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 The sixteenth annual R/Finance conference for applied finance using R will be
-held on May 17 and 18, 2024 in Chicago, IL, at the University of Illinois at
-Chicago. The conference brings together some of the best people and
-conversation in quantitative finance -- covering R (or Python or Julia!),
-portfolio construction, statistics, quant ideas and more!
+held on May 18, 2024 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The conference
+brings together some of the best people and conversation in quantitative
+finance -- covering R (or Python or Julia!), portfolio construction,
+statistics, quant ideas and more!
 
-**The [R/Finance 2024 Call For Presentations](https://go.uic.edu/RFinanceCFP2024 "R/Finance2024") is open!**
+**Registration for [R/Finance 2024](https://go.uic.edu/RFinance2024 "R/Finance2024") is open!**
 
-We invite you to submit complete papers in pdf format, or one-page abstracts
-(in txt or pdf format). More complete papers are preferred, as well as
-submissions that include working code. We welcome submissions for full talks
-(approximately 20 min.), abbreviated "lightning talks" (approx. 6 min.), as
-well as (1 hr.) pre-conference tutorials. (Scheduling considerations may
-require requested full talks moved to lightning).
+We're doing things a little different this year. We've partnered with the
+[Chicago R User Group](https://www.meetup.com/chicago-r-user-group/) and
+[PyData Chicago](https://www.meetup.com/pydatachi/) to kickoff the conference
+on Friday, May 17th. This event will have a series of quantitative finance
+presentations, followed by an opportunity to sample Chicago's vibrant nightlife.
 
-Both academic and practitioner proposals related to R are encouraged. We
-especially encourage those who were previously unaware of R/Finance to submit
-their talk proposals. There are many benefits to giving a presentation at the
-conference. It makes your work visible to the community, which often leads to
-interesting conversations with others about your work. A full paper is not
-required!
+On Saturday, we will have the usual presentations covering  topics including
+advanced risk tools, decentralized finance, econometrics, high-performance
+computing, market microstructure, portfolio management, and time series
+analysis. All will be discussed within the context of using R and other
+programming languages as primary tools for financial model development,
+portfolio construction, risk management, and trading.
 
-**Diversity:** In an effort to increase diversity of the presentations and
-presenters at the conference, the committee asks and encourages members of
-under-represented or historically marginalized groups to respond to the Call
-for Presentations. Travel/accommodation funding is available if that may
-prevent you from attending and presenting.
-
-You can submit your proposal at https://go.uic.edu/RFinanceCFP2024. Please share
-the link with colleagues and peers. We would especially appreciate your help
-sending the link to people from under-represented groups, and encouraging them
-to submit a proposal!
+From its humble Midwest beginnings, word of the conference spread among trading
+desks and universities, until it became the primary meeting for academics and
+practitioners interested in using R in quantitative finance. Over the past
+sixteen years, R/Finance has included attendees from around the world and
+featured presentations from prominent academics and practitioners, and we have
+another exciting lineup for 2024.
 
 We look forward to seeing you in Chicago in May!