Prof. Jinshuai Hu, Xiamen University, China

Associate Dean, Institute for Financial & Accounting Studies

Jinshuai Hu is a Professor of Accounting and Associate Dean at the Institute for Financial & Accounting Studies, Xiamen University. He currently serves as a Guest Editor at Journal of Risk and Financial Management and an editorial board member at Contemporary Accounting Review, Financial Management Research, Modern Economy and Management, and Global Studies on Economics and Finance. He got his master's degree from Xiamen University and Ph.D. from Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests include the role of accounting information in China’s and global capital markets, financial reporting and disclosure, corporate governance, and social media. He has taught courses for undergraduate, master’s, MBA, and Ph.D. students, including Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Contemporary Accounting Issues. Professor Hu has published more than ten academic papers at top-tier accounting or finance journals in recent years, including Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of International Business Studies, Management Science, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of International Accounting Research, Emerging Markets Review, Accounting & Finance, and Journal of International Accounting, Auditing & Taxation. He got the first-class award of the 14th Outstanding Achievements in Social Sciences in Fujian Province (2021), the Double First-Class University Construction Award of Xiamen (2023), the Gejiashu Outstanding Research Award of Xiamen University (2023, the highest-level award in social science research by Xiamen University), and the Vernon Zimmerman Best Paper Award for Best Doctoral Student Paper at the 22nd Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues (2010). His research has been reported by media and institutes such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nsfc.gov.cn), Fujian Provincial Government (fujian.gov.cn), Fujian Daily (fjsen.com), Haixia News (hxnews.com), Minnan News (mnw.cn), Tencent News (new.qq.com), and Sohu News (news.sohu.com).

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Prof. Robert M Davison, City University of Hong Kong, China

Chair, Assurance of Learning Committee

Robert Davison joined the Department of Information Systems in July 1992 where he is currently a Professor. Professionally, Robert serves as the Editor-in-Chief of both the Information Systems Journal and the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. He is also the Chair of the IFIP TC9 ICT & Society. In 2019, he was recognised as a 'Fellow of the AIS'. Robert holds/has held visiting professor appointments at Loughborough University, the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. His current research focuses on applications of Action Research to knowledge exchange activities and guanxi in Chinese organisations. Robert is Programme Leader of the MSc in Digital Transformation and Technological Innovation, (formerly MSc E-Business and Knowledge Management), and chairs the College of Business' Assurance of Learning Committee.

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