征文通知丨2025年人工智能与金融科技年会

2025年人工智能与金融科技年会（2025 Conference on AI and FinTech）将于2025年8月18日—19日在中国北京举办，由清华大学五道口金融学院、长江商学院、香港科技大学商学院和南方科技大学商学院共同主办，亚洲金融与经济研究局（ABFER）与《金融与数据科学杂志》（The Journal of Finance and Data Science，JFDS）提供学术支持，清华大学五道口金融学院具体承办。

两天的活动将聚焦于金融及相关行业中人工智能的应用。我们将汇聚学界、业界和监管机构专家，探讨在人工智能时代投资的最新发展、机遇和挑战，尤其是在亚洲地区，但不仅限于亚洲地区。

会议已举办两届，首届会议于2023年8月8日—9日由长江商学院与香港科技大学商学院具体承办，第二届会议于2024年8月8日—9日由南方科技大学商学院具体承办。

第三届会议将于2025年8月18日—19日在清华大学五道口金融学院举行。欢迎任何对了解人工智能与投资交汇演变和进步感兴趣的人参加。

会议将为论文演讲人、论文评论人和会议主持人提供不超过3晚的酒店住宿。

本次会议将为参与者提供与志同道合的学界和业界专家开展交流、获取宝贵知识和独特见解的机会，以帮助做出明智的投资决策。会议将包括主题演讲、互动研讨会和关于人工智能和投资相关话题的小组讨论。

我们欢迎提交涉及人工智能与投资交汇的各个领域的研究论文，特别鼓励提交与亚洲相关的研究论文，包括但不限于以下主题：

• 人工智能、机器学习、自然语言处理和其他新型分析方法在金融经济学各个领域的应用。

• 在投资和审计等相关领域中使用非结构化数据（例如文本、图像、语音和面部识别、移动足迹、卫星数据、地理位置和社交媒体）。

• 在金融行业和学术研究中使用机器学习/人工智能/高性能计算。

• 人工智能采用的社会和经济影响，即广泛采用人工智能的机会和挑战，以及对采用公司和行业利益相关者的影响。

• 金融中人工智能的伦理考虑，包括与偏见和透明度相关的问题。

• 使用机器学习技术或其他人工智能模型的定量投资策略和投资组合优化。

除了论文报告和讨论外，会议还将举办有关资本市场研究中人工智能和金融科技的产业和政策小组讨论。

亚洲金融与经济研究局会将被接受的会议论文，纳入其工作论文系列中。会议上的小组讨论以及有关会议的新闻简报将发表在《金融与数据科学杂志》2025年期刊中。

此外，《金融与数据科学杂志》将赞助一项最佳论文奖和一项最佳展示奖，每项奖金1000美元。

稿件提交截止日期至2025年5月15日。请将一份电子副本（仅限MS Word或PDF格式）和一份一页的摘要提交至aift@pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn。结果将于2025年6月15日公布。

其中线下参会人员仅限组委会邀请，线上参会人员可通过学说平台参与，具体参与方式请关注官网后续通知。

曹辉宁（Henry Cao），长江商学院

陈欣原（Wilbur Chen），香港科技大学

黄京志（Jingzhi Huang），宾夕法尼亚州立大学、《金融与数据科学杂志》

洪明仪（Mingyi Hung），香港科技大学

杨贤（Bernard Yeung），南方科技大学、新加坡国立大学、亚洲金融与经济研究局

尤海峰（Haifeng You），清华大学

臧蕴智（Amy Zang），香港科技大学

周皓（Hao Zhou），南方科技大学、清华大学

本届会议征文通知SSRN链接：

https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/janda/announcement/?id=16457

往届会议的参考信息：

第二届会议日程：

https://business.sustech.edu.cn/web/aicm/index.php

https://business.sustech.edu.cn/web/aicm/program_rundown.php

第一届会议日程：

https://cn.ckgsb.com/JFDS/2023/ConferenceProgram.aspx 

https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/2023-research-conference-program-rundown

《金融与数据科学杂志》上发布的2023年会议的小组讨论和新闻简报：

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405918824000011 

第二届会议参会名单：

https://business.sustech.edu.cn/web/aicm/participation_list.php

第一届会议参会名单：

https://business.sustech.edu.cn/web/aicm/participation_list.php 

We are excited to organize the 3^rd Annual Conference on AI and FinTech on 18-19 August, 2025. The conference is co-organized by Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance (Tsinghua PBCSF), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)  School of Business and Management and the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) College of Business in collaboration with the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), and the Journal of Finance and Data Science (JFDS).

This two-day event will focus on AI applications in finance and related industries. It will bring together academics, industry experts, and regulators to explore the latest developments, opportunities, and challenges related to investing in the era of AI, particularly in Asia but not limited to just Asia. 

The conference will take place on Aug 18-19 in Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance in Bejing, China. Anyone interested in learning about the evolving and progressing intersection of AI and investment is welcome to attend.

The conference will provide hotel accommodations for accepted paper presenters, paper discussants, and session moderators for up to 3 nights.

This conference will provide a unique opportunity for attendees to network with like-minded academics and professionals and gain valuable knowledge and insights to help make informed investment decisions. The conference will feature a keynote speech, interactive workshops, and panel discussions on a range of topics related to AI and investment. We invite the submission of research papers in all areas related to the intersection of AI and investment, including but not limited to the following topics. We particularly encourage the submission of Asia-related research papers. 

•The applications of AI, machine learning, natural language processing, and other novel analytic methods in research for all areas of financial economics.

•The use of unstructured data (e.g., text, images, voice and facial recognition, mobile footprint, satellite data, geolocation, and social media) in investment and related areas such as auditing and assurance. 

•The use of machine learning/AI/high-performance computing in the finance industry and academic research.

•The social and economic impact of AI adoption, i.e., the opportunities and challenges associated with the widespread adoption of AI and its impact on stakeholders of adopting firms and industries.

•The ethical considerations of AI in finance, including issues related to bias and transparency. 

•Quantitative investment strategies and portfolio optimization with machine learning technologies or other AI models.

In addition to the paper presentation and discussion, there will be an industry and policy panel on AI and FinTech in Capital Market Research at the conference.

The Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (https://abfer.org/) will include the accepted program papers in its working paper series. The panel discussion at the conference, as well as a newsletter about the conference, will be published in the 2025 issue of JFDS. 

In addition, the JFDS will sponsor one Best Paper Award and one Best Discussant Award, $1000 each award.  

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

The deadline for manuscript submission is May 15, 2025. Please submit an electronic copy, including a one-page abstract (MS Word or PDF only) to aift@pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn. Decisions of acceptance will be announced by Jun 15, 2025.

On-site participation is by invitation only, online attending will be arranged through XUESHUO Platform.

Conference Program Committee

Henry Cao, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Wilbur Chen, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Jingzhi Huang, Penn State University (PennState) and Journal of Finance and Data Science (JFDS) 

Mingyi Hung, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Bernard Yeung, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), National University of Singapore (NUS), Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER)

Haifeng You, Tsinghua University (THU)

Amy Zang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) 

Hao Zhou, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Tsinghua University (THU)

Call For Papers on SSRN:

https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/janda/announcement/?id=16457

For reference to past conferences:

2nd Year Conference Programs:

https://business.sustech.edu.cn/web/aicm/index.php

https://business.sustech.edu.cn/web/aicm/program_rundown.php

1st Year Conference Programs:

https://cn.ckgsb.com/JFDS/2023/ConferenceProgram.aspx 

https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/2023-research-conference-program-rundown

Panel Discussion and Newsletter for the 1st Year Conference Published in the JFDS:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405918824000011 

2nd Year Conference Participating Lists:

https://business.sustech.edu.cn/web/aicm/participation_list.php

1st Year Conference Participating Lists:

https://cn.ckgsb.com/JFDS/2023/Participants.aspx