Biography of speakers and discussants(The sequence is based on the appearance in the agenda)

Welcoming Remarks
Last NameYoshikawa

First NameInstitutionTokai UniversityCountryJapan

NaotoShort Bio
Naoto Yoshikawa is a Vice-Chancellor of Global Initiatives and a Professor of theDepartment of International Studies at Tokai University. He was the Chancellor ofHawaii Tokai International College, US, for ten years. He worked for the Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as acting representative in
Bangladesh and Trinidad and Tobago. He also served as the economist at the FAO
headquarters in Italy and as the administration and finance officer of the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Zambia. He earned a B.A. degree fromChuo University, Japan; M.A. from University of Chicago, US and Ph.D. from theUniversity of Hawai’i at Manoa, US.

Welcoming Remarks
Last Name

Malekifar

First Name

SiavashInstitution

Iran National Innovation FundCountry

IranShort Bio

Siavash Malekifar holds a Ph.D. in futures studies from National Research Institutefor Science Policy (NRISP). He was the former manager of the department ofstrategic planning and supervision at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education,
Iran. Currently, he is a Chief Development Officer at the Iran National Innovation
Fund (INIF), the most important innovation and technology financing institution in
Iran’s innovation financing system. He is also a member of the board of directors atthe Iranian Association for Management of Technology and Innovation (IRAMOT). He
is a lecturer and author of numerous papers and books in the fields of futures
studies, MOT, managing innovation, science, and technology policy.

Keynote speech
Last Name

Mahramian
MoallemFirst Name

MehranInstitution

Central Bank of IranCountry

Iran
Short Bio

Mehran Mahramian received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electronics from Sharif
University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1995 and 1997, respectively. He then obtained hisPh.D. degree in electronics from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2006.
Since 1997, he has been with Informatics Services Corporation, Tehran, Iran (as a member ofthe board and network vice president) to research banking technologies and implement
broadband satellite communication equipment. Since 2019 he has been the vice governor ofmodern technologies in the Central Bank of Iran. Among his research awards are the 2nd and3rd prizes for the development of researches in the 15th, 23th and 27th Kharazmi Festivals. He
also received the SATLABS certificate for constructing a terminal with DVB-RCS standards. By
now, he has published more than 20 conference papers and eight peer-reviewed journal
papers in diverse fields such as networks, satellite telecommunications, and DNA computing,and he has supervised more than 30 Bachelor and Master Theses.

Keynote speech
Last Name

YoshinoFirst Name

Naoyuki

Institution

Keio University & Financial Research Center(FSA Institute, Government of Japan)

CountryJapan
Short Bio

Naoyuki Yoshino is Professor Emeritus of Keio University in Tokyo, Japan and Director ofFinancial Research Center (FSA Institute, Government of Japan). He obtained a PhD in
economics from Johns Hopkins University, in the US in 1979 (where his thesis supervisor wasSir Alan Walters (UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Economic Adviser)). He taught asassistant professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, He was a visiting scholar atMIT (USA), visiting scholar at the Central Bank of Japan, visiting professor at the University of
New South Wales (Australia), Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (France). He
received Honorary Doctorates from Univ. of Gothenburg (Sweden) and Martin LutherUniversity of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). He also conferred Fukuzawa award from Keio
University for his contribution to research. He was the Dean/CEO of the Asian Development
Bank Institute (ADBI) in Tokyo (2014-2020).

Co-host and Moderator
Last Name

TaghizadehHesaryFirst NameInstitution

Tokai UniversityCountryJapan

FarhadShort Bio
Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary is a faculty member at Tokai University in Japan. He is a grantee ofthe Excellent Young Researcher (LEADER) status from the Ministry of Education of Japan-MEXT.
He is a vice-president and co-founder of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies(ISETS) based in Australia. Currently, he is serving as Associate Editor/ Board member of several
journals including Singapore Economic Review, Global Finance Journal, Energy Efficiency andEditor of the Cogent Business and Management. He has guest-edited special issues forprestigious journals including Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Journal of Environmental
Management, Finance Research Letters and Economic Analysis and Policy. His research credits
include authoring more than 160 academic journal papers and book chapters and the editing often books published by Springer Nature, Routledge, World Scientific and Asian Development
Bank Institute. He obtained a PhD in economics from Keio University, Japan in 2015 with ascholarship from the government of Japan (MEXT).

Speaker
Last Name

RimaudFirst Name

CedricInstitution

Earthwake Green Impact FundCountrySingapore
Short Bio

With 20+-year experience in the fund management industry at top ranking
investment banking firms (JP Morgan, Citi and Credit Suisse), Cedric has been
managing fixed income portfolios and analyzing corporate bonds during the mostpart of his career, most recently as the Head of Emerging Markets Corporate
Credit Research at an independent credit research company. He is a CFA charter
holder and member of the CFA Society in Singapore. Since relocating to Asia sixyears ago (Bangkok and Singapore), he has been developing investable projects inthe climate finance space in South-East Asia and has been a consultant for theUnited Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (includingVietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines) on Green Finance.

Speaker
Last Name

Saydaliev

First Name

Hayot Berk

Institution

Suleyman Demirel University

Country

Kazakhstan
Short Bio

Saydaliev Hayot Berk is currently an associate professor and a coordinator of research inBusiness at Suleyman Demirel University in Kazakhstan. He holds a Ph.D. in Financial
Economics from the Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. He received his Master’s Degree
in Financial Economics from University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, and obtained aBachelor's degree in International Economic Relations from the State University ofUzbekistan, Uzbekistan, and a second Bachelor’s in Emirates Hospitality Management
Academia in UAE. Dr. Saydaliev has published in SSCI journals such as Economic
Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja (Q2), Global Economy Journal (Q3), and several others.
Most of his published papers utilize panel estimation methods and time series analysisto address issues in development economics, institutional quality, human capital, andhealth.

Speaker
Last Name

FartashFirst Name

KiarashInstitutionShahid Beheshti UniversityCountryIran
Short Bio

Kiarash Fartash holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering, an MBA, and a Ph.D. degreein Management of Technology specializing in S&T policy-making from Allameh
Tabataba’i University, Iran. He is an assistant professor at Shahid Beheshti
University in Tehran since 2018 and has authored more than 30 research papers.
He has played a major part in a couple of international STI policy studies, such asIran Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Review, published by the UNCTADin 2016. He has more than ten years of experience in the capacity of an STI policy
researcher as well as an STI policy officer. Kiarash’s research interest entails policy
learning, innovation policy and innovation financing.

Speaker
Last Name

WisuttisakFirst Name

Institution

Chiang Mai University

Country

ThailandPornchaiShort Bio
Pornchai Wisuttisak is an associate professor and Deputy President of Chiang Mai University,Thailand. He completed his Ph.D. in Business Law and Taxation from the University of New
South Wales and his Master of Commercial Law from Macquarie University, Australia. He alsograduated with a BA in Political Science in Government from Thammasat University, Thailand.
He has worked with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) andFriedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) on training courses for competition law and policy inThailand, Myanmar, and Laos. He has been an advisor to a consultancy project with the Energy
Regulatory Commission of Thailand. His research involved the development of policy andregulation on economic activities. His recent publication relates to the regulatory framework
for SMEs development in some ASEAN countries.

Speaker
Last Name

Bin AminFirst Name

Institution

North South University

Country

Bangladesh

Sakib

Short Bio
Sakib Amin is an associate professor in the School of Business and Economics andthe Director of the Accreditation Project Team (APT) at North South University,
Bangladesh. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Durham University (UK). Dr. Sakib
was the Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowship (2017-2018) receiver for
conducting his postdoctoral research at Durham University (UK). Dr. Sakib also
holds a masters’ degree in International Economics from the University of Essex(UK). He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). His research focuses
on Energy and Tourism Policy in Developing Countries.

Speaker
Last Name

Alp Coskun

First NameInstitution

Dokuz Eylul UniversityCountryTurkey

EsraShort Bio
Esra Alp Coskun holds a Ph.D. degree from Dokuz Eylul University- Turkey (2021) ineconomics/Behavioral Finance. During her Ph.D., she worked as a research assistant in Recep
Tayyip Erdogan University- Turkey (2016-2017) in the Department of Banking and Finance.
She also visited the University of Huddersfield (United Kingdom), Department of Accounting,Finance, and Economics in the 2018-2019 academic year (9 months). Besides her academic
experiences, she worked in the private sector at several positions such as independent
auditor, Forex Customer Representative, teaching, etc. She has several publications on
macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic development, finance and behavioral finance inpeer-reviewed journals. She is an independent author in Science and Technic (Bilim ve Teknik)
Popular Science Magazine published by The Scientific and Technological Research Council ofTurkey (TUBİTAK) monthly and writes popular science articles since 2017.

Co-host and discussantLast Name

AboojafariFirst Name

RoohallahInstitutionTechnology Studies InstituteCountry

Iran
Short BioRoohallah Aboojafari is an assistant professor of science and technology policy anddirector of the Knowledge-Based Economy Department at the Technology Study Instituteof Presidency in Iran. He taught as an assistant professor at different universities in Iranlike Amirkabir University and Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran. His research area isinnovation economics, financing innovation, and science and technology policy. He is areferee of several journals in Iran like Innovation Management (ISC), TechnologyDevelopment Management (ISC). He published more than 30 peer-reviewed academicjournal papers, working papers, book chapters, and books by academic publishers,
including Routledge and the Asian Development Bank Institute. He is also the founder ofEtemad Company, a knowledge base credit rating company in Iran. In addition, he is avice-chairman of the Board of Fintech company as an investment consulting firm underthe Iranian exchange stock regulation. Dr. Aboojafari holds a Ph.D. in Sciences andtechnology from Tarbiat Modares University in Iran.

Speaker
Last Name

HeidariFirst Name

Mehrnaz

Institution

Tarbiat Modares UniversityCountryIran
Short Bio

Mehrnaz Heidari holds a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering (2017) with adissertation on venture capital contracting. In her dissertation, she investigatedthe mitigation of agency problems in VC-entrepreneur contracts throughout
startup development cycle. During 2015-2017, she was the Secretary-General of
the Iranian VC association that provided her a practical experience added to thetheoretical insights of her Ph.D. studies. Dr. Heidari is currently the Innovation &Business Development Manager for Noavaran Tose'e Melli, an open innovationand venture financing consulting firm in Iran. Her responsibilities include
providing a wide range of corporate start-up engagement programs for corporateclients and investors.

Speaker
Last Name

SagaraFirst Name

Megumi

Institution

CRD Association and CRD Business Support Ltd.,CountryJapan
Short Bio

Megumi Sagara is a Director of International Department of CRD Association andCRD Business Support Ltd. She has about 15 years of work experiences inanalyzing data of CRD, validating CRD scoring models and financial institutions’internal rating and so on. Following the FS for the implementation of CRD in thePhilippines, she is currently working on the TC project for CRD building.

Speaker
Last Name

H. NguyenFirst Name

Lan

Institution

CRD Association and CRD Business Support Ltd.,CountryJapan
Short Bio

Lan H. Nguyen, PhD is Deputy Director of the International Department of CRD
Association and CRD Business Support Ltd in Japan. Her main experience is in thefields of credit risk modeling, machine learning for alternative data, and financial
data analysis.

Speaker
Last Name

Charoensivakorn

First Name

PhadetInstitution

National Credit Bureau Co., Ltd.,Country

Thailand
Short Bio

Phadet Charoensivakorn is currently a Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Business,
Technology and Operations Lines of National Credit Bureau Co., Ltd. (NCB), the only one private
credit bureau in Thailand. He has been in the post since 2016. Prior to working in credit bureau
industry; he worked with a satellite telecommunication known as Iridium company inInformation Technology and Operations for 7 years. Then, he had joined the Central Credit
Information Service Co., Ltd. (CCIS) in 2000 before it was merged with the Thai Credit Bureau(TCB) and has become NCB since 2005. He is very experienced in credit bureau industry,
especially in IT and Operations, for more than twenty years. He also set up the first credit
reporting systems in Thailand together with TransUnion. Moreover, Phadet is also a pioneer
project leader in ISO/IEC 27001 of security information management and Business Continuity
Plan in the credit bureau industry in Thailand. He received a BBA in Business Computer from theAssumption University in 1996 and an MBA in Computer Information System from the Southern
New Hampshire University, the USA in 1998. He was the co-researcher in Small and Mediumsized enterprise (SME) Credit Risk Analysis Using Bank Lending Data: An Analysis of Thai SMEs byADBI-Japan.

Speaker
Last Name

Fatemi
KhorasganiFirst Name

Seyed Ali

Institution

Allameh Tabataba’i UniversityCountry

Iran
Short Bio

Seyed Ali Fatemi Khorasgani is a Ph.D. candidate in management of technology atAllameh Tabataba’i University in Iran. He obtained a master’s degree in businessadministration from Sharif University of Technology in 2015. He also graduated as
the top-rank in industrial engineering of bachelor course at the Sharif Universityof Technology. His fields of interest are financing technology-based and innovative
firms, firms' capabilities, organization development, and human resource
management. He has published peer-reviewed papers in academic journals.

Speaker
Last Name

AlizadehFirst Name

ParisaInstitution

National Research Institute for Science Policy

Country

IranShort Bio

Parisa Alizadeh is a faculty member of the STI Financing and Economics
Department at the National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP) in Iran.
Her main academic contributions are an AI model to forecast capital market index
and an MODM optimization model to formulate a policy package to enhance thebusiness expenditure on R&D. As a policy-making consultant, she has a 10-year
experience in the field of enforcing legal infrastructure for supporting startups andSMEs; especially, with focus on financial tools; such as tax incentives and VCfunds.

Speaker
Last NameDavidFirst Name

Institution

SIM-Global Education

CountrySingapore

DharishShort Bio
Dharish David is an associate faculty for the University of London at the Singapore
Institute of Management – Global Education (SIM-GE), teaching courses relating topolitical economy. Over his 10-year career he has worked in academia and think tanks
including ERIA and ADBI (Tokyo) on the areas of sustainable development andinfrastructure financing. He received his doctorate from Waseda University (Tokyo,Japan) specializing in infrastructure development and financing. He has written several
book chapters, academic articles, business reports, op-eds (in SCMP, East Asia Forum,Global Policy, etc.) on Asian political economy, sustainable finance, startups and digital
economy, and international relations. He also has work experience in startups in thefinancial and digital economy sectors in Singapore.

Speaker
Last Name

Salah Uddin

First Name

Institution

Linköping University

Country

SwedenGazi

Short Bio
Gazi Salah Uddin, Ph.D, is an Associate Professor of Financial Economics and PhD
program director of Economics division, at the Department of Management andEngineering, Linköping University, Sweden and also a visiting Professor Trinity Business
School, Ireland. His research interests emphasizes strongly on multidisciplinary aspects,
where econometric techniques and methodologies from economics, physics,engineering, and psychology are implemented in studying the complexity of economic
and financial systems on a macro level, focused on areas such as international
economics and financial markets , fintech, energy and corporate finance. He received
the "Jan Wallanders and the Tom Hedelius Scholarship" for best doctoral thesis ineconomics during 2016. He has attended various international seminars andconferences and have publications in well-renowned journals such as European Journalof Operation Research, Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research, Journal ofEconomic Dynamics and Control, Energy Economics.

Speaker
Last Name

SubramanianFirst Name

Muthurangam

Institution

Senior Advisor and Independent Consultant

CountryIndia
Short BioM. Subramanian is a Senior Advisor, Independent Consultant, and Visiting Facultyin India. He has participated in Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
conferences and published research papers in journals and edited books. He holdsa PhD in management from Bharathiar University, MBA, and a graduate inElectronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. He has attended
many academic courses at reputed institutions including IIT, MIT, Stanford, andPurdue University. He has 50+ years of professional experience in academic,research, management, and consulting at senior positions of GM, CEO, anddirector in India, Singapore, Japan, Africa, and the Middle East. He is a fellow
member of many academic and professional institutions. He has an outstanding
engineer award from the Institution of Engineers.