Call for Papers

2026 MRS International Risk Conference

July 17-19, 2026

Honolulu, USA

The 2026 MRS International Risk Conference will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii from July 17-19, 2026. Hosted by the Shidler College of Business at University of Hawaii, the conference welcomes submissions from scholars worldwide on all aspects of risks and capital markets. It is co-organized by China Finance Review International (CFRI) and Modern Risk Society (MRS). Key event sponsors include the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Global Association for Risk Professionals (GARP), and Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance (APJRI). The annual MRS conference was known as the “CIRF Conference” or the “CFRI & CIRF Conference”. The conference submission deadline is February 10^th, 2026, Eastern Time. 

The conference aims to promote research on global financial risk management with an emphasis on modern risks, under the theme “AI in an Uncertain World.” As in the previous annual MRS conferences, the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal will dedicate a special issue to papers presented at the conference. We welcome submissions in all areas of finance, including but not limited to the following topics:

Ÿ   AI risk

Ÿ   Ambiguity and ambiguity aversion    

Ÿ   Artificial intelligence and machine learning

Ÿ   Asset pricing: capital market efficiency and anomalies

Ÿ   Audit risk, litigation risk, and regulation risk

Ÿ   Banking and bank risk management

Ÿ   Behavioral finance and risk management

Ÿ   Climate risk, catastrophic risk, and rare disasters

Ÿ   Corporate disclosure, financial and non-financial reporting, and sustainability reporting

Ÿ   Corporate finance and governance

Ÿ   Credit risk and liquidity risk

Ÿ   Cryptocurrency risk and reward

Ÿ   Cyber risk and information system risk

Ÿ   Derivatives, risk management, and speculations

Ÿ   Enterprise risk management

Ÿ   ESG and green finance

Ÿ   Financial literacy and household finance

Ÿ   Geopolitical risk

Ÿ   Health and retirement risk

Ÿ   Housing market and housing risk

Ÿ   Inflation and monetary policy

Ÿ   Insurance and risk finance

Ÿ   Leverage and systemic risk

Ÿ   Mutual funds, hedge funds, and institutional investors

Ÿ   Supply chain risk and corporate risk management

Ÿ   Venture capital, innovations, and entrepreneurship

Keynote Speaker

Torben G. Andersen, Nathan S. and Mary P. Sharp Professor of Finance, Northwestern University.

Conference Website: https://www.globalmrs.org/mrs2026

Conference Submission: Interested authors should register an account via our submission website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/MRS2026. Both completed papers and early drafts with innovative ideas related to the theme topics are encouraged. Please submit a PDF file without author information via the link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/MRS2026/Submission/Index. The submission deadline is February 10^th, 2026, Eastern Time. There is no submission fee. For detailed submission instructions, please refer to: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/docs/help/author/author-submission-form.html. Papers will be anonymously reviewed by multiple members of the Program Committee. Authors of accepted papers are expected to be available to serve as session chairs or discussants.

Submission to the PBFJ: The submission to the PBFJ special issue is separate from the conference submission and the submission portal is expected to open on August 15, 2026. Submission details will be provided shortly after the conference. The Pacific-Basin Finance Journal is a high-quality journal specializing in the publication of academic research on capital markets of the Asia-Pacific countries. PBFJ’s current Impact Factor is 5.3.

Submission to the CFRI: You are also welcome to submit your paper to the China Finance Review International, a flagship international finance journal founded by Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. CFRI is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, ABI, EBSCO, HCERES, and more. Ranked #5 globally in Finance (Scopus CiteScore 16.3) and Top 8 in JCR (Impact Factor: 7.6), it provides high visibility and impact for published work with no APC Charge. To submit, please use the CFRI’s online submission system at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cfri.

Research Excellence Awards

Ÿ   Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Research Excellence Award (USD 1,000)

Ÿ   Global Association of Risk Professionals Research Excellence Award (USD 1,000)

Ÿ   China Finance Review International Research Excellence Award (USD 1,000)

Ÿ   Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance (APJRI) Research Excellence Award (USD 1,000)

Ÿ   Sinofin CCER Database Research Excellence Award (USD 1,000)

Ÿ   Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Research Excellence Award (USD1,000)

Ÿ   Modern Risk Society Contribution Award (USD 1,000)

Ÿ   Modern Risk Society “Edward Kane Memorial” Research Excellence Award (USD 1,000)

Ÿ   Modern Risk Society Lifetime Achievement Award

Conference Registration

The conference registration fee for non-student participants is USD495.

The conference registration fee for PhD students is USD195.

Presenting authors should register for the conference by May 31, 2026.

Important Dates

Conference President

Rhee Ghon, University of Hawaii

Program Committee Co-chairs  

Hua Chen, University of Hawaii

Qianqiu Liu, University of Hawaii

Guest Co-Editors of the PBFJ Special Issue 

Hui Guo, University of Cincinnati

Qianqiu Liu, University of Hawaii

Wenfeng Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University                                                                              

Tong Yu, University of Cincinnati

Conference recommended hotels/accommodation

Hotels on Waikiki Beach

·        Waikiki Malia

·        Hotel Renew

·        Lotus Honolulu

Campus housing: TBA

For further information about conference recommended hotels, please visit the conference webpage: https://www.globalmrs.org/mrs2026

Contact of Conference Affairs

Qianqiu Liu, University of Hawaii, email address: qianqiu@hawaii.edu

Huixia Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, email address: luhuixia@sjtu.edu.cn

Conference Contact Emails

admin@globalmrs.org; cfrc@sjtu.edu.cn