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Call for Papers
2015 Winter Global Business Conference at Tignes (France)
February 02-06, 2015
Conference topic: Re-inventing
Hosted by: Innovation Institute
Conference Theme
Winter Global Business Conference 2015 in Tignes primarily aims at understanding the key opportunities for innovation in diverse fields. In many disciplines we need to re-invent how we look at phenomena. Businesses are continuous re-inventing business models – should academics reinvent theirs? How could models be reshaped by rearranging the “boxes and arrows”? What are the boundary conditions for diverse phenomena? What changes with the phenomena in the points of extremes?
Winter Global Business Conference welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions that discuss important issues in their field and how these issues relate to business challenges in the global economy. Conference provides an opportunity for an interdisciplinary take on this issue. Besides its interdisciplinarity, this conference wants to provide a platform for constructive dialogue on these important issues between academia and practice.
We are looking forward to diverse contributions aiming at excelling our knowledge on the key ideas about re-inventing.
Venue – Tignes
Tignes is located in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It consists of five smaller villages: Tignes Les Brévières (1550m), Tignes Les Boisses (1850m), Tignes Le Lavachet (2100m), Tignes Val Claret (2100) and Tignes Le Lac (2100m) which is generally classified as the main village of Tignes. Whether you are a big fan of skiing, you prefer holidays with your family, you are fond of authenticity, or you are a party animal, Tignes shows you all it’s got to help you choose the area of the resort where you belong!
Tignes is the best known as a ski resort and, together with the nearby Val d’Isère, it forms one of the World’s largest ski areas – the Espace Killy, encompassing more than 300 kilometers of ski runs and some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery. Tignes itself has 150 kilometers of ski runs, a boarding park at Val Claret giving riders the chance to try their hand at some freestyle jumping, rails and ‘big air’, and for the more adventurous, Tignes has access to some of the World’s best off-piste terrains.
Tignes was the freestyle skiing venue for the 1992 Winter Olympics and co-host city for the 1992 Winter Paralympics. At 4.2 km, Tignes boasts the 4th longest funicular in the world. It has many bars and restaurants, and two night clubs with regular appearances of some of the top DJ’s.
Submission Guidelines
Winter Global Business Conference 2015 invites submissions of abstracts/papers that provide insights into key research issues. Submissions should be uploaded as Word formatted (doc or docx) file at Paper Submission web site no later than October 19th, 2014. Your paper should not exceed 5 000 words and if you would like to submit only an abstract it should not exceed 1 500 words. Your contribution should be written in English, submitted on time and be relevant with the overall conference theme objectives.
Authors should indicate the track in which they would like to present their contribution. Each contribution can be submitted only to one track. In order to include your contribution in the conference and the proceedings at least one author per accepted manuscript must register for the conference. One person can submit a maximum of two papers.
Contributions will go through a double blind review process. E-mails of acceptance or rejection will be e-mailed out within one week of your submission.
For details please visit official web site of the conference: www.gbcwinter.com.
Program Topics
1. Marketing
2. Management
3. Finance and banking
4. Accounting
5. Economics
6. Information technologies
7. Communication technology
8. Innovation
9. Trade
10. Strategy
11. Tourism
12. Environmental economy
13. Business education
14. Business psychology
Important Information
Important dates:
o October 19th, 2014 – Submission deadline
o Confirmation of acceptance will be e-mailed within one week from submission
o November 17th, 2014 - Early registration deadline
o December 15th, 2014 – Regular registration deadline
o January 15th, 2015 - Late registration deadline
o February 2nd-6th, 2015 – Conference
To ensure mesmerizing experience of Tignes, Innovation Center will provide all the conference participants with everyday networking activities that will intertwine with great academic discussions. The conference will begin with registration and welcome drinks on February 2nd, and end with conference gala dinner with French specialties after the sessions on February 6th.
The conference fee
Conference early registration fee is 515 EUR (regular registration fee is 600 EUR; late registration fee is 685 EUR). Conference fee entitles you to conference proceedings, sessions, and certificate of attendance.
Accompanying person early registration fee is 295 EUR (regular 350 EUR and late registration fee 390 EUR).
There is a 95 EUR processing fee for cancellations before November 25th, 2014. After that date, there will be no refunds for cancellations.
For additional information, please visit www.gbcwinter.com or contact us at [email protected].
Travel to France
Any foreign visitor who wishes to enter France must have a passport, which will remain valid during the period of stay. Please check visa requirements with the French embassy in your country. Obtaining valid travel documents are participant’s responsibility.
On behalf of Program and Organizing Committees I welcome you to GBC Winter conference
in one of the world’s greatest ski resort – Tignes.
Dijana Dražetić
Growth and Development Director
Innovation Institute

Call for Papers
The European Sovereign Debt Crisis
Conference organized by the Luxembourg School of Finance
in cooperation with the Journal of Empirical Finance (ELSEVIER)
March 11-13, 2015, Monte Carlo, Monaco
This academic conference is devoted to issues related to the European Sovereign Debt
Crisis. Indicative topics include, but are not limited to:
• Financial Stability, banking risk and systemic risk.
• Sovereign credit risk, sovereign CDS market, dynamics of sovereign yield
spreads, sovereign-risk contagion.
• Euro stability, impact of policy responses on financial markets, liquidity issues.
• ECB and banking supervision, economic determinants of the Sovereign Debt
Crisis, macroeconomic modeling of sovereign debt and default.
• Sovereign default risk and coordination between monetary and fiscal authorities,
role of central banks, spillovers between sovereign and private default risks,
determinants of success or failure of austerity programs.
This two-day conference is accompanied by a high-quality social program starting with a
welcome reception on the evening of March 11, 2015 and a conference dinner on March
12, 2015. Selected papers of the conference will be published in a Special Issue of the
Journal of Empirical Finance (guest editors: Roman Kräussl and Thorsten Lehnert, both
from the Luxembourg School of Finance).
CONFERENCE LOCATION:
Novotel Monte Carlo
16, Bld Princesse Charlotte
98000 Monaco
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
- Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University
- Roman Kräussl, Luxembourg School of Finance
- Thorsten Lehnert, Luxembourg School of Finance
- Loriana Pelizzon, Goethe-University Frankfurt
- Stephen Schaefer, London Business School
- Christian Wolff, Luxembourg School of Finance
TOPICS: We welcome submissions from all areas related to the European Sovereign
Debt Crisis. Complete papers in an early stage will also be considered. We ask you not to
submit a paper that has been accepted for publication in a journal or is close to being
accepted.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Interested authors should submit their papers as a
pdf-file by November 30, 2014 to: [email protected]. Authors of accepted papers
will be notified by December 15, 2014.
Dual Submission option: Please indicate if you would like your paper to be considered for
the Special Issue of the Journal of Empirical Finance.
EXPENSES AND PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS: Participants are expected to cover
their travel expenses and accommodation.

6th International Workshop on Quantitative Finance (IWQF)
The three premier institutes of India namely, (i) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, (ii) Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, (iii) Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology along with (iv) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA would be conducting the 6th International Workshop on Quantitative Finance from 18th to 21st December 2014 at IIT Kanpur, INDIA.

Uniqueness about the 6th IWQF
This workshop would be an unique opportunity for the participants to learn the latest techniques and experience it through carefully designed hands on modules designed by experts from these four institutes along with industry stalwarts. The workshop is designed to guide the participants along the difficult terrain of Financial Mathematics to support their exploration and learning of the various theories of quantitative and mathematical finance. It will help participants to obtain a good hands-on learning experience with different tools used in quantitative finance. The workshop will explore different introductory aspects like (i) Asset Pricing Model (CAPM, APT, etc.); (ii) Derivative Pricing; (iii) Mutual Funds; (iv) Investment performance measures and Valuation; and (v) Risk Management. Emphasis will be on different quantitative and mathematical modelling techniques like, (i) Statistical estimation; (ii) Optimization; (ii) Time series analysis; (iv) Stochastic Calculus, as applicable to quantitative finance. The stress in this workshop will be, to enhance problem solving ability in the area of finance, to different groups of participants, namely people from academia and those from finance related industries, like banks, financial institutions, investment banks, etc. The materials would be delivered through class lectures, up to date course materials, and hands on tutorials.

Who can attend
1) Dynamic professionals from industry, academically oriented post graduate and doctoral students, business faculty members who have an aptitude and interest in Financial Economics, Financial Engineering & Management, Statistics and Financial Mathematics.
2) People in academia and industry and anyone keen to gain knowledge in the area of quantitative finance and its applications

Benefits for the participants
1) Enhance problem solving capabilities in different quantitative areas of finance through interactive class lectures and up to date course materials.
2) Well versed in different theoretical as well as practical nuances of mathematical finance through hands on tutorials.
3) Increase in job market skill set through a close interaction with both academia and industry.

Other important things
1) With an excellent blend of theory as well as practical examples and a comprehensive course curriculum schedule, this workshop will undoubtedly be a very good learning experience for the participants.
2) In all, around 30~40 participants will be selected from across the country and abroad, based on their vita, work experience, as well as reference letters (where applicable).
3) The workshop built on the expertise of highly distinguished faculty members from the four collaborating institutions, as well as other stalwarts from academia and industry, is an excellent opportunity for a superior learning experience.
4) The applicant is advised that although there are no pre-requisites for this workshop, some elementary knowledge of mathematics and statistics will be helpful in keeping pace with the material delivered in the workshop.

How to apply
The applicants should send their application at their earliest by filling the THIS form, or downloading the same from and sending it to the address given below or mentioned in the registration form. The fee includes the supply of course materials, notes, snacks, lunch, dinner and stay on all four days of the program. Candidates are required to bring their own laptops for the hands-on sessions. Accommodation is available at IIT Kanpur VH and the fee includes the cost of accommodation and related expenses.

Fee structure (exclusive of service tax and other tax)
1) Industry Professionals: INR 40,000
2) Academics from Private/Government Institutions:INR 20,000
3) Students (MSc/MTech/Phd/MPhil, etc): INR 10,000

Payment details

1) Name of bank: State Bank of India
2) Name of Branch:IIT Kanpur
3) Branch code:1161
4) Address:
IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, INDIA
Telephone number:+91-512-259-0592
Email id:[email protected]
5) Account number:32621548115
6) Account name:IWQF
7) RTGF/NEFT IFSC code: SBIN0001161
8) 9 digit MICR Code:208002041

Website for the 6th IWQF
Kindly circulate the information regarding the 6th IWQF amongst your colleagues and interested persons.We look forward to you and your nominated persons active and enthusiastic participation in this workshop.