Keynote speaker and ‘Meet the Editors’
Find out about our keynote presentation and discussion panel.
Keynote speaker
Professor Andrew Lo, MIT Sloan School of Management
Professor Andrew Lo is one of the world’s leading financial economists.
His research has transformed understandings of financial markets through pioneering contributions to asset pricing, behavioural finance, financial technology, healthcare finance and the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to investment management.
He is the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering, a Fellow of the Econometric Society and recipient of numerous international awards for research and innovation.
‘Meet the Editors’ discussion panel
The conference includes a live panel discussion with editors of leading finance journals on academic publishing in the age of artificial intelligence.
AI and the Future of Academic Publishing
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping every stage of the research process, from literature reviews and data analysis to academic writing and peer review. What does this mean for the future of scholarly publishing in finance?
This panel discussion brings together leading editors from some of the world’s foremost finance journals to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by generative AI.
The session will include a moderated discussion followed by audience participation, providing early career researchers with a unique opportunity to hear directly from editors responsible for shaping the future of academic publishing in finance.
Panelists
- Texas A&M University
- Managing Editor, Journal of Banking and Finance.
- Previous editorial roles
Associate Editor, Financial Management (2023 – 2025)
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Financial Intermediation (2018 – 2022)
Associate Editor, Journal of Banking and Finance (2013 – 2019)
Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation (2017 – 2018)
Associate Editor, Corporate Governance: An International Review (2015 – 2018)
Associate Editor, Review of Finance (2014 – 2017).
- Duke University
- Associate Editor, Review of Financial Studies
- Associate Editor, Journal of Econometrics
- Associate Editor, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.
- Associate Editor, Quantitative Economics.
- Previous editorial roles
Associate Editor, Review of Asset Pricing Studies (2016 – 2022)
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association (2014 – 2019)
Managing Editor, Journal of Financial Econometrics (2015 – 2019)
Co-Editor, Journal of Financial Econometrics (2012 – 2015)
Co-Editor, Journal of Applied Econometrics (2015 – 2016)
Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Econometrics (2010 – 2015)
Co-Editor, The Econometrics Journal (2013 – 2015)
Associate Editor, International Journal of Forecasting (2007 – 2010)
Associate Editor, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics (2006 – 2009).
- ESSEC Business School
- Editor, Journal of Financial Econometrics
- Associate Editor, Mathematical Finance.
- Previous editorial roles
Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Econometrics (2019 – 2025)
Associate Editor, Economic Notes (2019 – 2025).
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
- Co-Editor, Journal of Financial Markets.
- Previous editorial roles
Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Markets (2020-2022)
Associate Editor, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (2010-2021)
Associate Editor, Spanish Economic Review (2005-2010).