Keynote Speakers

Bruno Dallago, PhD, is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Italy. He was visiting professor at various universities, including the University of California at Berkeley, USA, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hitotsubashi University, Zhejian University, Kyoto University, the University of Pécs, Tshwane University of Technology, Corvinus University of Budapest. He is the author and editor of several scholarly books and journal articles, including One Currency, Two Europe (World Scientific, 2016), Transformation and Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and Prospects (with Steven Rosefielde, Routledge, 2016) and A Global Perspective on the European Economic Crisis (with Gert Guri and John McGowan, eds., Routledge, 2016).

Dr. Elissa Rosenberg is a Canadian landscape architect. She received her landscape architectural training at Cornell University. She is an Associate Professor Emerita at University of Virginia, where she served as Chair of the Landscape Architecture Department.  Her research has focused on contemporary landscape architecture and urban design; post-industrial landscapes; urban infrastructure, and landscapes of commemoration.

Dr. S.Ramaratnam is the Vice Chancellor of Jagadguru Kripalu University (JKU), Odisha. He has more than 50 years of experience in the field of academics and has worked as Director and Principal of various Colleges and Institutions. Prior to joining Jagadguru Kripalu University he was the Vice Chancellor for Sri Sri University. He was also a visiting Professor to Oxford University and the University of Mauritius.