2026 PhD Workshop on Quantitative Finance and FinTech
21 May 2026
Warwick Business School, Coventry, UK
PROGRAMME
Format: 25–minute presentation followed by 5–minute general discussion.
Venue: WBS, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Track 1: FinTech, Room 1.003.
Track 2: Quantitative Finance, Room 1.015.
Timetable:
| Time | Track 1: FinTech, Room 1.003 |
Track 2: Quantitative Finance, Room 1.015 |
| 9:30-10:00 10:00-10:05 |
Registration and coffee Opening Remarks - Roman Kozhan |
|
| 10:05-11:05 | Session 1: Prediction Markets and Marketplace Lending | Session 1: Derivatives and Valuation |
| 11:05-11:35 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:35-12:35 | Session 2: Machine Learning, Text and Credit Risk | Session 2: Information Aggregation and Price Discovery |
| 12:35-14:00 | Lunch Break and Gillmore Lab Tour | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Session 3: AI, Learning and Financial Decision-Making | Session 3: Factor Pricing and Momentum |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30-16:30 | Session 4: Machine Learning for Volatility and Derivatives | Session 4: High-Frequency Dependence and Intraday Trading |
| 16:30 | Drinks and Dinner | |
Call for Papers
This is the call for papers for the 2026 PhD Workshop on Quantitative Finance and Financial Technology. We aim to create a casual and welcoming environment where research students (MRes, PhD and Postdoc) in Quantitative Finance and Financial Technology gather for vibrant and open discussions.
The deadline for paper submission is extended to 30th April 2026.
Register Here for participation!
Submission Details:
We invite academic paper submissions across various domains of quantitative finance and fintech. The deadline for paper submission is
20th April 2026
extended to 30th April 2026.
The interested research student should send a PDF file of their completed paper to gillmorelab@wbs.ac.uk.
Participants will be notified of the program selection at the end of April.
Each submission should have the following on the cover page:
- Title of paper
- Authors' names
- Affiliation
- E-mail address
- On the second page of the paper should be an abstract.
The workshop is a one-day event with two parallel tracks, one for Quant Finance and one for FinTech.
Organizers:
Dr Xinyi Zhang,
Mohammad Nourbakhsh,
Gillmore Centre
Sponsors:
Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology, Warwick Business School
Further Information:
For inquiries, please contact gillmorelab@wbs.ac.uk
We look forward to welcoming you to Warwick on 21 May 2026!