Call For Papers
Finance and Accounting 2025 Annual Research Symposium
Dates: 17-18 June 2025
Location: 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS UK
Theme: AI in Accounting and Finance
We invite you to submit extended abstracts, papers-in-progress or full papers* by the deadline of 31 January 2025 by emailing these to SFASymposium@westminster.ac.uk
* Extended abstracts, papers-in-progress or full papers will be considered for the conference program with the understanding that they will be finished by the time of the conference.
All entrant submissions will be informed of the outcome in due course after the deadline.
REGISTRATION DETAILS: Please register on Eventbrite at the following page link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finance-and-accounting-2025-annual-research-symposium-registration-1022351570067
Overview: In the current disruptive era, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly revolutionising the fields of accounting and finance. The latest innovations in AI are transforming financial services and financial reporting. For example, using language models in accounting and finance paves enormous opportunities in these fields. AI technologies will impact the users, firms and society at large of the way financial information is processed and used. Concurrently, one needs to be aware of the potential risks of AI.
The symposium will examine a wide range of key finance, data analytics and accounting topics, ranging from AI, digital assets, asset pricing, corporate finance, financial econometrics, forecasting, fund management, market sentiment, sustainable development, thematic investing, financial reporting, accounting standards, taxation to big data and data analytics. Submissions in all areas of finance, data analytics and accounting are encouraged. Submissions exploring AI in accounting and finance will be particularly welcome.
Academic Keynote Speaker: Professor Crawford Spence, Professor of Accounting, King’s College London, King’s Business School, London
Industry Keynote Speaker: Henrietta Owusu-banahene: Head of Portfolio Construction Services at Fidelity International, London
