Keynote Speakers
Dr. Shelley Jones
Professor, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University, Canada
Shelley Jones, Professor in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University, has teaching experience at all levels (pre-primary to tertiary) in diverse international contexts (Tanzania, Uganda, Canada, England, and Japan). Her research and publications are focused in the areas of gender and education, girls and women’s empowerment, feminist participatory action research, and children’s rights.
Dr. Barbara Magnanelli
John Cabot University, Italy
Presentation Title: Female Leadership in Firms, Analyzing Different Aspect
Barbara Sveva Magnanelli is an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Management and Chair of the Department of Business Administration in John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. She took her PhD in Management at LUISS Guido Carli University, in Rome, in 2011. During her PhD, she was a visiting researcher at the University of Tennessee and at HEC Paris. Her research focus relies on corporate governance issues, with particular regard to the board of directors, gender diversity in boardrooms and financial statement frauds. More recently she has stated to develop a keen research interest on female leadership. She regularly publishes her works in high quality academics journals and presents working paper to main academic conferences.