From 1e5aeecf323400d015c390a2b3b5f3ebd48fb823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Ulrich Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:33:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update homepage for open registration --- content/_index.md | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index 1258bd0..1ae4099 100644 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -1,34 +1,29 @@ 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!