virtual Conference on Business, Finance, Management, and Economics (BizFAME) 2021, the Faculty of Business & Management, UiTM Kedah Branch cordially invites Postgraduate students/Researchers from all over the world to participate in our Postgraduate Colloquium.
The aim of the colloquium is to provide a platform for postgraduates to improve their proposal and prepare for proposal defence (DRP) or viva voce. Participants would benefit from the discussions and feedback from experienced researchers and thesis examiners.
Fees: Presenter RM100
Participant RM50
* FREE for those who are registered in BizFAME conference as presenter and participant.
* PRESENTATION OF SLIDES ONLY
Slides format: Please download here.
Deadline for registration and slides submission: 15 June 2021
Please submit your slides to BizFAME2021 secretariat via email submissionbizfame@gmail.com
Registration can be made at https://forms.gle/Mh6RkgKzESJHrjHt5.
For any inquiries, kindly contact:
Assoc Prof Dr Noor Zahirah Sidek 013-4389896
Publications
All accepted papers shall be published in e-proceedings with eISSN (English or Malay). Only selected full papers (English only) will be considered for journal publications in the following publication:
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Voice of Academia (VOA), UiTM Kedah (MyJournal)
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Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT), UiTM Kedah (Asian Citation Index)
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Selected full papers will be considered for publication in SCOPUS Journal - to be announced
The full paper can be submitted at submissionbizfame@gmail.com
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Please take note that additional fees will apply for publication in SCOPUS journal.
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*Disclaimer:For those who are interested to publish in the selected journals, the author/authors should make 70% changes to the submitted full article based on the guideline provided on the website and email it to submissionbizfame@gmail.com. The fees for publication in the SCOPUS journal is not included in the conference fee and shall be borne fully by the authors/participants. However, it is not confirmed that the submitted article will be published in the SCOPUS journal in 2021 or 2022. The article which is not accepted for SCOPUS publication will be considered to be published either in CPLT or VOA, and the fees for publication is free.
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Full Paper Guidelines: Download Here
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E-Proceeding Guidelines: Download Here
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Languages: All submitted extended abstracts shall be written in Bahasa Malaysia or English. To those interested to publish in selected journals, the full papers must be in English only.
Important Dates
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- Deadline for abstract submission & registration (early bird): 15 May 2021
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Registration and abstract submission closes (normal fee): 20 May 2021
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Deadline for full paper & video submission: 15 June 2021
Best Paper Awards
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Best Paper Award and Best Presenter Award will be given according to four main areas namely business, finance, management and economy.
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Digital certificates and prizes in the form of a plaque will be given to the winners
Call for Reviewers
We are inviting scholars and researchers to review the submitted papers for BizFAME 2021. In recognition of your effort, an electronic certificate of appreciation will be provided to all accepted reviewers. If you are interested in contributing in the review process, please apply here:
Extended Abstract: CLOSED
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Co - Hosts
Committees
Committee Members of International Virtual Conference BizFAME 2021
UiTM Kedah Branch
Patron
Y. Bhg. Prof. Dr. Hj. Mohamad Abdullah Bin Hj. Hemdi
Rector Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah Branch
Main Advisor
Dr. Kamarudin Othman
Deputy Rector Academic Affairs
Advisor II
Dr. Yanti Aspha Ameira Mustapha
Head Faculty, FBM, UiTM Kedah Branch
Chairman I
Dr. Norhidayah Ali
Chairman II
Dr. Zuraidah Mohamed Isa
Vice Chairman
Dr. Azyyati Anuar
Secretary
Dr. Syahida Abd Aziz
Dr. Siti Muliana Samsi
Treasurer
Roseamilda Mansor
Khairul Azfar Adzahar
Registration
Dr. Chaleeda a/p Som Sak
Dr. Law Kuan Kheng
Abstract
Nabila Ahmad
Hanani Hussin
Website and Multimedia
Suhardi Hamid
Promotion and Publicity
Dr. Roziyana Jafri
Dr. Dahlia Ibrahim
Certificate
Siti Zaharah Safin
Graphic Design
Dr. Shafilla Subri
Publication
Associate Professor Dr. Mohd Rizaimy Shaharudin
Dr. Rosmaiza Abdul Ghani
Dr. Nur Zainie Abdul Hamid
Protocol
Farah Merican Isahak Merican
Special Task
Nurul Hayani Abdul Rahman
Parallel Session
Syahmi Harudin
Mohd Shafiz Saharan
Research Webinar
Yong Azrina Ali Akbar
College of Logistics and Supply Chain, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU)
Advisors
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chutikarn Sriviboon
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ruedej Kerdvichai
Asst. Prof. Dr. Komson Sommanawat
Dr. Chattrarat Hotrawaisaya
Chairman
Phutthiwat Waiyawuththanapoom
Deputy Chairman
Dr. Wissawa Aunyawong
Secretary
Bhuk Kiranantawat
Promotion
Karnnapat Chumkad
Reviewers and Scientific Committees
Ass. Prof. Dr. Preecha Wararatchai
Ass. Prof. Dr. Natapat Areerakulkan
Dr. Chanicha Moryadee
Dr. Chitpong Ayasanond
Dr. Natpatsaya Setthachotsombut
College of Innovation and Management, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU)
Advisors
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bundit Pungnirund (Dean, Collage Of Innovation And Management)
Asst. Prof. Hathaipan Soonthornpipit (Vice Dean For Foreign Affairs)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kanyamon Kanchanataweekul (Director Of Online Study Programs)
Dr. Sirinya Siriyanum (Vice Director Of Bilingual And International Program)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shahid Khan (Lecturer)
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CONTACT
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BizFAME 2021
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Kedah Branch,
Kampus Sungai Petani
08400 Merbok, Kedah,
Malaysia
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INQUIRIES
1. Dr. Norhidayah Ali
Email: norhidayah@uitm.edu.my
Tel: +6019-4566966
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2. Dr. Zuraidah Mohamed Isa
Email: zuraidah588@uitm.edu.my
Tel: +6019-5046670
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3. Dr. Azyyati Anuar
Email: azyyati@uitm.edu.my
Tel: +6012-5534339