Programme

A/Prof. Dr. Harald Kinateder
University of Passau, Germany

Prof. Dr. Niklas Wagner
University of Passau, Germany

Title: Equity Premium Prediction: Obstacles and Challenges

Prof. Dr. Besnik Krasniqi
Faculty of Economy, University of Prishtina

Ing. Renata Skýpalová, Ph.D., MBA
Ambis University, Praha/Brno, Czech Republic

Title: Creating a Sustainable Future: The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Rethinking Business Models

A/Prof. Petr Šuleř, MSc, PhD
Inst. of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Repulic

A/Prof. Katarína Valašková, PhD 
University of Zilina, Slovak Republic

Title: Fake news in global economy

Pavel Rousek, MSc, PhD
Inst. of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Repulic

Topic: Cybernetic Models and Derived Multipliers for Real Economies

Prof. Niklas Wagner

University of Passau, Germany

Professor of Finance and Financial Control at the University of Passau, Germany. After receiving his PhD in Finance, he held postdoc appointments at the Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley, and at Stanford GSB, there after finishing his habilitation doctoral degree at TU Munich. Professor Wagner has co-authored various contributions in finance, covering research in the areas of asset management, empirical asset pricing, applied financial econometrics as well as derivatives and risk management.

He has co-edited book volumes on derivatives and risk management, currently is an associate editor of Economic Modelling, Finance Research Letters, the J. of Intl. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money and is Editor-in-Chief of Studies in Economics and Finance. He regularly serves as a referee for well-known finance journals (including e.g. J. of Applied Econometrics, J. of Banking and Finance, J. of Business and Economic Statistics, Mgmt Science, Quantitative Finance, Review of Financial Studies).

A/Prof. Harald Kinateder

University of Passau, Germany

Harald is Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Passau, Germany. He received a PhD in Finance and habilitation from the University of Passau. He regularly serves as a referee for well-known research journals and he is a subject editor of Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money and associate editor of Studies in Economics and Finance.

His research focuses on asset pricing, corporate finance, cryptocurencies, energy economics and risk management.

Prof. Dr. Besnik Krasniqi, MA, PhD

University of Prishtina, Kosovo

Prof. Krasniqi is a Fulbright Scholar, holds MA and Ph.D. in Economics from Staffordshire University (UK). He teaches Small Business and Entrepreneurship at the University of Prishtina. His career spans teaching and research in entrepreneurship at local and world Universities (Netherland,  USA and France). His research appeared in a number of reputable journals. Besnik has a wide range of managerial and professional experiences in the government, public and private sectors. He has extensive local and international experience as an independent business consultant and trainer for EU Commission, USAID, UNDP, World Bank, Chemonics etc. Prof. Krasniqi is a Certified Management Consultant awarded by the Intl. Council of Management Institutes. He has served as a business mentor for TUCK Business School (USA) students’ business projects in US and Kosovo and at Entrepreneurship Development Center, Michigan University (USA). He is a funding director of the Business Support Centre in Kosova and is a member of the Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Ing. Renata Skýpalová, Ph.D., MBA

Ambis University, Praha/Brno, Czech Republic

Renata Skýpalová holds a PhD from the Mendel University in Brno in Management and Economics of Enterprises.
  She is the head of the Department of Management and Human Resources at AMBIS University, guarantor of the Professional bachelor’s degree in human resources management and the guarantor of other courses. She is a member of several councils.
  She cooperates with external organisations, e.g. with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs as an evaluator of OPZ+ projects.
  Her research focuses on corporate social responsibility, NGOs, well-being, work-life balance, etc.
  She is the author of a numebr of scientific monographs.
  She is involved in research projects home and abroad, focusing on Corporate social responsibility, Policy Coherence, Metropolitan cooperation between cities (TAČR, Visegrad fond), etc.

A/Prof. Katarina Valaskova, MBA, PhD

University of Žilina, Slovakia

teaches financial economics and risk management at the University of Zilina, Slovakia.
Field of scientific interests: trilogy of fundamental financial management issues: i) prediction of the financial health of companies, ii) earnings management, and iii) quantification and diversification of risks.
She has published 100 original scientific papers registered in Web of Science and Scopus. 13 publications are included in the first two quartiles, several of them published by renowned publishers (Taylor & Francis, Springer, Elsevier). Significant scientific-research and publishing activities, documented by exact and relevant scientometric values in the research field, are confirmed by number of citations and by wide international cooperation or requested lectures at intl. scientific conferences (Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Rep., Germany).
Reviewer of scientific journals as evidenced on Publons.
Membership in the editorial boards of several journals registered in the SCOPUS or WoS databases.

Pavel Rousek, MSc, PhD

Inst. of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Repulic

Pavel Rousek focuses on theoretical economic disciplines. He graduated from the Faculty of Management of the University of Economics and Business in Prague. He currently works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Technology and Business. His research and publications deal mainly with microeconomic and macroeconomic issues. He has published in prestigious journals, and is the author of the monograph "Macroeconomics for Technical Schools", which uses cybernetic logic to explain macroeconomic concepts. He teaches microeconomics, macroeconomics, and the history of economic thought. He also has experience in teaching controlling, corporate finance, financial analysis, financial and capital markets, etc. He collaborated on several projects and managed a European-funded development project including teaching and research with an economic focus.