Dr. Gasim Hayder is an Associate Professor for Civil and Environmental Engineering and Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He is MIET and Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the Engineering Council (UK). He teaches, conducts research and provides short courses and consultancy services to industry, especially in the field of water and wastewater assessment and monitoring, and active in environmental engineering and sustainable development. He is the research clusters coordinator and the chairman of clean water and environment at college of engineering and architecture – University of Nizwa. He was the Head of Water & Environmental Engineering Unit at the Department of Civil Engineering – Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and also served as the Head of Environment and Sustainable Development Cluster at the Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI). He has extensive practical engineering, teaching, and management experiences. He has more than two hundred publications of journals and books, reviewer for many top journals, member committee for several conferences, holds patents, and has received national and international awards.  Ph.D. D.Eng. Jesús Rodrigo Comino, a graduate in Geography, currently works as an associate professor at the University of Granada and has been included in the World's Top 2% Scientists ranking by Stanford University since 2021. He got a master in Territorial Planning and Geographic Information Systems (2013). During his predoc stage, he obtained three scholarships for doctoral studies: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), La Caixa Foundation and FPU (Ministry of Education, Spain). During this period, he completed his first doctoral thesis in geography between the University of Trier and Malaga in 2018. In 2023, he defended his second doctorate in engineering in geomatics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. His research career consists of several complete monographs (Nova, Springer, etc.) and some edited books (Elsevier, Springer, CRC, Nova), >250 indexed publications in Scopus and WoS, leading international collaborations with research teams over the world.

• Foundations of SDG 8 and Sustainable Corporate Strategy.- Sustained Economic Growth within the Framework of SDG 8.- Strategic Integration and Sustainability: Theoretical and Practical Interfaces.- Strategic Integration of SDG 8 into Business Operations.- Human Capital Development and Fair Employment.- Productivity and Innovation for Inclusive Growth.- Sustainable Supply Chain and Value Chain Management.- Measuring and Managing Impact.- Sectoral , Regional & New Perspectives.- Embedding SDG 8 in the Manufacturing Sector.- Financial Services and Responsible Corporate Investment.- Digital Economy and Platform-Based Work Models.- SDG 8 & New Dimensions.- Strategic Enablers and Collaborative Ecosystems.- Regulatory and Policy Support to Facilitate Corporate Alignment with SDG 8.- The Role of Education and Research in Driving Change.- Future Directions and Strategic Roadmaps.- Foresight Thinking and the Future of Economic Growth and Work.- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement.- Case Studies in Action – Embedding SDG 8 through Corporate Strategy.

Dr. Gasim Hayder is an Associate Professor for Civil and Environmental Engineering and Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He is MIET and Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the Engineering Council (UK). He teaches, conducts research and provides short courses and consultancy services to industry, especially in the field of water and wastewater assessment and monitoring, and active in environmental engineering and sustainable development. He is the research clusters coordinator and the chairman of clean water and environment at college of engineering and architecture – University of Nizwa. He was the Head of Water & Environmental Engineering Unit at the Department of Civil Engineering – Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and also served as the Head of Environment and Sustainable Development Cluster at the Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI). He has extensive practical engineering, teaching, and management experiences. He has more than two hundred publications of journals and books, reviewer for many top journals, member committee for several conferences, holds patents, and has received national and international awards.  Ph.D. D.Eng. Jesús Rodrigo Comino, a graduate in Geography, currently works as an associate professor at the University of Granada and has been included in the World's Top 2% Scientists ranking by Stanford University since 2021. He got a master in Territorial Planning and Geographic Information Systems (2013). During his predoc stage, he obtained three scholarships for doctoral studies: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), La Caixa Foundation and FPU (Ministry of Education, Spain). During this period, he completed his first doctoral thesis in geography between the University of Trier and Malaga in 2018. In 2023, he defended his second doctorate in engineering in geomatics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. His research career consists of several complete monographs (Nova, Springer, etc.) and some edited books (Elsevier, Springer, CRC, Nova), >250 indexed publications in Scopus and WoS, leading international collaborations with research teams over the world.

• Foundations of SDG 8 and Sustainable Corporate Strategy.- Sustained Economic Growth within the Framework of SDG 8.- Strategic Integration and Sustainability: Theoretical and Practical Interfaces.- Strategic Integration of SDG 8 into Business Operations.- Human Capital Development and Fair Employment.- Productivity and Innovation for Inclusive Growth.- Sustainable Supply Chain and Value Chain Management.- Measuring and Managing Impact.- Sectoral , Regional & New Perspectives.- Embedding SDG 8 in the Manufacturing Sector.- Financial Services and Responsible Corporate Investment.- Digital Economy and Platform-Based Work Models.- SDG 8 & New Dimensions.- Strategic Enablers and Collaborative Ecosystems.- Regulatory and Policy Support to Facilitate Corporate Alignment with SDG 8.- The Role of Education and Research in Driving Change.- Future Directions and Strategic Roadmaps.- Foresight Thinking and the Future of Economic Growth and Work.- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement.- Case Studies in Action – Embedding SDG 8 through Corporate Strategy.

Dr. Gasim Hayder is an Associate Professor for Civil and Environmental Engineering and Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He is MIET and Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the Engineering Council (UK). He teaches, conducts research and provides short courses and consultancy services to industry, especially in the field of water and wastewater assessment and monitoring, and active in environmental engineering and sustainable development. He is the research clusters coordinator and the chairman of clean water and environment at college of engineering and architecture – University of Nizwa. He was the Head of Water & Environmental Engineering Unit at the Department of Civil Engineering – Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and also served as the Head of Environment and Sustainable Development Cluster at the Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI). He has extensive practical engineering, teaching, and management experiences. He has more than two hundred publications of journals and books, reviewer for many top journals, member committee for several conferences, holds patents, and has received national and international awards.  Ph.D. D.Eng. Jesús Rodrigo Comino, a graduate in Geography, currently works as an associate professor at the University of Granada and has been included in the World's Top 2% Scientists ranking by Stanford University since 2021. He got a master in Territorial Planning and Geographic Information Systems (2013). During his predoc stage, he obtained three scholarships for doctoral studies: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), La Caixa Foundation and FPU (Ministry of Education, Spain). During this period, he completed his first doctoral thesis in geography between the University of Trier and Malaga in 2018. In 2023, he defended his second doctorate in engineering in geomatics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. His research career consists of several complete monographs (Nova, Springer, etc.) and some edited books (Elsevier, Springer, CRC, Nova), >250 indexed publications in Scopus and WoS, leading international collaborations with research teams over the world.

• Foundations of SDG 8 and Sustainable Corporate Strategy.- Sustained Economic Growth within the Framework of SDG 8.- Strategic Integration and Sustainability: Theoretical and Practical Interfaces.- Strategic Integration of SDG 8 into Business Operations.- Human Capital Development and Fair Employment.- Productivity and Innovation for Inclusive Growth.- Sustainable Supply Chain and Value Chain Management.- Measuring and Managing Impact.- Sectoral , Regional & New Perspectives.- Embedding SDG 8 in the Manufacturing Sector.- Financial Services and Responsible Corporate Investment.- Digital Economy and Platform-Based Work Models.- SDG 8 & New Dimensions.- Strategic Enablers and Collaborative Ecosystems.- Regulatory and Policy Support to Facilitate Corporate Alignment with SDG 8.- The Role of Education and Research in Driving Change.- Future Directions and Strategic Roadmaps.- Foresight Thinking and the Future of Economic Growth and Work.- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement.- Case Studies in Action – Embedding SDG 8 through Corporate Strategy.