The 42nd International Conference of the Association Française de Finance (AFFI) will be hosted by the CleRMa laboratory and the IAE Clermont Auvergne – School of Management, France, from June 1st to 3rd, 2026.
Members and Friends of the French Finance Association are invited to participate to this 2026 International AFFI Conference. Interested scholars and practitioners are welcome to submit papers in all areas of Finance and/or to participate in the discussion of the latest theoretical and empirical research. This conference offers a forum for exchanging on important research topics, networking and advancing knowledge.
The International AFFI Conference is one of the main European conferences in Finance. The event typically brings together scholars and experts specialized in finance in a broad sense as well as, where relevant, other disciplines concerned with financial topics and issues. The conference welcomes central bankers and aims to attract practitioners and policy makers interested in the field of finance.
In addition to the two days main conference (June 2nd and 3rd), the conference includes, on 1st June, 2026, a PhD workshop for doctoral students engaged in financial research. The conference will also feature a poster session.
Prizes for best conference papers (in several categories: best paper of main conference, best PhD student paper, best paper in historical finance) as well as two AFFI prizes for "Best Ph.D. Dissertation in corporate finance" and a prize for best article published in the AFFI journal Finance will be awarded during the Conference.
PhD Workshop: 1st June 2026
Main Conference: 2nd-3rd June 2026
A submission deadline has been set for 15 January 2026, with notification of acceptance on 15 March 2026
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Interested authors can submit their research papers (in PDF files) no later than 15 January 2026 via the Conference website: