Prof. Faruk Balli

Massey University, New Zealand

Research Area: Applied Economics, International Macroeconomics, International Finance, Financial Economics, Islamic Finance, and Tourism Economics.

Brief: Faruk received his PhD from University of Houston in 2007. Prior to joining Massey University, he worked as a research Economist in Central Bank of Qatar, in Dubai University as Assistant Professor and in University of Houston as a Teaching Fellow. His research interests lie on the edge of international macroeconomics and international finance. His research areas mainly cover but not limited to the topics of international finance, macroeconomic aspects of international finance, international portfolio allocation, income and consumption smoothing, and modelling the volatility in asset prices. Currently, Faruk has a number of publications in the selected finance and economic journals including; Canadian Journal of Economics, Economics of Transition, World Economy, International Review of Finance, Empirical Economics, Economic Modelling and Applied Economics. He has acted as a referee more than 15 different journals and currently serves on the editorial boards on the editorial board of International journal of Bonds and Currency Derivatives. Some of his selected works have been presented at the European Finance Association, FMA Annual Meetings, and American Economic Association Meetings.

Prof. Kittisak JERMSITTIPARSERT

University of Cyprus, The Republic of Cyprus

Research Area: Political Science, Public and Private Management, International Political Economy, and Social Research.

Brief: Kittisak Jermsittiparsert is a Full-Professor at Faculty of Education, University of City Island, Cyprus, an Adjunct Professor at Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Administrasi Abdul Haris, and an Adjunct Research Professor at Universitas Muhammadiyah Sinjai, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar & Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidenreng Rappang, Indonesia. Previously, he was a Full-Professor of Public Administration at Huanghe Business School, Henan University of Economics and Law, China, a Lecturer at Faculty of Political Science, Rangsit University & College of Innovative Business and Accountancy, Dhurakij Pundit University, a Researcher at Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute, Thailand, and an Adjunct Researcher at Ton Duc Thang University & Duy Tan University, Vietnam. He holds a Ph.D. (Social Sciences), M.A. (Political Science) & B.A. (Political Science) from Kasetsart University, Thailand. Additionally, he earned M.B.A. & M.P.A. from Ramkhamhaeng University and B.Pol.Sc. (International Relations and Comparative Governments and Politics) from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. His areas of expertise are Political Science, Public and Private Management, International Political Economy, and Social Research. He is the editor of many famous journals in the world, such as Sustainability, Energy Engineering, Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications, and Asian Academy of Management Journal. He is named in the world’s top 2% of scientists list by Stanford University, USA since 2020. Up to now, he has published more than 450 Scopus/WoS indexed documents. His h-index is 51 with more than 9000 citations.

Title of Keynote Speech: Impact of Innovation Climate, Innovation Process, Management Innovation, And Team Innovation on Product Development in Thailand.