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

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.