Prof. Dr. Juliane Proelss
Assistant Professor at Concordia University, Canada
Keynote Speaker
The Impact of CEO Sociopolitical Activism on Corporate ESG Ratings: Insights and Implications
Professor Dr. Juliane Proelss studied business administration at Katholische Universität Eichstaett-Ingolstadt in Ingolstadt, and completed a postgraduate diploma in commerce at Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand. In June 2009 she completed a doctorate at European Business School (EBS) in Oestrich-Winkel with a thesis entitled “Strategy Optimization for Alternative Investments”. During her doctorate, she worked as research assistant at the PFI Private Finance Institute / EBS Finance Academy in Oestrich-Winkel and was responsible for consulting projects as well as the conception of executive education programs. Furthermore, she gained teaching experience in trainings for the executive education. She was awarded the titles of Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Certified Foundation, Estate Planner (CFEP) and Certified Generation Advisor (CGA).
In July 2009 Juliane Proelss joined the Risk Management Department of Santander Consumer Finance, Mönchengladbach and was responsible for credit analysis and refinancing. In November 2012 Juliane Proelss was appointed professor in business administration specialized in financial management at Trier University of Applied Sciences. In January 2015 she joined Concordia University, Montreal as assistant professor in finance. She published several articles in the field of modern financing instruments and corporate finance in renowned journals and books. Her innovative research ideas received competitive research grants from e.g. the Fonds de Recherche du Québec -Société et Culture (FRQSC) and the Education of Good Governance Fund of Autorité des Marchés Financiers. Juliane Proelss is teaching in BSc and MSc university level as well as in executive education programs.
Past Speakers
Habil. Assoc. Prof. Viorela-Ligia Văidean, PhD
Associate Professor at the Babeș-Bolyai” University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Speech Title: The Nexus Between Health Outcomes and Corruption – An Economical and Cultural Framework
Viorela-Ligia Văidean is an Associate Professor in the field of Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. She obtained a Bachelor Degree in Finance and Banking from Babeş – Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2006, further graduating a Master program in Corporate Finance and Insurances and another one in Project Management and Evaluation. She successfully followed a full time PhD program, obtaining the PhD title in the Finance field, in 2010. In 2015 she graduated a postdoctoral study program. In 2021 she successfully defended her Habilitation Thesis.
She has also worked as an Expert for different EU financed projects and grants. She has published more than 50 research papers and attended tens of international conferences. She has been the author or co-author of eleven books and international book chapters. Her research interests cover the areas of Health Economics, Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Organized Crime and Fiscal Policies.
Ass. Prof. Dr. Jorge Cerdeira
Jorge Cerdeira is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto and a researcher at its Institute of Sociology and Center for Economics and Finance. PhD in Economics, his main areas of research are: international business, international trade, international political economy and applied econometrics.
Ms. Tingting Jin
TINGTING JIN is a second-year student majoring in business management at the Doctoral School of the University of Valencia. I have a Master’s degree in Corporate Strategy from the Department of Economics of the University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. I am currently researching the field of green strategic orientation. I am interested in strategic orientation, business model innovation and innovative entrepreneurship.
Dr. Karmela Palma-Samson
Karmela Palma Samson is a Doctorate in Business Administration candidate at San Beda University. She also holds a LLM Masters of Laws in International Trade and Commercial Law from the University of Essex and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the Ateneo de Manila University. Karmela has several professional certifications, including Certified Organization Development Coach, Project Management Professional, and Certified Learning and Development Professional, among others. She is working with the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority in the Strategy & Organisational Development Department. Karmela is a published academic journal author, focusing her research on organization development, business excellence, women’s development, ESG, and human resources.
Prof. Pat M. Beck
CamEd Business School, Cambodia
Speech Title: Embracing new ideas in management, economics, and accounting in times of global uncertainty
Pat is an assistant professor at CamEd Business School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He has been working in Southeast Asia for 6 years now and focuses on development of the financial sector. Pat studied at UC Berkeley, Sciences Po, Paris, and the London School of Economics before heading to Asia. His research interests include the financial system, banking regulations, sovereign wealth funds, and micro finance institutions. He also helped in founding and is currently the managing director of InterConnexia, a business process outsourcing firm with hundreds of employees in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The main focus of the private firm is in the luxury goods space.
Prof. Onesmus Ayaya
Prof. Onesmus Ayaya is a qualified senior financial expert from South Africa with 33 years of professional experience. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration and Research, a master’s degree with a business and finance concentration, a PhD (Business Management) and professional accountancy certifications with the SAICA and the CIMA (U.K). Onesmus’ professional experience combines academics with public finance management consultancy, which helped him earn 22 refereed journal articles.
Dr. Juliane Proelss
Dr. Juliane Proelss is employed as Associate Professor in Finance at John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada where she holds the Jacques Ménard-BMO Professorship in Capital Markets. She was awarded the titles CAIA, CFP, CFEP and CGA. Her research interest lays in modern financing instruments and corporate finance.
Assoc Prof. Hadeer Mounir Mourad Ahmed Mahmoud
Dr. Hadeer Mounir is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the German University in Cairo (GUC). She has obtained her PhD in Finance from the GUC in 2022. She has a total of 10 years of experience in teaching. Her areas of interest include Asset pricing, corporate finance, corporate governance and sustainability.
Dr. Leana Esterhuyse
Dr. Leana Esterhuyse (PhD) is a senior lecturer at the School of Applied Accountancy of the University of South Africa. She is also a chartered accountant with many years of teaching costing and financial management to postgraduate students. Her research interests are in voluntary reporting and other communications by listed entities, applying textual and quantitative methods.
Dr. Albert Yirmiyahu
Dr. Yirmiyahu received his Ph.D. in Public Policy from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Albert Yirmiyahu is a lecturer in the Faculty of Management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and in the Department of Industrial Management at Sapir Academic College, where he teaches various courses in Statistics and Economics.
Albert’s research focuses on various issues of Human Capital, the Labor Market, and the Economics of Education.
Mr. Sayan Kombarov
Sayan Kombarov. ACCA Affiliate, BSc. Graduated in 1996 from the Physics Department of Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University. Currently he is the director of Ecowatt LLP. Interests include wind energy, mathematical and physical theory of economics, finance, information and data science. He is the author of “Energy of Human Action: Physical aspects of Economics for free Market, Sound Money, Peace and Prosperity”.
Mr. Alhamdi Zuhri
Alhamdi Zuhri is a Master’s degree student at Asia University, Taiwan, with a passion for accounting and auditing. As a Certified Risk Management Analyst, Alhamdi is dedicated to exploring and mitigating financial risks while aiming for excellence in the field.
Dr. Zana Beqiri Luma
Mother Teresa University – Skopje, Macedonia
Speech Title: Government support during COVID-19 and corruption
Dr. Zana Beqiri Luma holds a PhD degree from City University of London, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) and an MSc degree from the University of Edinburgh. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Business and Economics at Mother Teresa University – Skopje, North Macedonia.
Dr. Botond Géza KÁLMÁN
Dr. Botond Géza KÁLMÁN has a PhD in Management, a one-tier JD in continental law, and an LL.M in common law. His research fields are workplace stress, logistics, education, and competitiveness. He is the director of ‘Szummadent’ LLC. He is an associate professor at Kodolányi János University, teaching finance and management.
Dr. Ali Ahmad El Moussaoui
Ali Ahmad El Moussaoui, Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Perpignan, France. Associate Professor of Computer Science at Lebanese University, Co-founder, and Consultant in iVision Solutions Inc, Reflecting my experience in research, academic, and professional fields to my publications with several certificates in Science Conferences and Journals in the fields of Computer Architecture, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data Science and Analysis.
PROF. ERZSÉBET NÉMETH
Social psychologist and speech therapist. She is a university professor at Budapest Metropolitan University and has been teaching in higher education for more than 30 years. In his scientific works, she researches the psychological causes of social phenomena. Her research areas: communication skills development and training, pedagogical and social-psychological dilemmas of the use of external incentives, psychological and communication factors of personal effectiveness and success, financial literacy, causes of financial vulnerability and opportunities for its development. For twelve years, he was the senior editor of the scientific journal Pénzügy Szemle/Public Finance Quarterly. So far, a total of 230 scientific publications have been published in the fields of communication, social psychology, education and financial culture. Her scientific publications have been cited by more than 1,200 people.”
Mr. Josep Alzamora
Mr. Josep Alzamora, although he studied law and total quality engineering (master’s degree), has dedicated the last twenty years of his professional life to developing a practical business management model for hypercompetitive environments. The result, the Expansive Emotional Influence methodology, is currently being used to help the transformation of commerce of cities and companies in several countries.
Mr. Abdul Jalil Mahama Alhassan Iddrisu Zaapayim
Mr. Abdul Jalil Mahama Alhassan Iddrisu Zaapayim is currently the branch operational manager of the Agricultural Development Bank PLC, Ghana and stationed at Yendi in the northern region of Ghana.
He is certified banker (2013) by chartered Institute of Bankers and again an affiliate member of the chartered institute of Human Resource practitioners of Ghana. He earned MBA/MCOM in HR from the university of Cape Coast Ghana and currently is a third-year student PhD in Business Administration at Nobel International Business School, Ghana.
Mr. Mohamed Ershad
Mr. Mohamed Ershad has been working as a Switchgear Engineer in Dubai Electricity and water authority since 2015. He is interested in submitting creative ideas and publishing technical papers in international journals. In addition to electrical engineering, he is an ardent lover of Ethical investment and he has been practicing Ethical investment since 2018.”
Ms. Ishita Gadgil
She is originally from Pune, India but at present residing in Niedersachsen, German. She us currently a PHD research scholar at MIT ADT University,. She is pursuing her doctorate (distance-learning) in English Literature from one of the esteemed and well-renowned universities of India, MIT ADT University, Pune, India; with focus on Feminisn in Indian English Literature. She has completed all her education in the field of literature and languages; with her Bachelor’s in German Language and Literature (University of Pune), Masters in English (University of Pune) and her Post Graduation Diploma in Comparative Literatures and Cultures from the renowned University of Bristol, United Kingdom. She has completed her German Language certification courses till the Intermediate B2 level and continued with the German language education at the University of Bristol. She worked previously as an English Assistant Professor, Cambridge Assessment English Centre Co-ordinator and as well as an SEO Analyst.
Ms. Louisa Amoako Quaicoe
Louisa Amoako Quaicoe, a Solicitor and Barrister at the Supreme Court of Ghana, is a Ph.D. student specializing in business administration at Nobel International Business School Ghana, and a beneficiary of the Ghana Education Trust Fund awards (GET Fund). She is the Commercial Legal Manager at Ghana National Gas Company.
Mr. Raul Gonzalez Muñoz
Raul Gonzalez Muñoz graduated with a Masters of Business Administration from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and with an MSc degree in Knowledge Management for Innovation at Cranfield University, as part of a joint degree programme between the two universities. He continued his studies in Cranfield University obtaining a PhD in Aerospace manufacturing, in a close collaboration with Airbus operations UK. After working for a year in Airbus Toulouse, he then conducted studies in Sciences Po University in Paris and joined the Space Task Force at the European External Action Service in Brussels. Currently, he is leading a research project within Capgemini Engineering.
Dr. Iyad Snunu
Dr. Iyad Snunu completed PhD degree in economics and accounting at the West University of Timisoara, Romania. A Lecturer and researcher in economics and accounting at Tel Hai Academic College, Yezraeel Valley College and Arab American College. Snunu’s research focuses on the labour market, economic development, and growth of the Arab community as an ethnic minority in Israel.
Prof. Ulingeta Obadia Lebson Nasobile Mbamba
Prof. Ulingeta Obadia Lebson Nasobile Mbamba PhD (Dar), Lic. (Umea), MBA (Nairobi), BSc (Eng) (Dar) is Associate Professor, Department of General Management at the University of Dar es Salaam. Tanzania. He has researched on operations research issues and information systems focusing on small and medium enterprises.
Dr. Moung Yin Anthony Chan
Dr. Moung Yin Anthony Chan, BBA, MBA, PhD, is a professor of accounting at Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada, a Fellow of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (FCPA), and a recipient of multiple teaching awards. His research interest is accounting and
culture. He received the 2011 Ontario Volunteer Service Award, Canada.
Dr. Zana Beqiri Luma
Dr. Zana Beqiri Luma holds a PhD degree from City University of London, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) and an MSc degree from the University of Edinburgh. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Business and Economics at Mother Teresa University – Skopje, North Macedonia.
Mr. Sacha Dray
Mr.Sacha Dray is a PhD student in economics at the London School of Economics. His area of interest is in Public Finance, Development and Political Economy.
Mrs. Olesya Petrenko
Mrs.Olesya Petrenko, is a Ph.D. candidate, at the University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Economics. Her research focus is on the economics of higher education, and regional economic growth within the EU countries.