Call for Papers
Second International Conference on Futures and Derivative Markets

9-10 November 2013, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

Keynote Speaker: Myron Scholes (Nobel laureate Professor, Stanford University)

The Shanghai Futures Exchange, Renmin University of China and Beihang University are jointly organizing a conference on the topic of derivative securities and markets. This conference aims to join academics and business economists to discuss a wide variety of topics on global derivative markets and their implications for practitioners. Papers can be either English or Chinese; papers in Chinese will be included in a special session.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Complete papers should be sent to: DerivativeConference@gmail.com by August 31, 2013. Feel free to address any enquiries to this address as well.

PARTICIPATION: There is no registration fee for the conference. Presenting authors (one for each paper) will be provided two nights of accommodation at the Ariva Hotel close to Renmin University of China. Announcement of accepted papers will be made by September 30, 2013.

PUBLICATION: English papers accepted for the conference are eligible to be considered for publication in the JOURNAL OF FUTURES MARKETS in a special issue devoted to the conference. Chinese papers are eligible for publication in MANAGEMENT WORLD. If you wish your paper to be considered for publication in the JFM or MW; please indicate so in your email. Papers will be reviewed for the JFM or MW upon receipt using its normal criteria. Note that the acceptance of a paper to the conference is not a guarantee of publication by the JFM or MW. All papers will go through the journal's standard blind review process.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: Liyan HAN (Beihang University), Ke TANG (Renmin University of China), Changyun WANG (Renmin University of China) and Huiyan ZHANG (Shanghai Futures Exchange)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Jun CAI (City University of Hong Kong), Jaime CASASSUS (Universidad Catolica de Chile), Guotai CHI (Dalian University of Technology), Joseph FUNG (Hong Kong Baptist University), Renhai HUA (Nanjing University of Finance and Economics), Jangkoo KANG (KAIST, Seoul, Korea), Tong Suk KIM (KAIST, Seoul, Korea), Donald Lien (University of Texas at San Antonio), Peng LIU (Cornell University), Yiuman TSE (University of Texas at San Antonio), Robert WEBB (University of Virginia), Chongfeng WU (Shanghai Jiaotong University), Jian YANG (University of Colorado), Li YANG (University of New South Wales)