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Conference Agenda
2026 ABFER-JFDS Conference on AI for Finance
Date: August 18-19, 2026
Location: International Institute of Finance, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Presentation Time:
- Keynote Speaker: 60 minutes (45 for presentation, 15 for Q&A)
- Invited Speaker: 40 minutes (30 for presentation, 10 for Q&A)
- Regular Speaker: 40 minutes (20 for presentation, 15 for discussion, 5 for Q&A)
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18:00–20:00
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Dinner
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08:30–08:40
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Opening Remarks
Conference Chair: Henry Cao (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)
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Moderator: Jiaquan Yao (University of Science and Technology of China) |
| 08:40–09:40 |
Keynote Speech
Pricing the Global Trade Vulnerability
Speaker: Jun Pan (Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance) |
| 09:40–10:00 |
Group Photo & Break |
| 10:00–10:40 |
Paper 1
Interpretable Systematic Risk around the Clock
Speaker: Songrun He (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Guang Ma (Rutgers University) |
| 10:40–11:20 |
Paper 2
When AI Acquires Data: Strategic Complementarities in M&A
Speaker: Zilong Zhang (Zhejiang University)
Discussant: Tao Yuan (Nanjing University) |
| 11:20–12:00 |
Paper 3
Deepseeking Investment Value through Analyst Reports
Speaker: Zilong Niu (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)
Discussant: Difang Huang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| 12:00–14:00 |
Lunch at School Canteen |
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Program Details |
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Moderator: Qunzi Zhang (Shandong University)
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| 14:00–14:40 |
Invited Speech 1
Completing the Curve: Visual Extrapolation and Short-term Return Predictability
Speaker: Jianfeng Yu (Tsinghua University) |
| 14:40–15:20 |
Invited Speech 2
Incorporating Return Prediction in High-dimensional Mean-Variance Portfolio Optimization
Speaker: Xinghua Zheng (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 15:20–15:40 |
Break |
| 15:40–16:20 |
Paper 4
Blessing of Markowitz: Hedge the Uncertainty of Covariance Matrix for High-dimensional Portfolio Optimization
Speaker: Shiwei Huang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Discussant: Leheng Chen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 16:20–17:00 |
Paper 5
When Charts Help and Mislead: Visual Peer Effects in Stock Markets
Speaker: Ruijing Yang (University of Macau)
Discussant: Wei Wang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen) |
| 17:00–17:40 |
Paper 6
The Sound of Silence: AI Language Models, Policy Signals and Risk Premia
Speaker: Gayeon Hong (Seoul National University)
Discussant: Weiming Zhang (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
| 17:40–18:00 |
Break |
| 18:00–20:00 |
Dinner |
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Program Details |
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Moderator: Zhigang Qiu (Renmin University of China)
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| 08:30–09:10 |
Invited Speech 3
Uncovering Latent Stock Risk Linkages: Financial Graph Learning via Mixed Membership Co-jump Networks
Speaker: Yingying Li (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 09:10–09:50 |
Invited Speech 4
Generative AI for Finance
Speaker: Fuwei Jiang (Xiamen University) |
| 09:50–10:00 |
Break |
| 10:00–10:40 |
Paper 7
Can AI Do Financial Research? LLM-Guided Hypothesis Discovery in Asset Pricing
Speaker: Miao Liu (Boston College)
Discussant: Guohao Tang (Hunan University) |
| 10:40–11:20 |
Paper 8
The Agency Problem of AI Agents?
Speaker: Shiyun Hu (Peking University)
Discussant: Yifeng Zhu (Central University of Finance and Economics) |
| 11:20–12:00 |
Paper 9
Anonymization and Information Loss
Speaker: Ke Wu (Renmin University of China)
Discussant: Dake Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
| 12:00–12:10 |
Voting, Best Paper / Best Discussant Awards, and Closing Remarks |
| 12:10–14:00 |
Lunch at School Canteen |
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