December 16, 2017, Shanghai, China

The forthcoming China International Risk Forum (CIRF) will be held on December 16, 2017 at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China. The purpose of the forum is to promote research on risk, uncertainty, risk management, and related finance topics in the Asia-Pacific region, the Indian subcontinent and around the world.

TOPICS: Potential research topics include but are not limited to:
- Corporate risk management, governance and control
- (De)Leverage, risk management, and financial safety of financial institutions
- Investment risk taking of financial institutions
- Ambiguity and ambiguity aversion
- Systemic risk: measurement and management
- Catastrophic risk and its management
- Compliance to financial regulations
- Behavioral explanations of corporate risk taking/management
- Big data applications and predictive modeling in risk management

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: The deadline for submission of completed papers is August 31, 2017. Please submit your work via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cirf2017. Please submit a pdf file without author information. No submission and registration fees are required for the conference.

Papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in the special issues of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (PBFJ) if so indicated in the conference submission email. Journal submissions will be independent from submissions to the conference. The standard PBFJ submission fee is required since all manuscripts are subject to the PBFJ's review process. The PBFJ editorial team will be working closely with the CIRF program co-chairs on the review process. Papers presented at the conference can also be considered by the China Finance Review International (CFRI) hosted by the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

2017 CIRF PRESIDENT AND CO-CHAIRS:
Jin-Chuan Duan, National University of Singapore
Wenfeng Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (President)
Tong Yu, University of Cincinnati

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD: The China International Risk Forum Research Excellence Awards (US$1,000)

IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for Conference Submission - August 31, 2017
Notification of Conference Acceptance- September 30, 2017
Conference Dates- December 16, 2017
Subsequent Submission to PBFJ- January 1, 2018
Expected Journal Acceptance Deadline- October 31, 2018
Expected Publication Date- December 1, 2018

GUEST CO-EDITORS OF PBFJ RISK MANAGEMENT ISSUE:
Jin-Chuan Duan, National University of Singapore
Wenfeng Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tong Yu, University of Cincinnati

ABOUT CIRF: Formerly named as the Shanghai Risk Forum (SRF), CIRF has eight founding universities:
- East China Normal University
- Fudan University
- Renmin University of China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
- Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
- Zhejiang University

Its mission is to promote academic research in risk, uncertainty, and risk management. CIRF serves as a platform for participants to exchange research ideas and to better understand the practice.

ABOUT PBFJ: The Pacific-Basin Finance Journal is aimed at providing a specialized forum for academic research on capital markets of the Asia-Pacific countries. The journal is included in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and maintains a 5-year impact factor of 1.610. Journal's website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/pacific-basin-finance-journal

ABOUT CFRI: The China Finance Review International is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Emerald Group Publishing Limited, seeking to publish highly original and high level theoretical papers on financial and economic issues in China. The journal is listed in Scopus, ESCI, Cabell's Dictionary, and other major indexing services. Journal's website: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/cfri.htm

CONFERENCE VENUE: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: Visit http://www.acem.sjtu.edu.cn/acem/html/cirf2017

CONTACT EMAIL: cirf2017@acem.sjtu.edu.cn. (Feel free to send us a note in case you have any issues with your submission or you have any other questions.)

LODGING INFORMATION: Will be provided at the forum website.

We look forward to seeing you at the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai!