You are cordially invited to submit your research papers (in English only) for presentation consideration at the first Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC-2013) that will take place on 16-17 December 2013 at the breathtaking and enchanting “Saint-Germain-des-Prés” district of Paris.

This two-day conference, hosted by the IPAG Business School (France), aims to bring together academics, practitioners and policymakers sharing interests in financial management, financial markets, corporate governance, etc. It also provides a forum for presenting new research results as well as discussing current and challenging issues in financial management and related topics.

PROGRAM OF THE PFMC-2013

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof. David Chambers, Cambridge Judge Business School, United Kingdom

David is University Lecturer in Finance at Judge Business School, Cambridge University. He has a PhD from the LSE and was a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Economics, University of Oxford, from 2005 to 2008. His research interests span empirical finance and financial history and he has published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the Economic History Review, Explorations in Economic History and the Journal of Portfolio Management. His research has been cited in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, The Economist and Nikkei Shimbun and covered by the BBC and Bloomberg TV. He co-directs the Centre for Endowment Asset Management at Judge Business School, which researches on issues relating to the investment management of endowments, foundations and charities, sovereign wealth funds and family offices. Prior to returning to full-time education in 2001, Dr Chambers worked for 20 years in investment banking at Barings, Hotchkis & Wiley and Merrill Lynch where he gained experience in asset management, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital in Europe, Japan and the United States. 

Prof. Gilles Hilary, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

"Gilles Hilary is an Associate Professor in accounting at INSEAD since 2010. He has an MBA from Cornell University and a PhD from the University of Chicago. He also has a French professional accounting degree (DESCF). Before joining INSEAD, he has worked at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) for close to 7 years, for HEC Paris for approximately a year and, before that, for leading (“Big Four”) accounting firms. He has taught in different capacity in undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, Executive Education programs and PhD programs at HEC Paris, HKUST, Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. His research focuses on the use of accounting information to make investing and financing decisions. He has published in journals such as The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science or the Review of Accounting Studies. He has received multiple teaching and research awards."

CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Sabri Boubaker, Groupe ESC Troyes en Champagne & University of Paris Est

Duc Khuong Nguyen, IPAG Business School & University Paris 1 

ASSOCIATED JOURNALS

IMPORTANT DATES

July 28, 2013: Deadline for paper submission

August 31, 2013: New extended deadline for paper submission

August 31, 2013: Notification of acceptance/rejection

November 4, 2013: Registration deadline  

December 16-17, 2013: Conference event

January 15, 2014 - February 15, 2014: Submission to the special issues