Dr. Hans Wiesmeth is the President of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Leipzig, Germany, and a professor emeritus of the Faculty of Business and Economics of Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany. He also works as the Academic Director of the Laboratory for International and Regional Economics at Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia. Dr. Wiesmeth has visited many international universities, including the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, and York University, Toronto, Canada. He has participated in various national and international research projects, including EU projects on environmental issues such as waste management and renewable energy sources in developing countries.