Invited Speaker​

Vilija Aleknevičienė

Panel Discussion Presentation: Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Cost of Debt Capital: Experience of Scandinavian Countries

Vilija Aleknevičienė is a diploma specialist of accounting in agriculture (Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture, 1986), doctor of social sciences (in economics) (Lithuanian University of Agriculture and Kaunas University of Technology, 1997), in professor position from 2005, the author of three textbooks in the field of finance. Currently she is a professor at the Department of Applied Economics, Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Bioeconomy Development, Vytautas Magnus University. Her main research interests are valuation of companies, financial markets and financial behaviour, green finance, bioeconomy development. She is a member of European Agricultural Economists Association; working as an expert in the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and the Research Council of Lithuania; supervising and participating in national and international projects; supervising doctoral students. During her career at the University she was a head of the Research Institute for Bioeconomy, Department of Applied Economics, Finance and Accounting, Chairman of the Council of Faculty, Vice-Dean of Faculty for research, Vice-president of Senate of University.