Stefan Voigt, Hamburg University, Germany

Endogenous Constitutions: Politics and Politicians Matter, Economic Outcomes  Don't

Stefan Voigt is director at the Institute of Law & Economics at Hamburg University. He is a fellow with CESifo (Munich) and has been affiliated with the International Centre for Economic Research (ICER) in Torino, Italy. He has worked with the World Bank, the European Commission and the OECD but also with the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT). The German newspaper Handelsblatt ranks Voigt among the Top-100 German speaking economists according to quality-weighted research output.

Mariana Spatareanu, Rutgers University, USA

Financial Sector Development, Technological Spillovers and FDI

Mariana Spatareanu is Associate Professor of Economics 

and Global Affairs,Rutgers University.  She holds a 

Ph.D. in Economics from Washington University, USA.
She is affiliated with LICOS Center for Institutions and 

Economic Performance, Catholic University Leuven and with 

Hamburg Institute of International Economics. Before joining 

Rutgers University she worked as a consultant for the 

World Bank. 

Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Ryukoku University, Japan

New Role of E-Government in Improving Performances of Local Public Sector in Yardstick Competition Model

Yasuyuki Nishigaki is Professor of Public Economics at the Ryukoku University, Kyoto Japan. He had graduated from Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya University.  Previously, he worked at Nagoya University and Yokkaichi University. He is a member of the editorial board of the Asia Pacific Journal of Economics and Business. He is currently the Dean of the Graduate School of Economics, Ryukoku University.

 Petr Šauer, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic.

Professor Sauer is Director of Institute of Sustainable Business, University of Economics, Czech Republic. He also worked as the Head of the Department of Environmental Economic at University of Economics Prague, at the Economic Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and at the Federal Commission (ministry) of the Environment of the Czech-Slovak Federal Republic.  He is author of the first textbook on environmental economics and policy in the Czech Republic and many scientific publications.

William Keech, Duke University, USA

“Market Failure and Government Failure”

William Keech is Research Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Political Science at Duke University. He is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Carnegie Mellon University, where he was head of the Department of Social and Decision Sciences. His Ph.D. is in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author of Economic Politics: The Costs of Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 1995)."

Osman Kilic, Quinnipiac University, United States

“Financial Crisis and Contagion"

Kilic received his PhD and MA from the University of New Orleans, his MBA from University of South Alabama.He has published in the Journal of Financial Services Research, the Journal of Economics and Finance, Global Finance Journal etc. He is currently director of Alternative Investment institute at Quinnipiac University. He was a visiting faculty
member at Merrill Lynch and Chase Asset Management.

Hideki Nishimoto, Ryukoku University, Japan

Hideki Nishimoto is Professor of Informatics and Economics, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan. He holds a Ph, D. in Engineering from Keio University, Graduate School of Engineering (1984). He previously worked at the Kansai University. He is specialized on Information Policy, Economic Information Systems, Electronic Government. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University.

Guler Aras, Dean, Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of 

Economic  and Administrative Sciences

Globalisation and Corporate Sustainability

Guler Aras is Professor of Finance and Accounting at Yildiz Technical University, Turkey. She is Visiting Professor at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. She is Joint Chair of the Social Responsibility Research Network; Series Editor of the Gower Applied Research in Corporate Social Responsibility book series and the Emerald Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility book series; Joint Editor of Social Responsibility Journal.

Yakup Ergincan, CEO and Board Member,  

Central Registry Agency, Istanbul, Turkey

 "Corporate Governance & Investor Protection in Capital Markets"

Yakup Ergincan is currently the General Manager of the Central Securities Depository (CSD). He received his masters and Ph.D degrees from Marmara University.  He worked as specialist and chief specialist at Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Enforcement Department (1991-2002). He worked as a consultant at the World Bank (Washington, 1997) and Pricewaterhousecoopers (Detroit, 1997). He also lectures at Kadir Has University  in Istanbul.

Mustafa Kemal Yilmaz,  Istanbul Stock Exchange, Turkey

Key Components for Structuring Liquid Capital Market Instruments in Islamic Finance?

Dr.Yilmaz holds a Master degree in Finance and Accounting and a PhD degree in Banking from Marmara University. He previously worked for the Turkish Undersecretariat of Treasury. Over his 17 years of experience in the ISE, he actively took part in the establishment of Derivatives Market in Turkey and worked in Derivatives and Risk Management Departments. He actually works as Chief of Staff in the ISE and actively involves in the OIC Countries’ Stock Exchanges Forum activities.

Celali Yilmaz , Istanbul Representative, Capital Markets Board, Turkey

What's the Next Step of this Crisis: Stagflation?

Dr Yilmaz  graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of Public Finance . He had his Masters degree from Marmara University Banking and Insurance Institute, Capital Markets program and had his doctorate degree at the same Institute, Banking program. He attend post-grad program at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance. He started his career at the Capital Market Board of Turkey in 1991 as Assistant Auditor.