During the next few days, students and faculty of the Swiss Finance Institute will assemble at Gerzensee Study Centre, near Bern, for an annual research workshop.
The two-day meeting is largely devoted to research presentations, but also features a general assembly meeting of the Swiss Finance Institute, and of Finrisk, the Swiss National Science Foundation’s research project on Financial Valuation and Risk Management.
An important part of the meeting is the Doctoral Workshop. Students of the SFI doctoral program present their research and receive feedback from fellow students and faculty.
The student presentations are much anticipated events. Each student will not only present their own work, but also make a presentation on the work of fellow students in the program.
Prizes are awarded for the best research presentation, and also for the best presentation on a fellow student’s work, the so-called “best discussant” award.
The photo shows the first group of students shortly after they arrived on Sunday evening.
Founded by the Swiss National Bank, the Gerzensee Study Centre is an education and training centre for central bankers and economists. Though only 18 minutes by train from Bern, the Centre offers a kind of isolated splendor with fantastic views of the Swiss Alps.
I will reporting on the event during the next few days.
