Zied Babai

Senior Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Kedge Business School, France

M. Zied BABAI is Senior Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Kedge Business School (France). He holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris (France) where he also worked as a Teaching and Research Assistant for four years. From October 2006 to September 2008, he joined the Centre for Operational Research and Applied Statistics at the University of Salford (UK), working on a project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, UK). He also had research fellowships and visiting positions at King Saud University (KSA), Bucks New University (UK), AIMST University (Malaysia) and University of Portsmouth (UK).

His research interests relate primarily to demand forecasting and inventory management in supply chains with a special emphasis on the development of quantitative models. He is the Editor-In-Chief of Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal (Francis & Taylor), the “Operations Management” Area Editor of IMA Journal of Management Mathematics (Oxford Press) and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Production Research (Francis & Taylor).

Constantin Blome

Professor of Operations Management, Lancaster University Leipzig, Germany

Constantin Blome is Academic Dean of Lancaster University Leipzig since September 2022. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Constantin's research interests include supply chain management, procurement and operations management with strong focus on sustainability, innovation and risk issues. In 2020 and 2021, he received the highly cited research award from Clarivate in the category "cross field", highlighting the top 0,1% cited scholars. Constantin is regular keynote speaker at academic and practitioner conferences. His research won several prestigious awards. Constantin is also co-owner and board member of two companies (n-side, Belgium, and Procurence, Poland). Overall, Constantin raised more than 5 million Euro research funding with a strong focus on industry funding. In earlier years, Constantin was Associate Dean of Research, Head of the Management Group and Professor of Operations Management at the University of Sussex Business School where he was also responsible for the REF position. Before Constantin was the GlaxoSmithKline Chaired Professor in Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at UCLouvain, Belgium and affiliated with the Center of Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE). Today he still works part-time as Kronos Group Endowed Chair at UCLouvain/CORE. In his earlier career, he was supply chain consultant in Switzerland, assistant professor at EBS Business School, Germany, visiting scholar at IIM Bangalore, India. During his career he lectured and pursued research at institutions in the US, Canada, India, China, France, Belgium, Thailand, etc.

His research interest focuses on empirical research in the area of supply chain management, particularly upstream supply chains (procurement). Particularly topics that shape managerial practice and reactions of firms to internal and external supply chain challenges are in focus. In recent years this led to extensive research in risk management & sustainability topics.

Duc Khuong Nguyen

Dean of Faculty and Research, IPAG Business School, France & President, AVSE Global

Dr. Duc Khuong Nguyen holds an MSc. and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Grenoble Alpes (France) and obtains his HDR (Habilitation for Supervising Doctoral Research) in Management Sciences in June 2009. He also completed the "Leaders in Development" program at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education (2013). In January 2013, he joined IPAG Business School as a Professor of Finance and Deputy Dean for Research. Previously, he served as Professor of Finance and Head of the Department of Finance and Information Systems at ISC Paris Business School, as Lecturer at Grenoble Graduate Institute of Business, and as Research and Teaching Assistant at EM Lyon Business School. Dr. Nguyen currently serves as Dean of Faculty and Research at IPAG Business School, and a Visiting Professor at Vietnam National University, Hanoi - International School. He was also a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, and a Research Associate at the Department of Finance, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne (CES), University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2011-2015). He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Politická ekonomie, Editor of Annals of Operations Research; Co-Editor for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific of Journal of Economic Asymmetries; Department Editor of Journal of Forecasting; Subject Editor at Emerging Markets Review, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money; Associate Editor at Finance Research Letters, International Review of Financial Analysis, Environmental Modeling & Assessment; and Area Editor at Research in International Business and Finance.

His principal research areas concern asset pricing, financial markets, international finance, quantitative finance, emerging markets finance, energy finance, volatility modeling, and risk management. His most recent articles are forthcoming and published in refereed journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Forecasting, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Review of International Economics, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, and World Economy.

Phuong Tra Tran

IPAG Business School & Director of Economic Policy Network, AVSE Global

Phuong Tra Tran holds a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the Sorbonne Business School, as well as a Master’s degree in Applied Organizations from HEC and Sorbonne Business School. She worked previously as a researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research, where she was in charge of the coordination of two research projects on the topic of Smart Grids and Smart City. Specialized in the topic of public procurements, she currently collaborates with the research group “The Economics of Public Private Partnerships”, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the City of Paris and the French Energy Council. She also realizes frequent consultancy missions and training for the Government of Vietnam. She has published articles to peer-reviewed journals such as the International Journal of Industrial Organization and the Revue d’Economie Industrielle.

Her main research interests involve Organizational Forms (inter-firm and intra-firm), Inter-firm Relationships, Public Procurement, Public Private Partnerships, Contract Theories

Imen Nouira

Associate Professor at Rennes School of Business (France), Department of Supply chain and Information Systems

Dr. Imen Nouira is currently an associate professor at Rennes School of Business (France), Department of Supply chain and Information Systems. She received her PhD degree in Industrial Engineering from the Grenoble INP, Engineering and Management, in 2013.

Her research interests include the design of green supply chains, low carbon supply chain management and agri-food supply chains, with both empirical and mathematical-modeling approaches. Dr. Nouira published her works in several journals including Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, and International Journal of Production Economics.

Ariful Hoque

Senior Lecturer in Finance at the Murdoch Business College, Murdoch University, Australia

Dr Ariful Hoque, the Senior Lecturer in Finance at the Murdoch Business College, Murdoch University. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Finance from Curtin University (Australia). He held different positions in the industry for thirteen (13) years before commencing his academic profession. He worked as a business analyst, programmer, and software developer for several well-reputed organisations, including St George Bank (Australia) and Air New Zealand (New Zealand). He also served as a civil engineer for several multinational construction companies in Bangladesh.

He has had twenty (20) years of experience teaching in all areas of Finance, including research methodology and data analytics to undergraduate and postgraduate students at Curtin University, University of Dubai (AACSB accredited), University of Southern Queensland, University of South Australia, and Murdoch University. Also, he has authored one of the top five international finance textbook entitled ‘International Financial Management’ (https://au.cengage.com/c/isbn/9780170449014/). Since Semester 2, 2018, the International Financial Management first Asia-Pacific edition has been using in sixteen (16) institutions in Australia and New Zealand including the University of Western Australia, the University of Technology Sydney, the Macquarie University and the Waikato University. His research interest areas (alphabetically) include, but are not limited to, Data Analytics, Derivatives, Financial Engineering, Fintech, crowdfunding and Market Microstructure. He has published his high-quality research works in various journals including Energy Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Global Finance Journal, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Energy Policy and Multinational Finance Journal. He had also received several grants and awards for excellence in research. He had presented his research works in twenty-nine (29) international conferences. He has authored a research-based finance text entitled Essays in Foreign Currency Options Markets (https://www.bookdepository.com/ Essays-in-Foreign-Currency-Options-Markets- Ariful-Hoque/9783639299571). He supervised several PhD and Master by Research students. Currently, he has been supervising a number of PhD students with their area of research focuses on the financial technology (Fintech) and Crowdfunding, the digital financial platform. He possesses good leadership skills in the academic arena and served as the Associate Dean International (September 2016-December 2017) and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Degrees (May 2012-July 2015)

Ferry Jie

Associate Professor in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, in the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Australia

Ferry Jie is the Associate Professor in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, in the School of Business and Law. Ferry is currently a Secretary to the Chartered Institute Logistics and Transport (CILTA) Western Australia (WA) Committee. Ferry is also a part of the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) WA Committee. Previously, he was a Senior Lecturer and taking a program coordinator role in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) at RMIT University. He was managing and coordinating the undergraduate program in LSCM at RMIT from 2015 to 2016. Ferry Jie has maintained a high quality of research throughout his academic career including international scholarly leadership in the areas of supply chain management and logistics, including regularly being invited to be a keynote speaker and to give public lectures at symposiums and international conferences in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, UK, and Australia. From 2017 to now, published more than 55 refereed journal articles—including 31 articles in Q1-ranked in the Scimago and 23 articles in Q2-ranked in the Scimago, and 10 refereed conference papers. Furthermore, Dr Jie has received research grants/awards adding up to over $1.85 million between 2010 and 2022. Dr Jie has professional and community engagement activities to contribute significantly to improve the university’s reputation through contribution to the wider community. They are active participation in professional or governmental organisations at the Local, State, National, or International level; professional engagement; Media Star (speaking to national/international participants, professional agency, including international guest lecturer at universities).

Awards and recognition • 2022 – The 61st Australian Supply Chain and Logistics Awards (ASCLA) • 2021 – ECU High Achieving Researcher Scheme: Securing Digital Futures • 2020 – I won the prize for the most active individual with the highest average daily steps at ECU • 2020, 2019 - High Commendation Award for Training, Education & Development Category by Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA). • 2019 – I won the prize for the most active individual with the highest average daily steps at ECU • 2019 - Mid Career Researcher Career Highlight awarded by EMCRN at ECU • 2019 - Smart Cities Awards for Best Integration of an Individual Technology Category, City of Wanneroo (Railsmart Project - working together with PATREC (UWA), ECU.

Thi Le

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the Murdoch Business College, Murdoch University, Australia

Thi Le is the Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the Murdoch Business College, Murdoch University, Australia. She achieved a PhD in Finance at Murdoch in August 2020, a Master of Finance at Curtin University in 2012, and a Bachelor in Economics at the Academy of Finance in 2008. Thi Le’s research interest focuses on accounting frameworks, financial forecasting, fintech, supply chain, supply chain finance, shared mobility, connected and autonomous vehicle, and quantitative finance. As an active academic researcher, Thi Le has published many refereed journal articles, one (01) book with Springer Nature Publisher, and several international conference papers. Thi Le has solid industrial experience through the successful delivery of many industrial projects, including Australian Postgraduate Research projects supported by the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills, and Employment, to bridge Australian businesses with the brightest emerging research talent and tap into new worlds of innovation. She has been supervising a number of PhD students with their area of research focusing on financial technology (Fintech) and Crowdfunding, the digital financial platform.

Dinh Anh PHAN

Teacher at University of Economics, The University of Danang, Viet Nam.

His research includes supply chain finance, sustainable supply chain management and operations management.