The 15th International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society (FEBS) will be organised by the Florence School of Banking and Finance (part of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies) at the European University Institute.

Conference venue and dates

The conference will be hosted by the Florence School of Banking and Finance in its premises, from 21 to 23 May 2026.

Venue’s address: Badia Fiesolana, Via dei Roccettini 9, Florence.

Florence is the capital and most populated city of the Italian region of Tuscany. Its historic centre has been a UNESCO World Heritage since 1982, while Forbes included it in the list of the World’s Most Beautiful Cities in 2010. The city is served by the international Florence Airport, Peretola (IATA: FLR, ICAO: LIRQ), while Pisa International Airport (IATA: PSA, ICAO: LIRP) and Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (IATA: BLQ, ICAO: LIPE) are located about 100 km away.

Conference topics

The aim of the 15th International FEBS conference is to bring together academics, policymakers, and practitioners who will present their work and exchange ideas across various areas of banking and finance. The conference organisers welcome the submission of both theoretical and empirical papers. Indicative topics include, but are not limited to:

• Asset Pricing
• Banking and other Financial Services (e.g. mutual funds, insurance, microfinance)
• Corporate Finance (e.g. capital structure, IPOs, M&As)
• Corporate Governance
• Energy Finance
• Financial Engineering and Quantitative Finance
• Financial Markets and Market Microstructure
• Financial Regulation and Supervision (e.g. microprudential, macroprudential, financial consumer protection)
• Financial Stability
• Fintech (e.g. fintech regulations, cryptocurrency)
• International Finance
• Islamic Finance
• Machine Learning and Operational Research Methods in Banking and Finance
• Monetary Policy and Central Banking
• Portfolio Management
• Risk Management
• Sustainable Finance and Climate-Related Financial Risks

Link to conference website