10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
 
C R E D I T  2011
Stability and Risk Control in Banking, Insurance and Financial Markets

Venice, Italy
29 - 30 September 2011
 
GRETA Associati (Venice, Italy) and Intesa Sanpaolo (Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 29-30, 2011. The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk management.  The conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the causes and implications of recent events in financial markets and may, in turn, suggest fruitful directions for future research. The Conference, organised under the auspices of the Department of Economics of the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, ABI - Italian Banking Association and the European Investment Bank is the tenth of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk.

The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular:  
The Scientific Committee for the Conference consists of:
Hayne E. Leland, University of California, Berkeley, Programme Chair
Viral Acharya, New York University
Monica Billio, University of Venice
Pierre Collin-Dufresne, Columbia University
Darrell Duffie, Stanford University
Christopher A. Hennessy, London Business School
Dwight Jaffee, University of California, Berkeley
Stephen Schaefer, London Business School
Ilya A. Strebulaev, Stanford University
 

The final program will include both submitted and invited papers. Keynote lectures include Peter M. DeMarzo (Stanford University) and Luigi Zingales (Chicago Booth). The Conference will also feature panel discussions on researchers' and practitioners' views of the major outstanding problems.


CALL FOR PAPERS
Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit by May 31, 2011 to the address given below (preferably in electronic format). Please indicate to whom correspondence should be addressed. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by June 30, 2011. The final version of accepted papers must be received by August 31, 2011.
 
Please send papers:
GRETA Associati
San Polo, 2605 - 30125 Venice, ITALY
Phone : +39 041 5238178 - Fax : +39 041 5286166
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REGISTRATION
 
To register for the Conference you are requested to complete the registration form that will be soon available on our website ( http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2011/credit2011.htm).
 
Registration fees are:
                       
                                   Early registration               Late registration
                                   (within August 10th)             (from August 11st on)
 
Academics:                        250 Euro (+ VAT 20%)             300 Euro (+ VAT 20%)
Practitioners:                    800 Euro (+ VAT 20%)             1000 Euro (+ VAT 20%)
PhD Students*:                    80 Euro (+ VAT 20%)              130 Euro (+ VAT 20%)
 
For participants presenting a paper there are no fees.
*Students will have to provide valid proof of their student status.
 
The registration fees cover:
- Admission to all scientific sessions
- Lunches and coffee service during the meeting
- Conference package
 
The registration fees do not fully cover the conference dinner on Thursday, September 29 for which there is a charge of 80 Euro for each attending person (participants as well as accompanying persons).
 
 
IMPORTANT DATES
 
May 31, 2011: Deadline for submission of papers
June 30, 2011: Decisions regarding acceptance
August 10, 2011: Deadline for early registration
August 31, 2011: Deadline for sending of complete version of accepted papers
 

For more detailed information (registration, accommodation and Conference venue), please refer to the Conference website:
http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2011/credit2011.htm