Invited speakers:Steve Ambler (UQAM and RCEA)Lucio Sarno (City University, London UK)Larry Schembri (Bank of Canada)

Invited speakers:  Geoffrey Crouch (La Trobe University)Giacomo Del Chiappa (University of Sassari )Peter Nijkamp (VU University Amsterdam)Claudio Piga  (Loughborough University), ChairJoanna Poyago-Theotoky  (La Trobe University)

Speaker:  Toni M. Whited, Michael and Diane Jones Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Finance, University of Rochester