Conference Program

Conference Program

Day1. 2 July, 2026 (Thursday)

Time
Event
Venue

13:30

Registration

SK Building, #58 1F

13:30-16:30

Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (ASFRC) Meeting

120

14:00-16:00

PhD Consortium

217, 218, 231

15:00-17:00

Asian Finance Association Board Meeting (Sponsored by PBFJ)

331

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

SK Building, #58 1F



Day2. 3 July, 2026 (Friday)

Time
Event
Venue

08:00~

Registration

SK Building, #58 1F

08:30-09:40

Parallel Session I

217, 218, 231, 324, 325, 326, 327, 331, 332, 120

09:40-10:00

Coffee Break

SK Building, #58 2F, 3F

10:00-10:30

  • Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Woojin Kim, President of Asian Finance Association, President of Korean Finance Association, and Seoul National University
  • Sungho Park
    Associate Dean of Student Affairs,
    Korbit Chaired Professor of Marketing, Seoul National University

SUPEX HALL( SK Building, #58 1F)

10:30-11:30

  • Keynote Speech I
  • Endogenous Formation of Guaranteed Loan Networks
    Dong Lou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Moderator: Jaewon Choi, Seoul National University

SUPEX HALL( SK Building, #58 1F)

11:30-12:00

  • Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (ASFRC) statement
  • Topic: Stock Repurchases in Asia

SUPEX HALL( SK Building, #58 1F)

12:00-13:00

Lunch

SARSHA Restaurant

13:00-14:40

  • Parallel Session II
  • Special Session: Advancing Korea’s Capital Market: Corporate Value-up and Digital Transformation

217, 218, 231, 324, 325, 326, 327, 331, 120

14:40-15:10

Coffee Break

SK Building, #58 2F, 3F

15:10-16:50

  • Parallel Session III
  • Special Session: Shareholder Engagement in Korea: Obstacles and Opportunities

217, 218, 231, 324, 325, 326, 327, 331, 120

17:00-19:00

Welcome Reception (Sponsored by WRDS)

LG Building, #59-1 2F



Day3. 4 July, 2026 (Saturday)

Time
Event
Venue

08:30-10:10

Parallel Session IV

217, 218, 231, 324, 325, 326, 327, 331, 332, 120

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

SK Building, #58 2F, 3F

10:30-11:30

  • Keynote Speech II
  • Private Debt
  • Isil Erel, Ohio State University
  • Moderator: Woojin Kim, Seoul National University

SUPEX HALL( SK Building, #58 1F)

11:30-11:50

Asian Finance Association Members’ Annual Meeting

SUPEX HALL (SK Building, #58 1F)

11:50-12:50

Lunch

SARSHA Restaurant

12:50-13:50

  • Special Seminar
  • Seminal Experiences in My Academic Life
  • S. Ghon Rhee, University of Hawaii
  • Moderator: Yenn-Ru Chen, National Chengchi University

SUPEX HALL( SK Building, #58 1F)

13:50-14:10

Coffee Break

SK Building, #58 2F, 3F

14:10-15:50

  • Parallel Session V
  • Meet the Editor: Robert Faff, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal

217, 218, 324, 325, 326, 327
231

15:50-16:00

Coffee Break

SK Building, #58 2F, 3F

16:00-17:40

Parallel Session VI

217, 218, 231, 324, 325, 326, 327, 331, 332, 120

18:00-21:00

  • Gala Dinner and Closing Ceremony
  • Best Paper Award
  • Announcement of 2027 conference Host
  • Closing Remarks

RakGuJung (On Campus)
The Shuttle bus departs at 17:50 from SK Building to RakGuJung