Finance and Accounting Annual Research Symposium 2023 | University of Westminster | 14 June 2023 | Westminster Business School, 35 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LS, UK

This symposium will provide an opportunity to explore some of these key challenges, opportunities and resolutions of the concept of diversity in the fields of finance and accounting. Empowering people and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in all areas will ensure that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) are achieved. In recent times, diversity in finance and accounting has attracted attention from investors, regulators, fund managers, businesses, corporations, financial services and accounting bodies.

The symposium will examine a wide range of key finance, data analytics and accounting topics including:

• asset pricing
• sustainable finance
• corporate finance
• financial econometrics
• forecasting
• fund management
• market sentiment
• sustainable development
• thematic investing
• financial reporting
• accounting standards
• taxation
• big data and data analytics

Submissions in all areas of finance, data analytics and accounting are encouraged. Submissions exploring equality, diversity and inclusivity in the fields of finance and accounting will be particularly welcome.

2023 Speakers

ACADEMIC KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Professor Daniel Ferreira
London School of Economics (LSE), London, UK

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Daniel Ferreira
Professor of Finance, London School of Economics and Political Science

Jason Buwanabala
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Senior Manager, PwC

Kasia Jazeel
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager, PwC

PRESENTERS:

Ylva Baeckstrom
King's College, London, UK

Lisa Schopohl
ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading

Celine Fei
University of Carolina, USA

Leila Zbib
Bryant University, USA

Saipriya Kamath
London School of Economics, London, UK

Pilar Velasco
University of Valladolid, Spain

Chi-Yang Tsou
Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK

Julie Ayton
University of Westminster, London, UK

Javier Gil-Bazo
Esade Business School, Spain

Joseph Kalmenovitz
The University of Rochester, New York, USA

Lennart Stitz
University of Münster, Germany

Daniel Rabetti
Tel Aviv University, Israel

Subas Acharya
The Johns Hopkins University, USA

XingDong Yan
AccountingPod, Aotearoa, New Zealand

Jinyoung Kim
Boston College, USA

Agung Darono
Tax Education and Training Centre, Ministry of Finance of Republic Indonesia

Daniel Rabetti
Tel Aviv University, Israel

Subas Acharya
The Johns Hopkins University, USA

XingDong Yan
AccountingPod, Aotearoa, New Zealand

Jinyoung Kim
Boston College, USA

Agung Darono
Tax Education and Training Centre, Ministry of Finance of Republic Indonesia

Hadiye Aslan
Georgia State University, USA

Lukas Heinig
University of Münster, Germany

Nils Lohmeier
University of Münster, Germany

Jiajun Tao
Bayes Business School, London, UK

Guanming He
Durham University, Durham, UK

Sheehan Rahman
Brunel University, London, UK

Giulia Fantini
Swansea University, Wales, UK

Simon Wolf
University of Cologne, Germany

Ruben Klemm
University of Muenster, Germany

Luca Taschini
University of Edinburgh Business School, Scotland, UK

Shuang Cen
Swiss Finance Institute, Switzerland

Haiying Jia
Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

Diana Tunaru
Kent University, Kent, UK

Shushu Liao
Kühne Logistics University – KLU, Germany

Mansoor Afzali
Hanken Business School, Finland

Stephani Mason
DePaul University, Chicago, USA

Alev Yildirim
Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), USA

Muhammad Arslan
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

Daniel Rabetti
Tel Aviv University, Israel

Tugba Bas
Nisantasi University, Turkey

Fabian Wening
University of Münster, Germany

Eman Alghufaili
Surrey University, Surrey, UK

Yanyu Zhou
Glasgow University, Scotland UK

Torsin Wouter
HEC Liège, Belgium

Yang Yue
University of Westminster, London, UK

Stephen Szaura
BI Norwegian Business School, Norway

Jivendra K. Kale
St Mary's College of California, USA

Kevin Amess
Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

Omonjon Ganiev
Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), Uzbekistan

Canan Yildrim
Rennes School of Business, France

Marco Giometti
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

François Koulischer
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Amani Faraji
University of Westminster, London, UK

Ujjal Mondal
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Alhanouf Almubara
Norwich Business School, Norwich, UK

Xiang Dai
Australian National University, Australia

Tural Karimli
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany

Olga Bogachek
Free University of Bolanzo, Italy

Lijuan Xiao
Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, China

Brian Bolton
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA

Silvina Rubio
Bristol University, Bristol, UK

Shane Johnson
Texas A&M University, USA

Charlotte Neuss
Bamberg University, Germany

Feruza Yodgorova
Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), Uzbekistan

Shahram Amini
Daniels College of Business, USA

Stravos Pantos
University of Reading, Reading, UK

Lingbo Shen
University of Twente, Netherlands

Boone Bowles
Texas A&M University, USA

Ali Hassan
University of Westminster, London, UK

Pascal Büsing
University of Muenster, Germany

Xiyue Li
University of British Columbia, Canada

Zhichao Li
University of Durham, Durham, UK

Tim Herberger
Andrassy University, Germany

Ishwar Khatri
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Sudha Mathew
University of Westminster, London, UK

Alexa Gonzalez Holden
Bank of Mexico, Mexico

Vaibhav Keshav Kamble
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA