HUMAN FACTORS IN MILITARY TRAINING AND OPERATIONS

Stefano Brusoni

Title of keynote:

Cognitive Flexibility: its value in business and military organizations

Stefano Brusoni is Professor of technology and Innovation Management at ETH Zurich (CH). Since August 2022, he is Pro-rector for Continuing Education (Weiterbildung). His work focuses on the obstacles to innovation and change in individuals and organizations, and on how to overcome them. He has published on journals such as Strategic Management Journal; Administrative Science Quarterly; Organization Science; Academy of Management Journal; Frontiers of Human Neuroscience; Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change and many others. In the past, he was Chair of the Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society, as well as Chair of the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management. He is currently serving as Senior Editor of Organization Science and was Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Academy of Management Discoveries and Strategic Organization. He is also a founder and entrepreneur, currently active in the EdTech space.

John, Lord Alderdice is a politician, academic and psychoanalytic psychiatrist who works on the application of psychology to violent political conflict. 

As Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland he played a significant role in negotiating the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.  He retired as the first Speaker of the new Northern Ireland Assembly in 2004 and was appointed to the international Independent Monitoring Commission, tasked with overseeing security normalization in Northern Ireland.  He now advises on conflicts around the world.

An active Liberal life member of the British House of Lords since 1996 he was President (now Presidente D’Honneur) of Liberal International - the global body of over 100 liberal political parties. 

His appointments at Oxford University include Executive Chairman of the Changing Character of War Centre at Pembroke College. He is also a Professor of Practice at the University of Wales Trinity St David and founder and chairman of The Concord Foundation. He has been awarded honorary doctorates and prizes around the world, most recently receiving the 2022 Royal College of Psychiatrists Lifetime Achievement Award.

John Alderdice

Title of keynote:

"How can psychology help us address the challenges of war and peace?"

Naser Morina

Title of keynote:

Beyond the war: mental health consequences in civilian war survivors

Naser Morina, PhD, is senior researcher/lecturer at University of Zurich, and head of research and co-head of the Outpatient Unit for Victims of Torture and War, University Hospital Zurich. Dr. Morina is specializing in global mental health, traumatic stress and psychotraumatology in general. His specific research expertise focuses on various aspects of traumatic stress and trauma-related disorders in vulnerable people, such as migrants, refugees, prison inmates, and stressed health care workers. His research theme is wide-ranging, including understanding the underlying mechanisms and development and implementation of new scalable psychological interventions where he is currently principal investigator of several projects and RCTs.

Stefano Brusoni

Title of keynote:

Cognitive Flexibility: its value in business and military organizations

Stefano Brusoni is Professor of technology and Innovation Management at ETH Zurich (CH). Since August 2022, he is Pro-rector for Continuing Education (Weiterbildung). His work focuses on the obstacles to innovation and change in individuals and organizations, and on how to overcome them. He has published on journals such as Strategic Management Journal; Administrative Science Quarterly; Organization Science; Academy of Management Journal; Frontiers of Human Neuroscience; Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change and many others. In the past, he was Chair of the Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society, as well as Chair of the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management. He is currently serving as Senior Editor of Organization Science and was Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Academy of Management Discoveries and Strategic Organization. He is also a founder and entrepreneur, currently active in the EdTech space.

John Alderdice

Title of keynote:

"How can psychology help us address the challenges of war and peace?"

John, Lord Alderdice is a politician, academic and psychoanalytic psychiatrist who works on the application of psychology to violent political conflict. 

As Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland he played a significant role in negotiating the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.  He retired as the first Speaker of the new Northern Ireland Assembly in 2004 and was appointed to the international Independent Monitoring Commission, tasked with overseeing security normalization in Northern Ireland.  He now advises on conflicts around the world.

An active Liberal life member of the British House of Lords since 1996 he was President (now Presidente D’Honneur) of Liberal International - the global body of over 100 liberal political parties. 

His appointments at Oxford University include Executive Chairman of the Changing Character of War Centre at Pembroke College. He is also a Professor of Practice at the University of Wales Trinity St David and founder and chairman of The Concord Foundation. He has been awarded honorary doctorates and prizes around the world, most recently receiving the 2022 Royal College of Psychiatrists Lifetime Achievement Award.

Naser Morina

Title of keynote:

"Beyond the war: mental health consequences in civilian war survivors

Naser Morina, PhD, is senior researcher/lecturer at University of Zurich, and head of research and co-head of the Outpatient Unit for Victims of Torture and War, University Hospital Zurich. Dr. Morina is specializing in global mental health, traumatic stress and psychotraumatology in general. His specific research expertise focuses on various aspects of traumatic stress and trauma-related disorders in vulnerable people, such as migrants, refugees, prison inmates, and stressed health care workers. His research theme is wide-ranging, including understanding the underlying mechanisms and development and implementation of new scalable psychological interventions where he is currently principal investigator of several projects and RCTs.