We are pleased to announce that the XXVIII Workshop on Quantitative Finance (QFW2027) will be held in Pescara on March 18–20, 2027 (no online sessions), and hosted by the Department of Economic Studies of the University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti–Pescara.
The workshop aims to bring together academia and industry to stimulate discussions and interactions between researchers and professionals on the theoretical and applied aspects of Quantitative Finance broadly understood. Contributions are welcome from the fields of Mathematical Finance, Quantitative Risk Management, Portfolio Optimization, Financial Economics, Empirical Corporate Finance, Insurance, Computational Finance, Econophysics, Financial Econometrics, Financial Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Fintech and Insurtech, Game-Theoretical Models in Finance, and other related research areas.
Participation of Ph.D. students, young researchers, and practitioners is particularly encouraged.
We welcome two types of submissions: long talks (25 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion) and short talks (15 minutes).
Participation in the XXVIII Workshop on Quantitative Finance is free; however, registration is mandatory.
Registration deadline: Participants must register by February 28, 2027 (registrations will open soon).
There will be two types of presentations:
Submissions must include either a full paper or an extended abstract of at least four pages, in PDF format. All submissions will undergo peer review by the Scientific Committee. Accepted contributions will be selected for either a Long Talk or a Short Talk.
Contributions must be submitted through Microsoft CMT by January 20, 2027. The URL for the submission system will be provided soon.
For contributions accepted as Long Talks, authors who initially submitted an extended abstract will be required to submit the full paper by February 27, 2027, always trough Microsoft CMT.
Submissions and presentations must be in English. At least one author of each accepted contribution is expected to register for the workshop and present the work.
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
Pescara has a small airport, Abruzzo Airport, very close to downtown. If traveling directly to Abruzzo Airport is not an option (very likely!), consider going through Rome Fiumicino Airport. From there, there are many bus connections (3h10m - 4h00m travel time), with either Prontobus, Di Carlo Bus or Flixbus.
Another option is landing in Rome Ciampino Airport: from there you can find bus connections to Pescara (~ 3h30m travel time) with Prontobus, Flixbus or itabus. If you are in Rome but not at the airport, all companies above have buses departing from Rome Tiburtina bus station.
You can also reach Pescara by trains departing from Rome Tiburtina train station. However, trains on the line Rome–Pescara are quite slow. On the bright side, the trip by train is interesting since trains pass through many small rural villages in the innermost part of Italy. If you have time to spare (and no work to do... probably no Internet connection there) it could be an alternative.
If you are in Italy everywhere else, you can reach Pescara by bus (see bus companies above) or train.
This is a list of hotels in downtown Pescara or near the place of the conference.
