session 2

Title

Finance and Investment: The Practitioners' Perspectives

Description

This session will contain a broad spectrum of finance and investment presentations from the perspective of the practitioner. Suggested topics that are suitable for this session can be at any level of analysis and deal with any aspect of finance or investment. Levels of analysis span a wide range, including (from macroscopic to microscopic): • the space industry (aka the "field" level of analysis) • an entire industry sector (aka the "community" level, e.g., space transportation), or a broad category of industry capability (e.g. propulsion) • an industry segment or sub-sector (aka the "population" level, e.g., human suborbital), or a more specific industry capability (e.g., liquid rockets, or solid rocket motors) • an individual firm (aka the "organization" level) • a portion of a firm, or a group of individuals within a firm (aka the "sub-unit" level) • an individual (unsurprisingly referred to as the "individual" level) Example topics include descriptions of funding or investment of large programmes, new firms, or the analysis methodologies of markets, new developments in the investment communities (including angel investors, venture capital organizations, and investment banks. ABSTRACT GUIDELINES: The submitted abstract should not exceed one page (approximately 300-400 words). The purpose of an abstract is to enable the abstract evaluation and paper selection committee to understand the essential hypothesis, method and findings of the research. Do not use telegraphic phrases. Do not repeat information given in the title. Do not use abbreviations.

Date

2021-10-27

Time

09:45

Room

Dubai C

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Mr. Joerg Kreisel, JOERG KREISEL International Consultant (JKIC), Germany;

• Co-Chair: Ms. Lisa La Bonté, Arab Youth Venture Foundation, United Arab Emirates;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Ken Davidian, United States;