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SUMMARY:Fourth Annual Telfer Conference on Corporate Finance and Banking
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This one-day conference will bring together leading finance scholars\nfrom across Canada and the United States to present high-impact\nresearch on key issues in corporate finance and banking. Topics\ninclude corporate social responsibility\, mergers and acquisitions\,\ncorporate governance and the evolving dynamics between traditional\nbanking and fintech.\n\nThe program will feature six research presentations and a keynote\naddress.\n\nSCHEDULE:\n\n Schedule \n 		 8 a.m.–8:30 a.m.: \n 		 Coffee\, light continental breakfast and networking \n\n 		 8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.: \n 		 Opening remarks from Stéphane Brutus\, Dean\, Telfer School of\nManagement\, and Silvia Bonaccio\, Vice-Dean\, Research\, Telfer School of\nManagement \n\n 		 8:45 a.m.–9:35 a.m.: \n 		 Session 1 — Tu Nguyen\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/school-of-accounting-and-finance/profiles/tu-nguyen]\,\nassociate professor\, finance\, and J. Page R. Wadsworth Junior Chair in\nAccounting and Finance at the School of Accounting and Finance\,\nUniversity of Waterloo\n“DIRECTOR INFLUENCE” \n\n 		 9:35 a.m.–10:25 a.m.: \n 		 Session 2 — Madhu Kalimipalli\n[https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/lazaridis-school-of-business-and-economics/faculty-profiles/madhu-kalimipalli/index.html]\,\nprofessor and director\, PhD and research-based master’s programs in\nmanagement\, Lazaridis Research Chair in Sustainable Finance\, at the\nLazaridis School of Business and Economics\, Wilfrid Laurier\nUniversity \n“DO CORPORATE BONDS HEDGE GEOPOLITICAL RISK?” \n\n 		 10:25 a.m.–10:40 a.m.: \n 		 Coffee break \n\n 		 10:40 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: \n 		 Session 3 — Paul H. Beaumont [https://paulhbeaumont.github.io/]\,\nassistant professor\, finance\, at the Desautels Faculty of Management\,\nMcGill University\n“HOW UNIVERSAL ARE UNIVERSAL BANKS? EVIDENCE FROM SMALL BUSINESS\nLENDING” \n\n 		 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.: \n 		 Session 4 — Fred Bereskin\n[https://business.missouri.edu/directory/bereskin]\, associate\nprofessor and Richard G. Miller Professor of Finance at the Robert J.\nTrulaske\, Sr. College of Business\, University of Missouri\n“PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION IN ACCOUNTING\nFIRMS” \n\n 		 12:20 p.m.–1:15 p.m.: \n 		 Lunch and informal discussion with PhD students \n\n 		 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: \n 		 KEYNOTE SPEAKER — Kose John\n[https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kose-john]\, Charles William\nGerstenberg Professor of Banking and Finance at the Stern School of\nBusiness\, New York University\n"BANK REGULATION\, DEPOSIT INSURANCE DESIGN AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM\nSTABILITY: OVERVIEW AND OPEN PROBLEMS" \n\n 		 2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m.: \n 		 Coffee break \n\n 		 2:45 p.m.–3:35 p.m.: \n 		 Session 5 — Denis Schweizer\n[https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/denis-schweizer.html]\, professor\,\nfinance\, at the John Molson School of Business\, Concordia University\n"CAN CEO ACTIVISM BOOST ESG RATINGS?" \n\n 		 3:35 p.m.–4:25 p.m.: \n 		 Session 6 — Jim Goldman\n[https://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/jim-goldman]\, assistant professor\,\nfinance\, at the Desautels Faculty of Management\, McGill University\n“A DARK SIDE TO EXPERIENCE? FIRM AGE AND UNCERTAINTY” \n\n 		 4:25 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: \n 		 Concluding remarks \n\nKEYNOTE SPEAKER\n\n[Kose-John-Headshot]KOSE JOHN is the Charles William Gerstenberg\nProfessor of Banking and Finance at the NYU Stern School of Business.\nHe is the Director of NSE-NYU Initiative on the study of Indian\nCapital Markets\, and the Coordinator of the India Initiative of the\nCenter for Global Economy and Business. He is the Fubon Center\nInnovation Scholar (2022-present). He holds a Ph.D. in Management\nScience from the University of Florida. Kose John has published\nimportant research on corporate finance\, banking and more recently\nCrypto and Blockchain Economics. His recent research in Blockchain\neconomics has explored foundational issues in the design of blockchain\nprotocols\, security issues and smart contracts.\n\n \n\nIMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES\n\n 	* Conference registration deadline: FRIDAY\, MAY 22\, 2026 AT NOON\n(LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE)\n 	* Conference date: MAY 29\, 2026\n\nORGANIZING COMMITTEE\n\nSHANTANU DUTTA —Telfer Fellow in Global Finance\, Full Professor of\nFinance\n\nHARSHIT RAJAIYA — Assistant Professor of Finance
LOCATION:Telfer School of Management\,  Desmarais Building\,  DMS 4101 (Camille Villeneuve Room)\, fourth floor\, 55 Laurier Avenue East\, Ottawa\, Ontario  K1N 6N5
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