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Swiss-Polish economist, professor at Fribourg University, where he occupies the Chair of International Strategy and Competition, head of the “Observatoire de la Finance” in Geneva, founder of the Institute of Economic Research Eco Diagnostic. An expert on behalf of international organizations such as OECD and UNCTAD, he also conducts studies of Switzerland’s economic fabric. He is the initiator and Vice-President of AREF (Association for the Renewal of Research and Teaching in Economics and Finance).

Hochschule Luzern and ASCENT AG

As a specialist for the renewal of didactics in economics, he recognizes the value of films to affect the viewers, provoke discussion and sensitize to the importance of economic issues. As a business consultant, he has the role of an interface between internationalizing Swiss companies and the economic environment of East and Central European countries.
www.michaelderrer.info

Dr. Irena Nikolova is a lecturer since 2007 and now is a chief assistant professor of International Finance and International Trade at New Bulgarian University. Her recent books are: “Foreign Exchange Risk in Economy: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions” (2018) and “Foreign Trade Finance” (2015), both published by the university. Her professional background is linked to the Ministry of Economy of Bulgaria, where she was responsible for the relations with the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and European Investment Bank. Later, she worked in the banking sector as well.

A political scientist, working on the topic of money already for his PhD. Based between Lausanne and Geneva, he is presently working for the Observatoire de la finance. Secretary General of AREF, the Association for the Renewal of Research and Education of Economics and Finance.
The topic of his presentation is the choice between a privat e new money (Facebook’s Libra) and a Central Bank Digital Currency. Behind this choice lies the question whether money is a private or a public good.

He teaches financial econometrics, risk management, portfolio management, and business valuation. His Ph.D. thesis was on financial modeling of CEE stock markets volatility.

He has a 10-year of experience in the asset management industry. As a portfolio manager, he was involved in the development of a high – frequency trading strategy, based on S&P 500 and DJIA futures. He is a licensed investment consultant, certified business appraiser, and a certified public accountant.

Christian Năsulea is a lecturer at the Faculty of History of the University of Bucharest, where he teaches Global Economics, Globalism and Globalisation and other economics-related subjects. He is an associated lecturer at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, where he teaches Cross-Cultural Management in English and Business Economics in French. He is the executive director of The Institute for Economic Studies – Europe and an affiliated researcher with the Institut de Recherches Economiques et Fiscales.
He has a PhD in Management and his main fields of scientific interest are: public policy, political and commercial negotiation in international relations, behavioural economics, and the economic impact of technology.

She has a PhD in Business Administration (Social Sciences) with a PhD thesis on Competitiveness and Enhancement of the Environment for Business Development. She has a master’s degree in Management Sciences from University of Liège (Belgium), and in International Economic Relations from University of National and World Economy in Sofia (Bulgaria). Her main research interests and teaching practices are in the fields of international relations, competitiveness, management and business development, innovation and entrepreneurship, complemented with good governance and state modernisation. She is a member of the International Association of French-speaking Economists (AIELF) and member of the Editorial Board of the Revue Internationale des Économistes de Langue Française (RIELF). She is the leading partner from Bulgaria for the Research Project GUESSS on entrepreneurship of the Bern University and the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

Her most recent researches are related with the Effectiveness of the Artificial Intelligence in fintech, retail sector and e-commerce, Economic and Trade relations between Bulgaria and Africa, and Bulgaria and Brazil, Digital Transformation of the Cities, Economic, financial and migration challenges of the globalisation on EU, Bulgarian-Polish economic and social transformation processes, Socio-economic and Entrepreneurial Diversity of Bulgarian Regions, Sustainable Competitiveness.

Assistant Professor at the Department of Administration and Management, New Bulgarian University; She is a Member of the General Assembly of the Risk Analysis and Management Center Academic Association

Country Manager of Instant Factoring, the first factoring fintech in Romania, launched in 2018. Experience in corporate finance and SME lending, leading over the past 10 years the factoring divisions of several banks and product development teams. Passionate about building winning teams, start-ups and innovation.

Professor at the Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her main interests are in the field of elite, risks and intercultural relations. She has published more than 70 articles. She is the author of “The Economic Elite in the 1990-s – Continuity and Change”, (2003, Sofia: Institute of Sociology, BAS) and is an editor of “Through the Eyes of Swiss Social Sciences” (1999, Sofia: Acad. Publishing House “Prof. Marin Drinov”), “Bulgaria – Social and Cultural Landscapes” (2000, Fribourg: Fribourg University Press), “Roma Identities in Southeast Europe: Bulgaria” (2003, Rome: Ethno barometer 8), Interethnic Relations and Politics of Multiculturalism (2005, Sofia: Marin Drinov Academic Press), Institutional Trust (2014, Sofia: Acad. Publishing House “Prof. Marin Drinov”) and Демокрацията в епохата на глобализация и медиатизация (2014, Sofia: Acad. Publishing House “Prof. Marin Drinov”).

Born in the Swiss mountain area, he studied marketing and communication. He was an activist in the Swiss Sovereign Money Initiative, which was voted upon in Switzerland in 2018. Today he is the Director of Forum-Geldpolitik, a thinktank for monetary policy in Switzerland.

He started off as an engineer, and later discovered his real passion: Alternative forms of money and their relation to a sustainable society.
He is teaching at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Jens Martignoni wrote a comprehensive and very accessible book on the topic of complementary currencies.

Marc Chesney is Professor of Quantitative Finance at the University of Zurich. He was previously Professor and Associate Dean at the HEC in Paris from 1993 until 2000.
He develops a critical analysis of the financial sector. Marc Chesney is a member of Finance Watch and of Counterpoint.