Neuroeconomist and business ethicist Paul Zak will be the keynote speaker at the St. Cloud State University’s 2013 Winter Institute. The fifty-first Winter Institute will be Jan. 30 and 31.

The Winter Institute is SCSU’s signature summit for business leaders and academics. St. Cloud State says the institute is used to generate ideas that foster growth and development in the St. Cloud area, Central Minnesota, and beyond.

Zak is a Claremount Graduate University professor and an expert on the emerging field of Neuroeconomics. Neuroeconomics examines human decision making, focusing on how neuroscientific discoveries can be applied to economic models.

Registration for the conference is open until Jan. 10. Participants can register online at this link or by mail.