2020 WFA Meeting / Conference

June 19-22, 2020
Virtual Conference

Health and Safety

The WFA is committed the well-being of the community and our WFA friends and members.  The WFA 2020 will take place on-line via video conference.

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

  • Program:
  • Schedule of events:
    • Note times are all PDT (UTC Offset: UTC -7)
    • The conference is via Zoom webinars and meetings.  Zoom links are in the conference app.

(Login to your wfa account; register if needed)

Best Paper Awards

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

Member/Friends

$50

Program Committee Members / Students

$0

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Sponsors Thanks to our sponsors

The WFA gratefully acknowledges the 2020 sponsors of receptions, lunches, coffee breaks, best paper awards, and Phd travel grants.

Thanks to:

BlackRock

Cambridge University Press

Charles River Associates

Cornerstone Research

Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC

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