Finance and Accounting 2024 Annual Research Symposium

Date 17 June 2024

End Date 18 June 2024

Time 9am - 6pm
Location Marylebone Campus
Cost FREE

The Finance and Accounting 2024 Annual Symposium is a two-day meeting, organised by the School of Finance and Accounting at Westminster Business School, University of Westminster.

About the event

Theme: Central Bank Digital Currencies [CBDCs] and its implications

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are a relatively recent and complex topic in the current dynamic economic environment. The introduction of CBDCs globally has heralded a significant change in the way money matters will be managed in a country. Policymakers as well as the society at large are grappling with important questions pertaining to the operational implementation of CBDCs, relationship of CBDCs versus fiat currencies, as well as technological and regulatory opportunities and challenges amongst others.

The symposium will examine a wide range of key finance, data analytics and accounting topics, ranging from:

  • digital currencies and assets
  • asset pricing
  • corporate finance
  • financial econometrics
  • forecasting
  • fund management
  • market sentiment
  • sustainable development
  • thematic investing
  • financial reporting
  • accounting standards
  • taxation
  • big data and data analytics

Submissions in all areas of finance, data analytics and accounting are encouraged. Submissions exploring central bank digital currencies will be particularly welcome.

For the schedule of each day please download the programme below.

Academic Keynote Speaker

Professor Raj Rajarajan, Director, Multidisciplinary Centre of Cyber Security for Society (MOBS), City, University of London

Industry Keynote Speaker

Mr Matthew Hunt, Strategic Advisor, Payments

Call for Papers

We invite you to submit extended abstracts, papers-in-progress or full papers* by the deadline of 31 January 2024 by emailing these to .

*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.

Please forward this onto anyone you think may wish to participate in and/or attend this Symposium.

Event location

35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS

Further information

If you have any other questions or queries, please email .