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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND

PARTICIPANTS OVERVIEW

OF THE 14TH FRAP CONFERENCE - OXFORD

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Keynote Speakers

Dr Julia Mundy Centre for Governance, Risk & Accountability, University of Greenwich

Opening Keynote

The value of qualitative research in Finance, Risk and Accounting

Monday 22nd, 10.30 – 12.00

Biography

Dr Julia Mundy is a founding member of the Centre for Governance, Risk and Accountability at the

University of Greenwich. Following 10 years’ experience in the investment management and financial

services sectors, she undertook her PhD at the University of Melbourne in the area of management

control systems and organisational learning before joining the University of Greenwich in 2003. Her

research interests include the use of control systems in inter-firm collaborations and corporate social

responsibility, subjectivity in performance measurement, and the role of uncertainty in control

systems. She has been awarded various competitive bids and has published in top international

journals, including Accounting Organizations and Society, Management Accounting Research, and the

Journal of Management Accounting Research.

Dr Mundy is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Accounting Research, an internationally ranked

academic publication, and has been the Honorary Secretary of the Management Control Association

since 2007. She is a committee member of the Research Advisory Board of the Institute of Chartered

Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). She is a qualified Chartered Secretary, a regular

contributor to the main practitioner publication in that field, and she has provided expert advice to

firms in sectors including financial services, publishing, and social housing.

Keynote Speakers

Dr Olga Kolokolova University of Manchester, Manchester Business School

Keynote

Presenting her research on Hedge-funds

Tuesday 23rd, 9.00 – 10.30

Biography

Olga Kolokolova graduated from the Russian Plekhanov Academy of Economics with a master’s

degree in Mathematical Methods in Economics, and thereafter obtained a “Candidate of Science”

degree for her research on credit risk management. She obtained a Ph.D degree in Quantitative

Methods in Economics and Finance from the University of Konstanz (Germany) with her dissertation

being primarily focused on the analysis of hedge funds. She was a visiting researcher at the Imperial

College Business School (London) before joining Manchester Business School in October 2010. She

published in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, and Journal of Banking

and Finance.

Keynote Speakers

Dr Merav Ozair NYU

Keynote

A New (proposed) Methodology for Dissecting Markets Behavior

Tuesday 23rd, 9.00 – 10.30

Biography

Dr. Ozair has over 12 years’ teaching experience and currently she has been teaching at the Finance

and Risk Engineering (FRE) program at NYU – Market Microstructure, Financial Econometrics and

Portfolio Management. She earned her PhD in Accounting and Finance from Stern Business School at

NYU, and her research interests include market microstructure, volatility modeling and financial

econometrics. She is also the founder of Mackabie Capital a financial service provider which bridges

fundamental and quantitative methods to enable money managers in their pursuit for better alpha

generating strategies, risk control and execution. She also holds a CPA and a CQF.

Keynote Speakers

Dr John Hoffmire

Director of Impact Bond Fund, SAID Business School, University of Oxford

Keynote

Talking about investment decisions of the Said Impact Bond fund

Wednesday 24th, 9.00 – 10.30

Biography

John’s background involves a twenty-year career in impact investing, venture capital, consulting and

investment banking. His work has had a particular focus on Employee Stock Ownership Plans and

their use to make impact investing even more impactful. John left American Capital as Senior

Investment Officer when the company reached $1 billion in assets. After leaving American Capital,

John was Vice President at Ampersand Ventures, formerly Paine Webber's private equity group.

Earlier in his career, after he finished his Ph.D. at Stanford University, he was a consultant at Bain &

Company. John created the first known Employee Stock Ownership Plan for a microfinance

institution when he helped the employees of K-REP buy part of their bank.

He teaches at Saïd Business School where he also directs the Impact Bond Fund, a $5,000,000 fund

that allows students to learn through doing. He also directs the Center on Business and Poverty at

the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He serves on the board of directors of two companies in the

media and finance industries.

John has worked, researched and given speeches in 90 countries. He was awarded the Darwin Nelson

Community Impact Award for his efforts to help business work for more people.

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Alex Nicholls SAID Business School, University of Oxford

Keynote

Leading the Panel Discussion on Social and Sustainable Finance

Wednesday 24th, 9.00 – 10.30

Biography

Alex Nicholls is Professor in Social Entrepreneurship, within the Skoll Centre for Social

Entrepreneurship at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. His research interests range across

several key areas within social entrepreneurship and social innovation, including the nexus of

relationships between accounting, accountability and governance; public and social policy contexts;

social finance, impact investing; and Fair Trade. As the first staff member of the Skoll Centre for

Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University in 2004, Nicholls has helped the Centre develop a global

profile in researching and teaching social entrepreneurship and social finance. His vast research

canon is published in highest ranked journals and he has certainly shaped the field. He is editor

amongst of the Oxford University Press Handbook of Social Finance, and of the Routledge Journal of

Social Entrepreneurship.

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Richard Harrison University of Edinburgh Business School

Keynote

Building companies, developing markets, exploiting technologies: the role of

innovation-based entrepreneurship in economic development

Wednesday 24th, 13.30 – 14.45

Biography

Professor Richard Harrison is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Co-Director of the

Centre for Strategic Leadership at the University of Edinburgh Business School. He was previously

Dean of Queen’s University Management School and Director of the Leadership Institute. Previously

he was Dixons Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Edinburgh and has

also held Chair level appointments at the University of Aberdeen and University of Ulster. He has also

taught in China, Argentina, Australia, the US and Canada.

Richard is a world-leading authority on business angel and early stage venture finance and has

advised governments, development agencies and business groups internationally on risk capital and

venture finance issues. He has lectured, advised and consulted on the development of the business

angel and early stage risk capital market in the UK (for UK Business Angels Association, HM Treasury,

LINC Scotland, Department of Business Innovation and Skills, Scottish Enterprise, NE Access to

Finance – his work led to the introduction of the first business angel networks in England in the late

1980s, and later to the first investment readiness programmes, and he wrote the first handbook on

how to set up and operate a business angel network) and internationally (for OECD, EU, Six Countries

InterGovernmental Programme, Department of Industry Canada, and in Sweden, Denmark, Finland,

Austria and China). He is a regular speaker at business angel conferences, including those organised

by EBAN, Business Angels Europe, UKBAA, Angel Capital Alliance (US) and Asia Business Angel

Association.

He is co-editor of the research journal Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial

Finance, the leading publisher of academic research on risk capital. His research has been funded by

ESRC, British Academy, EU, Bank of England, Canadian High Commission, Department of Business

Innovation and Skills, Scottish Enterprise among others. He is author of four books and over 100

academic articles on business angel networks, venture capital, regional economic development and

entrepreneurial learning, with two more (on angel finance and public policy and on entrepreneurship

and leadership) in preparation.

Participants Overview

Participant Name

Ahmed Marhfor

Affiliation

UQAT

Canada

Main Session No.

7.1.

Research Interests

analyst coverage, stock price informativeness, Corporate social responsibility, Financing constraints

Short Biography

I was born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco. I immigrated to Canada when I was 18 years old to

continue my studies (I am a big fan of cold weather). When I was younger I wanted to become a

professor. Fortunately, I fulfilled this dream 10 years ago. In the last 10 years, I have been working as

a lecturer at the University of Québec in Montréal and a professor of finance at the University of

Québec in Abitibi. I have two younger sisters who still live in Morocco.

E-Mail

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I am looking for

Contact with Experts in Quantitative Methods, Collaboration in Writing Papers, Publication

Opportunities


Participant Name

Ron Christner

Affiliation

Loyola University, New Orleans

USA

Main Session No.

1.3.

Research Interests

Short Biography

Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate, Loyola University, New Orleans

E-Mail

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Participant Name

Dr. Bernhard Kronfellner

Affiliation

The Boston Consulting & University of Technology Vienna

Vienna

Main Session No.

2.2.

Research Interests

Banking Regulation; Stability of Financial Markets; Management Consulting in Banking

Short Biography

Professional experience:

- The Boston Consulting Group (since 2007): Leadership Team of the Financial Institutions Practice

Group

- Vienna University of Technology (since 2012) and FH Wien (since 2013): Lector

- JPMorgan (2006): Structuring of OTC-Exotic Options

Education:

- PhD (Dr. techn.) in Mathematics (Finance) @ Vienna University of Technology

- Diplom (Dipl. Ing.) in Mathematics @ Vienna University of Technology, Paris Dauphine, City College

New York

- Diplom (Mag.) Business Administration @ Business University Vienna

Research Interests:

- Banksteering and -controlling

- Strategic Risk Management

- Stability of Financial Markets

E-Mail

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I am looking for

Guest Lecturing at other Universities, Just having a wonderful time and meeting great people!


Participant Name

Joseph Calandro, Jr

Affiliation

PwC & the Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis at Fordham

University

USA

Main Session No.

1.1.

Research Interests

Graham and Dodd; Value Investing; Corporate Finance; Corporate Strategy; M&A; Performance

Management; Risk Management

Short Biography

Joe Calandro is a Managing Director in PwC’s financial services practice with over 25 years of broad

industry and consulting experience in the U.S. and internationally focusing on strategy, analytics,

M&A, and risk management. Joe is also a Fellow of the Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis at

Fordham University. Prior to joining PwC, Joe led the Enterprise Risk Management function of ACE

Group Holdings, and he was previously a Finance Professor at the University of Connecticut. He is the

author of "Applied Value Investing" (NY: McGraw-Hill, 2009) and he has published widely on financial

subjects in the Journal of Investing, Journal of Private Equity, etc.

E-Mail

[email protected]

I am looking for

Guest Lecturing at other Universities, Contact with Experts in Quantitative Methods, Contact with

Experts in Qualitative Methods, Collaboration in Applying for intl. Research Grants, Collaboration in

Writing Papers, Establishing University Partnerships with Lecturer and Students Exchange,

Publication Opportunities, Interesting Job Opportunities abroad, Just having a wonderful time and

meeting great people!


Participant Name

Steve Asikin

Affiliation

Ganeca Energy, Oil & Gas

Indonesia

Main Session No.

5.1.

Research Interests

Finance Architecture; Geometric Finance; Econometric Rex; Technoeconomistat; State Economics;

Calculus Accountancy; Investment Algebra; Non Parametric Modelling;

Short Biography

CFO & CAO at Ganeca Energy International &Finance Director of Asia Mineral (Nickel), Chairman at

OCHIDA Indonesia, Chancellor at CEO Consult. Previously Senior Lecturer at University of Indonesia,

Education: ITB Bandung Inst of Tech & Univ of Indonesia, Tech University of Republic Philippines,

Asian Institute of Management, Manila

Professional Experiences: 1)Multinational Permits /Licensing, Joint Ventures, Merger &Acquisition,

2)Oil & Gas Piping, Electric Power Plant, Transport, Conversion, Power Barge & Float Storage,

3)Smelter, Metal Processing, Environmental Design 4)Ship Design: Float Depots, Time Charters,

Accomodation-Barge, Energy Terminals, 5)Forensic Audit on Foreign Loans and separating the Odious

Debts, 6)Venture Capital in Resourceful Dev-Countries, 7)Assist Powerful Authority to limit suffering

of the Unlucky Diligent (and non Discriminatory)

8)Venture Capital Arrangements (for Green to Brown Business) in Resourceful Dev-Countries

E-Mail

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I am looking for




Publication Opportunities, Interesting Job Opportunities abroad, A sabbatical at another University,

Just having a wonderful time and meeting great people!


Participant Name

Hye-Jin CHO

Affiliation

University of Paris 1

France

Main Session No.

1.3. & 5.1.

Research Interests

Short Biography

PHD Student at Université Paris 1 - Pantheon Sorbonne

E-Mail

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Participant Name

Dr Rama Kanungo

Affiliation

University of Greenwich

UK

Main Session No.

6.4.

Research Interests

Choice of Payment; Cash and Stock Option; Merger and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis

Short Biography

I hold a PhD in Finance from Aston University. My research interests cover the areas of Empirical

Finance, Corporate Finance, Restructuring, M&As, Asymmetric Risk and ARCH effects. My

quantitative interests cover Logit/Probit modelling, GJR-GARCH estimate and Time Series analysis.

E-Mail

[email protected]

I am looking for

Guest Lecturing at other Universities, Contact with Experts in Quantitative Methods, Collaboration in

Applying for intl. Research Grants, Collaboration in Writing Papers, Publication Opportunities, A

sabbatical at another University


Participant Name

Catherine MALECKI

Affiliation

University of Paris Sud - France

FRANCE

Main Session No.

5.3.

Research Interests

Corporate Law; Social Corporate Responsibility; Social and Sustainable Finance ; Comparative

corporate law.

Short Biography

I hold a doctorate from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

My main research interests are in corporate law, social corporate responsibility, sustainable finance,

comparative corporate law. In relation to the former, I specialise in social corporate responsibility

issues.

My book “Corporate Social Responsibility – Perspectives in Sustainable Corporate Governance”,

LGDJ, Lextenso Editions, Business Law collection was published in April 2014. My most recent

research has focused on director’s duties, corporate reputation, socially responsible investment.

I teach European business law, corporate governance, financial law, law of contracts.I periodically

contribute articles and reviews on corporate law, corporate governance, financial law.

My full profile is available at http://www.idep.u-psud.fr/equipe/malecki-catherine

E-Mail

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I am looking for

Guest Lecturing at other Universities, Collaboration in Applying for intl. Research Grants,

Collaboration in Writing Papers, Publication Opportunities, Interesting Job Opportunities abroad


Participant Name

Christian Kamtchueng

Affiliation

HSBC- CTK.corp - ESSEC

United Kingdom

Main Session No.

6.1.

Research Interests

Equity Calibration, Derivative Pricing, Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA), Funding Valuation

Adjustment (FVA), Fear Pricing Theory, Information Relevance Theory

Short Biography

I am a senior quantitative manager, Head Quant Advisor, and have been working for major financial

institutions. Focus in Equity Modeling, I orient myself to the CVA and Credit Risk after the default of

Lehman Brother.

I worked on the Post Lehman Theory, the so-called Fear Pricing Theory that is composed by a number

of adjustments. I introduced them in one of my article CVA, DVA, LVA, FVA, CSA and what else?.

Always looking for a better understanding of the risks and better market practices; I have been

invited by academics to conferences but also have been requested by practitioners via my

consultancy firm CTK corp (www.cityqant.com) for advice.

Author of many articles, publication and conference presentation, I am also a lecturer for a French

Business School. I am very open to share my knowledge and market vision. I wrote a book - The Fear

Pricing Theory: Credit and Liquidity Adjustment- about the new quantitative finance environment.

E-Mail

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I am looking for

Guest Lecturing at other Universities, Collaboration in Applying for intl. Research Grants, Publication

Opportunities


Participant Name

Olivier Le Courtois

Affiliation

EM Lyon Business School

France

Main Session No.

3.1.

Research Interests

Short Biography

Oliver Le Courtois is a Professor of Finance and Insurance at EMLYON. He is also the Director of the

Center For Financial Risk Analysis (CEFRA).

E-Mail

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I am looking for


Participant Name

Olga Kolokolova

Affiliation

University of Manchester

UK

Main Session No.

Keynote Speaker on Tuesday; 4.1.

Research Interests

Hedge funds; Systemic risk; Credit risk; Risk management;

Short Biography

Olga Kolokolova graduated from the Russian Plekhanov Academy of Economics with a master’s

degree in Mathematical Methods in Economics, and thereafter obtained a “Candidate of Science”

degree for her research on credit risk management. She obtained a Ph.D degree in Quantitative

Methods in Economics and Finance from the University of Konstanz (Germany) with her dissertation

being primarily focused on the analysis of hedge funds. She was a visiting researcher at the Imperial

College Business School (London) before joining Manchester Business School in October 2010. She

published in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, and Journal of Banking

and Finance.

E-Mail

[email protected]

I am looking for



Participant Name

Tatsushi Yamamoto

Affiliation

Osaka University

Japan

Main Session No.

7.1.

Research Interests

Quality of accounting information; Crash risk; Synchronicity

Short Biography

I am a professor of accounting in Japan. I worked for Nagoya University from 2000-2012. I have

worked for Osaka University since 2012.

E-Mail

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I am looking for

Publication Opportunities, A sabbatical at another University, Just having a wonderful time and



Participant Name

Almir Alihodzic

Affiliation

University of Zenica - Faculty of Economics

Bosnia And Hercegovina

Main Session No.

6.2.

Research Interests

Profitability, Banking Sector of BH, Regression Analysis.

Short Biography

Assistant Professor of Economic Sciences

Faculty of Economics - University of Zenica

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

CPI Disciplinary center for juveniles, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

01 March 2009–01 February 2010 CFO

Radio - Television of the Federation of BH

Bulevar Mese Selimovica 12 BA-71000 Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

https://www.rtvfbih.ba

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION NETWORK OF SOUTH

EASTERN

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES - RESITA, Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

E-Mail

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Guest Lecturing at other Universities, Collaboration in Writing Papers, Just having a wonderful time

and meeting great people!


Participant Name

Nikhil Srivastava

Affiliation

Pricewaterhouse Coopers

India

Main Session No.

1.2.

Research Interests

Banking regulation and operation; Financial Product; Portfolio Management; Financial Crime

Short Biography

I am Nikhil Srivastava a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst (ICFAI University, India) and

Management Graduate from UK.

I have deep passion for financial innovation. Therefore, I have developed couple of models in the

area of portfolio management that got space in leading journals of India. I am currently studying the

feasibility concept of trading of fixed deposits in emerging and developed market.

At present, I am associated with PwC, India as a consultant in Forensic audit department. Earlier, I

was associated with leading stock exchanges (NSE and MCX- Stock Exchange) of India.

E-Mail

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Participant Name

Rishi Mehra

Affiliation

Corporate Partners

India

Main Session No.

5.1.

Research Interests

Equity;Derivatives;Valuation;Risk Management;Currency;Debt;Indices;Portfolio

Management;Accounting;Financial Services and Instruments

Short Biography

I am thankful to Corporate Partners for showing confidence in my decisions as a CEO for last 8 years.

Last 15 years of Industry experience and 11 years of teaching experience have taught me about the

finance world.

Studies like CFA, MBA, CTM, LIFA, M.Com laid foundations for sound understanding of the Finance

world.

Passion to teach paved path to write 3 Books and opened the endless road for future write-ups.

E-Mail

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I am looking for


Collaboration in Writing Papers, Establishing University Partnerships with Lecturer and Students

Exchange, Publication Opportunities


Participant Name

Cyril Demaria

Affiliation

University of St Gallen

Switzerland

Main Session No.

1.2.

Research Interests

Private equity; leveraged buy-out; venture capital; J-Curve; entrepreneurship; corporate governance

Short Biography

Cyril Demaria is Executive Director at UBS’s Chief investment office, as a Private Market Analyst. Prior

to that, he managed a venture capital funds, co-founded and was Chief Investment Officer of Tiaré

Investment Management. A French citizen, Cyril holds a BA in Political Sciences from the Institut

d'Etudes Politiques, Master in Geopolitics applied to Money and Finance, Master in European

Business Law and a Master from HEC. He is a doctoral candidate at University St. Gallen. He lectures

at EDHEC, ESCP-Europe, and EADA. Cyril collaborates as an expert with the SECA, AFIC and EVCA. He

authored six books.

E-Mail

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Participant Name

Barbara Monda

Affiliation

RiskGovernance - Politecnico di Milano

Italy

Main Session No.

3.4.

Research Interests

Enterprise Risk Management, Risk Management, Emerging risks, Corporate Governance

Short Biography

Barbara Monda, with a master degree in Mathematics, after serving in the Project Management area

of some multinational groups in the Engineering & Contracting.

She lectures in the Corporate Finance, Global Risk Management and Corporate & Investment Banking

undergraduate courses and in several graduate and executive programs.

She is Deputy Director of the RiskGovernance centre of Politecnico di Milano, where she researches

into Risk Management and Corporate Governance issues in financial and non-financial organizations.

She serves as a consultant in projects for the internationalization of firms, M&A and fund raising for

start-ups, performing firm valuations and business planning. She has also collaborated with the

incubator of the Polytechnic University of Milan in coaching activities for young entrepreneurs.

E-Mail

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Applying for intl. Research Grants, Collaboration in Writing Papers, Just having a wonderful time and



Participant Name

Agnieszka Perepeczo

Affiliation

University of Szczecin

Poland

Main Session No.

1.1.

Research Interests

Corporate financial management; Mergers and acquisitions; Shareholder value creation; Value based

management, Corporate governance;

Short Biography

Agnieszka Perepeczo obtained the Master of Economics in 1996 at the University of Szczecin in

Poland. From 1998 to 2001 she participated to PhD studies at the Faculty of Economics and

Management, at the University of Szczecin. In the same time she joined the Finance Department and

from 2001 the Financial Management Department as a Lecture. She completed the PhD dissertation

in the specialization of Corporate Financial Management, Mergers and Acquisitions in 2006. From

2007 Agnieszka Perepeczo works as an Assistant Professor in the Financial Management Department.

Mrs Perepeczo was a co-performer of research projects and she published numerous papers in the

area of corporate financial management, mainly in mergers and acquisitions. She is currently working

on the topic of corporate decisions in public companies – financial and information management and

the company’s market value.

E-Mail

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I am looking for

Collaboration in Applying for intl. Research Grants, Collaboration in Writing Papers, Publication

Opportunities, A sabbatical at another University


Participant Name

Xiaowen Maggie Gao

Affiliation

Coventry University London

UK

Main Session No.

3.2.

Research Interests

Institutional investors' investment behaviour;corporate governance; impact investment;

interorganizational trust

Short Biography

I am programme leader for MBA Global Financial Services at Coventry University London and I teach

Global Financial Markets, Banking Regulation and Risk and Principles of Financial Investments. I have

a PhD In Economics and Finance gained from the University of Reading.

E-Mail

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Participant Name

Guldem Gokcek

Affiliation

New York University & University of Liverpool

New York, USA

Main Session No.

3.2.

Research Interests

Venture Capital, Crowdfunding, Systemic Risk, Shadow Banking, Financial Crisis

Short Biography

Dr.Gokcek has received her Doctorate degree in financial economics with a specialization in

econometrics. She teaches the theory and application of economics, finance and statistical methods

at managerial level. She is an Honorary Lecturer on the University of Liverpool’s management

programs, and is also Associate Professor at New York University, and has also taught at Pace

University, Columbia University, and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She has

worked at a variety of organizations in the US including US Trust Company, Young & Rubicam Brands,

Creamer Dickson Basford, Inc., Backer Spielvogel Bates, Inc., the Office of Research at New York City

Board of Education, and Office of Court Research at New York State Office of Court Administration.

E-Mail

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Guest Lecturing at other Universities, Collaboration in Writing Papers, Publication Opportunities


Participant Name

Chia-Fen Tsai

Affiliation

Department of Finance, College of Finance, Feng Chia University

Tainan, Taiwan

Main Session No.

2.1.

Research Interests

Behavior Corporate Finance, Household Finance, Portfolio Choice

Short Biography

Chia-Fen Tsai has been an assistant professor in the department of finance in Feng Chia University in

Taiwan, teaching courses like financial management, econometrics, and the economics of money,

banking, and financial markets since 2012. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of

International Business at National Taiwan University in 2011. One of her research studies has

published in Journal of Corporate Finance in 2012 and another has accepted by Quantity & Quality in

2014. Most recently, she has two papers that are revised and resubmitted to Review of Finance and

FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis.

E-Mail

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Collaboration in Writing Papers, Just having a wonderful time and meeting great people!


Participant Name

Neil Reeder

Affiliation

Head & Heart Economics

England

Main Session No.

7.4.

Research Interests

Impact investment; Public service commissioning; Public policy; Payment by results; Public service

productivity; Social innovation; Social value

Short Biography

Neil Reeder is director of Head and Heart Economics, where he undertakes projects on public service

performance and social investment. Educated at the LSE, Neil’s posts include lead researcher at the

LSE for an EIB Institute sponsored project on measuring non-financial returns from social

investments, head of the preventative investment programme at the Young Foundation, and senior

policy adviser at HM Treasury. Publications include Measuring Impact and Non-financial Returns in

Impact Investing: a Critical Overview of Concepts and Practice (with A. Colantonio) 2013, LSE; and

Social Impact Bonds: challenge and opportunity (with G. Mulgan) 2010, Young Foundation.

E-Mail

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great people!


Participant Name

Falschlunger Lisa

Affiliation

University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

Austria

Main Session No.

6.3.

Research Interests

Information Visualization, Information Retrieval, Reporting, Graphic Use,

Short Biography

My name is Lisa Falschlunger and I work as a research associate at the University of Applied Sciences

Upper Austria. Mainly I work on company projects and on my doctoral thesis, which I write at the

Vienna University of Economics and Business. The topic of my thesis is: Development of a unified

framework for information visualization in standardized business communication.

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Contact with Experts in Quantitative Methods, Contact with Experts in Qualitative Methods,


Opportunities


Participant Name

Martin Traunmüller

Affiliation

Johannes Kepler University Linz

Austria

Main Session No.

5.2.

Research Interests

Modern Economics and Labor Markets

Short Biography

Studied between 2008 and 2009 economics in the Babson Park, FL and continued at the JKU in

Linz/Austria with the university degree in 09/2014;

Meanwhile I worked as a F&B Manager on the Danube Cruisse Vessel "MS Kaiserin Elisabeth";

Between 2011 and 2014 several educations in the area of holistic health;

Since 2013 part-time job as a Segway guide;

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Publication Opportunities, Interesting Job Opportunities abroad


Participant Name

Sy-Hoa HO

Affiliation

CEPN, University Paris North

France

Main Session No.

4.1.

Research Interests

Sovereign default risk and credit risk ; Derivatives and option pricing ; Stochastic calculus applied to

Finance ; Econometric Modeling

Short Biography

I am Sy-Hoa HO, currently assistant teaching and research in Economics at the University of Evry Val

d'Esson France. I will defense my PhD dissertation in economics in November 2014 at the University

of Paris Nord, France. My research interests are

sovereign default risk in emerging countries, systemic risk and Stochastic calculus applied to Finance.

E-Mail

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Applying for intl. Research Grants, Collaboration in Writing Papers, Establishing University

Partnerships with Lecturer and Students Exchange, Publication Opportunities, Interesting Job

Opportunities abroad


Participant Name

Emmanuel Benjamin

Affiliation

Bergische University of Wuppertal / Technische Universitaet Muenchen

Germany

Main Session No.

7.5.

Research Interests

Agricultural financing; Sustainability; ecosystem services; risk management; ESG;

Short Biography

Emmanuel Olatunbosun Benjamin is a graduate of the Bergische university of Wuppertal (BUW) and

holds a Master´s degree in Internationalization and Economic Policy. His main research interests

include agricultural financing sustainability, rural development and renewable energy. He has

collaborated with the European Institute for International Economic Relations (EIIW), Wuppertal,

Germany on renewable energy in developing economies with emphasis on innovation as well as

foreign direct investment (FDI) dynamics and policy options. He is currently pursuing his PhD in

Economics with the Bergische University of Wuppertal (BUW), where he is investigating synergies

between agriculture financing and sustainability.

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Marouane ANANE

Affiliation

Ecole Centrale Paris and BNP Paribas

France

Main Session No.

4.2.

Research Interests

Trading Strategies; High Frequency trading; Applied mathematics; statistical learning

Short Biography

Have been working in the Automated & Quantitative Strategies team of BNP Paribas since 2011 to

develop new quantitative strategies. Will be defensing the PhD thesis in Quantitative Finance by

December 2014. Got a financial engineering diploma and a Master 2 in Quantitative finance in 2011.

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Participant Name

Amel Ben Youssef

Affiliation

Faculty of Economic sciences and Management of Tunisia, FSEGT

Tunisia

Main Session No.

6.2.

Research Interests

macroeconomic credit risk modeling; stress testing macroeconomic credit risk modeling; monte carlo

simulation.

Short Biography

I'm a PHD student in finance in the Faculty of Economic sciences and Management of Tunisia. I work

as credit analyst in CPSCL, it's a financial institution specialized in granting credit and supporting

communities in Tunisia. I'm 37 years, married and have two children.

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DIPA MITRA

Affiliation

BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

INDIA

Main Session No.

1.3.

Research Interests

Short Biography

Dr. Dipa Mitra , M.Phil(1st class 1st) Ph.D.,Calcutta University, recipient of Best Teacher award, has

been teaching at premier management institutions. Right now, she is a full time faculty member in

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans Institute of Management science. She is widely published across renowned

journals in India and abroad. She obtained Best Paper award in International Conference on Quality,

Bangalore'11 & University Grants Commission of India research grant.

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Hisham Yaacob

Affiliation

United Arab Emirates University

Malaysia/Brunei

Main Session No.

1.4.

Research Interests

Awqaf Management, Accounting and Reporting

Islamic Accounting, Banking and Finance

Corporate Governance

Short Biography

Hisham Yaacob is an Instructor at the Department of Accounting, College of Business and Economics,

United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE. He is a Chartered Accountant in Malaysia and has a

Masters degree in Accounting. Hisham has taught at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam in Brunei and

the Universiti Teknologi Mara in Malaysia. He also taught accounting at the International Islamic

University Malaysia and the Malaysia Open University. Hisham has published in some accounting and

finance journals and has won one of the Emerald Literati Award for 2012 Best Paper Award in the

Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research published by Emerald.

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Yuri Katz

Affiliation

S&P Capital IQ

United States

Main Session No.

6.1.

Research Interests

Stochastic volatility; Credit risk; Fat-tailed distributions; Time series; Non-additive entropy.

Short Biography

Many years of experience in quantitative analytics and data sciences with the focus on time series

analysis and statistics, including non-Gaussian stochastic processes, stochastic volatility models,

extreme values statistics, and big-data analytics combined with technology expertise.

Recent research papers employ methods developed in physics of complex non-equilibrium systems

to credit and market risk modeling.

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Participant Name

Nikolai Haring

Affiliation

Vienna University of Applied Sciences of the Viennese Chamber of

Commerce (FHWien der WKW)

Austria

Main Session No.

3.5.

Research Interests

integrated / sustainability reporting;

accounting and controlling at NPOs;

value-based management and risk-management

Short Biography

Since September 2013 Nikolai Haring is coordinator for accounting, controlling and finance as well as

coordinator of practice projects at the FHWien der WKW (Austria). Before that he was teaching and

research lecturer for accounting, controlling and finance at the FH Campus Wien (University of

Applied Sciences Campus Vienna), mainly in the master study-program for social management.

Previously he was working in accounting, controlling and finance in private-sector companies - in the

last years in executive positions. Study, PhD and university assistant at the Vienna University of

Economics and Business. Lecturing at various Austrian and foreign universities and training institutes

for adults. Comprehensive publication activities in Austria and abroad. The main work focusses are

external (incl. international) and internal accounting (incl. their convergence) and finance.

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Guillaume ANDRIEU

Affiliation

Montpellier Business School

France

Main Session No.

2.2.

Research Interests

entrepreneurial finance, cash management, game theory, venture capital, theoretical modelling

Short Biography

Dr. Guillaume Andrieu, Associate Professor in Finance, joined Montpellier Business School in 2009.

He holds a PhD in Business Administration from Toulouse University in the area of Corporate Finance.

Prior to his associate professorship at GSCMBS, he has been teaching assistant at Toulouse University

from 2003 to 2008. His major topics of research are venture capital and entrepreneurship, game

theory, contract theory. He presented results of his doctoral research at top tier international

conferences such as the Midwest Finance Association, the Financial Management Association, and

the European Financial Management Association Annual Conference. His research is published in

Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Economic Surveys, etc.

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Participant Name

Ashvin R. Dave

Affiliation

Pandit Deendayal University

India

Main Session No.

6.2.

Research Interests

Financial Management;Corporate Financial Decisions Making Practices;Working Capital;Banking

Sector Profitability and Liquidity:Personal Finance

Short Biography

Ph.D. , M.B.A. ( Finance)

34 years of Industrial -Academic Experience. Several Research papers at national and International

level. Published a Book titled as " Financial Management – A Determinant of Profitability " Teaching

Financial Management.

Ph.D. Guide at PDPU and Ph.D. External Supervisor at several reputed universities. Reviewer of

Research in a reputed management journal.

Highly interested in Financial Research.

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Participant Name

Huamao Wang

Affiliation

University of Kent

UK

Main Session No.

4.2.

Research Interests

financial economics; quantitative finance; corporate finance; Bayesian estimation; asset pricing;

portfolio choice; financing and investment.

Short Biography

Dr Huamao Wang is a Lecturer in Finance (Assistant Professor, Tenure) at Kent Centre for Finance &

Centre for Actuarial Science, Risk and Investment, University of Kent, UK, since July 2011. Dr Wang

obtained his PhD from Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance, Leeds University Business School,

winning the Tom Lupton prize sponsored by Journal of Management in 2011. Dr Wang has published

papers in high quality journals including Journal of Mathematical Economics, European Journal of

Operational Research etc., and acted as a referee for Journal of Banking & Finance, Chapman &

Hall/CRC Press etc.

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Aziza Ulugova

Affiliation

National Research University «Higher School of Economics»

Russia

Main Session No.

3.2.

Research Interests

Corporate Finance; Valuation; Dtartegic Finance

Short Biography

Junior Researcher, Corporate Finance Center, NRU HSE

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Dr Hamizah Hassan

Affiliation

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Malaysia

Main Session No.

4.2.

Research Interests

Corporate Finance; Corporate Governance

Short Biography

I obtained my Diploma in Investment Analysis, BBA (Hons) Finance and MBA from Universiti

Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia in years 1993, 1995 and 1999 respectively. In year 2012, I obtained

my PhD (Economics and Finance) from RMIT University, Australia. My previous work experience was

in bank and stockbroking firm. I joined UiTM in 1999, and currently is a Senior Lecturer in Finance

and my research interests are in the area of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance.

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Participant Name

Ana C Silva

Affiliation

Merrimack College

US

Main Session No.

3.5.

Research Interests

microfinance; financial inclusion; country governance; financial literacy; personal financial behavior;

financial crisis

Short Biography

Dr. Ana C. Silva is a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the University of Houston and MBA from the

Madrid Business School. She has taught Financial Management, Investments, and Corporate Finance

at universities in Mexico, Chile, Spain, and the United States. Dr. Silva has publications in the area of

financial markets and governance in refereed journals such as the Journal of Banking and Finance,

the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, and Emerging Markets Review, among others. Her industry

experience centers in the area of microfinance, financial literacy, and corporate governance. She is

the chair of a non-profit organization, Arlington Community Trabajando, dedicated to financial

inclusion for the low income Hispanic population of Lawrence, MA.

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Guangyao Zhu

Affiliation

Erasmus University of Rotterdam

Netherlands

Main Session No.

4.3.

Research Interests

Corporate Governance, Ownership Structure, Executive Compensation

Short Biography

I am a Ph.D. student in Finance in Erasmus University of Rotterdam. My research area includes but

not limited to corporate governance and executive compensation. I am also a professional

programmer, and good at C/C++, Perl, SAS and etc. I am working on my job market paper having a

title "The Extinction of Widely Held Public Companies". I am looking for a job vacancy and

collaboration opportunity.

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Saadiah Mohamad

Affiliation

Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Malaysia

Main Session No.

3.2.

Research Interests

Islamic finance; Islamic hedging; systemic risk management, social, sustainable and ethical finance;

economic development, women in the economy

Short Biography

Currently professor of Economics at the Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School and Deputy Dean for

Research and Industry Linkages, Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA,

(UiTM) Malaysia. She is an honorary secretary of the Malaysian Economics Association, Chief Editor

for the Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research (JEEIR) and a member of the

International Council of the Islamic Finance Educators (ICIFE). Her research interests are in Islamic

Finance, social, sustainable and ethical finance, economic development and women in development.

She graduated from the University of Manchester, UK; the University of Missouri Kansas City, USA

and her PhD in Economics from the National University of Malaysia, UKM.

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Participant Name

Georgios P. Kouretas

Affiliation

Ipag Business School and Athens University of Economics and Business

Greece

Main Session No.

6.1.

Research Interests

Banking, International finance, European financial markets and monetary issues, international money

and capital markets, open economy macroeconomics, portfolio management, financial management,

applied econometrics and quantitative economic history

Short Biography

Georgios P. Kouretas is currently Professor of Banking and Finance at the Department of Business

Administration at the Athens University of Economics and Business and holder of the Jean Monnet

Chair on European Economic Policy. He is Director of the Master of Business Administration-MBA

(Sep. 2012-present). He has been Director of the Ph.D. Programme of the Department of Business

Administration (Oct. 2008-Jan. 2014). He obtained a B.A. in Economics from the University of Piraeus

(1981), M.A in Economics from the University of Notre Dame (1983), M.A. in Economics from Wayne

State University (1985), and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Birmingham (1988). He has

been a member of staff at the Department of Economics, University of Crete (1991-2007) and he has

also been Visiting Professor at Athens University of Economics and Business, Technical University of

Crete, University of Cyprus and Technical and Educational Institute of Crete. Furthermore, he has

been Research Fellow at Michigan State University (Fulbright Senior Research Fellow and NATO Post-

Doctoral Research Fellow; 1994-1995) and the European University Institute, Florence (2000). He has

served as Director of the Centre of European Studies and Research at the University of Crete

(November 2004-February 2006). He has over 70 publications in refereed international journals and

collective volumes, numerous contributions in international conferences, he has acted as referee for

international journals in economics and finance and he has been co-organizer of several international

conferences, workshops and summer schools.

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Frédéric Lemaire

Affiliation

University Paris North, CNRS

France

Main Session No.

1.4.

Research Interests

Financial regulation ; European policies ; European public sphere ; governance ; civil society ;

participation ;

Short Biography

After graduating from Telecom Bretagne engineering school, I followed a Master course at Sciences-

po Rennes in European policies. I am now currently doing a PhD research in economics at the

University Paris North on the participation of the civil society in financial regulation at the European

level.

In this perspective, I am studying various legislative initiatives on financial regulation to find out the

impact and consequences of the mobilisation of the civil society. Through the case of financial

regulation, this research is questionning the role of the civil society in the European governance

framework in general.

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Participant Name

Judith Martin

Affiliation

University of St. Gallen

Switzerand

Main Session No.

1.2.

Research Interests

Working Capital Management, Supply Chain Finance, Financial service provider, Corporate Finance,

Financial Markets, Supply Chain Management

Short Biography

Currently I am doing my PHD at the university of St. Gallen on the management of financial flows in

supply chains. In parallel, I am responsible for a competence center on working capital management

in cooperation with a Swiss bank. Before I did my Master program on supply chain Management at

the University of Economics in Vienna. I gained working experience in consultancy as well as

corporates from chemical and automotive industries.

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Participant Name

Daniel Martin Katz

Affiliation

Michigan State University

USA

Main Session No.

6.4.

Research Interests

Machine Learning; Law and Economics; Political Economy; Complex Systems; Legal Informatics; Legal

Technology; Political Science

Short Biography

Daniel Martin Katz, associate professor of law at Michigan State University. His research interests

include Law and Economics; Political Economy; Complex Systems; Legal Informatics; Legal

Technology; Machine Learning and Political Science.

Dan is an Editor of the International Journal of Law and Information Technology (Oxford University

Press) and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Law (Springer

Scientific). He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for Law Technology News and is also a member

of the ABA Task Force on Big Data and the Law.

Dan received his Ph.D. in political science and public policy with a focus on complex adaptive systems

from the University of Michigan. He graduated with a Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of

Michigan Law School and simultaneously obtained a Master of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford

School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

Prior to joining the MSU College of Law faculty, he was a fellow in Empirical Legal Studies at the

University of Michigan Law School and a National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education

and Research fellow at the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Complex Systems.

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James Ming Chen

Affiliation

Michigan State University

USA

Main Session No.

3.1.

Research Interests

Short Biography

An attorney and professor of law with a quarter-century of experience in the law of regulated

industries, economics, and regulatory policy, James Ming Chen holds the Justin Smith Morrill Chair in

Law at Michigan State University College of Law and is of counsel to the Technology Law Group, a

Washington, DC–based firm specializing in telecommunications law. Professor Chen is a prolific

scholar and leader in the legal academy. He served as dean of the University of Louisville School of

Law from 2007 to 2012. In November 2012, National Jurist magazine named Chen one of the 25 most

influential people in legal education. Professor Chen is a highly productive and influential scholar

whose works spans topics such as administrative law, agricultural law, constitutional law, economic

regulation, environmental law, industrial policy, legislation, and natural resources law. He is the

coauthor of Disasters and the Law: Katrina and Beyond (Aspen Publishers, 2006), the first book to

provide comprehensive coverage of the legal issues surrounding natural disasters. This path-breaking

book is now in its second edition under the title Disaster Law and Policy. Professor Chen is an elected

member of the American Law Institute and has served since 2010 as a public member of the

Administrative Conference of the United States.

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Participant Name

Steffen Kirsch

Affiliation

University of Hohenheim

Germany

Main Session No.

7.2.

Research Interests

Relationship Lending; Information Production; Information Sharing; Credit Reporting Systems

Short Biography

10/2004-07/2009: Diploma in Economic Sciences (equivalent to a master's degree), University of

Hohenheim, Germany

since 08/2009: Research Asscoiate, Department of Banking and Finance, University of Hohenheim,

Germany

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Participant Name

Shahwali Khan

Affiliation

Institute of Management Sciences

Pakistan

Main Session No.

7.3.

Research Interests

Short Biography

PhD in Accountancy: Value Relevance of Comprehensive Income (In Progress) Massey University,

Auckland, New Zealand; Massey University, Key Responsibilities: Teaching Accounting, which is the

largest paper within the School of Accountancy with a student pool of over 500. A core paper for all

Bachelor of Business Studies students and for students undertaking the Bachelor of Accountancy

degree.

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Li-Jiun Chen

Affiliation

Department of Finance, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

Taiwan

Main Session No.

4.3.

Research Interests

Asset Pricing; Financial Engineering; Behavioral Finance;

Short Biography

Li-Jiun Chen received the BS degree in mathematics from Tung Hai University in 2000, the MS degree

in statistics from National Central University in 2002 and the Ph.D degree in finance from National

Taiwan University in 2011. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Finance, Feng

Chia University, Taiwan. Her current research interests include asset pricing, financial engineering,

and behavioral finance.

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Participant Name

Shanty Noviantie

Affiliation

Central Bank of Indonesia

Indonesia

Main Session No.

3.5.

Research Interests

sustainable economics; sustainable finance; energy and resource economics

Short Biography

Shanty Noviantie is an Economist at Department of Economic and Monetary Policy – Central Bank of

Indonesia where she is responsible for macro-financial analysis and involved in sustainable economic

research. She received her Master of Financial Management from the University of Melbourne and

her Dottorato di Ricerca (Doctor of Philosophy) in Economics and Finance from Universita degli Studi

di Verona. Shanty has presented papers in the area of sustainable economic at international

conference in Europe, USA and Australia. Shanty’s primary area of research has focused on socio-

environmental impact investing.

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Ravi Agarwal

Affiliation

O P Jindal Global University

India

Main Session No.

4.3.

Research Interests

Valuation; mergers and acquisitions; financial risk management; asset pricing

Short Biography

Ravi Agarwal is a Professor of Finance and Accounting and Vice Dean (Academic Affairs), Jindal Global

Business School of O P Jindal Global University, India. Prof Agarwal holds a Bachelor’s and master's

Degree in Finance and Accounts from St. John's College, India. He is a Fellow of the Institute of

Chartered Accountants of India and an Associate of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has

more than 20 years’ experience of teaching, training, research and consulting in his areas of

specialization. He has been actively involved in designing and conducting executive training

programmes on financial risk management, corporate finance, strategic cost management, financial

modeling, and financial accounting. He has trained senior and middle level executives from

numerous organizations including Indian Army, Indian Oil Corporation, Food Corporation of India,

public sector banks, Defense organizations, and ministries of central government. He has a number

of research papers to his credit. His areas of interest are corporate finance, managerial accounting,

and corporate valuation. Presently he is working on a book on case studies in finance.

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Participant Name

Carola Mueller

Affiliation

University of Hohenheim

Germany

Main Session No.

2.3.

Research Interests

Banking regulation; banking theory; portfolio theory

Short Biography

Since 2012 I am a PhD student at University of Hohenheim at the department of banking and finance

located in Stuttgart, Germany. I give lectures in portfolio management. My research interests lie in

banking regulation and banking theory.

I hold a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in international economics from the

University of Goettingen, Germany. During that time I worked as a student research assistant in

monetary economics and empirical international economics and as a student tutor for micro- and

macroeconomics.

I speak German and English and have a good command of Spanish.

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Lilit Popoyan

Affiliation

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Italy

Main Session No.

7.2.

Research Interests

Macroeconomics; Monetary economics; Statistical properties of macro dynamics; Agent-Based

computational economics: methodological issues, models and applications.

Short Biography

I got my Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Master’s degree in Finance from the Yerevan State

University. I started working at ACBA Credit Agricole Bank CSJC in the Financial Statements and

Financial Analysis Division combining the job with a research activity in ''Panarmenian Projects''

division of the Ministry of Diaspora in the Republic of Armenia. In 2011-2013 I was working as an

Independent Researcher in the Financial Analysis Division of the Central Bank of the Republic of

Armenia. Currently, I am PhD candidate in Economics at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Pisa, Italy)

together with the Université de Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France).

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Tomasz Wiśniewski

Affiliation

The University of Szczecin

Polska

Main Session No.

4.1.

Research Interests

corporate finance; company valuation; intangibles valuation; investment appraisal; real option

valuations; strategy vs. finance

Short Biography

Tomasz Wiśniewski is the faculty member of the Economics and Management Faculty of the

University of Szczecin. He received his PhD in 1998 and habilitation degree in 2008. Since 2000 he

holds the post in Investment and Valuation Unit. Since 2010 he is the Director of the Institute of

Management and Investment. In the nineties he took part in a large number of language, didactic

and research placements in the EU universities. In years 2000-2006 he held the post of MBA director.

From 1991 he is also active in management consulting, especially in company restructuring, company

and intangibles valuation.

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Participant Name

Dipl.-Kffr. Andrea Zasada

Affiliation

University Osnabrück, School of Economics, Chair of Organisation and

Information Systems

Germany

Main Session No.

3.4.

Research Interests

business process management; risk management; compliance

Short Biography

I have studied business administration with a major in computer sciences. I am now in my doctoral

studies and am employed as research assistant at the Chair of Organisation and Information Systems,

at the University Osnabrück in Germany. During the last years, I have been able to expand my

teaching skills by developing and holding exercises on collaborative work with wikis, SAP ERP, E-

Business and Scientific Writing. In the summer term I give the course Business Process Management.

My research interests lay in modelling compliant business processes and the investigation of

requirements for a compliant process design.

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Participant Name

Veronica Paz

Affiliation

St. Thomas University

USA

Main Session No.

7.3.

Research Interests

Financial Reporting, CEO compensation, Stock Options, Earnings quality, Valuation of Equity Share,

Business, and Intangible Assets, Corporate Governance, Accounting, and Finance

Short Biography

St. Thomas University, Visiting Assistant Professor, Courses: Intermediate Accounting, Forensic

Accounting and Auditing, Responsibilities: Teaching several Accounting courses such as Intermediate

Accounting, Forensic Accounting, and Auditing at the Undergraduate and Graduate level, developing

syllabus and overall course structure and administered all grades. Assist the Accounting Department

Chair with additional teaching loads. Moreover, provide service to the university and School of

business by servicing on committees.

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Emily Gallagher

Affiliation

Sorbonne (Paris School of Economics); Investment Company Institute

USA

Main Session No.

2.3.

Research Interests

Mutual funds; money markets; credit risk; family finance; debt ceiling

Short Biography

I am nearing completion of a PhD at the Paris School of Economics (Sorbonne). I am also an associate

economist at the Investment Company Institute (ICI), the trade association for the mutual fund

industry, in Washington, DC. My research is currently focused on events in the money markets during

the eurozone crisis of 2011. I've held finance and policy positions at Deutsche Bank, the New America

Foundation, and Alcoa. I hold a degree from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

(Ann Arbor).

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Katarína Rentková

Affiliation

Faculty of management Comenius University in Bratislava

Slovakia

Main Session No.

4.5.

Research Interests

the Slovak Republic; the Republic of Serbia; public benefit funds; public sector, public needs

Short Biography

The author obtained the PhD degree in business management. She is involved in the team whose

scientific research activities are focused on the Diversification of the Subject-matter Content of the

Regional economic policy of the EU focusing on connection of the subject-matter with the

managerial practices. She specializes in the study and researches on regional development and its

tools, and the networking options between the management and economic disciplines to ensure the

development of the regions and the State. Her publications mainly comprise the regional

development and growth; she analyzes the role of municipalities in the regional development, the

role of small and medium-sized enterprises (the SMEs), the innovation and cooperation in ensuring

the competitiveness of regions.

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Mariana Bozesan

Affiliation

AQAL Investing

Germany

Main Session No.

4.5.

Research Interests

VC investing; sustainability; early stage investing; de-risking; deal flow; screening; ESG

Short Biography

MARIANA BOZESAN, Ph.D., is an Integral Investor (high-tech, bio-tech, and clean-tech), a Venture

Philanthropist, and a full international member of the Club of Rome. She is the President and

Founder of AQAL Investing, a Founder and Partner at AQAL Capital, and a Senior Research Fellow at

Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance in Berlin. The former high-tech executive, is also a serial

entrepreneur, philanthropist, and published author. Educated at Stanford University and KIT

(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) in Germany, Dr. Bozesan holds a Masters of Science degree (Dipl.-

Inform.) in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from KIT. She received her Ph.D. from ITP

(now Sofia University) in Palo Alto, California. She was born and raised in Romania and is at home in

the world

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Sally Eaves

Affiliation

Sheffield Hallam University

Main Session No.

2.2.

Research Interests

Short Biography

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Swati Khatkale

Affiliation

Symbiosis School of Banking & Finance, Symbiosis International University

India

Main Session No.

3.1.

Research Interests

Credit Risk Management; Credit Rating Agencies; Basel Norms; International Finance; Social Banking;

IFRS

Short Biography

Dr. Swati Khatkale is currently working as Assistant Professor of Finance at Symbiosis School of

Banking & Finance, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India. She has done her Doctoral

Research on the topic “An exploratory study to assess the performance of Indian Credit Rating

Agencies” and her main area of research is Risk Management with a focus on Credit & Foreign

Exchange Risk. Prior to doing PhD, she was a Gold Medalist in her graduation and post graduation

program in Management with specialization in Finance from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra,

India. She has also completed UGC National Eligibility Test (NET). She has a credit of presenting

eleven research papers in various International Conferences and six publications.

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Participant Name

Emenike Kalu Onwukwe

Affiliation

Rhema University

Nigeria

Main Session No.

7.2.

Research Interests

Capital market development, financial market integration, financial econometrics

Short Biography

Emenike holds B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. in Banking and Finance. He is currently at the final stage of his

PhD Banking and Finance Programme in Michael Okpara University Umudike - Nigeria. He started his

university teaching career at the Renaissance University Nigeria and he is currently a Lecturer in the

Department of Banking and Finance, Rhema University Nigeria.

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Participant Name

Jarrod Ormiston

Affiliation

University of Sydney

Australia

Main Session No.

4.5.

Research Interests

social investment; impact investing; social entrepreneurship; indigenous entrepreneurship; social

impact measurement; cross-sector collaboration

Short Biography

Jarrod Ormiston is a researcher and sessional lecturer at the University of Sydney Business School.

Jarrod is course coordinator of Social Entrepreneurship in the Master of Commerce and co-lectures

on social entrepreneurship in the Master of Sustainability in the Faculty of Science. Jarrod's action

research involves coordinating the Entrepreneurship Development Network Asia (EDNA) and working

with Social Enterprise Finance Australia to develop an impact measurement framework.

Jarrod is currently completing a PhD exploring the role of impact assessment in social

entrepreneurship and social investment.

Jarrod has worked on multiple research projects within the Business School since 2006 including

AusAid, Australian Research Council and Australian Learning and Teaching Council grants. Jarrod has

worked as a consultant to the Australian Government and OECD on entrepreneurship and education.

His research interests include social entrepreneurship, social innovation and social investment,

indigenous entrepreneurship and innovative pedagogies in business education.

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Participant Name

Minna Martikainen

Affiliation

Hanken School of Economics

Finland

Main Session No.

7.3.

Research Interests

profitability and growth of firms especially in SMEs; corporate governance; ownership structures;

firm valuation; information content of earnings figures

Short Biography

Dr Minna Martikainen is a professor of Financial Accounting in Hanken School of Economics (Finland).

Previously she has worked as professor in Aalto University School of Business and in Lappeenranta

University of Technology (LUT). In LUT she also worked as the vice rector for international affairs for

two years. Moreover, previously she has worked in University of Vaasa as researcher and as visiting

researcher in Louisiana State University, USA. Dr Martikainen's research interests include profitability

and growth of firms, especially in SMEs, corporate governance and ownership structures, firm

valuation and information content of earnings figures. Martikainen also has wide international

experience in managing and developing open research network specialized in developing cross

scientific research projects as university co-operation when she has orchestrated the Northern

Dimension Institute for this specific task. Martikainen is also having an active societal impact thru the

board member activities.

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Participant Name

Mag. DI Peter Hofer

Affiliation

Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences

Austria

Main Session No.

3.4.

Research Interests

Planning, budgeting and forecasting

IT-support in planning processes

Short Biography

Education: Graduate in technical mathematics and business administration at JKU Linz

Professional career:

• 98-2010: diverse management positions for managerial accounting in the automotive

industry (Magna Steyr, ZF Steyr, Case New Holland)

• 2010- : Professor for Controlling and Business Intelligence at the degree program Controlling,

Accounting and Financial Management, University of Applied Sciences in Steyr, Upper Austria

Focus: Cost accounting, manufacturing controlling, ERP-systems, Budgeting, Planning and

Forecasting, Business intelligence

Main fields of research: Budgeting and planning processes, forecasting, value based management

Married, 3 children (age 20, 9 and 8)

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Semih Yön

Affiliation

istanbul technical university

turkey

Main Session No.

5.2.

Research Interests

Derivatives pricing; advanced simulation; multi criteria decision making; C programing

Short Biography

I like following every kinds of topics including some inovative things. Mostly I am interested in

technology, sports and movies.

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Carol Royal

Affiliation

The UNSW School of Business University of New South Wales

Australia

Main Session No.

5.2.

Research Interests

Dr Carol Royal (BA, M Com, PhD, UNSW) is the Director of the Masters of Technology Management

and an academic at the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales in

Sydney, Australia. Her research evaluates publicly listed companies

Short Biography

Dr Carol Royal (BA, M Com, PhD, UNSW) is the Director of the Masters of Technology Management

and an academic at the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales in

Sydney, Australia. Her research evaluates publicly listed companies through human capital analysis

and its links to corporate performance, corporate sustainability and human resources/ human capital

and organisational change management systems, through qualitative research methodology. Since

2000 this research has extended to human capital analysis in investment and financial, insurance and

risk markets.

Previously Dr Royal was a Director and Principal of a consultancy established to enhance the quality

of intangibles analysis in the equity market she has provided research/advisory services to

Investment Management, Investment Banking and Stock broking industries in the International

Equity Markets (UK, USA, Australia) on human capital intangibles and management quality. Prior to

her consulting and academic roles, she held senior line human resource management positions with

the manufacturing and retail sectors.

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Participant Name

Jacek Welc

Affiliation

Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland

Main Session No.

6.3.

Research Interests

Accounting; Corporate finance; Stock valuation; Earnings manipulations

Short Biography

I am from Poland and I am an Assistant Professor at Wroclaw University of Economics. I am also co-

owner and current manager of the consulting company, specialized in business and accounting

consulting services for companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. In the past I was also

member of the managing Board at an auditing company and I served as head of corporate finance

department at a company specialized in Initial Public Offerings. Additionally, I served as the Member

of the Supervisory Board at four public companies listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange.

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Sirus Sharifi

Affiliation

IIT Bombay

India

Main Session No.

4.4.

Research Interests

Finance; Capital Market; Risk Management; Insurance

Short Biography

Sirus Sharifi is a 2nd year doctoral student at the School of Management, IIT Bombay, India, in the

field of finance & risk management. His research topic is regarding to risk management in Banks and

Insurance companies. He received his master degree from university of Pune in the field of business

administration. He has worked in insurance companies for four years. Sirus is member board of

directors in Hana Insurance Services Co. located in Tehran-Iran from 2009 till present. Currently, He is

residing in Mumbai-India. He can be contacted at [email protected]

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Dmitry Kokorev

Affiliation

National Research University «Higher School of Economics»

Russia

Main Session No.

2.3.

Research Interests

private equity funds, emerging markets, portfolio firm, IPO return

Short Biography

As academic researcher, I'm a part-time employee at Higher School of Economics (Moscow), where

my interest belongs to Private Equity and IPO performance on Emerging Markets.

My major job is in financial industry also as I am a head of regional analysis at global market

department, in Moscow, Sberbank-CIB (IBGM division of largest Russian bank).

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PhDr. Daniela Majercakova

Affiliation

Faculty of management Comenius University in Bratislava

Slovakia

Main Session No.

5.3.

Research Interests

social investments; social enterprises; Slovakia; public policy; third sector

Short Biography

The author obtained the PhD degree in business management. She is involved in the team whose

scientific research activities are focused on innovatins in financial management, social field and social

entreprises on the local level and public policy of the EU focusing on connection of the subject-

matter with the managerial practices. She specializes in the study and researches on financial

managent, money and banking and social finance and its tools, and the networking options between

the finances and social fields to ensure the development of the investments and living standards in

the country.

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Participant Name

Christine Chow

Affiliation

Homage Consulting Ltd

Hong Kong

Main Session No.

6.5.

Research Interests

Investment Strategy; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Impact Investment; Corporate Governance;

Stakeholder Management; ESG (Environmental, social and governance); Social Entrepreneurship;

Strategic Philanthropy

Short Biography

Dr. Christine Chow has 17 years of experience in investment management, research and hedge

funds. She founded Homage Consulting in 2011 to promote responsible investment in Asia. Her

clients and sponsors include professional investors, asset owners, academic institutions and

government agencies. She has worked at a number of multinational corporations such as Merrill

Lynch, Schroders and Hewitt. In the 1990s, she was responsible for establishing strategic

partnerships in asset management for the Schroders Group, especially in Mainland China. Christine

is currently a Member of the Greater China Committee of the Hong Kong Retirement Funds

Association (“HKRSA”). She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Hong Kong University of

Science and Technology (“HKUST”). The HKUST’s MBA and Kellogg/HKUST eMBA degrees are ranked

World Number 10 and Number 1 respectively by the Financial Times.

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Dr. Elisabeth Menschl

Affiliation

JKU

Austria

Main Session No.

2.1.

Research Interests

Philosphy of Science; Ethics; Philosophy of Mathematics; Philosophy for Children; History of

Philosophy and Science; Gender Philosopy

Short Biography

Senior Lecturer at Department of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science JKU and Manageress of the

Office of the Working Group against Discrimination.

CONFERENCE LECTURES

Norbert Wiener`s View about Information, Language and Society or Technology as applied Social

Philosophy“( CAST Las Palmas)

Artificial Life ( Naturhistorisches Museum Wien)

The Need of Gender Perspektives in E-Learning Processes (MIT Cambridge)

Money makes the world go around – a naturalistic fallacy executed by Hume`s Guillotine (FRAP 13,

Cambridge)

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Participant Name

Dmitry Sizykh

Affiliation

Institute of Control Sciences RAS

Russia

Main Session No.

3.3.

Research Interests

evaluation of stock dynamic characteristics, stability of stock growth, stable growth rate of stock

prices, evaluation of stock profitability and risk.

Short Biography

Institute: Institute of Control Sciences RAS (http://www.ipu.ru/en)

Lab. 44. Experts-Statistic Control Systems, R-117997 Moscow, Profsoyuznaya Str. 65, Russia

Address: R-117246 Moscow, Obrucheva Str. 35-1-4 , Russia

Tel. +7 915 3976349

Data and place of birth: October 08, 1984 in Moscow, Russia

Education:

PhD: 2010 Thesis: “Models and methods for express analysis of company’s attraction as

investment”

Council: ”Management in social and economic systems“. Institute of Control Sciences of Russian

Academy of Sciences

Master-Diploma: 2007 International analyst. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev.

Diploma thesis: „Evaluation of the influence of the level of information support on the process of

capital attracting in CIS countries“

Bachelor-Diploma: 2005 International analyst. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev.

Diploma thesis „Evaluation of the importance of the level of information spreading in attract of

capital to Ukraine“

Research Areas: Mathematical modeling, Experimental economy, Financial analysis and management

Microeconomics

Applied econometrics

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Participant Name

Radha D. Banhatti

Affiliation

Department of Political Sciences, University of Muenster, NRW,

Germany

Germany

Main Session No.

5.3.

Research Interests

social enterprises; finance models; Crowd-funding; social investors; social finance

Short Biography

I am a traditional-looking middle-aged Indian woman, living in Germany since 2000. I am a solid-state

physicist by training and I was in fundamental research in the same field since 1989. In 2012, I started

to study nature of phenomena and their evolutions and revolutions, both in realms of natural and

social sciences. I am a student of further education in the course "Non-Profit Management and

Governance" at the University of Muenster, motivated to gain insights from how civil society is

organised in Germany. For my master thesis, I chose the topic "Crowd-funding and its potential for

financing social enterprises".

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Participant Name

Md Humayun Kabir

Affiliation

Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa

Main Session No.

7.4.

Research Interests

Corporate Social Responsibility (developing and less developing countries); Corporate Governance

(developing and less developing countries); Sustainability; Privatization; Financial Reporting by

government enterprises and SMEs

Short Biography

Working as a Lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. Obtained BBA Honours

degree (Accounting) and MBA (Accounting) from University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Pursuing Ph D

study at North-West University, South Africa. Presented papers in conferences (locally and

internationally) and published articles in refereed/scientific journals. 16 years University teaching

experience. Received research awards (2012, 2011). Chairperson of Audit and Risk Committee at a

local municipality in South Africa. Supervising Masters' students. Member of Scientific Committee

(Conferences). Reviewer of a number of Journals. Providing consultancy services in the areas of

corporate governance, CSR, sustainability, and business policy & strategy.

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Dr. Monira Essa Aloud

Affiliation

King Saud University

Saudi Arabia

Main Session No.

7.5.

Research Interests

agent-based modelling, agent-based simulation, electronic markets, FX markets, stylized facts.

Short Biography

Monira Aloud has a first degree in Computer Science (Major Information Technology) from King Saud

University in 2006 and a Master degree in E-commerce Technology from University of Essex in 2008.

She received her Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at University

of Essex (UK) in 2013. She is an assistant professor in the College of Business Administration at King

Saud University. She has wide interest in computational finance, artificial intelligence, business

intelligence, financial markets, and agent-based computational finance.

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Participant Name

GHAZIEH LOUAI

Affiliation

University of Paris I Sorbonne

France

Main Session No.

6.5.

Research Interests

Management, accountability, corporate governance.

Short Biography

Ghazieh louai

Preparing a thesis Ph.D. in Economics and Management at the doctoral school at the University Paris

1 Sorbonne (specializing in Finance and corporate governance) for integrating higher education and

scientific research.

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Participant Name

Gadaf Rexhepi

Affiliation

South East European University

Macedonia

Main Session No.

2.1.

Research Interests

Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Game Theory, Social Finance

Short Biography

Gadaf Rexhepi, PhD, is Assistant Professor at South-East European University, Macedonia. His

research interests include TQM, Strategy, Game Theory, Social Finance etc. He is the Author of more

than thirty research papers in different peer and refereed proceedings and journals. He is also author

of a textbooks and monographs: Total Quality Management, Introduction to Business, Direct

Marketing and Small Business, The Role of Institutions in Economic Development, Role of Direct

Marketing in Polog Region - Economic analyses. He has gained international experience during his

PhD study visit at the Wolverhampton Business School, Wolverhampton, UK from Sept 2009 - Jan

2010. Currently he is working on two new text-books, Strategy and Game Theory (Palgrave

McMillan). He also works as a consultant in ALMA-M ( main distributor of Orbit, Nestle, Zott),

consultant of the minister of the economu, expert in some commissions Macedonia. Currently he is

vice-dean for postgraduate studies.

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Dalina Amonhaemanon

Affiliation

Prince of Songkla University

Thailand

Main Session No.

3.3.

Research Interests

Personal finance, real estate

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Dr Sandy Chau

Affiliation

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong

Main Session No.

1.3.

Research Interests

interest rate; money and banking; derivative market

Short Biography

Sandy Chau teached derivative markets, money and banking and economics. She was initially trained

as an economist and got her Bachelor and Master Degree from the University of Alberta, Canada

(1979-84). Her experience in the Hong Kong Stock market dated back to 1970s, when she worked

part-time at the Brokerage Firm where her mother is the Licensed Stock Broker.

From 1995 to 2002, Sandy pursued her Ph.D in finance at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Her area

of research is in the performance of H-Shares and Red Chip. Part of her Ph.D. research work had been

published in Journal of Banking Finance & Accounting in 2003.

Currently she writes a weekly column on Money and Finance in the Hong Kong Economic Journal.

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David Pur

Affiliation

Technical University of Liberec and Preciosa, a. s.

Czech Republic

Main Session No.

3.3.

Research Interests

assets; equity; economic result; company business value; financial statements; fair value; modified

replacement cost

Short Biography

My name is David Pur. I come from the Czech Republic, I am 29 years old and I have been married for

4 years. I am a PhD student at the Technical University of Liberec and I am finishing my PhD thesis on

the theme Valuation of Assets and Liabilities and Its Impact on the Business Value. My study is my

hobby. Except for my research I am interested in controlling, accounting, financial mathematics and

statistics. My other hobbies are sports mainly swimming, jogging and skiing, reading books and going

to the theatre and cinema with my wife.

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Deborah Cotton

Affiliation

University of Technology, Sydney

Australia

Main Session No.

7.5.

Research Interests

Emissions trading; sustainable finance; financial markets; behavioural finance

Short Biography

I have been teaching at UTS for over 20 years but only commenced research more recently after

completing a Masters in Environmental and Business Management. My PhD in Applied Finance has

just been submitted after undertaking it on a part time basis while working full time at UTS. Interest

in climate change and how my expertise may be useful in contributing to mitigation policy brought

me to my undertaking a PhD on the efficacy of emissions trading markets in Australia. While my

research is currently in this area I am particularly interested into moving further into behavioural and

sustainable finance.

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Participant Name

Khairina Rosli

Affiliation

Universiti Utara Malaysia

Malaysia

Main Session No.

6.3.

Research Interests

Accounting; Accounting Information Systems; Audit; Technology Acceptance; E-Commerce

Short Biography

I'm currently pursuing my PhD in Accounting Information Systems at Monash University, Malaysia.

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Participant Name

MAIZATULAKMA

Affiliation

THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA

MALAYSIA

Main Session No.

1.4.

Research Interests

Risk Disclosure; Voluntary Disclosure; Firm Value; Risk management Disclosure

Short Biography

Maizatulakma Abdullah is a Lecturer of Accounting at the National University of Malaysia. She

received her Bachelor of Accounting from The National University of Malaysia and Master of science

in Accounting from Gothenburg University, Sweden. She currently is a Doctoral candidate at The

National University of Malaysia. Her main research area is in Risk management Disclosure.

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Kent Hickman

Affiliation

Gonzaga University

USA

Main Session No.

6.5.

Research Interests

Corporate Governance; Sustainable Business; Behavioral Finance/Economics; CSR and

Finance/Valuation

Short Biography

I have been at Gonzaga University in the USA for the past 25 years where I hold an endowed

Professorship in Finance. My teaching responsibilities include Principles of Finance, M&A, Valuation,

and I initiated the course in Sustainable Business. I have also taught at NEOMA (Rouen) Business

School, Aston Business School, and at IQS in Barcelona. My publications have appeared in Journal of

Financial Economics, Financial Management, Journal of Portfolio Managment, Journal of Economic

Behavior and Organization, Business Horizons, among others and my latest publication is

forthcoming in Journal of Corporate Citizenship. I have also published three Finance textbooks.

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Participant Name

Mohamad Sepehri

Affiliation

Jacksonville University

U.S.A.

Main Session No.

1.1.

Research Interests

strategic International Business; Global Competitiveness; Ethics and Culture

Short Biography

Dr. Mohamad Sepehri (Dr. Mo) is the Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate Business

Programs and professor of Strategic International Management at Davis College of Business,

Jacksonville University. He has a unique and extensive background in strategic

management/leadership and broad experience in international and global business operations. Dr.

Sepehri has Triple-Ph.D. in Management, Higher Education Administration, and Comparative Political

Economy from Indiana University. Dr. Sepehri has been acknowledged as “outstanding contributor”

to the field and he has been credited for his contributions to several textbook editions. Dr. Mo has

received numerous First-Place and Gold Awards.

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Participant Name

Yana Shigina

Affiliation

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia

Main Session No.

1.4.

Research Interests

Strategic management; Marketing; Social media; Stock price informativeness; Investor relations;

Twitter; Facebook; Youtube

Short Biography

Today I represent the Management department of the National Research University Higher School of

Economics (NRU HSE) in Russia. I am bachelor of Economics and have a double Master degree:

Master of Management: Marketing(NRU HSE, Russia) and Master of Science in Applied Economic

Sciences: Business Administration(University of Antwerp, Belgium). Also I am professional athlete.

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Zaimah Abdullah

Affiliation

Universiti Utara Malaysia

Malaysia

Main Session No.

7.1.

Research Interests

corporate governance; financial accounting;

Short Biography

Zaimah currently is a Phd student in Loughborough University. Her current research is to examine the

association of corporate governance practice in Malaysian companies with foreign equity ownership.

Her research interest is in multiple disciplines such as Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting

and Ethics in Accounting. She has enormous experiences in a few related fields, such as accounting,

auditing, and financial. Besides that, she also holds few professional qualifications. She is a chartered

accountant recognized by Malaysian Institute of Accountant in Malaysia (C.A.(M)), certified public

accountant (CPA) recognized by CPA Australia and she’s also certified financial planning (CFP),

recognized by Financial Planning Association Malaysia (FPAM)..

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Gerald QUIRCHMAYR

Affiliation

University of Vienna

Austria

Main Session No.

4.4.

Research Interests

Risk Management, Legal Aspects, IT Security Risk

Short Biography

Gerald Quirchmayr, holds doctors degrees in computer science and law and is Professor at the

University of Vienna. In 2001/2002 he held a Chair in Computer and Information Systems at the

University of South Australia. 2005 - 2010 he headed the Department of Distributed and Multimedia

Systems and served as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science 2008 - 2010. Since 2011 he

serves as deputy head of the MIS group. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the Doctoral

Studies Programme Natural and Technical Sciences and is appointed as Director starting October

2014.

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Jagoda Anna Kaszowska

Affiliation

National Science Centre/CUE

Poland/Spain

Main Session No.

6.4.

Research Interests

systemic risk; investment strategies; non-equilibrium theory; complex systems; self-organized

criticality; behavioral finance; agent-based models; sustainable finance

Short Biography

Jagoda Anna Kaszowska – Ph.D. researcher in the project "Analysis of systemic risk in the EU

countries after the crisis emergence" (grant no. 2013/09/N/HS4/03740) funded by the National

Science Centre, working under the supervision of Prof. Andrzej Wojtyna (former member of

Monetary Board, National Bank of Poland). She graduated at Jagiellonian University in Mathematics

and University of Alcala in Economics. Furthermore, during 2011-12 she took additional courses at

the Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (Bank of Spain).

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Supranee Sugaraserani

Affiliation

Rangsit University

Thailand

Main Session No.

4.4.

Research Interests

Short Biography

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Neill Buck

Affiliation

Neill Buck & Associates Pty Ltd

Australia

Main Session No.

6.4.

Research Interests

Risk; Strategy; Compliance; Corruption; Investigation of issues and preferable prevention;

Development of systems and controls for organisations in government, regulators and companies;

Development and delivery of executive and management training on the

Short Biography

Neill Buck works in many countries as an investigator, expert witness, educator of executives and

staff, and developer of systems and processes for government, regulators, companies and not for

profits. He has spent the past 18 years as a management consultant. Much of his work is bound by

confidentiality deeds. Neill spent 20 years heading regulatory agencies and before that was a tennis

coach. His areas of work are investigation, risk, compliance, fraud and corruption, strategy, training

and systems development and prevention of issue arising and going in to fix them when they do.

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Participant Name

Christa Hangl

Affiliation

FH Oberösterreich Studienbetriebs GmbH

Austria

Main Session No.

7.4.

Research Interests

Short Biography

Born in January 1964 in Bad Ischl, Austria. Studies in Business administration in Linz, Austria. Working

for more than ten years in various tax consultancy companies. Working as a full time professor for

finance and accounting since 2001 at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in Steyr.

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CHINWEN HSIN

Affiliation

Yuan Ze University

Taiwan

Main Session No.

2.3.

Research Interests

International Finance; Investments; Corporate Governance.

Short Biography

I received my Phd in Finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the US. I have

taught and Baruch College, CUNY, US, and Yuan Ze University in Taiwan. I have published articles in

Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, and Review of

Quantitative Finance and Accounting.

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Participant Name

Magda Ismail A. Mohsin

Affiliation

International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)

Malaysia

Main Session No.

Islamic Banking Panel

Research Interests

hybrid model, microfinance, interest-free, just society.

Short Biography

Dr Magda Ismail Abdel Mohsin is an Associate Professor and is currently a lecturer on Islamic

Economics and Finance at the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), The

Global University of Islamic Finance/Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Magda Ismail Abdel Mohsin can be

contacted at [email protected], and for more info please visit http://www.inceif.org/faculty-

members/assoc-prof-dr-magda-ismail-abdel-mohsin/

The above link include my photo

E-Mail

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I am looking for

Guest Lecturing at other Universities, Collaboration in Writing Papers


Participant Name

Hylmun Izhar

Affiliation

Islamic Research and Training Institute

Saudi Arabia

Main Session No.


Research Interests

Short Biography

E-Mail

[email protected]

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Participant Name

Steven C. Michael

Affiliation

University of Illinois

USA

Main Session No.

1.1.

Research Interests

entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial finance; franchising; corporate venturing

Short Biography

Dr. Michael is currently Professor of Business Administration in the College of Business at the

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received the Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard

University in 1993, through a joint program of the Department of Economics and the Harvard

Business School. Prior to entering Harvard, Dr. Michael took a Master of Management with

distinction in 1987 from the Kellogg School, Northwestern University, where he studied management

and marketing. Before Kellogg, he worked as a development engineer with Bell Laboratories. He

holds one United States patent. His bachelor's degree was earned in Mathematical Sciences at Rice

University, and he also received the Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering from the

University of Virginia.

Dr. Michael’s research focuses on how to create new businesses, markets, and organizations. He is

the author of over two dozen published research studies, and his work has appeared in the Strategic

Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of

Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Management, Information Systems Research, and

Management International Review, among other journals. He has published extensively on

entrepreneurial management and on franchising. In the classroom, Dr. Michael teaches courses in

Entrepreneurship, Technology Management, and Business Strategy to undergraduates, graduates,

and executives. He has won several teaching awards, including the Campus Award for Teaching

Excellence.

E-Mail

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Participant Name

TAI, Chi Lok Andy

Affiliation

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKCC

Hong Kong

Main Session No.

1.3.

Research Interests

Interest rate, exchange rate

Short Biography

Dr Andy Tai obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Economics and Business Administrative Studies

from the University of Winnipeg, Canada, Master of Arts in Economics from the University of

Waterloo, Canada and PhD in Economics (Finance) from the Shanghai University of Finance and

Economics.

During his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Winnipeg and the University

of Waterloo respectively, Dr Tai served as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Economics.

Upon completion of his studies in Canada, he joined the banking sector in Hong Kong. Dr Tai

subsequently joined Hong Kong Community College (HKCC) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

(PolyU) to take up teaching responsibilities. During his service at PolyU HKCC, he was awarded an

Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr Tai has served as a Visiting Lecturer for programmes offered by

various renowned overseas universities in Hong Kong and has published a number of articles in the

local newspaper Hong Kong Economic Journal.

Dr Tai is the Programme Leader of the Associate in Business (China Business). He is also the

Admission Co-ordinator and Advisor for mainland students at HKCC. Dr Tai also chairs the Non-local

Affairs Committee of the College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE), PolyU.

E-Mail

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Establishing University Partnerships with Lecturer and Students Exchange, Publication Opportunities


Participant Name

Johannes GOELLNER

Affiliation

National Defence Academy of the Austrian Ministry of Defence and Sports

Austria

Main Session No.

4.4.

Research Interests

risk and crises management, knowledge development and management, organisational development

in financal organisations, risk monitoring and reporting, bitcoin, digital currancy vs. real currency,

behaviour finance, cyber crime/cyber security in financial

Short Biography

e.g.: http://www.zfrk.org

E-Mail

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I am looking for


Applying for intl. Research Grants, Collaboration in Writing Papers, A sabbatical at another University


Participant Name

Elisabeth Grabmann

Affiliation


Austria

Main Session No.

6.3.

Research Interests

Information Visualization; Eye Tracking; Cognitive Load

Short Biography

Bachelor's degree: Controlling and Finance at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (2010-

2013)

Master's degree: Controlling and Finance at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (since 2013)

Research Associate at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (since 2013)

E-Mail

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I am looking for

Contact with Experts in Quantitative Methods, Contact with Experts in Qualitative Methods, Just

having a wonderful time and meeting great people!


Participant Name

Daniel Hofer

Affiliation


Austria

Main Session No.

6.3.

Research Interests

Big Data; Information Visualization; Eye Tracking; Dashboards

Short Biography

2010 - Bachelor's degree Controlling & Finance at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

2013 - Master's degree Controlling & Finance at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

2013 - Research Associate at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

E-Mail

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Interesting Job Opportunities abroad, Just having a wonderful time and meeting great people!


Participant Name

Merav Ozair

Affiliation

NYU

USA

Main Session No.

Keynote Speaker on Tuesday; 5.2.

Research Interests

Market Microstructure; Financial Econometrics; Volatility Modeling; Quantitative Finance

Short Biography

Dr. Ozair has over 12 years’ teaching experience and currently she has been teaching at the Finance

and Risk Engineering (FRE) program at NYU – Market Microstructure, Financial Econometrics and

Portfolio Management. She earned her PhD in Accounting and Finance from Stern Business School at

NYU, and her research interests include market microstructure, volatility modeling and financial

econometrics. She is also the founder of Mackabie Capital a financial service provider which bridges

fundamental and quantitative methods to enable money managers in their pursuit for better alpha

generating strategies, risk control and execution. She also holds a CPA and a CQF.

E-Mail

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Applying for intl. Research Grants, Publication Opportunities, Interesting Job Opportunities abroad,



Participant Name

Nesrin Benhayoun

Affiliation

Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco

Main Session No.


Research Interests

Islamic Finance; Time Value of Money

Short Biography

Miss Nesrin Benhayoun is currently Corporate account manager and financial analyst at BMCE Bank,

Morocco and a Phd student in Financial risk management and Islamic Finance Approach at

Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco.

She studied computer engineering at National School of Applied Scinces, Morocco. After her

computer engineer diploma, she went into a professional career, working as IT engineer at Retail

Bank Information System subsidiary of BNP Paribas in Morocco, IT project manager (Basel II) at

ATTIJARIWAFA BANK (Morocco) and Functional senior project manager at BMCE Bank (Basel II

internal rating and e-banking) in Morocco for 6 years. Furthermore she continues her academic

calling at the time in Financial risk management, Islamic Finance approach and IT intelligent solutions

for financial crisis prediction.

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Participant Name

ALI, PETER IFEANYICHUKWU

Affiliation

THE CHANCERY - CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ABA

NIGERIA

Main Session No.

7.2.

Research Interests

volatility transmission, sectors of economy, BEKK-GARCH Model, Nigeria.

Short Biography

Name: Ali Peter Ifeanyichukwu, (Reverend Father)

Contact Address: The Chancery, Catholic Diocese of Aba.

C.K.C, Asa Road

P.M.B 7526 Aba, Abia State.

Email: [email protected]

- Federal University of Technology, Owerri.

Department of Financial Management Technology.

(M.Sc. Financial Management , Ph.D Financial Management, in View).

- Project Management College, United Kingdom

Advanced Diploma, Project Management

(ADP in Project Management, 2012)

- Abia State University, Uturu - Accounting

(B.Sc. Accountancy, 2001).

- Pontifical Urban University, Italy – Rome

(Bachelor of Philosophy, 1992; Bachelor of Theology, 1996).

- Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) - (MNIM).

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great people!


Participant Name

Andreas Greil

Affiliation


Austria

Main Session No.

6.3.

Research Interests

Information Visualization, Integrated Reporting, Reporting, Graph Use

Short Biography

I am a research associate at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and part time I work in

business consulting (KPMG Austria).

E-Mail

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Participant Name

Allen Zhang

Affiliation

US Department of Treasury

US

Main Session No.

-

Research Interests

Short Biography

Allen is leading a quant group at the Office of Debt Management to develop models and conduct

research on Treasury markets and debt management. Before joining US Treasury, he spent 10 years

at Freddie Mac and Citigroup. He has a PhD in Finance and has published on Review of Financial

Studies, Management Science, and Journal of Fixed Income.

E-Mail

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Contact with Experts in Quantitative Methods


Participant Name

Demaria Samira

Affiliation

University of Nice

France

Main Session No.

1.4.

Research Interests

accounting standards ; long term investment ; bank; insurance

Short Biography

I'm samira Demaria, assistant professor in management at the university of Nice. My research fields

are internationnal accounting standards and long term investment applied to the bank and insurance

sectors.

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Contact with Experts in Qualitative Methods, Collaboration in Writing Papers, Publication


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