2019 CHINA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT (CICIRM 2019)

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

 

July 17-20, 2019
Chengdu, China

 

The 10th China International Conference on Insurance and Risk Management (CICIRM) will be held on July 17-20, 2019 in Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Liulin Campus and Crowne Plaza Chengdu Wenjiang.

The conference is 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 the Insurance School of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.

Following successful meetings in Xining (2010), Beijing (2011), Qingdao (2012), Kunming (2013), Shenzhen (2014), Hangzhou (2015), Xi’an (2016), Guilin (2017), and Baoding (2018), this year’s CICIRM will again provide China’s premier annual forum for international communication and cooperation in the studies of insurance, risk management, and actuarial science.

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. Over the past eight years, numerous distinguished researchers have served as keynote speakers, including: 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), David Cummins (Temple University), Mary Weiss (Temple University), Jan Dhaene (KU Leuven), Georges Dionne (HEC Montréal), Christian Gollier (Toulouse School of Economics), Mark Browne (St. John’s University), David Babbel (University of Pennsylvania), Andreas Richter (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München), Patricia Born (Florida State University), Olivia Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania), Paul Embrechts (ETH Zurich) , David Blake(City University London) and Shaun Shuxun Wang (Nanyang Technological University)

The CICIRM’s conference proceedings have been accepted for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) since 2011. The proceedings of CICIRM 2019 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/2019

 

CICIRM 2019’s KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

  • Prof. Richard D. MacMinn (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China; the University of Texas, USA)
  • Prof. Phelim P. Boyle (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada )
  • Prof. Mary Hardy (University of Waterloo, Canada )

 

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.

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 Submission

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.

Click to Download CICIRM 2019 conference template for abstracts

 

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 email. Please contact us via email ccirm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn if you have not received your email notification by April 30, 2019. The abstract submitter is responsible for informing all co-authors about the status of the abstract.

 

Oral Presentations

Oral presentation will be 30 minutes long and consist of a 20 minute talk followed by 6 minutes for discussion and 4 minutes for clarification questions from the audience and presenter change over.

Please note that time slots for oral presentations are limited and therefore oral presentations will be assigned on a competitive basis.

 

Full Paper Submission

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 email 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.

Click to Download CICIRM 2019 conference template for papers

 

All submitted full papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Accepted papers 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 email. Please contact us via email to ccirm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn if you have not received your email notification by September 1, 2019. The full paper submitter is responsible for informing all co-authors about the status of the paper.

Submissions should be made via email to ccirm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn.

 

Important Dates:

  • Deadline for submission of abstract: April 15, 2019.
  • All abstract acceptance notifications letters will be sent via email by April 30, 2019
  • Deadline for submission of full paper: June 1, 2019
  • Deadline for early-bird registration: June 30, 2019
  • Conference date: July 17-20, 2019

 

All full paper acceptance notifications letters will be sent via email by September 1, 2019

Attached please find CICIRM 2019 conference templates for abstracts and papers. The templates can also be downloaded from the conference website: http://www.ccirm.org/conference/2019 (the website will be opened on December 3, 2018)

 

For additional information, please contact us as follows:

YAN Xuehuang;   ZHANG Yanfang

China Center for Insurance and Risk Management
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