Beijing Normal University (BNU, Zhuhai Campus) and the Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association (APAEA) will jointly organize the international conference on the theme of post-pandemic economy, aiming at exploring and re-examining hypotheses and theories related to economic and financial recovery and sustainability. These issues matter not only due to the pandemic but also in light of climate change, digitalization,emergence of fintech, entrepreneurship, innovation, central banking related policies, international trade and finance, and economic perspectives of the Greater Bay Area. The conference will be held on October 21-22, 2023 on BNU Zhuhai campus.

The conference welcomes submissions in all fields of economics and finance, especially sustainable financial development with implications for international finance and monetary policy, effects of climate change on international financial systems, and the progress or otherwise of financial markets in light of global policy. The conference will include invited keynote speeches, invited speaker sessions and panels, and parallel sessions. In addition, excellent research papers will be selected by the Editor-in-Chief of JIFMIM for submission to the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money.

Keynote Speakers

Professor Jonathan Batten (RMIT University)

Professor Ying Kong (Beijing Normal University)

Professor Key Ke Liu (SUSTech)

Professor Paresh Narayan (Monash University)

The keynote speakers will be Professor Jonathan Batten (RMIT University), the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of International Financial Markets Institution & Money (JIFMIM), Professor Ying Kong, the Dean of the Bay Area International Business School, Beijing Normal University, Prof Key Ke Liu, the Chair Professor of the Southern Univ. of Science & Technology, the Dean of School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Dean of Clean Energy Institute, and Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering Fellow, and Professor Paresh Narayan (Monash University), the Editor-in-Chief of Emerging Markets Finance & Trade and Founder & President of the APAEA.

Organizing committee

A/Professor Susan Sharma (Deakin University)

A/Professor Aun Rizvi (Lahore University of Management Science)

A/Professor Yezhou Sha (Capital University of Economics and Business)

Professor Chien-Chiang Lee (Nanchang University)

Professor Wenli Huang (Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics)

Professor Jialin Guan (Jilin University of Finance and Economics)

Professor Chi Wei Su (Qingdao University)

Professor Chun-Ping Chang (Shih Chien University)

Professor Chien-Chiang Lee (Nanchang University)

Professor Zhichao Yin (Capital University of Economics and Business)

Professor Badri Rath (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad)

Professor Jonathan Batten (RMIT University)

Professor Ying Kong (Beijing Normal University)

A/Professor Lee Insook (Beijing Normal University)

A/Professor Ying Tung Chan (Beijing Normal University)

A/Professor Hongru Tan (Beijing Normal University)

A/Professor Bo Bai (Beijing Normal University)

A/Professor Zheng Wang (Beijing Normal University)

Asst. Professor Jiadong Gu (Beijing Normal University)

Asst. Professor Zhijie Zheng (Beijing Normal University)

Asst. Professor Yuheng Wang (Beijing Normal University)

Asst. Professor Zheng Han (Beijing Normal University)

Asst. Professor Min Lin (Beijing Normal University)

A/Professor Meng Han (Beijing Normal University)

A/Professor Chuantao Cui (Beijing Normal University)

A/Professor Xiaosong Wu (Beijing Normal University)

Asst. Professor Minhui Li (Beijing Normal University)

Conference paper submission deadline

All papers (in complete draft form) should be submitted by August 15, 2023 at the following online submission link:

https://www.apaea.com/conference-paper/add-conference-paper/56.

A PDF version of the paper should also be emailed to apaea.conferences@gmail.com.

All papers will be reviewed by the organizing committee and a decision will be conveyed to corresponding authors by August 30, 2023. Accepted papers will need to be registered by paying a fee of US$300. Details on how to register and other conference related matters will be sent to those whose papers are accepted. Finally, instructions on how to submit papers to the JIFMIM will be conveyed to authors post-conference.

Conference acceptance and JIFMIM SI processes

All papers submitted to the conference will be reviewed by the organizing committee. Papers selected for presentation at the conference will be invited for submission to a JIFMIM. Submitted papers will undergo the normal JIFMIM review process.

In addition to this review process, all papers presented at the conference will have a discussant and it is expected that before papers are submitted for formal reviews at the JIFMIM, authors would have undertaken revisions based on the discussant report.