Conference Speakers

Dr. Lalatendu Kesari Jena

Lalatendu Kesari Jena is an Associate Professor (Human resources) in the School of Human Resource Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has more than 21 years of experience in academics and corporate HR (with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Indian Defence PSU), including seven years as a Faculty Member in HR at ICFAI University, Hyderabad, India and Central University of Orissa, India. He specializes in human resource planning, performance management, learning and development, and talent assessment. His research interest lies in areas such as HRM and Sustainable Development Goals; Self-steering, self-Organizing Teams and Leadership; Job Crafting; Job Insecurity; Millennial and work ethics; Return on Investment in HR Programs, Sustainable HR through Disruptive Leadership; Attitude and Productivity; Joy at Work; Workplace Persuasion; Employee Retention and Leadership Challenges; Abusive Supervision; Performance in Multi-tasking Environment; Stress and Coping; Meaningful Engagement and he has published papers on them in tiered national and international journals. He has completed his PhD from IIT Kharagpur, India (#=314 in QS Global World University Rankings 2022) on the topic “Workplace Spirituality and Human Resource Effectiveness” and did his Post Doc. on “Employee Retention and Leadership Challenges” from Loyola Leadership School, Universidad Loyola, Seville, Spain (ranked #581-590 in QS Global World University Rankings 2022).

Dr. Ravi Akula

Dr. Ravi Akula, Associate Professor, Head, Department of Commerce, Principal, University College of Commerce and Business Management, Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda, Telangana, India. Graduated in Commerce and Management, Doctoral programme completed from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Dr. Akula received the Indira Gandhi NSS Award from the Government of India for NSS activities (award received from the hands of the Honourable President of India). He has presented papers and chaired sessions at International conferences held in the USA, UK. Dr. Ravi Akula is specialised in the areas of Marketing, HRM, Banking.

Dr. Arpita Jena

Dr. Arpita Jena is a distinguished academic administrator, renowned for her unparalleled expertise and over 15 years of exceptional leadership. As the Compliance and Liaison Officer at XIM University in Bhubaneswar, India, she has proven her unwavering commitment to academic excellence and institutional compliance. With a Ph.D. in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability from Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, India, Dr. Jena possesses an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and an unyielding passion for the advancement of the academic and corporate worlds. Her research interests include corporate law, business law, CSR, social service, and more. Dr. Jena’s outstanding contributions to the academic and corporate communities are reflected in her impressive portfolio of publications, which feature in highly acclaimed international journals and books. Her expertise has been recognized through numerous awards and accolades bestowed upon her by various prestigious organizations.

Dr. Liaoliao Li

Dr. Liaoliao Li is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. She has received a master’s degree in public policy from Pepperdine University, and a Ph.D. degree in economics from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale. Her research areas include international economics, social networks, and macroeconomics.

Dr. Giorgi Mikeladze

Dr. Giorgi Mikeladze is the head of the living conditions statistics division of the social statistics department, national statistics office of Georgia (Geostat) and a contracted lecturer in the department of economic and social statistics, at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. He is an author of a book, various scientific papers and grant projects, participated in many surveys/researches. His fields of scientific interest are econometrics and statistics.

Dr. Panagiotis Delis

Panagiotis has obtained his Ph.D. in Financial Econometrics from Panteion University. His research interests are in the area of macro-financial economics, in which he also has working experience (e.g., member of the ECB, financial services as Consultant). During his Ph.D. studies, he published papers in international Journals (e.g., Energy Journal, Journal of Forecasting).

Mrs. Deepika Swain

Deepika Swain is a full-time Doctoral Scholar in School of Human Resource Management, at XIM University, India. Her research interests are Knowledge Management, Positive Psychology, Neuro-scientific interventions in business, Neuro-leadership, & Neuro-counselling. Her publications are housed in several ABDC and Scopus-indexed journals. She is actively involved in various interdisciplinary projects and is focused on bridging the gap between research and practice. Her passion for research drives her at every step to come up with a fresh viewpoint, furthered can act as a solution to a present concern.

Mr. Faris Alsaedi

Faris Khalil Ibrahim Alsaedi is a Henley Business School PhD student in the department of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour. His research explores the themes of organisational culture, diversity in the workplace, adult learning, leadership and contemporary issues in human resource management and development. In 2020 Faris earned a Masters degree in Human Resource Development from Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. His Bachelors degree, awarded in 2016, was in Human Resource Management from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, where he also had a role as a teacher assistant.

Ms. Maria Rizwan Khan

Maria Rizwan Khan is a Software Engineer having 3 years’ experience in Sales & Marketing field. She opted this field as a Business Development officer and within a year she was promoted as a Senior Sales Manager where she achieved Leadership Performer, Star Performer, Car as a reward by hitting 25k£ and Valuable Trainer of Sales & Management Program Awards.

Prof. Dr. María Cantero Saiz

María Cantero Saiz is associate Professor in Finance at the University of Cantabria (Spain), teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Her research interests focus on banking, monetary policy, sovereign risk, corporate finance and sustainable finance. She has been visiting researcher at Norwich Business School (UK) and Berlin School of Economics and Law.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Rabeizadeh

Mohammad rabeizadeh is an adjust teacher of PNU university-Shemiranat branch in Power electrical field since 2017 until present. He graduated master and bachelor both in Power electrical. he owned many essays and experiences in this field. He focuses on new technologies such as renewable energy, switching and convertor devices, etc.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Omush

Ahmed Al-Omush is a an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance in the Department Of Accounting at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, the Hashemite University. The focus of his academic research is accounting and finance. He has published papers in the stock performances and earnings management, and he also writes papers in the pure finance and accounting disciplines. His area of expertise are in Performance measures, Financial Accounting; International Finance Reporting; Earnings Management.

Dr. Soujata Rughoobur-Seetah

Soujata Rughoobur-Seetah holds a BSc (Hons) in Management (Minor: Information Systems), a MBA in Financial Management and a PhD in Management with specialization in Human Resource Management. Soujata is actively engaged in teaching the BCom and Masters programme at Curtin Mauritius in the field of Management and Human Resource Management. Soujata has been a part time lecturer in her respective field at the University of Mauritius and University of Technology, Mauritius since 2014 to 2016. She always works in collaboration with other faculty members to continuously enhance learning among Curtin students. Soujata continuously enhances learning and developing critical analysis skills among students. Her research areas are Employee turnover, Quality of work life, Organisational support, Organisational justice, Higher Education and Tourism.

Dr. Anna Bartoszewicz

Anna Bartoszewicz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. The main areas of her scientific interests are internal and external audit, financial accounting, and non-financial reporting. She is the author and co-author of over 40 scientific publications in this field, including three books.

Prof. Dr. Alper Duman

Alper Duman is a full Professor at the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Business at the Izmir University of Economics. His research interests are political economy, institutional and evolutionary economics as well as social and economic networks. He has published widely in international journals such as Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation and Applied Economics.

Dr. Elroi Hadad

Elroi Hadad received his PhD in finance from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. His research specialties include Asset Pricing, Risk Management, Pension and Econometrics. He teaches courses in Statistics, Financial Markets, Finance and Economics for undergraduate and graduate levels.

Dr. Agnieszka Wójcik-Czerniawska

Agnieszka Wójcik-Czerniawska is an Associate Professor at Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) in Poland and the PhD of Economics field Management, MBA in Spanish- ICEX-CECO- Madryt. Her areas of research are connected with: modern finance, finance technology, digital currency, financial isolation.

Dr. Tomislav Globan

Tomislav Globan is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb. He holds a PhD in the field of macroeconomics of financial markets and European economic integrations. He has won a number of domestic and international awards for his scientific excellence, most notably the National Science Award from the Croatian Parliament and the award by the Austrian Central Bank (ÖNB).

Dr. Michal Šindelář

Michal Šindelář – Ph.D. in Accounting and Corporate Financial Management. He currently works as Assistant Professor at the Department of Financial Accounting and Auditing at the Prague University of Economics and Business. He is also registered Auditor at the Chamber of Auditors of the Czech Republic and Certified Accountant registered at the Chamber of Certified Accountant.

Dr. Jelena Dujmović Bocka

Jelena Dujmović Bocka (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek) was born on 1 October 1984 in Slavonski Brod, Croatia. In Osijek she graduated from the Faculty of Law on J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek. In 2008 she started working as an Assistant for Chair of Administrative Sciences, course Administrative Science. In 2014 she wrote her doctoral thesis “Higher Education as a Public Service” in Postgraduate doctoral study on Faculty of Law in Zagreb, course Public law and public administration. In 2017 she became the Assistant professor.

Ms. Hsin Yu-Chang 

Ms. Hsin Yu-Chang is a second-year master student studying in the Human Resource Management  department at National Changhua University of Education. Her specialty lies in the management of social media recruitment. She is working as an intern in W Group and had completed this social media recruitment research on W Group during his work.

Mr. Prince Jack Bauer

Prince Jack Bauer is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Baudron Sports Agency. After graduating in Tourism and Hotel Management at Makerere University in 2015, I searched for jobs and failed to get one. I decided join journalism as freelance photographer working under Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) as I also manage my own small business which I had started to sign players then, market, brand and promote them from grassroots to professional level.

MSc Valentina Malešević

Valentina Malešević is a lecturer of Management and Communication Models. Currently, she is the Head of the Department School of Information and Communication Technologies, Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies Belgrade, Serbia. She is also a certified NLP Master and Business coach with over ten years of experience in professional and personal coaching. Her research interests include organizational behavior, professional development, and communication skills in business settings.

Mr. XingLong Liu

His education and credentials are Chakrabongse Bhuvanarth International Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS), Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-OK, Thailand. His has Master’s Degree. His areas of interest are computer, information technology, information management, education management, SMART education.

Ms. Shabnam Tahiri

She has Masters of Engineering. She is currently working as a Service Digitalization Manager at Siemens Smart Infrastructure in Switzerland. Her Job focus is Digitalization, Data Analytics, process optimization, Change Management, tool rollouts across Europe. Since Oct 2020 she is a Ph.D. candidate. Her dissertation topic is “Impact of Digitalization on firms’ Business Models and the influence of customer co-creation on the Business Model Innovation”.

Athanasios Davalas, MSC.

Athanasios Davalas got his first MSc from Guglielmo Marconi University in Education Leadership, Management and Emerging Technologies and the second one from the University of the Aegean in Digital Innovation and Startup Entrepreneurship. Now he is a PhD student at the University of the Aegean on the development of a startup evaluation tool with the usage of Big Data&AI.

Mr. Richard Stiebal

Richard Stiebal is a PhD student at the Department of Financial Accounting and Auditing at the Prague University of Economics and Business. His research is mainly based around deferred tax and its recording on initial recognition of underlying assets and liabilities.

Mr. Libor Závodný

Libor Závodný is currently a PhD student at the Prague University of Economics and Business teaching accounting courses. His previous experience in big4, but mainly in various positions within the finance department at several international companies. He has been a member of ACCA since 2013. His research interests are related to accounting fraud, history of accounting and IFRS.

Mrs. Jayaprada Putrevu

Jayaprada Putrevu is a DBA candidate at College of Business Administration, Abu Dhabi University, UAE. She holds a Masters in IT in Business in Financial Services from SMU, Singapore. She is currently the SEO of Mtan Commercial Investments an NBFC in Abu Dhabi Global Markets and a Market Researcher for Mena Region for a collaborative assignment by ADGMA and CCFA.