Finance and Business Analytics Conference 2026

An exciting 3 day international conference in Rhodes, Greece focusing on recent trends in Finance and Business Analytics!

Join us in Rhodes, Greece on 5th-7th September 2026 for the Finance and Business Analytics Conference and experience three days of learning and networking. Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow and Bayes Business School of City St George’s, University of London will be hosting their fourth joint conference in Rhodes, Greece. We cordially invite esteemed academics, researchers, and professionals all over the world to submit innovative contributions in all areas of quantitative finance and business analytics. The conference is sponsored by the WARDS fund, University of Glasgow.

Areas of interest:

• Actuarial Mathematics
• Asset Pricing
• Banking and Financial Institutions
• Behavioural Finance
• Business Analytics
• Commodities and Energy Economics
• Corporate Finance and Governance
• Decision Analysis in Finance
• Empirical Finance
• Fintech
• Financial Markets
• Financial Economics
• Financial Mathematics
• Forecasting
• Green Finance and Sustainability
• Insurance Analytics and RegTech
• Operational Research in Finance
• Wealth Management

Meeting the organisers

Conference Chairs

Professor Georgios Sermpinis - Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Professor Charalampos Stasinakis - Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Professor Ioannis Kyriakou - Bayes Business School (formerly Cass)

Professor Evangelos Vagenas-Nanos - Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Conference Co-Chair

Professor Gjergji Cici - The University of Kansas, School of Business

Keynote Speakers

Professor Agostino Capponi - Columbia Business School, Center for Digital Finance and Technologies

Professor Michelle Lowry - LeBow School of Business, Drexler University

Conference timeline:

• Early bird registration deadline: 31st May 2026
• Submissions deadline: 1st August 2026
• Registration deadline: 15th August 2026

Registration Fees

Registrations open on 5th January 2026.

The following tickets are available:

• Early bird rate: £450 (available until midnight UK time, 31st May 2026)
• Standard rate: £500 (available from 1st June 2026)
• Student early bird rate: £400 (available until midnight UK time, 31st May 2026)
• Student standard rate: £450 (available from 1st June 2026)
• Attendance Rate: £350 (this fee is intended for the person who wants to attend the conference presentations and the conference gala but will not participate in the scientific programme - available from 5th January 2026)
• Accompanying person rate: £150 (this fee is intended for the person who wants to accompany a participant to the conference gala dinner but will not participate in the scientific programme - available from 5th January 2026).

The fee includes refreshments, lunches (two days), and the conference gala dinner – further updates to follow. The deadline for registration to present accepted research papers is 15th August 2026.

All participants, including presenters, are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses. Conference attendees are eligible for a discounted room rate at the Sheraton Rhodes Resort.

Terms and conditions:

For a paper to be listed in the conference programme, payment from at least one author is required by 15th August 2026. Participants who withdraw before 15th August 2026 will be refunded, subject to a cancellation fee of £200. Participants who cancel after 15th August 2026 will not receive a refund. For any additional information please contact us via www.fba-conference.com or at fbaconference@gmail.com.