CFP: 9th Finance Conference of the Portuguese Finance Network (PFN)

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From: João Carlos Correia Leitão [mailto:jleitao71 at gmail.com] 
Date: Mon 1 Feb 2016 23:07

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
 
9th Finance Conference of the Portuguese Finance Network (PFN)
Date: June 22- 24, 2016
Location: University of Beira Interior – Faculty of Health Sciences, Covilhã, Portugal Submission deadline: April 3, 2016
E-mail: pfn2016 at ubi.pt
Website: http://pfn2016.ubi.pt
 
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Hersh Shefrin - Leavey School of Business, University of Santa Clara, USA
 
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FINANCE SPECIAL ISSUE Authors of papers presented in the Conference will be able to submit their work for consideration for a special issue of The European Journal of Finance. A call for papers will be sent to presenting authors after the Conference. There will adequate time for authors to revise their work.  Submitted papers will be double blind refereed in the usual way. A submission fee will be payable. Papers must conform to the journal’s aims and scope and should comply with the format specified in the notes for authors on the European Journal of Finance website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/rejfauth.asp
 
REGISTRATION FEE
Early bird registration fee (until 15 May 2016): € 275 Early bird registration fee – students (until 15 May 2016): € 225 Late registration fee (as of 10 June 2016): € 325 No registration will be conducted during the Conference. The registration fee includes: Welcome reception, lunch and coffee breaks during the conference, admission to all parallel sessions and materials.  To attend the Gala Dinner (24th June) you must pay an extra €50.
 
SUBMISSION RULES
Papers must be submitted in English, as this is the official language of the PFN2016 Conference. Papers received by postal mail, e-mail, fax or in writing will not be considered for evaluation. You are required to submit the blind paper file in PDF format trough http://submission.ubi.pt/openconf.php
 
The submission process has two steps:
1. Create an ID by “Make Submission”;
2. Use the ID to upload  the paper in “Upload File”  (file in PDF)
NOTE:  the name of the file should contain your ID. Example of idnumber.pdf: ‘099.pdf’ 
 
Papers will be subject to a double-blind review process by the Scientific Committee (http://pfn2016.ubi.pt/s_committee.html). Confirmation of acceptance or rejection is going to be communicated in 29th April 2016 and mailed to the corresponding e-mail address of the contacting author. 
Each individual is limited to one personal appearance on the program as a presenting author. This policy precludes acceptance of papers for more than one presentation. In other words, an author can submit and present only one paper. However, a presenter can always be a non-presenting co-author on additional papers. All matters due to submission and papers will be handled by the Chairperson: Zélia Serrasqueiro (pfn2016 at ubi.pt)
 
FURTHER INFORMATION
Information regarding the conference will be published on the PFN2016 webpage (http://pfn2016.ubi.pt) as needed.
 
VENUE
University of Beira Interior – Faculty of Health Sciences: 
Av. Infante D. Henrique
6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
GPS: N – 40º16’03.27″ W – 7º29’42.13″



João Leitão
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Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

Gabinete dos Alumni da UBI 

Centro de Estudos de Gestão do Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST), Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 

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