2022 WFA Meeting / Conference

Friday, June 24 – Monday, June 27, 2022
Hilton Portland Downtown and the Duniway Hotel
Portland, OR

Health and Safety

The WFA is committed to the well-being of the community and our WFA friends and members.  The WFA 2022 will take place in person in Portland

See: Alerts/Information.

Code of Conduct

The WFA is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and productive setting for scientific exchange among all participants at the Annual Conference.

Please See: WFA Code of Conduct Policy

Program Sessions and conference events

Program

WFA-2022-schedule

(Login to your wfa account; register if needed)

Best Paper Awards

The Brattle Group Ph.D. Candidate Awards For Outstanding Research

Charles River Associates Award of $5,000 for the best paper on corporate finance.

Elsevier Sponsored Award of $5,000 for the best paper on financial institutions.

NASDAQ Award of $5,000 for the best paper on asset pricing.

PBCSF Award of $5000 for  the best paper on Fintech

Two Sigma Award of $5,000 for the best paper on investment management.

USC Marshall School of Business Trefftzs Award of $5,000 for the best student paper.

Wharton School – WRDS Award of $5,000 for the best empirical finance paper.

Conference registration best to register before May 23

Member

$175

$225 after May 23, 2022

Non-Member

$225

$275 after May 23, 2022

Student

$0

$50 after May 23, 2022

Program Committee

$0

$225 after May 23, 2022

Hotel and Site Information Portland, Oregon

There are two hotels for WFA 2022.  Sessions and events are at the Hilton Portland Downtown.  The Duniway Hotel is just across the street.  The same reservations link can be used to book either hotel.  Enter your dates and it will show you both hotels (if available).  Reservations should be made by June 1, 2022.

Hilton Portland Downtown
921 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204

The Duniway Hotel
545 SW Taylor St, Portland, OR 97204

Reservations

  • Link to Reservations
  • Hotel Reservations Policy:
    • Reservations must be made by 5:00 pm PST June 1, 2022.
  • Conference Rate $245 / night.

 

Transportation

  • Portland International Airport is located 10 miles from the conference hotel.  Transportation from the airport to the hotel via LYFT/UBER or Taxi are available. The Hotel does not have an airport shuttle.

 

On-Site Child Care

 

About 

  • Area attractions
  • In case you were wondering (I was!), Portland Oregon is indeed named after Portland Maine.  Make sure to double-check your airline booking, you want the Portland in OREGON (i.e., the “W” in “WFA”.)

 

 

Conference Location

Hilton Portland Downtown
921 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204

The Duniway Hotel
545 SW Taylor St, Portland, OR 97204

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Sponsors Thanks to our sponsors

The WFA gratefully acknowledges the 2021 sponsors of receptions, lunches, coffee breaks, best paper awards, and Phd travel grants.

Thanks to:

BlackRock

The Brattle Group

Cambridge University Press

Charles River Associates

Cornerstone Research

Elsevier

NASDAQ

Research Affiliates LLC

Two Sigma

The USC Marshall School of Business

Wharton Research Data Services

Xin Fintech Center, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University