Patron: Professor Pericles Loucopoulos

Professor Pericles Loucopoulos (www.periloucopoulos.com) is Professor of Enterprise Information systems at the Alliance Manchester Business School of the University of Manchester, UK.

He has a long and distinguished career in academia and industry. His research work has been supported by numerous research grants for projects in collaboration with industry. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Requirements Engineering and also serves as Associate Editor on 15 other scientific journals. He has been awarded the Edelman Laureate medal and the President’s Medal of the UK OR Society, two of the top distinctions in the field of Operations Research and Management. He has authored 9 books, edited 13 books and conference proceedings and has published over 250 papers in journals and international conferences.