(Director-General, Statistical Economic and Social Research Training Centre for Islamic Countries, Ankara, Turkey) Savas Alpay has been the Director-General at the Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) since 2006. Prior to that he taught at Bilkent University, where he was an Associate Professor. He has a Masters in Economics and received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1993 from the Johns Hopkins University.

Visiting Professor, Trisakti University; Jakarta, Indonesia Rodney Shakespeare is a UK tutor, binary economist and Visiting Professor at Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia. A Cambridge MA and Barrister of the Middle Temple he is co-author of three books including Binary Economics the new paradigm (the standard textbook on the subject) and Seven Steps to Justice. At the centre of his writing is the use of state-issued, cancelable, interest-free loans directed at productive capacity in both the public and private sectors.