11th Annual
University of Connecticut
Finance Conference
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
UConn School of Business
Storrs, CT
2026 Finance Conference Information
Paper submissions for the 2026 Conference are now being accepted below.
The finance faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Business invite interested researchers to submit papers to be considered for presentation and discussion at the 11th Annual University of Connecticut Finance Conference, May 12, 2026.
Unpublished empirical or theoretical papers in all areas of finance will be considered.
2026 Conference Program Forthcoming
2026 Keynote Speaker
Xavier Giroud
Stefan H. Robock Professor of Finance and Economics
Research Associate, NBER
Research Fellow, CEPR
Presentation Title: TBD
https://www.columbia.edu/~xg2285/
Conference Details
The conference is a full-day conference and will be held at the University of Connecticut, School of Business in Storrs, CT on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
For presenters and discussants only, we will pay for up to two nights' stay at the Conference hotel.
Paper Submission Information
APPLICATION TO SUBMIT FOR THE 2026 CONFERENCE IS NOW OPEN
There is a $60 USD cost per submitted paper. There are no refunds.
Submitted papers will be reviewed by members of the conference program committee.
Make your payment here and you will receive an email with a link to submit your paper.
(If you are submitting multiple papers, you must complete this process for each paper.)
The deadline for submissions is January 12, 2026.
We will notify authors of accepted papers by the end of February, 2026.
Interested Participants
If you wish to attend the conference, but are neither a paper presenter nor a discussant, please email Ashley Slater at finance.business@uconn.edu.
We will accommodate as many such requests as possible.
Conference Program Committee
Department Head Yiming Qian - Bio
Associate Professor Hang Bai - Bio
Assistant Professor Yao Deng - Bio
Assistant Professor Meng Gao - Bio
Professor Chinmoy Ghosh - Bio
Associate Professor Jose Martinez - Bio
Associate Professor Jaideep Shenoy - Bio
Associate Professor Lingling Wang - Bio
Associate Professor Fan Yang - Bio
Assistant Professor Xiang Zheng - Bio
Past Conference Programs
10th Finance Conference - May 25, 2025 - Keynote: Bryan Kelly
9th Finance Conference - May 17, 2024 - Keynote: Leonid Kogan
8th Finance Conference - May 12, 2023 - Keynote: Lauren H. Cohen
7th Finance Conference - May 20, 2022 - Keynote: Stefano Giglio, Manju Puri
6th Finance Conference - May 21, 2021 - Keynote: Lu Zhang, Viral Acharya
5th Finance Conference - May 17, 2019 - Keynote: Laura Starks
4th Finance Conference - May 25, 2018 - Keynote: Wei Jiang, James Choi
3rd Finance Conference - May 12, 2017
2nd Finance Conference - May 20, 2016
1st Finance Conference - May 30, 2014
