The 21st Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association of Derivatives
July 14-15, 2025, Busan, Korea
The Asia-Pacific Association of Derivatives (APAD) will hold its 21th Annual Conference both offline and online on July 14th and 15th, 2025 at the Park Hyatt Busan in Busan, Korea. Free accommodations for paper presenters will be provided under the auspices of the Korea Derivatives Association and the Korea Exchange. We welcome papers on any fields of study in finance including: Derivatives; Volatility; Risk Management; Asset Pricing; Investments; Corporate Finance; Corporate Governance; Market Microstructure; Banking; Personal and Household Finance; ESG and Climate Finance; AI and Big Data; Blockchain and Crypto Assets; Fintech; Regulation; Behavioral Finance among others.
Important Dates
• Full Paper Submission Deadline: April 30th, 2025 (http://www.conftool.net/apad2025)
• Notification of Acceptance: May 22nd, 2025
• Final Registration Date: June 4th, 2025 (http://www.conftool.net/apad2025)
• Final Paper Submission Date: June 18th, 2025 (http://www.conftool.net/apad2025)
Location
Online and In-Person, Busan, Korea
Guidelines
Papers written in English must be submitted via http://www.conftool.net/apad2025, using MS Word or Adobe pdf file format.
All papers must be accompanied by an abstract of around 200 words.
The cover page of all manuscripts should include the paper’s title as well as name, affiliation, address, phone number, and email address of every author. The second page should contain the paper’s title and abstract only.
If you have any question with the paper submission, please let us know via email at [email protected].
We hope that each participant agrees to serve as the discussant for another participant’s paper when asked.
Best Paper Awards: Selected papers will be awarded at the conference for US$1,000 each.
For more details, please refer to the following pages:
https://www.kdajdqs.org/eng/paper or https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/janda/announcement/?id=16629