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Auer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Georgia, US.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Maria Aristigueta<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor Emeritus, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware, US.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Geert Bouckaert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor Emeritus, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute (Faculty of Social Sciences) of the KU Leuven, at Leuven, Belgium<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Taco Brandsen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, professor and vice-dean,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, and secretary general, European Association for Public Administration Accreditation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Wolfgang Drechsler<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Honorary Professor of University College London in the Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose, Professor of Governance at the Ragnar Nurkse Institute of Innovation and Governance, TalTech, and Adjunct Professor of Universitas Indonesia at the Faculty of Administrative Sciences.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Charles Nelson Davis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor and dean, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, US.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Derek Eberhart,\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associate Vice President for Research, University of Georgia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputy Director of Sciences Po Toulouse in charge of international relations; Founding Director of the UT Capitole &amp; Sciences Po Toulouse National Master&#8217;s Degree &#8220;Consulting and Expertise in Public Action&#8221; (CEAP); Immediate past President of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA at IIAS, Brussels).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Ludmila Gajdosova<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Executive Director, NISPAcee\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Gyorgy Hajnal, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor, Corvinus University Budapest<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Karen Johnston<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.port.ac.uk\/en\/organisations\/faculty-of-business-law\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty of Business &amp; Law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.port.ac.uk\/en\/organisations\/school-of-organisations-systems-and-people\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Organisations, Systems and People<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, University of Portsmouth, UK.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Paul Joyce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, associate at INLOGOV, University of Birmingham, UK; a Visiting Professor in Public Management at Leeds Beckett University, and Publications Director of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Maja Klun<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor and Vice-Rector for Digitalisation and Knowledge Transfer, University of Ljubljana; President, NISPAcee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Arno Loessner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, professor emeritus, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware, US.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Andrew Massey<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Emeritus Professor of Government at King&#8217;s College London, previously the Academic Director of the School for Government at King&#8217;s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Troy Mix, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acting Director of the Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware; Instructor, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware, US.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Patrizia Magaro, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor, University of Genoa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Juraj Nemec<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor, Masaryk University, Czech Republic; past president of NISPACee and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">editor-in-chief, NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Eckhard Schr\u00f6ter, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University Professor of Administrative Science (W3), Head of the Department of Administrative Science with a focus on Politics and Society at the German Police University (DHPol); ENPA president.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>William P. Shields<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Executive Director of the American Society for Public Administration<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Thanaporn Tengratanaprasert, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assistant Professor<\/span><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graduate School of Public Administration, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Joseph Watson Jr<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">., Carolyn Caudell Tieger Professor of Public Affairs Communications, Advertising &amp;amp; Public Relations,\u00a0Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, US.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Bradley E Wright<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor and Department Head, Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, US.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Emil Boc, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mayor of Cluj-Napoca city and former prime minister of Romania. <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Diana Iancu, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associate professor and Dean, Faculty of Public Administration, National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania<\/span><b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Mihaela Onofrei, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor, Al. 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Cuza University, Ia\u0219i, Romania.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Razvan Papuc, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor and Vice-rector, University of Bucharest, Romania. <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Marian Preda, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor and Rector, University of Bucharest, Romania.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Constantin Marius Profiroiu, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor and Vice-rector for international affairs, Academy of Economic Studies (ASE), Bucharest, Romania.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Local organizers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Roger Hamlin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Michigan State University professor emeritus, associate dean for international affairs at FSPAC\/Babes Bolyai University, Romania.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Calin Hintea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Prof. and Dean, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes Bolyai University, Romania.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Bogdana Neamtu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Prof.\u00a0 and Chair, Public Administration and Management Department, Babes Bolyai University, Romania.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Bianca Radu, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associate prof., Public Administration and Management Department, Babes Bolyai University, Romania. \u00a0 <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Tudor Ticlau, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associate prof., Public Administration and Management Department, Babes Bolyai University, Romania. \u00a0 <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Tudor Vlad, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senior Advisor for Global Initiatives, Grady College, University of Georgia, Athens, US; 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