calendar_todayJune 30 – July 2, 2026
location_onInternational Institute of Finance, No. 1789 Guangxi Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
Tuesday
Day 1 · June 30
Wednesday
Day 2 · July 1
Thursday
Day 3 · July 2
Tuesday
Day 1 · June 30, 2026
Internal Session (Invitation Only)
Wednesday
Day 2 · July 1, 2026 location_onAuditorium / #5 301
location_onAuditorium
08:00-08:30
Signing in and conference materials pickup
08:30-08:50
Opening Remarks
Keynote Session 1
· Moderator: Jiaquan Yao, University of Science and Technology of China
08:50-09:30
Invited Speech 1
Jianjun Miao, Zhejiang University
09:30-10:10
Invited Speech 2
Simba Chang, Nanyang Technological University
10:10-10:30
Group Photos and Transition——Walk to #5 301
location_on#5 301
Session 1: AI for Finance
· Moderator: Jiaquan Yao, University of Science and Technology of China
10:30-11:00
Presentation 1
Bridging Structured Knowledge and Data: A Unified Framework with Finance Applications
personSpeaker: Yi Cao, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
11:00-11:30
Presentation 2
Dynamic Optimization of R&D Options
personSpeaker: Ruixun Zhang, Peking University
11:30-12:00
Presentation 3
Reading between the Lines
personSpeaker: Thomas Zhang, University of Pittsburgh
location_onCanteen
12:00-13:30
Lunch
location_onAuditorium
Keynote Session 2
· Moderator: Guanhao Feng, City University of Hong Kong
13:30-14:10
Invited Speech 3
Xiaolei Liu, Peking University
14:10-14:50
Invited Speech 4
Henry Cao, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
14:50-15:30
Invited Speech 5
Dacheng Xiu, The University of Chicago
15:30-15:50
Transition——Walk to #5 301
location_on#5 301
Session 2: Asset Pricing
· Moderator: Guanhao Feng, City University of Hong Kong
15:50-16:20
Presentation 4
Difference-in-Differences in Asset Pricing: Identification Challenges under Portfolio Aggregation
personSpeaker: Yufeng Han, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
16:20-16:50
Presentation 5
Yield Curve Arbitrage in the Credit Market
personSpeaker: Zhan Shi, Tsinghua University
16:50-17:20
Presentation 6
The Carbon Odyssey: Value-Chain Carbon Flows, Demand Reallocation, and Dynamic Clean Adoption
personSpeaker: Zeli Ying, Peking University
location_on5#202
Discussion Session (Invitation Only)
17:45-20:15
Discussion Session (Invitation Only)
Thursday
Day 3 · July 2, 2026 location_on#5 301
location_on#5 301
Session 3: Corporate Finance
· Moderator: Qi Liu, Peking University
08:30-09:00
Presentation 7
Paid to Stay Home, Stronger at Work: Labor Protection and Supply Chain Resilience
personSpeaker: Tiecheng LENG, Harbin Institute of Technology
09:00-09:30
Presentation 8
Machine Learning M&A Strategies
personSpeaker: Fangming Xu, University of Bristol
09:30-10:00
Presentation 9
Inventor Performance Pressure and Opportunistic Innovation Management
personSpeaker: Xiangqian Huang, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
10:00-10:20
Break
Session 4: Capital Market
· Moderator: Xiao Wang, University of Science and Technology of China
10:20-10:50
Presentation 10
Systematic Reversal and Industry Momentum
personSpeaker: Cheng Gao, Soochow University
10:50-11:20
Presentation 11
Wisdom of the Crowd or Wisdom of the Insider? Insider Trading on Prediction Markets
personSpeaker: Siyang Liu, University of British Columbia
11:20-11:50
Presentation 12
Asset Heterogeneity and Uncommon Factors
personSpeaker: Qianshu Zhang, City University of Hong Kong
11:50-12:00
Closing Remarks
Best Paper Award and Closing Remarks
location_onCanteen
12:00-13:30
Lunch
location_on5#202
Internal Session
13:30
Internal Session
About FFC
Since its founding in 2025, the Frontiers in Finance Conference (FFC) has been committed to building a high-end academic platform for in-depth dialogues and collaborative innovation among industry, academia, and research stakeholders across the global financial sector. Adhering to the principles of high-standard, open, professional and standardized organization, the conference is rooted in the core discipline of finance, focusing on cutting-edge research in finance and its interdisciplinary fields, addressing major Chinese issues with frontier academic significance, and exploring future scientific and technological developments that may reshape the modes of knowledge production, research methodologies and disciplinary boundaries of finance.
By bringing together top scholars and industry elites from around the world, the conference facilitates the sharing of frontier ideas and the pooling of global wisdom. It continuously advances the interdisciplinary integration and theoretical innovation between finance and cutting-edge technologies, actively explores new trends, mechanisms and solutions for the development of financial practice, steadily leads the global frontier of financial research, and fosters the deep integration and high-quality development of financial theory and practice.
The 2nd Frontiers in Finance Conference (FFC 2026) will be held from June 30 – July 2, 2026, at International Institute of Finance, USTC. This conference is jointly organized by International Institute of Finance, Faculty of Business for Science and Technology, and School of Management, USTC.
Up to twelve papers will be selected for presentation at the conference. Academic awards will be presented to recognize outstanding academic achievements. Warmly welcome scholars from home and abroad to submit papers actively.
Submission Guidelines
Welcome working papers in all areas of finance, in either Chinese or English.
1
Submission Period
March 15 – May 7, 2026
Submission opens on March 15, 2026. The deadline is May 7, 2026.
2
Acceptance Notification
By May 31, 2026
Authors of accepted papers will be notified by May 31, 2026.
3
Conference Dates
June 30 – July 2, 2026
The 2nd Frontiers in Finance Conference (FFC 2026) will be held from June 30 to July 2, 2026.
- Submission Format: A full paper in PDF format is required electronically.
- How to Submit: Please email your paper to ffcconf@ustc.edu.cn.
- Submission Fee: No submission fee is required.
- Conference Website: https://ffcconf.org
Contact
For inquiries, please contact the conference secretariat at ffcconf@ustc.edu.cn.