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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 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 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, 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 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

Keynote Presenting her research on Hedge-funds Tuesday 23rd, 9.00 – 10.30

Biography Olga Kolokolova graduated from the Russian Plekhanov Academy of 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.

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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

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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 - (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

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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.

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Participants Overview

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 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

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Participants Overview

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

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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.

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Participant Name Catherine MALECKI

Affiliation University of Paris Sud - France FRANCE

Main Session No. 5.3.

Research Interests ; Social Corporate Responsibility; Social and Sustainable Finance ; Comparative corporate law.

Short Biography I hold a 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

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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, A sabbatical at another University, Just having a wonderful time and meeting great people!

Participants Overview

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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 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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Participant Name 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 , 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name James Ming Chen

Affiliation Michigan State University USA

Main Session No. 3.1.

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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 Studies students and for students undertaking the Bachelor of Accountancy degree.

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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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 . 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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 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, 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name Sally Eaves

Affiliation Sheffield Hallam University

Main Session No. 2.2.

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Participant Name 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 .

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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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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 (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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name Dalina Amonhaemanon

Affiliation Prince of Songkla University Thailand

Main Session No. 3.3.

Research Interests Personal finance, real estate

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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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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Participant Name Supranee Sugaraserani

Affiliation Rangsit University Thailand

Main Session No. 4.4.

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Participant Name 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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Participant Name 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

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Participant Name Hylmun Izhar

Affiliation Islamic Research and Training Institute Saudi Arabia

Main Session No. Islamic Banking Panel

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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.

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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.

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I am looking for Establishing University Partnerships with Lecturer and Students Exchange, Publication Opportunities

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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

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Participant Name Elisabeth Grabmann

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria 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)

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Participant Name Daniel Hofer

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria 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

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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.

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Participant Name Nesrin Benhayoun

Affiliation Abdelmalek Essaadi University Morocco

Main Session No. Islamic Banking Panel

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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Participant Name Andreas Greil

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria 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).

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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.

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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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