Events

About the Conference:

The India Finance Conference 2016 (IFC 2016), the annual event of the Indian Finance Association, invites papers for its sixth edition to be held at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad from 18-21 December, 2016. The annual conference is jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC). Academics, researchers, doctoral students, and practitioners are invited and encouraged to submit research papers in all areas of finance.

Conference Themes:

• Theoretical and empirical asset pricing
• Corporate finance, capital structure and dividend policy
• Asset allocation and investment management
• Financial crises , systemic risk and macro-finance
• Quality of financial reporting and adoption of IFRS
• Corporate governance, executive compensation and ownership structure
• Computational finance and financial econometrics
• Financial risk analytics and management
• Market microstructure and algorithmic trading
• Financial policy choice, institutions and regulation
• Financial literacy and financial education

Submission Deadline

The IFC 2016 invites full papers for conference presentations and poster sessions. The deadline for submitting full papers under both categories through the conference website is 14 August, 2016.

Only full paper submissions would be considered.

Doctoral students and participants considering to present short papers/work-in-progress are encouraged to submit their work under poster sessions. Guidelines for poster size/length, with an example, would appear shortly on the conference website.

Submission Guideline                                                                                                   

We leave the document format to you, but be nice to the reviewers and do it as you would for a journal submission. PDF submissions are preferred. Anyone willing to submit a paper should complete registration before the submission deadline i.e., on or before 14 August, 2016. For paper submission, please visit http://indiafa.org/event/india-finance-conference-2016/?about=submit-paper

Review process

The manuscripts will be subjected to a blind review process. The decision of the reviewers will be final and binding.

Pre-Conference Tutorials

Tutorial sessions will be conducted on 18 December, 2016 by eminent academicians from India and abroad. Tutorials will be particularly useful for research scholars and academicians. Tutorial themes will be announced along with the program schedule.

Best Paper Award

There will be three best paper awards given at the conference. These will be the “Emerald – IFC 2016 Best Paper” awards. The papers will be chosen by a panel of experts from the papers presented at the conference.

The “Emerald – IFC 2016 Best Paper” awards will comprise of a cash award and a certificate and shall be presented on the second day of the conference, i.e. on 20 December 2016.

Registration

In order to register for the Conference you need to visit http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/ifcr/ and complete the online registration form. The registration fee is:

Pre Conference Tutorials, 18 December, 2016

• Indian Participants INR 2000
• Overseas Participants USD 50

Conference, 19 – 21 December, 2016

• Indian Academics INR 5000                (IFA Members INR 4000)
• Overseas Academics USD 200             (IFA Members USD 185)
• Industry Participants INR 15000        (IFA Members INR 14000)

 The deadline to register for the conference is November 30, 2016.

The registration fee for the event covers attendance, program kit, lunches, conference dinner and light refreshments. Accommodation is not included.

In case of cancellation of registration up to 15 working days before the event, a refund of the registration fee net of 10% processing charges shall be made. No refunds can be made for cancellations less than 15 working days prior to the event. All refunds will be processed after the conclusion of the conference.