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First International Banking & Finance Research Conference (IBFRC) on October in Morocco

  • Faculty & Research

The First International Banking & Finance Research Conference (IBFRC) will take place in Agadir (Morocco) on 9-10 October 2019. It aims at bringing together scholars from all over the world for exchange of ideas, discussion of recent results within theoretical and applied research in banking and finance related fields.

Conference topics

We solicit submission of theoretical and empirical papers from the full range of the banking and finance disciplines. The sub-themes of the conference include but are not limited to:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Asset Pricing
  • Corporate Finance
  • Banking & Financial Regulations
  • Innovation and Fintech
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Behavioral Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Financial Economics
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Financial Modeling
  • Global Financial Crisis
  • Agriculture Finance & Economics
  • Green Finance
  • International Finance
  • Market Microstructure
  • Islamic Banking & Finance
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Microfinance
  • Portfolio Management
  • Risk Management & Insurance
  • Small Businesses & Entrepreneurial Finance

Jamal Ouenniche, Professor and Chair in Business Analytics at the University of Edinburgh Business School (UK) and Nihat Aktas, Professor of Finance and Chair of Mergers & Acquisitions, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany will be part of the keynote speakers.

Official Language

English and French

Submission of manuscripts

Papers (word or pdf files) have to be sent to: ibfrc2019@uiz.ac.ma

Only full papers, including an abstract of no more than 300 words, will be considered. All submissions will go through a blind peer-review process. Therefore, authors’ names and details (affiliations and addresses, including that of co-authors), and email address of the corresponding author should appear on a separate cover page.

Important Dates

  • Submission deadline: 30th June 2019
  • Decision about acceptance: 31st July 2019
  • Early bird registration: 31st August 2019
  • Final regular registration: 15th September 2019
  • Conference: 9 – 10 October 2019.

Committees

Conference Chairs:

  • Khalid El Badraoui, Ibn Zohr University (k.elbadraoui@uiz.ac.ma)
  • Michael Dowling, Rennes School of Business (michael.dowling@rennes-sb.com)
  • Jean-Jacques Lilti, IGR-IAE, Université Rennes 1 (jean-jacques.lilti@univ-rennes1.fr)
  • Saqib Aziz, Rennes School of Business (saqib.aziz@rennes-sb.com)

 

Scientific Committee:

  • Khalid El Badraoui, Université Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco
  • Michael Dowling, Rennes School of Business, France
  • Saqib Aziz, Rennes School of Business, France
  • Jean-Jacques Lilti, Université Rennes 1, France
  • Jamal Ouenniche, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK
  • Franck Moraux, Université Rennes 1, France
  • Donatien Hainaut, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
  • Samuele Murtinu, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  • Muhammad Farooq Ahmad, IESEG School of Management, France
  • Thomas Lambert, Erasmus University, Netherlands
  • Eric Lamarque, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France
  • Dawood Ashraf, IRTI, Saudi Arabia
  • Hélène Rainelli-Weiss, Université Rennes 1, France
  • Roman Matkovskyy, Rennes School of Business, France
  • Giacomo Nocera, Audencia Business School, France
  • Christos Alexakis, Rennes School of Business, France
  • Canan Yildirim, Rennes School of Business, France
  • Ghizlane Lakhnati ENSA – Agadir, Morocco
  • Helmi Hammami, Rennes School of Business, France
  • Abdelhamid Ait Bihi, Université Ibn Zohr, Morocco
  • Abdelmajid Hmaitten, Université Ibn Zohr, Morocco
  • Taoufik Bouraoui, Rennes School of Business, France
  • Lahcen Oubdi, Université Ibn Zohr, Morocco
  • Nawazish Mirza, S P Jain School of Global Management, UAE
  • Guillaume Bagnarosa, Rennes School of Business
  • Bouchra M’zali, UQAM, Canada
  • Maxime Debond, Université d’Evry-Val-d’Essonne, France
  • Florence André Le Pogamp, Université Rennes 1, France
  • Imad Jebbouri, Al Akhawain University, Morocco
  • Oskar Kowalewski, IESEG School of Management, France
  • Simon Corné, Université Rennes 1, France
  • Mieszko Mazur, IESEG School of Management, France
  • Mohamed Aarouri, Université Côte d’Azur, France
  • Mumtaz Hussain Shah, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Houssam Bouzgarrou, ISCAE, Tunisia
  • Lionel Touchais, Université Paris Nanterre, France
  • Nadia Saghi, Université Rennes 1, France
  • Wael Louhichi, ESSCA, France
  • Asma Salman, American University in the Emirates, UAE
  • Harit Satt, Al Akhawain University, Morocco

Registration fees :

(Registration fee includes cost of welcome reception, refreshments, and lunches.)

– Early bird rate : €150

– Full rate : €200

PhD students :

– Early bird rate : €75

– Full rate : €100

Professionnals :

– Early birds rate: €200

– Full rate: €300

Gala Dinner:

– Conference participants: €40

– Accompanying person: €80

Conference venue :

Ibn Zohr University Business School (ENCG), Hay Salam, 80 000 Agadir, Morocco.