Call for papers:A New Era for Risk Management

A New Era for Risk Management

Watson Wyatt Worldwide

 Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics

 

The financial crisis of 2007–2009 is the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression, and the demand for re-thinking on risk management is urgent.

In this context, Watson Wyatt, the top international consulting company, and WISE, one of the best academic institutions in China, are cooperating on an essay contest on risk management. The purpose is to create a forum for Chinese scholars to present and exchange their ideas on these extremely important and challenging research issues. The contest will provide participants exposure to the latest research with the practical hands-on experience from a leading consulting firm in the world.

Paper in areas of risk management welcome, especially those addressing below issues:

·         Crisis management: new approaches

·         Risk-sensitive management – companies and risk management

·         Planning for future risks and crises

·         Risk management & human capital

·         Risk management in an imperfect world – market imperfections and why it is important to take them into account in risk management

·         Risk management & the environment

 

·         Authors of the papers submitted must be younger scholars (age below 35) or students (including graduates and undergraduates) from Chinese universities;

·         One author may submit only one single-authored paper; the number of co-authored papers is not restricted;

·         All papers are not allowed to be published before, and the full text or summary of winner papers will be published by Watson Wyatt after essay contest;

·         Papers must submitted in PDF format (with title, abstract, full text, data and code); papers can be submitted either in English or in Chinese; if the paper is written in Chinese, an English version of  the  abstract are is required;

·         Please send the paper and author’s information to ChinaUniversity.Event@watsonwyatt.com with email subject “Paper Submission” before Oct 17, 2009;

·         A list of prize-winning papers will be released by Nov.30, 2009, on the event website and the authors will be notified by email.

 

Bob Charles         Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, Watson Wyatt

Guojin Chen         Professor of Finance and Associate Dean, Wang-Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen University

Yongmiao Hong   Professor of Economics, Cornell University, and Cheung Kong Lecture    Professor of WISE, Xiamen University

Andrew Ng        Senior Consultant, Watson Wyatt

Mike Orszag      Head of research, Watson Wyatt

Gaobo Pang      Senior economist of Watson Wyatt

John Piggott         Professor of Economics and Associate Dean Research of Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales

Juan Yermo       Head, Private Pensions Unit of OECD

Liang Yin    Analyst of Watson Wyatt

Awards

Winners of the “Best Papers” are invited to present in the “A New Era for Risk Management” symposium, held in Xiamen University in December, 2009 (detailed schedule will be updated on), and discuss the latest issues on risk management with leading academia and business people in the industry. Winners will also be rewarded with “Watson Wyatt Youth Scholarship”:

 

First Place (One winner)                    RMB 15,000

Second Place (Two winners)             RMB 10,000

Third Place (Up to Six winners)        RMB 5,000

 

Lecture Series and Symposium

During September and December 2009, Watson Wyatt will organize 6 lectures on risk management topics in cooperation with 6 top universities in China. Keynote speakers for all lectures are Watson Wyatt high-profile consultants, who hold leading positions in the industry. Especially in cooperation with our long term academic partner WISE Xiamen University, Watson Wyatt will hold a symposium on new insights into risk management, opening to all youth scholars, students and the winners of “Watson Wyatt Youth Scholarship”, as an international platform for participants to exchange ideas with outstanding academia and leading consultants in relevant areas.

 

Contact Us

Email:  ChinaUniversity.Event@watsonwyatt.com  (Please specify mail subject as “Inquiry”)

Tel: Mr. Shang 86 27 59901150 Ext. 116

Website: Updated information can be found from the website of Watson Wyatt

 

 

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Founded in 1923, the Department of Economics at XMU obtained national prestige during the long-term leadership of Professor WANG Yanan, a former president of the University, who translated Adam Smiths Wealth of Nations and Karl Marxs Das Kapital into Chinese. The Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) was founded in 2005, with the aim of maintaining XMU’s leading edge in economic research in China, and becoming an internationally recognized center for teaching, and research. More information on Xiamen University and WISE can be found from these links:

 

Xiamen University: http://www.xmu.edu.cn/ 

WISE: http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/index.asp