This conference aims to join academics and business economists to discuss a wide variety of topics on global derivative markets and their implications for practitioners.

Submissions are solicited on a wide variety of topics on finance and economics, including but not limited to: - Asia-Pacific Economic Challenges and Issues - Asia-Pacific Financial Markets - International Trade and Finance in the Asia-Pacific Region - Foreign Direct Investment and Outsourcing -...

A growing body of academic literature highlights an important connection between finance and entrepreneurship. As the engine of economic growth and sustainability, entrepreneurial firms have attracted the eyes of both academic researchers and policy makers. Moreover, during the on-going economic...

The conference theme is Resource and Environment Capability and Sustainable Development of Regional Economy. It is intended to highlight the economics, management and policy making based on resource environment capacity, as well as the sustainable development of regional economy.

Scholars and PhD students are invited to submit papers on the following themes: - Global imbalances and current world financial crisis; - System risks of banking and other financial institutions; - Causes, consequences and lessons of the current and past crises; - The rise of economic...

Key topics to be discussed: - An aircraft finance odyssey: Will the funding gap arrive in 2010? - Are LCC models faring better than the legacy carriers? - Liquidity management for airlines in a troubled world - How airlines managing through the downturn? - Is long term commercial bank financing...

Papers in all areas of risk management and derivatives are welcome.

The Program Committee invites the submission of abstracts related to the theory and practice of forecasting.

Key issues to be discussed include: - China’s role as a global sourcing hub - Facilitating intra-Asia trade and expanding global trade flows - Export finance developments in Indonesia and Vietnam’s infrastructure sectors - The role of ECAs in supporting Asia’s growth - The increasing...