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The Department of Finance, University of Rennes 1, The CREM (CNRS research unit) and the IAE/IGR de Rennes announce a call for papers for a workshop on “Default Risk and Financial Distress” organised with EIASM.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganization Games
• Debt and Equity Pricing with Default Risk
• Credit risk insurance and SME loan portfolios
• Default risk, Value at Risk, and Extreme Value Theory
• Credit Risk Derivatives and Ratings
• Fair Value, Accounting and Default Prediction

Purpose and Program
The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for academics involved in any areas of the default and credit risks.
The presentations will begin on Thursday morning September 13 and end September 14 at 4.15 pm.
Participants are expected to arrive the day before the workshop.
There will be no parallel session, and all participants are expected to attend all sessions, and to play an active role in them.

IGR de Rennes

Institut de gestion de Rennes
11 rue Jean Macé
35000 Rennes
France

Pascal Francois, HEC Montréal
Peter Pope, Lancaster University, Management School

Franck Moraux, Université du Maine

Patrick Navatte, Université de Rennes 1
Charles Van Wymeersch, Université de Namur

Erwan Morellec
Université de Lausanne-IBF

Olivier Renault
Citigroup London/ University of Warwick

Paper Submissions Deadline: Friday 20 April 2007

Author Notification: Monday 30 April 2007

Final Paper Deadline: Thursday 31 May 2007

To upload your final paper, please go to:
http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/adminLogin.asp?item=EV_ADM

Registration Deadline: Friday 7 September 2007

Please CLICK HERE to download the provisional workshop program...

Please contact Audrey O'Connor with any questions or issues.

Presentation : about 30/35 minutes
Discussant : about 5/7 minutes
Floor (Q&A) : the remaining time.

ACCOMODATION:

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TRAVEL:

Access to Rennes and to the other sites of the university

By plane

Air connections from Paris-Orly to Rennes are regular :
2 to 3 flights per day during the week and one during the weekends. A one way ticket costs around 1000 ff.

Information desk for airlines : +33 2 99 29 60 00

At Rennes airport, situated 10 km outside the centre, it is best to take a taxi to go to town due to the lack of shuttle bus.
There are other direct European flight connections with Rennes, such as Brussels, Amsterdam, Cork, ...
Air connections also exist with Dinard/St Malo, St Brieuc, Lannion.


By rail

To take the train from Paris, the Paris/Brittany connection leaves from Paris-Montparnasse station.
Departures are frequent and daily.
To go to Rennes, ticket prices range from 50 to 70€ according to timetables and days .
At the station in Rennes, the city centre or the University campuses can be reached by bus or taxi .

Train connections are also simple for :
St-Brieuc (direct from Paris via Rennes), St Malo (change in Rennes)
or Lannion (train until Guingamp and then bus until Lannion)

Information desk for trains : +33 2 36 35 35 35

By sea

From Great Britain or Ireland it is possible to get to Rennes via St Malo or to Lannion via Roscoff (around 70 kms from Lannion).
St Malo/Rennes connections by train or bus are frequent (around 10 per day).
The voyage lasts roughly one hour and tickets cost about 10€.

The airport is approx. 15 minutes drive from the university.

USEFUL WEBSITES:

Welcome to the Rennes: http://www.ville-rennes.fr/ (French only)

Rennes Airport: http://www.rennes.aeroport.fr/ 

IT FACILITIES:

The workshop rooms are fully equipped including a Videoprojector & Microphone

Cancellations made before September 1, 2007 will be reimbursed minus 20% of the total fee. No reimbursement will be possible after that date.

Payments should be made by :

• Transfer into the EIASM bank account: 424-5533281-33 - (IBAN: BE79 4245 5332 8133) with the KBC bank, Arenberg Horta, Arenbergstraat 11, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, BIC/SWIFT-address: KREDBEBB. (In case of bank charges, they should be paid by the payor)
• The following credit cards: Visa or Eurocard/Mastercard/Access

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