Thomas Kochan is currently Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management and teaches and studies Work and Employment Relations at the MIT Sloan School of Management. For the past 40 years I have applied my research by working intensively with leaders in business, labor, and government to update labor and employment policies and practices to catch up with changes in the workforce and the economy. I just published Shaping the Future of Work (Business Educators Press, 2016) that focuses on what workers, employers, government, and educators can do to meet the needs and aspirations of the "Next Generation" workforce. I also teach a MIT "MOOC" on line course that addresses these issues. Information about the course can be found at: https://www.edx.org/course/american-dream-next-generation-mitx-15-662x#.VNuR5bDF9IU
Stephen joined the Monash Business School on 1 January 2016. Appointed on a 0.4 basis, he will spend four months each year at the Monash Business School while transitioning to emeritus status as the David S. Loeb Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business. Stephen has published widely in a range of high quality journals, including Econometrica, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Business. He is the author of five books, two of which have been translated into Japanese. As well as serving on a number of editorial boards, Stephen was a founding editor of the Review of Financial Studies (A*) and has just stepped down as Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (A*). Stephen has recently been appointed Executive Editor of the Financial Analysts Journal. The FAJ is a leading publication with a print subscription of 130,000, and an ever growing online presence with article downloads reaching over 800,000 in the past financial year. This journal has a significant impact in the investment management community world-wide, due to its practitioner-relevant focus.
Academic Qualifications: • MEng in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London • PhD in Shock Induced Separation of Transitional Hypersonic Boundary Layers from Imperial College London • Currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher investigating SCRAM jet phenomena at the supersonic wind tunnel facility at the University of Texas at Austin Science Communication: • Two TEDx talks (TEDxLBS 2014 and TEDxHull 2015) • Presented work at the Houses of Parliament. • Winning the UK’s largest science communication competition, FameLab-- run by Cheltenham Science festival with NASA and the British Council. • Presenting for the Cheltenham Science Festival, one of the UK largest science festivals. • Presenting for Head Squeeze-- a YouTube science channel. • Numerous talks on behalf of the Natural History Museum, the Royal College of Art, the Festival of Ideas, and Imperial Festival.
Anton is Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Glasgow. He was educated at The High School of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated M.A. (Hons) in Political Economy (1984) and took a Ph.D. in Economics (1989). He was a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow from 1984 to 1992, and Daniel Jack Professor of Political Economy from 1992 until 2007. He was Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, 2000 to 2004, and Vice-Principal (Strategy, Budgeting and Advancement) from 2004 until 2007. After two years as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot Watt University, he returned to University of Glasgow to take up his present post in 2009. Professor Muscatelli has been a consultant to the World Bank and the European Commission, and was a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers of the Secretary of State for Scotland from 1998 to 2000. Since 2007, he has been an adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee on monetary policy, and in 2008 he was appointed to chair an independent expert group for the Calman Commission on Devolution, set up by the Scottish Parliament and led by the Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, Sir Kenneth Calman. He chaired the Research and Commercialisation Committee of Universities Scotland in 2007-08 and from 2008 to 2010 was Convener of Universities Scotland and Vice-President of Universities UK. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001, and of the CESifo Economics Research Institute in Munich in 1999 In 2009 he was appointed Knight Commander (Commendatore) of the Republic of Italy for services to Economics and Higher Education. In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (Ll.D) from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. In April 2012 he was appointed to the Board of the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) which provides funding and oversight of all of Scotland's Colleges and Universities. From 2014 he is Honorary President of the David Hume Institute, succeeding Lord Steel. He has held visiting appointments in many universities, including in 2014, Guest Professor of Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Paul's research interests lie in empirical finance and capital markets, focusing primarily on asset pricing. His research has been published in journals including Accounting and Finance, Applied Economics and The Australian Journal of Management. He is the chief investigator for a large external grant that was awarded by Platypus Asset Management in 2011 and continues to work collaboratively with professionals in the funds management industry.
Mark's research interests are in technology ecosystems around defining value and monetization; multi-channel operating model strategies; data standards, governance and compliance, and visualization strategies. He has led large multi-division and multi-country transformation programs in a variety of public and private companies across their supply chains including retail, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, food & drink, electronics, utilities, transport, financial services and defense. Mark's experience includes new media multi-channel services, big data analytics and mobile ecosystems for new business models having worked directly in digital TV and media organizations and telecommuncations companies for marketing and new business services development.
