IFIN 2018: 3rd International Workshop on the Internet for Financial Collective Awareness & Intelligence - "Responsible finance for good: financial literacy, financial technology and their interactions" Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK, November 12-13, 2018 |
Conference website | http://ifin-workshop.iti.gr/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ifin2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | September 30, 2018 |
Submission deadline | September 30, 2018 |
IFIN seeks to open a multidisciplinary dialogue on how we could use the Internet to promote financial awareness and capability among citizens. This year's theme is focused on Responsible Finance for Good: Financial literacy, financial technology and their interactions. Scientific contributions pertinent to the aforementioned areas are welcome to be presented upon acceptance through an open call for papers. Moreover, under the second part of the workshop, key ideas from the EU-funded project called PROFIT: Promoting Financial Awareness and Stability, will be presented.
The IFIN 2018 workshop will comprise 8-12 presentations. It is expected the workshop will have around 50-100 attendees, comprising policy makers, academics, practitioners, educators and financial managers. It is organised by the EU-funded PROFIT project (Promoting Financial Awareness and Stability), as part of the events of the UK Talk Money 2018. The organisers and supporters of the workshop are: the Centre for Research & Technology, Hellas; the Adam Smith Business School and the Wards Trust Fund of the University of Glasgow; the Centre for Responsible Finance, University of St. Andrews; the Democritus University of Thrace and the Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute, Greece.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The IFIN 2018 workshop will comprise 8-12 presentations. A select number of papers from the workshop will be featured in a special issue of the European Journal of Finance. All submissions must adhere to the format and style guidelines of the European Journal of Finance. The review process for the special issue will consist of papers being subject to an initial review by the co-editors of the special issue and to blind reviews by two anonymous referees. The editors of the European Journal of Finance will have oversight of the final papers submitted.
Submissions for the special issue open on 1st December. All journal submissions should be made by 31st December 2018, using the following address: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rejf.
Important dates
- Full papers or extended-abstract (1500 words) submission deadline: September 30, 2018
- Decisions on papers and notification of authors: October 6, 2018
- Final programme: October 12, 2018
- Dates of workshop: November 12-13, 2018
- Journal submissions open: December 1, 2018
- Deadline for submission to the European Journal of Finance: December 31, 2018
List of Topics
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Financial literacy and related literacies in the fintech era
- Financial literacy assessment tools
- Financial literacy among students and educational reform
- Financial technology, financial literacy, and public attitudes
- Financial technology, financial literacy, and economic sentiments
- Personal financial education and financial well-being tools
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Financial awareness technological platforms
- Personalised and recommendation services based on financial information
- Surveys, interesting use cases and scenarios
- Gamification in financial platforms
- Incentives for user participation
- Managerial views on responsible finance and financial capability enhancement
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Financial web data retrieval, analysis and presentation
- Financial web data indexing and retrieval
- Content extraction from financial data in the web
- Aggregation of financial data
- Interfaces, presentation and visualization tools for financial data
- Fintech solutions to financial capability enhancement
- Semantic web approaches for financial data
- Decision support services and reasoning of financial data
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Financial forecasting models based on market sentiment
- Financial forecasting models based on market sentiment
- Business cycle fluctuations
Committees
Organisers
- Dr. Sotirios Diplaris Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (Greece)
- Professor Georgios Panos Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
- Professor John O.S. Wilson University of St. Andrews
- Professor Robert Wright University of Strathclyde
Special Issue Editors
- Professor Georgios Panos Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
- Professor John O.S. Wilson University of St. Andrews
Programme Committee Members
- Dr. Panayiotis Andreou (Cyprus University of Technology)
- Dr. Nikolaos Artavanis (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
- Professor David Bell (University of Stirling)
- Dr. Andrea Bracciali (University of Stirling)
- Dr. Daniel Broby (University of Strathclyde)
- Professor Martin Brown (University of St. Gallen)
- Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Munich Center for the Economics of Aging)
- Professor Riccardo Calcagno (EmLyon Business School)
- Dr. Dimitris Christelis (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
- Dr. Dimitrios Chronopoulos (University of St. Andrews)
- Dr. John Gathergood (University of Nottingham)
- Dr. Maria Grydaki (University of Stirling)
- Professor Michael Haliassos (Goethe University Frankfurt)
- Dr. Sean Hundtofte (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
- Professor Tullio Jappelli (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
- Dr. Leora Klapper (The World Bank)
- Professor Phil Molyneux (Professor Phil Molyneux)
- Professor Alberto Montagnoli (University of Sheffield)
- Dr. Mirko Moro (University of Stirling)
- Ms. Aikaterini Katmada (CERTH-ITI)
- Dr. Ioannis Kompatsiaris(CERTH-ITI)
- Dr. Apostolos Mavridis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- Dr. Dennis Philip (Durham University)
- Professor Nikolaos Philippas (University of Piraeus and Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute)
- Professor Ioannis Pragidis (Democritus University of Thrace)
- Professor Steve Schifferes (City University London)
- Dr. Carly Urban (Montana State University)
- Dr. Stefanos Vrochidis (CERTH-ITI)
Publication
A select number of papers from the workshop will be featured in a special issue of the European Journal of Finance.
All submissions must adhere to the format and style guidelines of the European Journal of Finance. The review process for the special issue will consist of papers being subject to an initial review by the co-editors of the special issue and to blind reviews by two anonymous referees. The editors of the European Journal of Finance will have oversight of the final papers submitted.
Venue
The conference will be held in 12-13 November 2018 at Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ifin-committee@iti.gr