International Symposium on Financial Engineering and Risk Management 2008 (FERM 2008), Shanghai, China
8-10 June, 2008

Sponsors

• Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
• Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University
• CME-UIC International Center on Futures and Derivatives
• Center for Statistical Research, Chinese Academy of Science
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Program Chairs

• Chunrong Ai (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and University of Florida)
• Gib Bassett (CME-UIC International Center on Futures and Derivative, The University of Illinois at Chicago)
• Jianqing Fan (Princeton University and Chinese Academy of Sciences)
• Ming Huang (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Cornell University)

Conference Format

• 8 June: Wall Street Lecture Series
• 9 – 10 June: Keynote and invited lectures; parallel sessions.

Keynote Speakers

• Marco Avellaneda (Galleon Partners and New York University)
• Andrew Lo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Yacine Ait-Sahalia (Princeton University)
• Kenneth Singleton (Stanford University)

Special Conference Dinner Speakers

Important Dates

• Submission of papers: by 15 April 2008
• Notification of decision: by 1 May 2008
• Reduced fees for early registration: by 15 May, 2008