Overview of EFA Annual Meetings

The EFA Annual Meeting is the annual conference for EFA members. Held in mid to late August each year, the conference is hosted by select universities, financial institutions, and business schools, usually located in Europe. Current research papers and practices in the broad areas of Finance and Management are presented and discussed over several days. The EFA Annual Meeting is preceded by two pre-conference EFA Doctoral Events for PhD students.

The Call for Papers for the 49th EFA Annual Meeting was published on November 25, 202I and submission closed on February 2, 2022.

The chronology below gives a historical perspective as well as a glimpse into the future of the EFA Annual Meeting locations, hosts and chairs over the years (including links to conference websites, if available).

52^nd EFA Annual Meeting – Nice, France – 20-23August 2025
Host: EDHEC Business School
Conference Chair: Laurent Calvet
Call for Papers: November 25, 2024
Submission deadline: February 1, 2025

51^st EFA Annual Meeting – Bratislava, Slovakia – 21-24 August 2024
Host: National Bank of Slovakia
Conference Chair: Lubos Pastor
Call for Papers: November 25, 2023
Submission deadline: February 1, 2024

50^th EFA Annual Meeting – Amsterdam, Netherlands – 16-19 August 2023
Host: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Conference Chair: Albert J. Menkveld
Call for Papers: November 25, 2022
Submission deadline: February 1, 2023

49^th EFA Annual Meeting – Barcelona, Spain – 24-27 August 2022
Website: https://efa2022.efa-meetings.org/
Host: IESE Business School, University of Navarra
Conference Chair: Xavier Vives
Call for Papers: November 25, 2021
Submission deadline: February 1, 2022

48^th EFA Annual Meeting – Milan, Italy – 25-28 August 2021 (virtual event)
Website: http://efa2021.efa-meetings.org | Program
Host: Bocconi University | Venue: Online
Conference Chair: Elena Carletti
Local Organizing Committee Chair: Stefano Caselli

47^th EFA Annual Meeting – Helsinki, Finland – 20-21 August 2020 (virtual event)
Website: http://efa2020.efa-meetings.org | Program
Host: Aalto University School of Business
Venue: Online
Conference Chair: Matti Keloharju

46^thEFA Annual Meeting – Carcavelos (Lisbon), Portugal – 21-24 August 2019
Website: http://efa2019.efa-meetings.org | photo gallery | Program
Host: Nova School of Business & Economics (new campus)
Conference Chair: Miguel Ferreira

45^th EFA Annual Meeting – Warsaw, Poland – 22-25 August 2018
Website: http://efa2018.efa-meetings.org | photo gallery | Program
Host: Warsaw School of Economics (SGH)
Venue: Sofitel Warsaw Victoria Hotel
Conference Chair: Marcin Kacperczyk (Imperial College London)

44th EFA Annual Meeting – Mannheim, Germany – 23-26 August 2017
Website: http://efa2017.efa-meetings.org | photo gallery | Program
Host: University of Mannheim
Conference Chairs: Ernst Maug & Wolfgang Bühler

43^rd EFA Annual Meeting – Oslo, Norway – 17-20 August 2016
Website: http://efa2016.efa-meetings.org/ | photo gallery | Program
Host: BI Norwegian Business School
Conference Chairs: Kjell G. Nyborg (UZH) & Richard Priestley (BI)

42^nd EFA Annual Meeting – Vienna, Austria – 19-22 August 2015
Website: http://efa2015.efa-meetings.org/ | photo gallery | Program
Host: WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
Conference Chair: Engelbert Dockner

41^st EFA Annual Meeting – Lugano, Switzerland – 27-30 August 2014
Website: http://efa2014.efa-meetings.org/ | photo gallery | Program
Host: University of Lugano – Swiss Finance Institute (USI)
Venue: Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano
Conference Chair: François Degeorge

40^thEFA Annual Meeting – Cambridge, UK – 28-31 August 2013
Website: http://efa2013.efa-meetings.org/ | photo gallery | Program
Host: University of Cambridge – Judge Business School (JBS)
Conference Chair: Raghavendra (Raghu) Rau

39^th EFA Annual Meeting – Copenhagen, Denmark – 15-18 August 2012
Website: http://efa2012.efa-meetings.org/ | Program
Host: Copenhagen Business School
Conference Chair: Carsten Sørensen

38^th EFA Annual Meeting – Stockholm, Sweden – 17-20 August 2011
Website: http://efa2011.efa-meetings.org/
Hosts: Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) & The Institute for Financial Research (SIFR)
Venue: Clarion Sign Hotel, Stockholm
Conference Chair: Ingrid M. Werner

37^th EFA Annual Meeting – Frankfurt, Germany – 25-28 August 2010
Website: http://efa2010.efa-meetings.org/
Host: Goethe-University Frankfurt – House of Finance
Conference Chair: Jan P. Krahnen

36^th EFA Annual Meeting – Bergen, Norway – 19-22 August 2009
Website: http://efa2009.efa-meetings.org/
Host: Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH)
Conference Chair: Kristian R. Miltersen

35^th EFA Annual Meeting – Athens, Greece – 27-30 August 2008
Website: http://www.efa-online.org/efa2008/
Venue: Astir Palace, Vouliagmeni
Conference Chair: Maria Vassalou

34^th EFA Annual Meeting – Ljubljana, Slovenia – 22-25 August 2007
Host: University of Ljubljana – Faculty of Economics
Conference Chairs: Arnoud Boot & Dušan Mramor

33^rd EFA Annual Meeting – Zurich, Switzerland – 23-26 August 2006
Host: University of Zurich – Swiss Banking Institute
Conference Chair: Rajna Gibson

32^nd EFA Annual Meeting – Moscow, Russia – 24-27 August 2005
Host: State University – Higher School of Economics
Conference Chairs: William Goetzmann & Franz Hubert

31^st EFA Annual Meeting – Maastricht, Netherlands – 18-21 August 2004
Host: Maastricht University
Conference Chair: Christian Wolff

30t^h EFA Annual Meeting – Glasgow, Scotland – 20-23 August 2003
Host: University of Strathclyde
Conference Chair: Pradeep Yadav

29^th EFA Annual Meeting – Berlin, Germany – 21-24 August 2002
Host: Humboldt University Berlin
Conference Chair: Richard Stehle

28^thEFA Annual Meeting – Barcelona, Spain – 22-25 August 2001
Host: University Pompeu Fabra
Conference Chair: Xavier Freixas

27^th EFA Annual Meeting – London, England – 23-26 August 2000
Host: London Business School
Conference Chair: Elroy Dimson

26^th EFA Annual Meeting – Helsinki, Finland – 25-28 August 1999
Host: Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration
Conference Chair: Tom Berglund

25^th EFA Annual Meeting – Fontainebleau, France – 19-22 August 1998
Host: INSEAD
Conference Chair: Lars Tyge Nielsen

24^th EFA Annual Meeting – Vienna, Austria – 27-30 August 1997
Host: University of Vienna
Conference Chair: Josef Zechner

23^rd EFA Annual Meeting – Oslo, Norway – 28-31 August 1996
Host: Norwegian School of Management
Conference Chair: Dag Michalsen

22^ndEFA Annual Meeting – Milan, Italy – 23-26 August 1995
Host: State University of Milan
Conference Chair: Giovanni Zambruno

21^st EFA Annual Meeting – Brussels, Belgium – 25-27 August 1994
Host: Catholic University of Leuven (KUL)
Conference Chair: Piet Sercu

20^th EFA Annual Meeting – Copenhagen, Denmark – 26-28 August 1993
Host: Institute of Finance – Copenhagen Business School
Conference Chair: Bjarne Astrup Jensen

19^th EFA Annual Meeting – Lisbon, Portugal – 27-29 August 1992
Host: Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Conference Chair: João Da Silva Ferreira

18^th EFA Annual Meeting – Rotterdam, Netherlands – 29-31 August 1991
Host: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Conference Chair: Angelien Kemna

17^th EFA Annual Meeting – Athens, Greece – 30 August-1 September 1990
Host: Barclays Bank PLC
Conference Chair: Constantine Thanassoulas

16^th EFA Annual Meeting – Stockholm, Sweden – 31 August-2 September 1989
Host: Stockholm School of Economics
Conference Chair: Bertil Näslund

15^th EFA Annual Meeting – Istanbul, Turkey – 1-3 September 1988
Host: Central Bank Turkey
Conference Chair: Bulent Gultekin

14^thEFA Annual Meeting – Madrid, Spain – 3-5 September 1987
Host: Autonomous University of Madrid
Conference Chair: Angel Berges

13^th EFA Annual Meeting – Dublin, Ireland – 21-23 August 1986
Host: University College Dublin
Conference Chair: Michael Walsh

12^th EFA Annual Meeting – Bern, Switzerland – 29-31 August 1985
Host: University of Bern
Conference Chair: Walter Wasserfallen

11^th EFA Annual Meeting – Manchester, England – 30 August-1 September1984
Host: Manchester Business School
Conference Chair: Richard Stapleton

10^th EFA Annual Meeting – Fontainebleau, France – 1-3 September 1983
Host: INSEAD
Conference Chair: Claude Viallet

9^th EFA Annual Meeting – Jerusalem, Israel – 6-8 September 1982
Host: Hebrew University Jerusalem
Conference Chair: Marshall Sarnat

8^th EFA Annual Meeting – Rotterdam, Netherlands – 10-12 September 1981
Host: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Conference Chair: Marius Jonkhart

7^th EFA Annual Meeting – Graz, Austria – 11-13 September 1980
Host: Graz University
Conference Chair: Peter Swoboda

6^th EFA Annual Meeting – Bergen, Norway – 20-22 September 1979
Host: Norges Handelshøyskole Bergen
Conference Chair: Jan Mossin

5^th EFA Annual Meeting – Bergamo, Italy – 13-16 September 1978
Host: University of Bergamo
Conference Chair: Giorgo Szegö

4^th EFA Annual Meeting – Bad Homburg, Germany – 6-8 October 1977
Host: Konstanz University
Conference Chair: Günter Franke

3^rd EFA Annual Meeting – Brussels, Belgium – 1976
Host: Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Conference Chair: André Farber

2^nd EFA Annual Meeting – London, England – 25-27 September 1975
Host: London Business School
Conference Chair: Richard Brealey

1^st EFA Annual Meeting – Jouy-en-Josas, France – 31 October-2 November 1974
Host: CESA
Conference Chair: Bruno Solnik

[NOTE: The historical EFA websites are not maintained so may have inaccurate or outdated data as well as links that no longer function. Please forward any inquiries via e-mail to the EFA Secretariat: info@european-finance.org.]