Host:
Innovative Financial Laboratory and Research Center of Zhejiang University
GTA College of Finance

Supportive Organization:
Zhejiang Financial Service Office / Hangzhou Financial Service Office
Qiuchengtong Mathematics Center of Zhejiang University
China Venture Capital Research Institute
China Finance Research Center of the University of Hong Kong.

Co- Organizer:
Financial Mathematics Teaching & Research Section of Mathematics Department, Zhejiang University
Conference and Training Center of GTA College of Finance
Citadel Investment Group Ltd.

Participants:
Experts, researchers and scholars in quantitative finance (about 250); professionals from internationally renowned investment banks and other financial institutions (securities, funds, futures, etc.) in mainland China, Hong Kong and abroad, and executives of major enterprises, including board chairmen, presidents and vice presidents (about 150); and government officials and reporters (about 100). There will be about 500 participants in total.

Media (to be invited):
Zhejiang Daily, First Financial Daily, China Securities Journal, Shanghai Securities News, Securities Daily, Sina Finance, Sohu Business, 21st Century Business Herald, etc.

The 2009 China Quantitative Finance and Financial Innovation Conference, which is to be held in Hangzhou from June 26-28, will focus on the development direction of financial innovation and effective regulation in the wake of the financial tsunami and cover the latest research achievements and development trends of quantitative finance in China and abroad, as well as actual problems in its application.

This authoritative, proactive and wide-ranging communication and cooperation platform will surely inspire new ideas for quantitative finance research and financial innovation, promote the development of finance and derivatives markets, and help participants to grasp the development direction of financial risk management.

Agenda

July 10 (Friday)
2:00 pm-11:00 pm        Registration
6:00 pm-8:00 pm         Welcoming Banquet

July 11 (Saturday)
08:30 am - 09:15 am   
Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address
Welcome Speech by Leader of Zhejiang University
Opening Speech by Professor Cheng Siwei, Former Vice Chairman of NPC, or Professor Jiang Zhenghua (proposed)
Keynote Speech by Professor Qiu Chengtong:
Mathematics and Finance: Smart Combination

09:15 am-10:15 am     
Financial Innovation and Financial Regulation
Speakers (proposed):
Qi Bin, Director of Research Center, CSRC
Oliver P. Weisberg, Chairman of the Asian Region, CITADEL Asset Management Corporation
Song Min, Director of Centre for China Financial Research, the University of Hong Kong)

10:15 am-11:15 am     
Current Situation and Outlook for China’s Quantitative Finance and
Financial Innovation
Speakers (proposed):
Yan Jiaan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhu Yuchen, President of CFFEX
Zhang Zhifeng, Chief Investment Officer of the Financial Innovation of the Boshi Fund

11:15 am-12:15 pm     
Latest Developments in International Quantitative Finance and
Financial Innovation (hosted by Wilson Lee, President of the Morgan Stanley Hedge Fund)
Speakers (proposed):
Robert J. Haber, General Manager of the Asian Region, Barclays
Xue Weiming, Deputy General Manager of the Asian Region, Man Investment
Hu Zuliu, General Manager of Goldman Sachs (Asia)       

02:00 pm-03:45 pm    
A1: Lecture on Latest Academic Achievements in International
Quantitative Finance and Financial Innovation (three papers)
B1: Hedge Funds and Quantitative Finance Investment Instruments:
Theory & Practice and Sharing the Hedging Experience (including
analysis of stock index futures arbitrage and algorithmic trading;
admission is by invitation only, and the lecture is hosted by the GTA)

04:00 pm-05:45 pm    
A2: Lecture on the Latest Research Achievements in Chinese
Quantitative Finance and Financial Innovation (three papers)
B2: Application of Accurate Financial Data and Quantitative Finance Analytical Instruments (discussion of how hedge funds use accurate financial databases to make a high level of profits with a low degree of risk in the financial market; presented by two or three fund principals from Goldman Sachs and CITADEL and experts in related areas)

July 12 (Sunday)
09:00 am-10:45 am     
A3: PhD Dissertation Presentation on China’s Quantitative Finance (1) (three or four papers)

11:00 am-12:30 pm     
A4: PhD Dissertation Report of China’s Quantitative Finance (2) (three or four papers)

02:00 pm                   
Sightseeing at West Lake

Registration

TEL:   0755-83940054    83948446
Contact us:  Zhang’S       He’S
Conference fee:RMB1500 (Including registration fee, data fee, hotel and dinner fee, tour cost of the West Lake visit)
Deadline for registration: June 25th 2009
If you wish to participate the conference,
Please remit to the account below before June 25th 2009
Payment method:  □ remittance     □ cash
Bank: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ZheJiang University, Hangzhou Branch 
Account name: Zhejiang university
Account number: 1202024609908808891
（be sure to write the name, company and the purpose when remitting, for example conference fee for the 2009 China Quantitative Finance and Financial  Innovation Conference）
Please fax or email the participants receipt to us
FAX： 0755-83940045              E-mail :  meeting@gtadata.com