CALL FOR PAPERS & PROPOSALS

                  THE 15th GLOBAL FINANCE CONFERENCE

                           May 18 - 20, 2008

                              HOSTED BY:

                  Zhejiang University of Technology,
                           Hangzhou, China

                        http://www.glofin.org

                SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 29, 2008


     The 15th Annual Meetings of the Global Finance Conference
     will be hosted and held at College of Business
     Administration, Zhejiang University of Technology, in
     Hangzhou, China on May 18-20, 2008. The theme of the
     Conference is "Global Capital Markets & Risk Management".


     TOPICS:

     The GFC 2008 solicits submissions (papers or proposals for
     workshop, tutorials) in global financial economics
     including:

     - Asset Allocation/Country Mutual Funds/Hedge Funds/ETFs
     - Accounting Standards, Regulation; Tax Issues & SOX
     - Chinese Stocks, Futures and Funds
     - Globalization & Government Service Innovations
     - Globalization of Capital Markets & Linkages
     - Cross-country Movement of Intellectual Capital
     - FDI and Cross Border M&As - Overseas Investment & Risks
     - Currency valuation and related issues
     - Financial Support of the Technology Innovation & E-Finance
     - Overseas Listing of Chinese Firms
     - Red Chips and H-shares Return-Fund Investment
     - WTO and Financial Innovation and Trade Issues
     - Exchanges and Sovereign Wealth Funds
     - BOP and Foreign Exchange Reserve Structure & Management
     - Supervision and Governance of Listed Companies
     - Advances in International Trade: Theories vs. Practice
     - Rural Financial Innovation & Private Bank Development
     - Financial Crises - Sub-prime Loan Crises & Implications
     - Inflation and Macro Economic Control Issues
     - Financial Market Integrations and Interest Rates
     - Education/Curriculum/Distance Learning - e-Learning
     - Emerging Markets and Privatization Issues
     - Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital
     - Microfinance - Microcredit - Finance and Global Poverty
     - Micro Structures and related issues
     - Advances in Financial Engineering and Derivatives
     - Insurance/Reinsurance - WTO and China Financial Service
     - Interest-Free Banking/Islamic Finance & Banking
     - Behavioral Finance
     - Corporate Governance/Ethics/Social Responsibility
     - Valuation/Pricing/EVA and MVA
     - E-Finance: Infrastructure, Technological & Product
       Innovations
     - Legal and Regulatory Issues (SOX)


     INNOVATIONS:

     We have assembled an outstanding program with some exciting
     innovations. The 2008 GFC will be offered in English and
     Chinese languages.


     PAPERS:

     Papers are categorized as refereed papers, working papers,
     and poster session papers. All refereed papers will be
     double blind reviewed.

     The best papers will receive prizes, certificate and will
     be conditionally accepted for publication in an special
     issue of the Global Finance Journal.

     PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PAPER/PROPOSAL ELECTRONICALLY:

                  http://www.glofin.org

     or VIA EMAIL.


     CONFERENCE HOTELS/BOOKINGS AND INFORMATION:

     It is anticipated that GFC 2008 will attract close to 1000
     participants from a wide range of interested authors from
     over 40+ countries to share knowledge, network and Interact
     with industry specialists.

     We have made arrangements with the following hotels for
     discounted rates for GFC 2008 Participants. However,
     because spaces are limited, participants are encouraged to
     make reservations early:

     Hyatt Regency
     86-571-87791688
     http://www.hangzhou.regency.hyatt.com

     Ramada Hangzhou
     86-571-87215888
     http://www.ramadahz.com/contact_en.asp

     Lakeview Hotel
     86-0571-87078888
     http://www.wanghuhotel.com/weben/


     FURTHER INFORMATION:

     For further information, contact:

     CONTACT:       Professor Hui Fang Cheng
                    The 2008 Program Chair
                    Dean, College of Business
                    Zhejiang University of Technology
     Email:         MAILTO:chf@zjut.edu.cn
                    MAILTO:chfbcn@163.com
                    MAILTO:chfbcn@yahoo.com
     Tel:           +86-571-883-20521 & 23
     Fax:           +86-571-852-90043
     Web:           http://www.glofin.org

     CONTACT:       Professor Manuchehr Shahrokhi
                    California State University-Fresno
                    Executive Director, Gfa - Gfc
                    Craig Fellow Professor of Finance
     Email:         MAILTO::shahrokhi@glofin
     Tel:           1-559-278-4058
     Fax:           1-559-278-4886
     Web:           http://www.gfc2008.org




Posted 2/2/08

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