ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

2016 CHINA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT (CICIRM 2016)

         July 27-30, 2016
         Xi’an, China

The 7th China International Conference on Insurance and Risk Management (CICIRM 2016) will be held on July 27-30, 2016 at Grand New Century Hotel in Xi’an, China’s Shaanxi Province. The conference was jointly organized by Tsinghua University’s China Center for Insurance and Risk Management (CCIRM) and the Cass Business School of City University, London, and hosted by School of Economics, Xi’an University of Finance and Economics. Following upon the last six years’ successful meetings in Xining (July 19-22, 2010), in Beijing (July 24-27, 2011), in Qingdao (July 18-21, 2012), in Kunming (July 17-20, 2013), in Shenzhen (July 23-26, 2014) and in Hangzhou (July 15-18, 2015), CICIRM 2016 continues to launch the annual forum in China for international communication and cooperation in the studies of insurance, risk management, and actuarial science. 

The CICIRM is the unique international conference in the field of insurance and risk management in China. CICIRM attendees will have the opportunity to hear from distinguished speakers, exchange ideas with leading international researchers, present recent academic and practical research in parallel sessions, and discuss the latest academic and practical research on current importance within the field of insurance, risk management and actuarial science. There have been 13 well-known professors invited as keynote speakers over the past six years. They are Howard Kunreuther (University of Pennsylvania), Sharon Tennyson (Cornell University), Gene Lai (Washington State University), Christopher Parsons (City University London ), Patrick Brockett (University of Texas-Austin), Richard MacMinn (Illinois State University), J. David Cummins (Temple University), Mary A. Weiss (Temple University), Jan Dhaene ( KU Leuven), Georges Dionne (HEC Montréal), Christian Gollier (Toulouse School of Economics), Mark J. Browne (St. John’s University) and David Babbel (University of Pennsylvania)

The Conference Proceedings have been accepted for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) since 2011. The proceedings of CICIRM 2016 will continue to be published by Tsinghua University Press and submitted for indexing by CPCI. 


Detailed information is available at the conference website: http://www.ccirm.org/conference/2016.


Keynote Speakers:

  • Andreas Richter (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
  • Patricia H. Born (Florida State University, USA)

Submission Guidelines:

The conference will cover topics related to insurance, risk management and actuarial science. Research related to specific aspects of Chinese markets and government programs is especially welcome and parallel sessions will be organized in both English and Chinese. 


Possible topics for submission can include:
  •   Development and Regulation of Insurance Market
  •   Insurance Economics
  •   Theory and Practice of Risk Management
  •   Property and Liability Insurance
  •   Life and Health Insurance
  •   Pension and Social Security
  •   Actuarial Science
  •   Behavioral Insurance


Abstract Submissions:

Abstracts can be submitted in either English or English-Chinese bilingual. All abstracts should be submitted electronically as a file attachment in Word (.doc) format and formatted using the conference abstract template. 
The scientific quality of all submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the Program Committee on the basis of the following three criteria: novelty of the research, significance of the findings, and clarity of writing. The conference participants whose abstracts are accepted will be encouraged to contribute oral presentations in English. 
We will inform the abstract submitter about the acceptance of submitted abstracts by e-mail. Please contact us via email ccirm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn if you have not received your e-mail notification by April 17, 2016. The abstract submitter is responsible for informing all co-authors about the status of the abstract.
All accepted abstracts will be saved on USB flash drive and distributed to all registrants at the start of the conference.

Click abstract format-CICIRM2016-EN.doc to download 
CICIRM 2016 conference template for abstracts


Oral Presentations:

Oral presentations will be 30 minutes long and consist of a 20 minute talk followed by 5 minutes for questions/discussion and 5 minute for presenter change over and clarification questions from the audience . Please note that time slots for oral presentations are limited and therefore oral presentations will be assigned on a competitive basis.


Full Paper Submissions:

Full paper submissions are accepted in English or Chinese, but all full papers submitted must have a title, an abstract, keywords, all authors’ contact information (including full first given names, postal addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses), and references in English. All full papers must be submitted electronically as a file attachment in Word (.doc) format and formatted using the conference full paper template. 

CICIRM 2016 conference template for papers

All submitted full papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Accepted paper will be considered for publication after the conference. At least one author per paper is required to register and attend the conference to present the paper if accepted for publication. We will inform the paper submitter about the acceptance of submitted paper by e-mail. Please contact us via email ccirm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn if you have not received your e-mail notification by September 1, 2016. The full paper submitter is responsible for informing all co-authors about the status of the paper.


Submissions should be made on both the conference website http://www.ccirm.org/conference/2016 AND email ccirm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn (preferred)


Important Dates:

Deadline for submission of abstract: April 17, 2016
All abstract acceptance notifications letters will be sent via e-mail by April 30, 2016
Deadline for submission of full paper: June 1, 2016
Deadline for early-bird registration: June 30, 2016
Conference date: July 27-30,2016
All full paper acceptance notifications letters will be sent via e-mail by September 1, 2016
    

For additional information, please contact:  ccirm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn



Contact us:

YAN Xuehuang,  ZHANG Yanfang

China Center for Insurance and Risk Management

Address:Room 376, Weilun Building,
              School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
              Beijing, China, 100084
Tel:      +86 10 62773414; +86 10 62782830
Fax:     +86 10 62796801
Email:  ccirm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn