The Wildlife Photography Competition returns for Spring! The competition will run from 01 May 2024 at 12pm to 16 June 2024 at 9am. It is open to staff and students. There are two categories:

1. Wildlife on campus

2. Wildlife in your local area

The competition will be judged by the Energy and Sustainability Team on 20 June 2024.

The winner of each category will receive a £25 voucher which can be used at the Warwick Students Union’s Zero Waste Shop and will be featured in the June/July edition of our Green Champions Newsletter.

Please note that we reserve the right to hold cancel, suspend or amend the Competition where it becomes necessary to do so.

Call for Papers

Time and Location:

13 May 2024, Warwick Business School, Coventry, UK

Description:

This is the call for papers for the 2024 Lancaster-Manchester-Warwick Joint 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.

Submission:

We invite academic paper submissions across various domains of quantitative finance and fintech. The deadline for paper submission is 15 April 2024. The interested research student should send a PDF file of her/his completed paper or extended abstract to gillmorelab@wbs.ac.uk. Selection result will be announced by 22 April. Each submission should have the following on the cover page: title of the paper, abstract, authors' name, affiliation, and E-mail address.

Although we do accept extended abstracts, selection priority will be given to complete paper submissions. Additionally, to ensure a productive event, each presenter must serve as a discussant for another paper on the same topic. Only those selected completed paper submissions will be assigned discussants.

Workshop Format:

The workshop is a one-day event with two parallel tracks one for Quant Finance and one for FinTech. For each paper, we allocate 20 minutes of presentation followed by a 10-minute discussion and a 5-minute Q&A.

Workshop Organisers:

Roman KozhanLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window, University of Warwick; Moris StrubLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window, University of Warwick; Zhengge ZhouLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window, University of Warwick.

Sponsors:

Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology and Finance Group at WBS.

For any questions, please contact gillmorelab@wbs.ac.uk .

SBIDER seminar (Zeeman Institute)

Check webpage for updated information

Workshop Objectives and Overview

This is an introductory workshop on serious gaming for Sustainable Development, led by Dr. Feng Mao and Emellyne Forman from the Institute for Global Sustainable Development. In this workshop, we will explore how serious games can be used as a tool to bridge diverse academic disciplines and facilitate collaborative efforts towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Programme:

5pm - 5:30pm Pizza and Informal Networking

5:30pm – 6:30pm Serious Games Workshop Session

Resources :

Matthew Whitby, Feng Mao, Katarzyna Stawarz, Shasta Marrero & Jo Lindsay Walton (2024) Serious Games Cookbook: A beginner’s guide to using and designing serious games. University of Warwick Press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31273/978-1-911675-13-6 A Free Copy of the Serious Games Cookbook can be found here

Register for this workshop here