Dr. B. Vijayalakshmi is currently working as a Professor and Head, Department of Business Management, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalyam, (Womens’ University), Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh, India. She has successfully supervised 11 students for PhD, 3 M. Phil and currently 6 students are working for Ph. D. She was highly successful not only as an academician but also as an able administrator.

   She has taken up many coveted positions like UGC-Nodal officer, IQAC & NAAC member, UGC-NET Coordinator and ICET Member. She has published 50 papers in reputed National and International journals. She has attended many national and international conferences and presented 59 papers and participated in National workshops and also as a resource person. She is also serving as a Chairperson and Member, Board of Studies in Commerce and Management for Universities and Institutes. She is also serving as an Editorial member for reputed National and International journals. She is a life member in National Environmental Science Academy, Administrative Staff College of India Association and Indian Economic Association. She was conferred with “Best NSS Programme officer” by the University for the year 2010-11 and “Environmentalist of the year award for 2011” and “Fellow of National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi for the year 2016 and Andhra Pradesh State Best Teacher Award, Government of Andhra Pradesh in the year 2017.

Accounting and Financial management, Management of financial services, Financial derivatives, e- Business, Risk management and Insurance and Management control system

Nahum Goldmann, President, ARRAY Development is a leading expert and a renowned lecturer on building and securing ecommerce and egovernance solutions. He has published several books, book chapters, articles and numerous reports on ecommerce, egovernance and efinance, Internet security and the role of SMEs in the new global economy. He had been a Professor at the School of Management at University of Ottawa, lecturing on Internet Marketing for graduate students, a lecturer on Building Internet Commerce Ventures at the University of Toronto School of Management, a faculty member and a lecturer on Global Competitive Strategies for Technology-Based Organizations at Europe Asia Business School Post Graduate Program in Business Transformation in Pune, India, a visiting lecturer at a number of leading universities and a Fellow of the Centre of Governance at the University of Ottawa. Mr. Goldmann has been a keynote speaker and a chair of organizing committees at numerous high profile academic and industry conferences in the North America, Europe and Africa.

Internet banking and commerce, transactional profitability, IT/business services/Knowledge Process Outsourcing and offshoring, procurement, Anti-Money Laundering, compliance, insurance and governance solutions; as well as financial engineering, regulatory and government policy issues, knowledge management and information gathering, analysis and dissemination.

Dr Dale Pinto is an Associate Professor of Taxation and Head of the Tax Department in the School of Business Law at Curtin University. A/Professor Pinto has published widely in national and international refereed journals and has presented numerous conference papers in the area of taxation. He was the inaugural winner of the Commissioner of Taxation's Award for Research in Taxation and has most recently being invited by the International Fiscal Association to be a panelist for their plenary session at their annual congress which is to be held this year in Buenos Aires. A/Professor Pinto is a member of a number of Professional Bodies including the Taxation Institute of Australia and has recently been invited to join CPA Australia's Centre of Excellence for Taxation. His interests include international tax, electronic commerce, trusts, superannuation and financial planning.

International tax, Electronic commerce, Trusts,Superannuation and Financial planning.

Nikhil Agarwal is President and Senior partner at Cambridge Global Partners (CGP). Prior, he was Professor of Management and founder Director of Europe Asia Business School.
Dr Agarwal has founded businesses and advised firms on strategic matters in last 15 years of his career. He has worked with global multinationals like Cadbury's, FIC and Zensar (RPG Group). He has lectured at leading universities like Virginia Tech, Univ of Bradford, Univ of Edinburgh and Univ of Cambridge in visiting capacity. His interviews and work has been extensively covered in international media including HBR, CNN Money, BBC Radio, The New York Times to name a few.
He has served on many international think-tanks and hold leadership positions in global organizations. He is serving as high-level-advisor to United Nations Global Alliance on ICT & Development (UNGAID); board member at World-Entrepreneurship-Forum and Open Mind Foundation respectively. He was the first Asian to be elected as Co-Chair of prestigious Internet Society Advisory Council (ISOC-AC) for 2008-10.Â
He has traveled extensively around the world and worked with global institutions, corporations and multinationals. He has published over 40 research papers, conference publications and articles in leading publications. His current area of interest is in society, technology and policy, entrepreneurship & finance and higher education. Dr Nikhil Agarwal is alumnus of University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Area of interest is in society, technology and policy, entrepreneurship & finance and higher education.

Gordon Jenkins is a Canadian consultant of Jenkins and Associates Inc specializing in systems integration in the Internet. He has lived and worked in India, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and Sweden - in that order during the last eight years. His particular interest at the moment is still Internet payments as well as electronic government and electronic democracy. He is on the Board of the International Institute of Business Technologies, Washington DC and works on several others. Gord was the original Editor of the Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce has promised to do no more traveling.

Internet payments as well as electronic government and electronic democracy.

Carlo Bellini holds PhD and MSc degrees in Management and a BSc degree in Computer Science from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) at Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. He worked several years as systems analyst, DBA, and programmer in sectors such as air transportation, insurance, banking, news media and telecom. He is associate professor of information systems (2006-) at the Department of Management, Center for the Applied Social Sciences (CCSA), Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) at João Pessoa, Northeastern Brazil. At UFPB he is also a board member of the Committee for the Management of Information Technology (CGTI) and a faculty member of the Graduate School of Management (PPGA) and the Graduate School of Learning Organizations (MPGOA). He was first vice-head of UFPB's Center for Technology and Regional Development (CTDR, 2010-2012), head and vice-head of PPGA (2014, 2007-2008) and first vice-head of MPGOA (2010-2011). Dr. Bellini is chief researcher of the Information Technology & Society Research Team (GTIS, www.ccsa.ufpb.br/gtis) at the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), a team devoted to the study of IT professionals and the personal traits that leverage or constrain IT use effectiveness. He is also a member of scientific committees and societies such as AIS, ACM and ANPAD/Brazil. He was first editor-in-chief of TPA - Teoria e Prática em Administração (www.ccsa.ufpb.br/tpa, a peer-reviewed journal that discusses management theory and practice within the global Portuguese-speaking community), and in 2009 he and Dr. Rita Pereira edited what is supposed to be the first special issue of a high-impact journal dedicated exclusively to IT management research in Brazil (JGITM - Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Taylor & Francis). His full vita can be reached at http://lattes.cnpq.br/9698118041442887.

IT-mediated social change, IT-mediated organizational improvement, and IT aesthetics

Since 1988 to 2001 - worked in industry at various executive positions. Since 2001 to present - involved in research and academic work at the Universities. Since 2013 to present - Chief Research Associate at the laboratory of strategic management of national economy development, the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Since 2007 to present - Deputy Head of Chair of economic theory, world economy, management and entrepreneurship, Russian Academy of Entrepreneurship. Since 2013 to present - Member of the scientific editorial board of the interuniversity collection of scientific papers "Economy and Society: Contemporary Development Models ". Chief Editor of scientific journal "Modernization. Innovation. Development". The authorship in more than ten monographs in the field of management, innovation, human resources, commerce, and advertising. Extensively publishes articles in various international journals.

Economics, Management, Innovation, Human Resources, Commerce, and Advertising

Professor Raed Awamleh is the Director of Middlesex University in Dubai. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Awamleh was the Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Wollongong in Dubai, and the Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Business at the University of Jordan. Dr. Awamleh is a Full Professor in management and specializes in leadership, strategy, and internet banking. Raed has numerous international management publications in highly reputed journals, and has won a number of best papers awards in international conferences. Dr. Awamleh has a wide corporate consulting and executive development experience across the Middle East in both private and public sectors. His industry experience also included being a lead assessor for prestigious excellence awards such as King Abdullah II Excellence Award, Dubai Excellence Award, and Ras Al Khaima Excellence Award. Dr. Awamleh holds a PhD in Management from the University of Mississippi (USA), an MBA in Finance from Mercer University (USA), and a BBA from Yarmouk University (Jordan). In 2007, Dr. Awamleh completed the Oxford University Strategic Leadership Program at Oxford University, UK.

Leadership, Strategy, and Internet banking

 Dr. Xin Robert Luo is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems in Robert O. Anderson School of Management at The University of New Mexico, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from Mississippi State University. He has a BA degree from Sichuan Normal University, China, an MBA from The University of Louisiana, USA, and an MSIS in Business Information Systems from Mississippi State University, USA. His research interests center around information security, E-commerce/M-commerce, wireless communications technology, and global IT adoption and management. He has worked as business associate, web project manager, assistant director, and senior web developer in China and USA. He has published numerous research papers and attended international & national conferences including European Journal of Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, Journal of the AIS, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Communications of the AIS, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Cross Cultural Management, Information Management & Computers Security, International Journal of Information Security & Privacy, and Information Systems Security.

 

Information security, E-commerce/M-commerce, wireless communications technology, and global IT adoption and management. 

Anne-Marie Jennings works with Canada Post Corporation in Ottawa, Canada as an officer in the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Group. As part of a small team, Anne-Marie develops training and communications materials regarding Canada Post’s strategies to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing through Canada Post money orders and to ensure continued compliance with the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act.

Anne-Marie obtained her Anti-Money Laundering Specialist certification in March 2009.

Strategies to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing through Canada Post money orders and to ensure continued compliance with the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act.

David G.W. Birch is a Director of Consult Hyperion, the IT management consultancy that specialises in electronic transactions, which he helped to found in 1986. Prior to this he spent several years working as a consultant in Europe, the Far East and North America. He graduated from the University of Southampton with a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics. A member of the advisory board for European Business Review and the editorial board of Microsoft's Finance on Windows, he has lectured to MBA level on the impact of new information and communications technologies. He has written for publications ranging from the Parliamentary IT Review to Grocery Trader and is well-known for his column in The Guardian newspaper's "Online" section. He is a media commentator on electronic business issues and has appeared on BBC television and radio, CNN, CNBC and other channels around the world

Electronic transactions,Impact of new information and communications technologies

Dr. Dongyu Chen holds a PhD degree in Management from the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, People's Republic of China. He is a lecturer in information systems at the Southwest University of Finance and Economics, China. His research interests include Electronic Commerce/Mobile Commerce and Project Management in China. He has published over 20 papers in international/national journals and conferences, and conducted a series of research projects for both university and governmen

Electronic Commerce/Mobile Commerce and Project Management in China.

Dr. Arthur J. Cordell received a Ph.D.(economics) from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He has worked for the US Government in Washington and as a business consultant in New York. Arthur was a Science Advisor with the Science Council of Canada where he was closely associated with all Council studies on computers and communications. Arthur moved on to a Canadian government department (Department of Communications which later became part of Industry Canada) where he was Special Advisor, Information Technology Policy. Currently Arthur is Adjunct Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa in the department of Communication Studies.

Social, political and economic implications of information technology for Canadian society, including the 'unintended consequences of information technology.

Carin Holroyd holds a PhD in Political Economy from the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. She has taught at universities in Canada, New Zealand and Japan and administered the MBA Japan Study Abroad Program for the College of Commerce at the University of Saskatchewan. She is currently a Research Associate (Japan Specialist) with the Asia Pacific Foundation, a leading Canadian research institute which focuses on issues of Asia-Canada business relations. She is the author of Government, International Trade and Laissez Faire Capitalism: Canada, Australia and New Zealand's Relations with Japan and Canadian Business Opportunities in Japan: Current Realities and Future Prospects and co-author of Pacific Partners: The Japanese Presence in Canadian Business, Culture and Society,Success Secrets to Maximize Business in Japan: A Hands-On Guide to Tackling Japanese Business Culture and Japan and the Internet Revolution. She is currently working on a book on the culture of innovation science and technology in Japan, with a continuing interest in the commercial applications of the Interne

Commercial applications of the Internet.

Edwin Jacobs is a partner at time.lex, coming from Monard-D’Hulst Brussels office, where he was heading the ICT practice group. Before that he was the general counsel at Isabel, a leading service provider in e-banking, e-business en e-government.
Within the Institute for Company Lawyers, he founded and chaired the practice group ICT-IP-law. He is also an affiliated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce.
Edwin is also an accredited mediator in civil and commercial matters and a practice assistant for the course “negotiation and mediationâ€� at the University of Antwerp. 
He read law at the universities of Namur (Belgium, in French, 1991), Norwich (UK, 1993) and Leuven (Belgium, in Dutch, 1994), and studied European law at the Europa-Institut in Saarbrücken (Germany, 1995). In 2003, he obtained a postgraduate degree in company management (Bedrijfskunde, EHSAL Management School, Brussels).

E-banking, E-business, E-government. 

 Dr. Hyung Seok Lee is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management in the Faculty of Business Administration at Chungbuk National University, Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Management Science and Information Systems from Korea University, Korea. His research interests are on E-commerce, ICT Service, Service Operations Management and Quantitative Modeling. He has attended national and international conferences and published more than twenty papers including Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, Telecommunications Review, and Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, etc. In 2006, He won an Excellent Paper Award from Korea Service Management Society.

E-commerce, ICT Service, Service Operations Management and Quantitative Modeling

Dr. Jean-Michel SAHUT is a Professor at Geneva School of Business Administration, University of Applied Sciences (Ch). He teaches Corporate Finance and ICT for Finance (e-banking, electronic payments.) for engineering and management students. Previously, he was Associate Dean for Research at Amiens School of Management (Fr), Professor of Finance at Telecom & Management Paris Sud and director of the RESFIN Laboratory (studying impacts of ICT on Finance). He has a wide international experience of executive education, in Europe, especially in Eastern European Countries. He is co-author of the SIMOBIZ, simulation game for the mobile phone market, used by International Union of Telecommunication in its Center of Excellence (www.itu.int). He is also an expert for the 7th EU Framework Program. He has published more than sixty articles about Finance, ICT and services in international peer review journals and five books

E-banking, Electronic payments, Corporate Finance

Professor Bala Shanmugam is Chair of Accounting and Finance at Monash University, Malaysia. He heads the Accounting and Finance Department and is also the Director of Banking and Finance. Professor Shanmugam has extensive industry experience and has served as consultant to numerous domestic and international financial institutions (UNDP). He is a Director of RHB Bank, and its subsidiary RHB Islamic Bank. He has his basic degree from University of Wales, UK , Masters from University of Ireland, Dublin and Doctorate from University of Wollongong, Australia. He has over 100 papers and 24 books. His areas of interests include Islamic Banking, Electronic Banking and Money Laundering.

Islamic Banking, Electronic Banking and Money Laundering.

 Dr. Arun Mohan Sherry is a Ph.D., M.Sc.(Gold Medalist), M.Tech.(Computer Science IIT Kharagpur). His Specialization is in the field of Computer Networks, inter-networking technologies and wireless communications. He has more than 15 years experience in teaching and research. He has delivered a large number of lectures as guest faculty at many universities and Institutes of repute. He had been the Chairman of Fellow Programme in Management. Currently he is the Chairman, Admissions. More than 100 postgraduate students have completed projects under his supervision. Dr. Sherry has published over 25 papers in international/national journals and conferences.  He is an Information Technology Consultant of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. (A Govt. of India Enterprise) and a Member of the Task Force for strengthening of Information Technology Application in Ministry of Power, Government of India.

Computer Networks, inter-networking technologies and wireless communications

Dr. Yong Sun is currently an Associate Professor of Finance at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China. Dr. Yong Sun received his Ph.D. in Finance from Old Dominion University and MBA in Finance & MIS from Wright State University in the U. S.  His research interest covers corporate finance and investments. His recent research focuses on the behavior of security prices and investment strategies. His publication appears in the Journal of Financial Markets, and the Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, et

Corporate finance and investments

He was done PhD in Economics: Stock Market Development, Integration and Contagion: An Empirical Analysis, Centre for Development Studies, [affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi], Trivandrum. M.Philin Economics: Stock Market Integration in India, University of Hyderabad (HCU), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. M.Ain Economics,Osmania University(University College of Arts and Social Science College), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. B.A, S.L.N.S Degree College, Bhongiri, Nalgonda (Affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad),Andhra Pradesh, India.(B.A with Economics, Political Science and Public Administration.

Financial and Monetary Economics, Agriculture Economics and Development Economics

Kartikeya Bolar has an overall experience of 12 years of teaching and research. Prior to joining TAPMI, he has taught across various B-Schools in the country like IBS Hyderabad and Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Bangalore. He was a Visiting Scholar at the College of Business Innovation, University of Toledo, Toledo(OH). He was the best outgoing student of the School of Management, Manipal University .

 

E-commerce Diffusion, Data Mining, Business Analytics and Technology Adoption
 

Dr. Agwu is an astute banker, seasoned researcher, a versatile professional lecturer, consultant, trainer, and education/business manager; with twelve years banking and finance experience and 14years of lecturing experiences in various academic institutions in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. He obtained his PhD from the University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom. Edwin started his teaching career in 1989 before joining the banking industry in 1993 during which he spent more than ten years and rose to management position. During his banking tenure, he worked in various departments: domestic and international banking operations, branch operations, relationship marketing, inspection, and internal control – all these equipped him commercially. In addition, he has substantial management/consultancy experiences in financial services and business development; cross-border experience in leadership, strategic management and skill development applicable in organizational design, research and information technology. He is currently an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Marketing at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria and serves as external dissertation supervisor for Masters and PhD students at various institutions in the UK; such as Manchester Business School, Univ. of Warwick, Univ. of Wales, Middlesex University, and various colleges in London affiliated to various universities across the UK. He has successfully supervised more than 250 undergraduates and Master’s Degree students to completion.

Sustainability Strategy/Strategies for Emerging Markets
Corporate Social Responsibility/Organizational Change management
Innovation management and its application to business strategies and product development
SMEs as social actors and agents in the society
Adoption of network technologies in financial services marketing
Strategic customer management, relationship marketing and consumer Behaviour

 

Dr. Eda Yaşa Özeltürkay has been working as assistant professor of management department in the faculty of economics and administrative sicences at Cag University. She received her BA and MBA degrees from Cag University with high honour degrees then PhD from Cukurova University,Turkey. Her Master thesis was related with family owned business and Ph.D. dissertation was related to healthcare marketing. for years, she has been attending many national and international conferences and presented many papers. Her researches are especially on social media marketing, green marketing, consumer behavior, e-commerce and CRM. She is a member of many national and international journals and being a reviewer of International Marketing Trends Conferences since 2011.

Social media, viral marketing,consumer behavior, green marketing, CRM,etc.

Dr. Murat GÜLMEZ is an assistant professor in the faculty of economics and administrative sciences at Cag University. After completing his BA degree at Istanbul University and MBA degree at University of Dallas USA, he studied his PhD at Cukurova University,Turkey. He teaches E-cmommerce, Contemporary marketing Issues, Logistics Information Systems and Entrepreneurship courses for both undergraduate and graduate level business students. His Ph.D. dissertation is related to corporate social responsibility communication through corporate websites. He has been attending many national and international conferences and presented many papers. His research interests are especially on Virtual worlds, E- commerce, Corporate Social Responsiblity, non-profit organizations, Logistics, supply chain management and entrepreneurship.

Virtual worlds, E- commerce, Corporate Social Responsiblity, Non-profit organizations, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Entrepreneurship

Juergen Seitz received his diploma in business administration and business information systems from University of Cooperative Education Stuttgart, nowadays, Baden-Wuerttemberg Coopera-tive State University Stuttgart, Germany, and in business administration and economics from University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim. He received his Ph.D. from Viadrina European University, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. He is professor for business information systems and head of the business information systems department at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim, Germany. Dr. Seitz is editor, associate editor and editorial board member of several international journals. He is member of Gesellschaft für Informatik (German association) and Association for Information Systems (AIS). He served as an executive council member of Infor-mation Resource Management Association. He is member of program and/or organizing commit-tees of several international conferences. He is co-chair of the Wuhan International Conference on E-Business and co-chair of the special interest track on e-health of the Bled eConference, Slo-venia. His research focusses on e-finance, e-health, IT security from a business perspective, busi-ness modelling and systems modelling.

E-Finance, E-Health, It Security, Business Digitalization, Business Modelling, Systems Modelling

Dr. Al-Hasan gained his PhD in Strategic Marketing from Aberystwyth University-Wales- UK in the year 2000. The main theme of the research thesis was Benchmarking and Competiveness of the Welsh Agri-Food Industry. During his PhD study, Al-Hasan had some of his research translated to German by Bonn University for its importance as he was one of the first to apply the concept of benchmarking in the cooperative sector. Al-Hasan later moved on to De Montfort University-Leicester-England as a senior lecturer in marketing, where he worked under Professor Baron’s leadership. In 2001 Dr. Al-Hasan joined Glamorgan University with the main task of developing the Middle East market and he was one of the first few marketers to gain the status of a Chartered Marketer across the UK in 1999.

In the last 10 years, Dr Al-Hasan has successfully supervised several PhD’s, in areas such as, competiveness and marketing innovation, cultural marketing, SMEs, TQM, benchmarking, global telecommunications and marketing of higher education. Dr. Al-Hasan has a track record of more than 300 successful postgraduate dissertations supervision in areas of Benchmarking, Competitiveness, CRM, Banking, Retailing, E-commerce, Higher Education, Islamic Banking and Telecommunications. The majority of these were Bahraini companies (private and public) as Glamorgan Business School has strong ties with Bahrain over the last 12 years or so. Also, I was involved with the DBA programme.

Benchmarking and Competitiveness, Higher Education in MENA (Middle East and North Africa), Customer Services, Relationship Marketing, Food Retailing, Agri-Food and Government Policies, TQM, Marketing Across Cultures

Dr Vinay Kandpal holds Ph.D. in Management from Department of Management Studies, Kumaun University, Nainital. He is honours graduate in Commerce from University of Calcutta and did his MBA with dual specialization in Finance & Marketing. He is Assistant Professor in Department of Accounting & Finance, College of Management & Economic Studies, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun. He has over 12 years of experience in Academics. He has published research papers in leading refereed, indexed and UGC approved Journals. He has presented papers in National and International Seminars and Conferences on various topics in Institutes like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Bangalore, IIM Indore, IIM Raipur and IIT Delhi to name a few. He has participated in the UGC Refresher Course organized by Academic Staff College Kumaun University, Nainital and FDPs in IIT Kharagpur and Banaras Hindu University. His fields of Teaching and Research Interest are Financial Accounting, Management Accounting & Cost Accounting, Working Capital Management, Capital Market, Mutual Fund, Financial Management, Banking, Financial Inclusion and Financial Institutions. He is a member of All India Management Association Indian Accounting Association and Indian Commerce Association. He has published 4 books in the area of Accounting & Finance.

Capital Market, Mutual Funds, Infrastructure Financing, Financial Inclusion, Banking, Working Capital Management & Financial Management

Murat is a professor of economics at Istanbul Commerce University where he is the Director of the Center for Industrial Policy and Development and a member of the board of the Finance Institute. He is a Board director at TUBITAK (Turkish Agency for Scientific and Technological Research) and a partner at PGlobal Global Advisory and Training Services, an Ankara based international advisory company. He is a member of the Economic Advisory Council of Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. Murat holds and has held high level executive responsibilities in financial and non-financial corporations including as director and chairman. He has project finance, corporate finance and economic development experience in various countries in Europe, Africa, North America and Asia with tenures at institutions including the International Monetary Fund, the Islamic Development Bank and the Turkish Prime Ministry. He has authored or led financial, macroeconomic, sectoral studies, impact, feasibility and financial valuation studies. He has taught at different universities such as Georgetown, Yale and Obuda Universities and provided professional training classes in various countries. Previously, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at THK University in Turkey. He authored a number of books and articles in economics, development and finance. His most recent books have been published by international publishers Springer and Peter Lang, covering sustainable development, industrial policy, economic planning, industrial policy and suitable design of public procurement policies aiming at increasing the technological level in emerging countries. He writes columns at newspapers and financial journals, and is a frequent speaker at various fora organized by institutions such as Global Economic Symposium (GES), Yale University, European Investment Bank Institute, Duke University, Prime Ministry of Turkey, COMCEC, Economic Cooperation Organization, Dubai Economic Council, CFO Forum-Vienna, Khazanah Megatrands Forum, The Economist Round Table, Ewha Women’s University (Korea), Wirtshaftsrat, APU Ritsumeikan University (Japan), Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Universita degli Studi di Parma and Eurofinance Conferences. He is actively involved in the organization of Istanbul Finance Summit (Chairman of the Advisory Board) and Sarajevo Business Forum (Member of the Advisory Board). He sits in the advisory boards of various other national and international institutions, platforms and academic journals. He has received various awards for his research and professional services. He holds an MBA degree from Yale University, Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from Bilkent University, an MSM (management) degree from Boston University and a B.Sc. degree (mechanical engineering) from Bogazici University.

Isntwad development and finance, Finance and financial development

Giuliana Birindelli is a full professor of Financial Markets and Institutions, she did her PhD in Economia Aziendale from University of Pisa and Post-Doctoral Fellow also from the same university.She has published many papers in various international journals and she also serving as a reviewer and Editorial Board member for various journals.

Basel III; Banking internationalization; Operational risk; Compliance risk; Credit risk; The privatization process of financial institutions; Corporate governance and economic value in banks; Corporate social responsibility; Business model.

Naseraldeeen Jamil Najjar is an Assistant Professor at American University of Madaba, he received his PhD degree in Finance from Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences in the year 2008. And aslo he is the assistant to the Chairman of Banking and Finance Department.

International finance, Risk management, Capital structure and information technology

Dr. Anita Mirchandani is an Assistant Professor in Banking & Finance at AMITY University, Dubai. She is doctorate in Banking & Economics with 14 years of teaching experience. Prior to joining AMITY University, she has worked with American University at Emirates, SZABIST and so on. She has various research papers & articles published in leading international journals, based on emerging trends & practices in international trade, banking other financial sectors. Her papers are published in Management Decision (Emeralds Insight ), International Journal of Economic and Financial Issues and Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences and International Journal of Finance and Quantitative Methods etc. She has also, to her credit, seven Middle East based case studies published in European Case Clearing House (The Case Centre). One of her case study was ranked among top 20 best seller case studies in 2013. She has coauthored a book on “Monetary Economics” for BBA and B.com published with University Book House, Jaipur. She has presented various research papers in seminars and conferences at national as well as international level. She has also chaired an International Conference in Technology & Business Management in 2011 at SZABIST Dubai. She is associated with some of the reputed universities in India, as Research Supervisor for PhD students, including University of Madras, Vanasthali University and Pacific University at Udaipur. She has been also affiliated with the several journals of national and international repute as a reviewer.

Banking and Business Economics, Finance

Stefano Dell’Atti is a full time professor of Banking and Finance at Università di Foggia. Where he currently teaches courses of “Economics of Financial Intermediaries” and “Strategy and Management of Financial Intermediaries” at the Department of Economics. Previously, he taught “Banking” and “Management and Regulation of Financial Markets”. He Has published many in various international journal.

Banking and Finance

Esin Okay is a Professor at Istanbul Commerce University Istanbul, Turkey. She did her PhD in Banking at Marmara University and she has published many many paper and also authored various Books.

Banking and Finance

Stefania Sylos Labini is a Tenured Assistant Professor of “Banking and Finance” at University of Foggia (since November, 2006). She received her PhD in “Banking and financial science”, from the University of Calabria (Italy). Currently she teaches “Economics of Financial Intermediaries” and “Corporate Banking” at the Department of Economics of University of Foggia. She is: Member of the Council of PhD School in “Management and Finance” at University of Foggia (XXIX cycle);member of the Council of PhD School in “Health Food Innovation and Management” at University of Foggia (XXVI cycle); ordinary member of the “Italian Association of Professors of Economics of Financial Intermediaries and Markets” and Deputy Director and Member of the Council of the InteruniversityResearch Center on the Guarantee Institutions (CeSAC) of University of Foggia and University of Bari “Aldo Moro”. She is reviewer for various international journals. Since 2005 she is author (or co-author) of many scientific publications.

Governance, Performance and Risks in Banks; Guarantee Institutions; Operational risk; Cooperative Banks; Credit Risk Management; Reputational Risk Management; Regulation and Disclosure; Management of crisis and Debt restructuring

Dr. V. Bastin Jerome is an Assistant Professor at St.Joseph’s College (Autonomous), he did his PhD from Bharathidasan University. Bastin Jerome has published many Business related research works and he also serving as the reviewer for various journals.

Business and Management

Alessandro Berti is an Associate professor in Corporate Finance and Banking at University of Urbino, Italy

Financing and Banking