Elroy Dimson
Cambridge Judge Business School (United Kingdom)
Elroy Dimson chairs the Newton Centre for Endowment Asset Management at Cambridge Judge Business School, and is Emeritus Professor of Finance at London Business School. His research focuses on investing for the long term, and he and his co-authors have become well known for their studies of the returns from all the main asset classes in 23 countries from 1900 to date. His empirical research, with several colleagues, on sustainable and responsible investing has been recognised by six major awards. Books include Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2016 and Global Investment Returns Sourcebook 2016 (with Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton), Financial Market History (2016, with David Chambers), Endowment Asset Management (2007, with Shanta Acharya), and Triumph of the Optimists (2002, with Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton). Recent articles on active ownership (Review of Financial Studies 2015), real assets (Journal of Financial Economics 2015), financial history (Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 2015), endowment strategy (Financial Analysts Journal 2015), and long-horizon investing (five book chapters, 2016). Case studies on manager selection, real estate investing, and stocks for the long run (Harvard Business School, 2016). Dr Dimson chairs the Advisory Board of FTSE International, and serves on the Advisory Council of Financial Analysts Journal and the Steering Committee of the Financial Economists? Roundtable. Until 2016 he chaired the Strategy Council of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, and before going to Cambridge was a Governor and Professor at London Business School. He is an Honorary Fellow of CFA UK and of the Institute of Actuaries, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Risk Institute. He is on the editorial boards of seven finance/investment journals. His PhD is from London Business School.
Peter Tufano
University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Peter is also a social entrepreneur. In 2000, he founded, and now chairs, a non-profit called the Doorways to Dreams Fund. This organisation works with partners to help low income households successfully manage their financial needs. Peter`s research on consumer finance, and the work of Doorways to Dreams Fund, contributed to the passage of the American Savings Promotion Act in December 2014, which removed federal barriers to sale of prize linked savings products in the US.
Prior to joining Oxford, Peter was a faculty member at the Harvard Business School for 22 years. During this time, he assumed a number of leadership roles, serving as department chair, course head, and Senior Associate Dean. He oversaw the school?s tenure and promotion processes, its campus planning, and he advised the University on financial and real estate matters. He was also the founding co-chair of the Harvard innovation lab (i-lab), a cross-university initiative to foster entrepreneurship.
Peter earned his AB in economics (summa cum laude), MBA (with high distinction) and PhD in Business Economics at Harvard University.
Peter is married with one daughter. His wife, Mary Jeanne Tufano, is an attorney, arbitrator and mediator.
Cagliari University - Facoltà Di Scienze Giuridiche Economiche e Politiche 
Social activities
Gala Dinner
The Gala Dinner will be served in a exotic place at the Orto Botanico di Cagliari, located at the at Viale S. Ignazio da Laconi 9-11, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
The garden was inaugurated in 1866 under the direction of Prof. Patrizio Gennari. Today the garden contains about 2000 species, predominantly of Mediterranean origin but with a good collection of succulents and tropical plants as well. The site also contains ancient Roman cisterns and natural caves.
Registration is open to participants, family members and friends.
Price: 39 euros/person.
FULL DAY - Sailing Boat + Villasimius Beach
Departure from Cagliari in the morning (8am) and arrival in Villasimius (around 9.15am) for an excursion on a motor boat in Capo Carbonara Marine Protected Area.
The motor boat departs from the Marina of Villasimius in the morning and gets back to the port before lunch. Anchor is dropped once for a long pause and bath in sheltered waters. After the excursion, lunch in a nearby restaurant. After lunch, transfer to Simius Beach and free time for relax (until 6.3opm). Short walk in Villasimius centre and free time. Departure from Villasimius at around 7.30 pm and arrival in Cagliari at around 8.40pm.
Registration is open to participants, family members and friends?
Price:65 euros/person