Keynote Speakers
Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Tzavaras
Lecturer at European University of Cyprus
Title: Creating economic recovery and growth
He is a graduate of the Department of Statistics and Insurance Science of the School of Finances and Statistics of the University of Piraeus specializing in the analysis of portfolios (1999). Furthermore, he holds two postgraduate degrees. The first one is a Master’s in Advanced Studies in Telematics Management from the School of Media, Management, Information and Communication from Danube University of Krems, Austria specializing in e-Finance (2002). His second postgraduate degree is in Informatics Systems from the Greek Open University specializing in e-Government (2009). Finally, he wrote his doctoral dissertation at the National Metsovio Polytechnic School in the area of Humanities, Social Sciences and Justice (AKED) at the school of Applied Mathematics and Natural Sciences, focusing on the topic of the influence of Social Media on the real economy and the social identity of citizens (2019). He has a teaching experience in the tertiary education since the academic year 2000-2001; it includes mainly contracts of assignment of scientific or laboratory work, with independent teaching, to content pertinent to the fields of finance, statistic, macroeconomic, quantitative methods, social media and adults education.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sylwia Frydrych
Assistant professor at the Institute of Risk and Financial Markets of the Collegium of Management and Finance of the Warsaw School of Economics
Title: Objectives of the issue of green bonds
She has many years of experience in working in banking related to financial markets. A graduate of Harvard Business School. She graduated with honours from The Financial Markets Association. She is a member of the Financial Markets Association ACI Poland. Research interests focus on the subject of debt financing, in particular green finance.
Ms. Marina Basimakopoulou
PhD Student in the field of Sociology of Technology & Applied Ethics at National Technical University of Athens
Title: Investigating social media use by civil aviation, safety-critical front line operators in the European region: Research proposition, preliminary results and conceptual framework
She graduated from the Department of Biology, School of Applied Sciences of National & Kapodistrian University Of Athens. Holds MSc in Nutrition from King’s College, University of London, and MSc in Human Resources Management (With Honors’) from Athens University of Economics & Business. She is an ATPL (A) Student Pilot and an Agile Certified Practitioner from PMI. She is an experienced Air Traffic Controller and holds a number of specialties, registrations and certifications related to the above-mentioned domains. Currently she works at the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority as an ATM/ANS Expert and she is the Head of ATM/ANS Oversight, Regulations & Certification Section. Her professional and academic interests include human performance in complex systems, professional ethics, virtue ethics, leadership, flight safety and safety culture. She likes to spend her free time reading, seeing her family & friends, traveling, swimming and puddling. She is a big fan of MotoGP and football.
Past Speakers
Prof. Sumedha Chauhan
Sumedha Chauhan is a faculty in the area of Information Systems and Analytics at Jindal Global Business School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. She has published multiple research papers in reputed journals such as European Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Information Management, Behaviour and Information Technology, Information Systems Frontiers, and Journal of Business Research, etc. Her research interests include e-commerce, e-business, and online retailing.
Dr. Almaz Sandy
He received his PhD from the School of Management, Kyrenia American University, Cyprus. He also holds MBA degree from HES Business School, France and M.A. in International Relations from the Aegean University of Turkey. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of the School of Business Administration, Al Akhawayn University.
His research is situated in the field of Supply Chain and Operations Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with a special focus on international technology transfer, academic entrepreneurship and collaborative R&D in high technology industries including applications of computer business simulation and computer science to the service of the broad areas of education and learning. He is internationally certified management consultant (CMC), committee member of ACBSP accreditation, member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Dr. Almaz has previously worked for Fortune 500 companies in the areas of corporate business, strategic planning and supply chain management.
MSC. Patryk Makowski
A highly self-driven enthusiast of leadership and work behaviours. Aiming to investigate a correlation between transformational leadership and work engagement in remote environments. Currently a PhD Candidate at the Technological University of the Shannon: Midland Midwest (Athlone).
MSC. Fationa Artan Halili
She recently graduated with a second master of science degree in “Strategic Finance” at the University of Buckingham, International Business School, in Budapest and she currently works as a “Finance Manager” in her private company for 2 years. She has participated in various training related to the economic field and her focus in the coming years is the pursuit of doctoral studies, participation in scientific conferences, as well as academic publications.
MS. Louisa Mmule Kgomotso Matjane
Kgomotso Matjane has 5 years investment analyst experience and over 10 years Internal Auditor experience across different levels up to Management within the profession. Her work experience has mostly been in Developmental Financial Institutions (DFIs), which deep rooted her passion for SMME development. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Internal Audit and is currenlty in the final year of her MBA studies.
Prof. Anna Kosieradzka
Anna Kosieradzka is a Deputy Dean of Scientific Affairs at the Faculty of Management, Warsaw University of Technology. Her area of interest is process management, production management, project management, and public crisis management. She is the author or co-author of more than 100 scientific papers (including 10 monographs).
Dr. Justyna Smagowicz
Justyna Smagowicz is a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Management, Warsaw University of Technology. Her area of interest is the improvement of production processes with the use of specialized simulation modeling programs and the resilience of manufacturing companies. She is the author or co-author of nearly thirty scientific studies.
Dr. Cezary Szwed
Cezary Szwed is a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Management, Warsaw University of Technology. His areas of interest are production management, mathematical modeling of processes, optimization algorithms, and power and energy consumption management. He is the author or co-author of nearly thirty scientific studies.
Dr. Chiedza Tsvakirai
Chiedza Tsvakirai is a researcher at the University of South Africa’s School of Business Leadership. She has expertise in agribusiness and agricultural economics. Her research focus is on food innovation markets; particularly how the innovations influence productivity, sustainable production and responsible consumption.
Mr. Andrej Orolin
Andrej Orolin, he is from Slovakia. Since 2017, He is a PhD. candidate at Beihang University in Beijing, China. He has several years of experience in the banking industry, currently as an internal auditor in one of the main European banks.
Mr. Ladi Daodu
Ladi Daodu is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Lincoln University College, Malaysia, with research interest in Business Analytics.
He has over 16 years of professional experience in the area of business management, business analytics, investment banking, corporate strategy, corporate finance, and project management.
Ladi is a business analytics enthusiast and is currently writing his thesis on business analytics and the eCommerce sector, in addition to the numerous professional courses he has taken in the field of data science and analytics. He is also a speaker at different workshops and conferences discussing topics around business strategy and planning, business analytics, finance, business sustainability and more.
Ladi holds an MBA and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, he holds certificate in Business Valuation, ACCA-UK, Data Science and Analytics by IBM, and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP), USA.