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4th INFINITI Conference on International Finance, 12-13 June 2006
The Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) here at
Trinity College Dublin is pleased to
announce the 4th INFINITI Conference 2006, centred on the theme of
“Measuring and Managing Contagion”.
The Keynote Speaker will
be Mark Flannery, BankAmerica Eminent Scholar at the Warrington College of
Business, University of Florida . Dušan Mramor, from the University of
Ljubljana and previous Minister of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia,
will moderate a Special ‘Meet the Ministers' Roundtable Session on
“Political Action in Financial Crises: Dampers or Amplifiers”. Peter
Richmond, from Trinity College Dublin, will deliver an Invited Lecture on
Econophysics of International Finance. See below for more information on
each of our speakers and other invited special guests.
We are also
pleased to have Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal
Market and Services and previous Minister of Finance of the Republic of
Ireland), officially open the Conference on Monday, 12 June 2006.
Draft Conference
Programme
Sunday, 11 June 2006, 1800-2000 hrs |
Welcome Reception & Registration in the Crypt of Christchurch
Cathedral, Dublin 8 |
Monday, 12 June 2006, 0900 hrs |
Conference Begins in Trinity College Dublin , with Opening by EU
Commissioner Charlie McCreevy |
Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 1745 hrs |
All Sessions End |
Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 1930 hrs |
Conference Gala Dinner | The Draft
Conference Programme has been released and the latest version may be
downloaded from here
. Please note that there are likely to be changes to the final printed
version.
Register for the
Conference
Academic Early Registration (prior to
12 May 2006 ) |
€275 |
Academic Late Registration (after 12 May 2006 ) |
€325 |
Commercial / Business Practitioner Registration Early
Registration (prior to 12 May 2006) |
€400 |
Commercial / Business Practitioner Registration Early
Registration (after 12 May 2006) |
€450 |
Special Offer (only valid prior to 12 May 2006) – for delegates
who attended any one of the previous INFINITI Conferences or the
Global Finance Conference 2005 at Trinity College Dublin |
€225 |
Download an INFINITI Conference Booking Form by clicking here
. Please note that these should be filled out and returned to the email
address as indicated on the form.
Upon receipt of your booking form, you will be issued with an invoice.
If you are paying by Bank Transfer or Bank Draft, the relevant information
details will be included on the invoice. If you are paying by credit card,
you will be sent a direct internet link whereby you can make your payment
online. Early Registration rates will only apply to those who register
prior to 12 May 2006. Authors should ensure that we are in receipt
of their registration fees by 1 June 2006 in order to ensure inclusion in
the final Conference Programme .
**Please note costs are all inclusive, including Welcome Reception,
Gala Dinner, Conference Pack and refreshments.
**There is a strict
no refund policy.
Journal of
Multinational Financial Management Special Issue
A special issue of the Journal of Multinational
Financial Management on the theme of “ Measuring and Managing
Contagion” will be published in 2007 under the Guest Editorship of the
Conference Chair, Brian Lucey. An edited volume, Econophysics: Linking
Physics to Financial Market Analysis and Macroeconomic Modelling, will
also be produced under the editorship of Brian Lucey, Peter Richmond and
Jonathan Batten. Presenting authors at the Conference should (re-)submit
their papers http://www.ees.elsevier.com/mulfinbetween
15 May and 30 June 2006, and papers should be named
INFINITI2006_papername. Please note that the submission fee for the JMFM
Special Issue is SEPARATE from the INFINITI Conference Registration
Fee.
Keynote Speakers
Our keynote speaker, Professor Mark
Flannery, is the BankAmerica Eminent Scholar in Finance at the
Warrington College of Business, University of Florida . The Editor of
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Professor Flannery teaches corporate
finance and financial management of financial institutions in the graduate
program. His current research focuses on the information content of
security prices. Professor Flannery has served on the faculty of the
University of Pennsylvania and the University of North Carolina , and as a
visiting professor at the London Business School and the University of New
South Wales . Professor Flannery is also Secretary of the Financial
Intermediation Research Society.
 Under the moderatorship of Professor Dušan
Mramor a Special ‘Meet the Ministers' Roundtable Session on “Political
Action in Financial Crises: Dampers or Amplifiers” will be held, with
several ex-Ministers for Finance and Economics of several states.
Professor Mramor served for 5 years as Chairman of the Slovene Securities
and Exchange Commission and 3 years as Finance Minister of the Republic of
Slovenia . Presently, he is Professor of Finance at the University of Ljubljana.
Professor Peter Richmond is Professor of
Physics at Trinity College Dublin. After an initial period in academia at
the Australian National University , he moved to industry where he spent
over 20 years initially in the food sector and latterly in financial
services. Professor of Physics at Dublin since 1998, his research
interests now lay in the area of risk and econophysics. He is also
Chairman of COST P10 Action “Physics of Risk”.
 Professor Janusz Holyst will speak at the Conference in
support of the econophysicists. Since 1998, Professor Holyst has been
Professor of Physics in the Warsaw University of Technology. He has
published widely in the area of non linear physics and econophysics and
collaborates closely with several Institutes of Physics and Economics in
Europe . He was Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow in Hanover from
1986-88 and during 1995 spent 6 months as an ACE-PHARE Fellow in the
Institute for Applied Economic Research in Tuebingen. He is Chairman of
the section “Physics in Economy and Social Sciences of the Polish Physical
Society” and Vice-Chairman of COST P10 Action “Physics of Risk”.
 Paul B Bennett is senior vice president and chief
economist of the NYSE. As chief economist and head of the
Research department at the New York Stock Exchange, Paul Bennett is
responsible for analytic support for the Exchange's various business and
public-policy activities, and for support of academic and other
professional research into equities market issues. Before joining
the NYSE in 2001, he was a senior officer and economist of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York , where he had worked since 1978. At the
Fed, he headed the Capital Markets Research division, was editor of the
Bank's research journal and, prior to that, vice president for Fedwire
Funds and Securities Transfers, among other responsibilities. He has
published numerous papers on finance, economics, and securities markets in
both academic and practitioner journals.
Travel & Accommodation
Delegates are asked to book their travel and accommodation as soon as
possible due to the number of rock/pop concerts that will be held in
Dublin during the weekend prior to the Conference. Aer Lingus ( http://www.aerlingus.com/) and
Ryanair ( http://www.ryanair.com/)
fly directly into Dublin from many cities throughout Europe .
As it is still term-time here at Trinity College Dublin, there are no
on-campus rooms available and delegates may find the following links
useful:
http://www.hotelclub.net/
http://www.hotel.com/
http://www.visitdublin.com/
Accommodation
listings
Trinity College Dublin is located in the City Centre / Dublin 2 area.
Trinity College has a special arrangement with the O'Callaghan 4*
Hotels in the area (the Davenport, Alexander, Mont Clare and Stephen's
Green Hotels) and delegates wishing to book rooms at any of these hotels
should contact the Conference Organiser, Linda Soriton.
Contact Information
Conference Organiser: Linda
Soriton School of
Business Trinity College
Conference Chair: Brian Lucey School of Business Trinity
College
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