SBAC 2026

Scientific Committee

Honorary Chairs

Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury

Vice-Chancellor, North South University

Professor Cam Donaldson

Emeritus Yunus Chair, Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University

Co-Chairs

Professor Rachel Baker

Yunus Chair and Director, Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University

Professor Olga Biosca

Professor of Economics, Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University

Dr. Farhana Ferdousi

Associate Professor and Director of Department of Business Administrator (DBA), Southeast University

Professor Faiz H. Shah

Executive Director, Yunus Center, Asian Institute of Technology and President, Yunus Thailand

Members (including Track Chairs)

Health and Sport

Professor Faiz H. Shah

Track Chair

Executive Director, Yunus Center, Asian Institute of Technology and President, Yunus Thailand

Professor Rachel Baker

Yunus Chair and Director, Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University

Education

Associate Professor Dr. Suraya Hanim Mokhtar

Track Chair

Director, AIU Centre of Excellence Socio-Economic Development and Innovation (ACE-SEDI), School of Business and Social Sciences, Albukhary International University

Dr. Rafiqul Bhuyan

Professor and Dean, School of Entrepreneurship and Business, Grameen University

Technology and Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Ashir Ahmed

Track Chair

Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University

Professor Faiz H. Shah

Executive Director, Yunus Center, Asian Institute of Technology and President, Yunus Thailand

Finance and the SDGs

Professor Dr. Mohammed Masum Iqbal

Track Chair

Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Business Administration at Daffodil International University (DIU)

Professor Alicia Banon

Professor of Management, and Director of the Yunus Centre Murcia, University of Murcia

Dr. Farhana Ferdousi

Director, Department of Business Administrator (DBA), Southeast University

Dr. Ana Fernández-Laviada

Associate Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at the University of Cantabria, and Director of YSBC Cantabria

Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Professor Chien-wen Shen

Track Chair

Associate Dean of School of Management, National Central University

Dr. Enrico Testi

Director of ARCO (Action research for CO-development) and Director of Yunus Social Business Centre, University of Florence

Dr. Rafiuddin Ahmed

Professor, Department of Marketing and International Business, Director of NSU Social Business Center (NSBC), North South University

Environment, Disaster Management, and Pollution Control

Dr. Shahrina Md Nordin

Track Chair

Associate Professor Senior Director of Partnership and Ecosystem Building at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)

Dr. Sharif Nurul Ahkam

Professor and Director, Center for Social Impact and Sustainability (CSIS), North South University

Dr. Emadul Islam

Sr. Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI), The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Wealth Concentration

Professor Giuseppe Torluccio

Track Chair

Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Bologna

Dr. Mai Thai

Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Director, Social Business Creation Competition, HEC Montreal

Professor Naoko Oishi

Professor, Faculty of Policy Science, Director of Yunus Social Business Research Center, Ryukoku University

Peace and Justice

Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury

Track Chair

Vice-Chancellor, North South University

Professor Mario Biggeri

Full Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence

Dr. Rafiqul Bhuyan

Professor and Dean, School of Entrepreneurship and Business, Grameen University

Food Security

Dr. Farhana Ferdousi

Track Chair

Director, Department of Business Administrator (DBA), Southeast University

Professor Cam Donaldson

Emeritus Yunus Chair, Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University