Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 14/July/2025
4:00pm
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8:00pm
Registration 1: Registration and Info Desk
Location: Foyer
5:30pm
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6:00pm
Plenary 1: Conference Opening
Location: D5.0.001
6:00pm
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7:00pm
Plenary 2: Keynote
Location: D5.0.001
7:00pm
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9:00pm
Plenary 3: Get together
Location: D5.1.015

Date: Tuesday, 15/July/2025
8:00am
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6:00pm
Registration 2: Registration and Info Desk
Location: Foyer
9:00am
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10:30am
Session 1: ESG Communication in Corporate Disclosure
Location: D5.1.001
 

ESG Communication in the Financial Industry: Trends and Insights from Corporate Reports

Oliva Alvarado, Ingrid Marie



Ambiguous and misleading language in ESG disclosure of article 8 and article 9 European funds

Motta, Giada



How ESG Ratings Inform Stakeholders

Lukács, Bence



Diversity reporting across countries: The role of global rating agencies

Hofer-Bonfim, Bernadette

10:30am
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11:00am
Break 1: Coffee Break
Location: D5.1.015
11:00am
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12:30pm
Plenary 4: Practitioner Panel
Location: D5.0.001
Chair: Nadine Strauß
12:30pm
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2:00pm
Break 2: Lunch Break
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Session 2: Earnings and Performance Communication
Location: D5.1.001
 

How do you know that? Strategic knowledge management in earnings conference calls

Lucchini, Costanza Maria; Rocci, Andrea



Corpus-Based Genre Analysis of Forward-Looking and Cautionary Language in Earnings Releases

Nagengast, Milena



Uncovering the structure of reasoning and interaction in earnings conference calls

D'Agostino, Giulia; Rocci, Andrea; Reed, Chris



The impact of the Single Supervisory Mechanism on the readability of the European banks' annual reports

Silva, Ana Luísa; Alves, Carlos F.

3:30pm
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4:00pm
Break 3: Coffee Break
Location: D5.1.015
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Session 3: Finfluencing Social Media
Location: D5.1.001
 

Normative Implications of Finfluencer Relations

Hoffmann, Christian Pieter; Binder-Tietz, Sandra



Virtual Influencers Give Investment Advice: An Experiment

Laskin, Alexander; D'Agostino, Giulia



“Why you should buy these stocks (and my books)”. A rhetorical-argumentation approach to financial influencers.

Palmieri, Rudi



Perceived Benefits of Finfluencer Engagement and Brand Image Co-creation

Nambiar, Rakesh; Shenvi, Swapnil Diwakar

7:00pm
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11:59pm
Social Program 1: Conference Dinner

Date: Wednesday, 16/July/2025
8:00am
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5:00pm
Registration 3: Registration and Info Desk
Location: Foyer
9:00am
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10:30am
Session 4.1: Strategic (Sustainable) Communication
Location: D5.1.002
 

Strategic Communication of Sustainable Investments: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Bank Websites

Diez, Elvira; Strauß, Nadine



Legitimation through counterargument and concession in directors’ responses to shareholder resolutions on sustainable action

Coppola, Claudia; Rocci, Andrea



Financial communication in the banking sector. A systematic literature review and research agenda

Silva, Ana Luísa; Alves, Carlos F.



The Future of ESG Reporting and Investor Relations: Trends, Challenges, and Integration with Financial Performance Communication

Molnár, Péter; Lukács, Bence; Tóth, Árpád

Session 4.2: Executive Voice and Leadership in Financial Discourses
Location: D5.1.003
 

Practical Argumentation in CEO Letters: A Cross-Cultural Study of European Energy Companies

Thielemann, Nadine; Berrocal, Martina



DESPECIALIZATION OF FINANCIAL DISCOURSE: EVIDENCE FROM CEO LETTERS TO SHAREHOLDERS

Giordano, Walter; Mandenaki, Katerina



Differentiating the Roles of Corporate Leaders in Financial Communication: CEOs, CFOs, and Chairs of the Supervisory Board

Binder-Tietz, Sandra; Hoffmann, Christian Pieter



A refined, empirically validated metric to assess the cornering force of questions in financial dialogues

D'Agostino, Giulia

10:30am
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11:00am
Break 4: Coffee Break
Location: D5.1.015
11:00am
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12:30pm
Session 5.1: Financial Skills, Literacy and Communication in a Digital Age
Location: D5.1.002
 

Decoding STOXX® Europe 50 Social Executives on LinkedIn: Implications for Financial Communication and Stakeholder Engagement

Keiper, Martin; Mölders, Marius; Zülch, Henning



Writing for Target Readers in Financial Communication. A Transdisciplinary Approach in Times of AI

Whitehouse, Marlies



Financial and Business Literacy Education for Strategic Communication Students

Laskin, Alexander

Session 5.2: Financial Communication under Pressure: Crisis and Activism
Location: D5.1.003
 

Financial communication in the context of geopolitical crisis

Shevchenko, Tetiana



No ethos, no trust: the rhetorical struggle for leadership between activist shareholders and corporate directors.

Palmieri, Rudi



The Role of Financial Communication in Corporate Bankruptcy and Liquidation in Albania

Duçi, Ejona; Tabaku, Eda; Troplini, Rovena

12:30pm
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1:30pm
Break 5: Lunch Break
Location: D5.1.015
1:30pm
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4:30pm
Workshop 1: Handbook Chapter Development Workshop
Location: D5.1.002
Chair: Alexander Laskin
This session is open to invited participants only.
Workshop 2: PhD Research Escalator
Location: D5.1.003
Chair: Christian Hoffmann
This session is open to invited participants only.
5:30pm
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8:00pm
Social Program 2: Finance City Tour