Past Annual Meetings


2024

March 7-9, Chicago, IL
Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards
Doctoral Student Symposium and Travel Grants

President
Manuel Adelino, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Program Chair
Clemens Sialm, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

Keynote Speakers
Stefan Nagel, University of Chicago
Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University


2023

March 16-18, Chicago, IL
Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards
Doctoral Student Symposium and Travel Grants

President
N. Prabhala, Professor of Finance and Francis J. Carey, Jr. Professor of Business, The Johns Hopkins University

Program Chair
Renée AdamsProfessor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Keynote Speaker
William E. Spriggs, Chief Economist to the AFL-CIO / Department of Economics, Howard University


2022

March 10-12, Chicago, IL
Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards
Doctoral Student Symposium and Travel Grants

President
Hengjie Ai, Professor of Finance, Robert M. Steiner Chair, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Program Chair
Manuel Adelino, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Keynote Speaker
Andrea Eisfeldt, Laurence D. and Lori W. Fink Endowed Chair in Finance, UCLA Anderson School of Management


2021

March 18-21, Virtual
Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards
Doctoral Student Symposium

President
Gordon M. Phillips, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Presidential Address: Finance and Competition

Program Chair
Nagpurnanand Prabhala, Johns Hopkins University

Keynote Speakers
Antoinette Schoar, Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, MIT
Keynote Address: The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Businesses and Their Owners

Wei Xiong, Trumbull-Adams Professor of Finance, Princeton University
Keynote Address: Data Privacy and Fintech


2020

August 6-8, Virtual
Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards
Doctoral Student Symposium

President
S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Yeshiva University

Program Chair
Hengjie Ai, University of Minnesota

Keynote Speakers
Douglas Breeden, William W. Priest Jr. Professor, Duke University
Keynote Address: Stock and Bond Insurance Prices Implicit in Option Prices

Toni Whited, Dale L. Dykema Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan
Keynote Address: Bank Market Power and Monetary Policy Transmission

Special Session
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh: Can the Covid Bailouts Save the Economy?


2019

March 7-9, Chicago, IL
Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards
Doctoral Student Travel Grants

President
Jon A. Garfinkel, University of Iowa
Presidential Address: Implications of the Shrinking U.S. Publicly Traded Corporate Sector (PTCS)

Program Chair
Gordon Phillips, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Keynote Speakers
Amit Seru, Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Finance, Stanford University
Lubos Pastor, Charles P. McQuaid Professor of Finance, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business


2018

March 1-3, San Antonio, TX
Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards
Doctoral Student Travel Grants

President
Murray Frank, University of Minnesota - Presidential Address

Program Chair
S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Yeshiva University

Keynote Speakers (view bios)
Jeff Korcheck, Sony Pictures Animation (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)
Gikas Hardouvelis, Former Greek Finance Minister Kose John, New York University David Scharfstein, Harvard University


2017

March 1-4, Chicago, IL
Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards

President
Tom Nohel, Loyola University Chicago

Program Chair
Jon Garfinkel, University of Iowa

Keynote Speakers (view bios)
Todd Pulvino, Founding Principal, CNH Partners, LLC (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)
Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
Mitchell Petersen, Glen Vasel Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University


2016

March 2-5, Atlanta, GA
Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards

President
Laurence Booth, University of Toronto 

Program Chair
Murray Frank, University of Minnesota

Keynote Speakers
Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Arno A. Rayner Chair in Finance and Management, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Gerald Garvey, Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)


2015

March 4-5, Chicago, IL
Conference Program

President
Jean Helwege, University of California at Riverside 

Program Chair
Tom Nohel, Loyola University

Keynote Speakers
Randall Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Andrew Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor of Finance, MIT
Patrick S. McGurn, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS)


2014

March 5-8, Orlando, FL
Conference Program

President
Iraj J. Fooladi Dalhousie University 

Program Chair
Laurence Booth, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Keynote Speakers
Jay R. Ritter, Joseph Cordell Eminent Scholar in the Department of Finance, University of Florida
David Longworth, James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive
Jeffrey Wurgler, Nomura Professor of Finance, New York University 
Andrew Karolyi, Alumni Professor in Asset Management, Cornell University


2013

March 13-16, Chicago, IL
Conference Program

President
Elijah Brewer III, DePaul University 

Program Chair
Jean Helwege, University of South Carolina

Keynote Speakers
Robert L. McDonald, Erwin P. Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Martin Fridson, FridsonVision LLC


2012

February 22-25, New Orleans, LA
Conference Program

President
Stephen P. Ferris, University of Missouri 

Program Chair
Iraj J. Fooladi, Dalhousie University

Keynote Speakers
Wayne Ferson, Ivadelle and Theodore Johnson Chair of Banking and Finance, the University of Southern California
Anat Admati, George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics, Stanford University
Rene Stulz, Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, Ohio State University
Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Nicolas R. Perkin, Co-Founder and President, The Receivables Exchange


2011

March 2-5, Chicago, IL

President
Ali M. Fatemi, DePaul University 

Program Chair
Elijah Brewer III, DePaul University

Keynote Speakers
Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreunership and Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
Maureen O'Hara, Robert W. Purcell Professor of Finance, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
Robert C. Merton, Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT
Scot Warren, Managing Director, Equity Index Products, CME Group


2010

February 24-27, Las Vegas, NV

President
Lloyd P. Blenman, University of North Carolina – Charlotte

Program Chair
Stephen P. Ferris, University of Missouri

Keynote Speakers
Josef Zechner, Professor of Finance, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Richard Roll, Japan Alumni Chair in International Finance, University of California at Los Angeles
Laura Starks, Charles E. and Sarah M. Seay Regents Chair in Finance, University of Texas at Austin
Mark A. Lipparelli, Member, Nevada Gaming Control Board 


2009

March 4-7, Chicago, IL

President
Gordon J. Alexander, University of Minnesota

Program Chair
Ali M. Fatemi, DePaul University

Keynote Speakers
John McConnell, Emanuel T. Weiler Distinguished Professor of Management, Purdue University
Stephen Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics, MIT
Jonathan Karpoff, Norman J. Metcalfe Endowed Professor in Finance, University of Washington
Terry Duffy, Chairman, CME GroupFebruary 22-25, New Orleans, LA

 


2015

March 4-7, Chicago Conference Program Outstanding Paper Awards

Keynote Speakers

Randall Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Andrew Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor of Finance, MIT Patrick S. McGurn, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business, Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business, CFA Institute, The Quarterly Journal of Finance, Professor Geoffrey Hirt – Paul Van Arsdell Award in Corporate Finance, AAII (American Association of Individual Investors), DePaul Center for Financial Services, World Scientific Publishing Company, CAIA Association, CRSP, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), StockTrak, Oxford University Press.


2014

March 5-8, Orlando Conference Program Outstanding Paper Awards

Featured Speakers (view bios)

Jay Ritter, Joseph Cordell Eminent Scholar in the Department of Finance, University of Florida David Longworth, Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada and John Weatheral Distinguished Fellow, Queen’s University (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address) Jeffrey Wurgler, Nomura Professor of Finance, New York University Andrew Karolyi, Alumni Professor in Asset Management, Cornell University

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Midwest Finance Education Foundation, Nasdaq/OMX Education Foundation, Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, CFA Institute, The Quarterly Journal of Finance, Professor Geoffrey Hirt – Paul Van Arsdell Award in Corporate Finance, AAII (American Association of Individual Investors), World Scientific Publishing Company, CRSP, S&P Capital IQ, StockTrak.


2013

March 13-16, Chicago, Illinois Conference Program

Keynote Speakers

Robert L. McDonald, Erwin P. Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Martin Fridson, FridsonVision LLC (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address) – View presentation slides


2012

February 22-25, New Orleans Conference Program

Keynote Speakers

Wayne Ferson, Ivadelle and Theodore Johnson Chair of Banking and Finance, University of Southern California Anat Admati, George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics, Stanford University – View presentation slides Rene Stulz, Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, Ohio State University – View presentation slides Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania – View presentation slides Nicolas R. Perkin, Co-Founder and President, The Receivables Exchange (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)


2011

March 2-5, Chicago

Keynote Speakers

Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreunership and Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Maureen O’Hara, Robert W. Purcell Professor of Finance, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University Robert C. Merton, Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Scot Warren, Managing Director, Equity Index Products, CME Group (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)


2010

February 24-27, Las Vegas

Keynote Speakers

Josef Zechner, Professor of Finance, Vienna University of Economics and Business Richard Roll, Japan Alumni Chair in International Finance, University of California at Los Angeles Laura Starks, Charles E. and Sarah M. Seay Regents Chair in Finance, University of Texas at Austin Mark A. Lipparelli, Member, Nevada Gaming Control Board (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)


2009

March 4-7, Chicago, Illinois

Keynote Speakers

John McConnell, Emanuel T. Weiler Distinguished Professor of Management, Purdue University Stephen Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics, MIT Jonathan Karpoff, Norman J. Metcalfe Endowed Professor in Finance, University of Washington Terry Duffy, Chairman, CME Group (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)