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SUMMARY:Finance Down Under Conference: Building on the Best from the Cellars of Finance
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LOCATION:Melbourne, Australia
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DESCRIPTION:CfP Deadline:
October 1, 2025
Conference Event:
February 26-28, 2026
Event Location:
Melbourne, Australia
Organizer(s):
Department of Finance at The University of Melbourne
Keynote Speaker(s): 
Professor René M. StulzProfessor John M. Griffin
Description:
We invite submissions that embody the best in current empirical and
theoretical research. We welcome papers in asset pricing, corporate finance
and all other areas of finance. The general academic sessions will be
comprised of papers from all areas. The conference selection committee
includes eminent scholars in every facet of finance. With the help of the
selection committee, we strive to provide a conference program that is
internationally renowned for excellent presentations, discussions, and
keynote speeches.
A unique feature of the program is that we honour 'vintage' research that
has inspired recent advances and withstood the test of time. In 2026, we
will celebrate the body of work by Professor René Stulz of The Ohio State
University, given its impact in academia, industry and among regulators. We
are honoured to have Professor Stulz and Professor John Griffin of the
University of Texas at Austin as our keynote speakers.
This year's conference will feature a fireside chat with Professor Stulz
examining the eclipse of public markets, to be delivered during the opening
reception on Thursday evening of February 26th.
This year's conference will feature a session on gender finance, sponsored
by the Gender Lab, a research center at Melbourne University's Faculty of
Business and Economics specializing in gender economics and finance. Papers
for this session will be considered as part of the general call for papers.
For more details, please contact Marina Gertsberg
(mgertsberg@unimelb.edu.au).
In addition to submissions in all other areas, we encourage submissions
related to the contributions by Professor Stulz.
Submission: 
The deadline for paper submissions is midnight US EST October 1, 2025.
Papers should be submitted electronically at
http://editorialexpress.com/conference/FDU2026.  A submission fee of US$100
will be required for each submission.
Papers will be reviewed by members of the conference selection committee,
and authors of selected papers will be notified in November 2025. For
further questions, please contact our administrative liaisons at
fdu-conference@unimelb.edu.au.
Link(s):
Finance Down Under Conference: Building on the Best from the Cellars of
Finance
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