Previous Conferences – Northern Finance Association

Year	Location	Organizers
2018	Charlevoix	Francesca Carrieri and Jan Ericsson, McGill University. Plenary Address by Pierre Collin-Dufresne, Swiss Finance Institute at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. PhD Program Sessions: Susan Christoffersen, University of Toronto and Burton Hollifield, Carnegie Mellon
2017	Halifax	Maria Pacurar, Dalhousie University and Murray Carlson, University of British Columbia. Plenary Address by Robert McDonald (Northwestern University. PhD Program Sessions: Adlai Fisher, University of British Columbia and Christine Parlour, University of California at Berkeley
2016	Mont Tremblant	Louis Gagnon, Queen’s University and Lynnette Purda, Queen’s University. Plenary Address by Maureen O’Hara, Georgetown University. PhD Program Sessions: Reena Aggarwal, Georgetown University and Tom McCurdy, University of Toronto
2015	Lake Louise	Vikas Mehrotra, University of Alberta. Plenary Address by Andrew Lo, MIT. PhD Program Sessions: Brad Barber, University of California at Davis and Kai Li, University of British Columbia
2014	Ottawa	Gordon Sick, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. Plenary Address by Anil Shivdasani, University of North Carolina. PhD Program Sessions: Wayne Ferson, University of Southern California and Nadia Massoud, University of Melbourne
2013	Québec City	Stéphane Chrétien, Van Son Lai & Issouf Soumaré, Faculté des sciences de l’administration, Université Laval. Keynote Address by John Campbell, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Doctoral Students Panel: Peter Christoffersen and Ron Giammarino.
2012	Niagara Falls	Phelim Boyle, Madhu Kalimipalli &Brian Smith, School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University. Keynote Address by Andrew Karolyi, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. PhD Student Panel: Phelim Boyle (Chair), Andrew Karolyi, Lorenzo Garlappi, Tan Wang.
2011	Vancouver	Ron Giammarino & Kai Li, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Keynote address by Laura Starks, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin.
2010	Winnipeg	Usha Mittoo & David Stangeland, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba. Keynote addresses by Espen Eckbo & Randall Morck, PhD consortium address by Rex Thompson.
2009	Niagara On the Lake	Steve Foerster & Steven Sapp, Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario. Keynote addresses by Andrew Lo & Wayne Ferson.
2008	Kananaskis	Gordon Sick & Alex David, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. Keynote addresses by Michael Brennan & Phil Dybvig.
2007	Toronto	Gordon Roberts & Pauline Shum, Schulich School of Business, York University. Keynote addresses by Anthony Saunders & Stephen Ross.
2006	Montreal	Martin Boyer, HEC. Keynote address by Sheridan Titman.
2005	Vancouver	Peter Klein & Robert Grauer, Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University. Keynote address by Richard Roll.
2004	St John’s	Alex Faseruk & Dev Mishra, Memorial University. Keynote address by Jonathon Ingersoll.
2003	Quebec City	Michel Gendron & Marie-Claude Beaulieu, Department de finance et assurance, Université Laval. Keynote address by Alan Kraus.
2002	Banff	Vikas Mehrotra & Randall Morck, School of Business, University of Alberta. Keynote address by Andrei Shleifer.
2001	Halifax	Sean Cleary, Sobey School of Business, St. Mary’s University. Keynote address by Stewart Myers.
2000	Waterloo	Brian Smith, Clarica Financial Services Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University. Keynote address by James S. Ang.
1999	Calgary	Gordon Sick, Mary Kelly & Alli Nathan, University of Calgary. Keynote address by Phelim Boyle.
1998	Toronto	Lawrence Booth, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Keynote address by Robert Stambaugh.
1997	Winnipeg	Usha Mittoo & Lawrence Gould, Department of Accounting & Finance, University of Manitoba. Keynote address by Martin J. Gruber.
1996	Quebec City	Jean-Claude Cosset et Michel Gendron, Department de finance et assurance, Université Laval. Keynote address by Richard Roll.
1995	London	Steve Foerster & Andrew Karolyi, University of Western Ontario. Keynote address by Rene Stulz.
1994	Vancouver	Ron Giammarino, University of British Columbia. Keynote address by Eduardo S. Schwartz.
1993	Halifax	Iraj Fooladi & Gordon Roberts, Dalhousie University. Keynote address by Ed Kane.
1992	Toronto	Laurence Booth & Paul Halpern, Faculty of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto. Keynote address by Alan Kraus.
1991	Montreal	Vijay Jog, Carleton University. Keynote address by Michael Brennan.
1990	Banff	Lawrence Kryzanowski, Concordia University. Distinguished speaker Myron Scholes.
1989	Ottawa	Giovanni Barone-Adesi, University of Alberta. Best Paper Awards, and Call for Papers.