Building on the successes of the previous conferences since 2010, we have the pleasure to organize for the ninth year in a row an event related to financial market liquidity. The conference will be held at Corvinus University of Budapest.

The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and practitioners to discuss state-of-the-art results in the field of financial market liquidity. These topics include:
- Market Liquidity and Funding Liquidity; 
- Liquidity Aspects of Corporate Finance;
- Liquidity Aspects of Systemic Risk; 
- Game Theoretic Aspects of Liquidity and Financial Markets; 
- Global Liquidity (both Public and Private) and Regulations; 
- Leverage and Macroeconomic Determinants; 
- Market Microstructure with Emphasis on Liquidity; 
- Asset Pricing and Management with Illiquid Assets; 
- Illiquid Alternative Investments and Asset Innovations;
- Social Innovation.

Keynote speakers:
* Edward I. Altman (Stern School of Business, New York University)
* Douglas Cumming (Schulich School of Business, York University)

Confirmed Invited speakers:
 * Farshid Abdi (Stern School of Business, New York University) 
 * Carlo Acerbi (MSCI) 
 * Jonathan A. Batten (Universiti Utara Malaysia) 
 * Zsuzsanna Fluck (Michigan State University) 
 * Seema Narayan (RMIT University) 
 * Alexander Szimayer (University of Hamburg) 
 * Md Hamid Uddin (Taylor’s University) 
 * Niklas Wagner (Passau University) 

Scientific commitee:

  * Péter Csóka (Chair, Corvinus University of Budapest and CERS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
  * Jonathan A. Batten (Universiti Utara Malaysia)
  * Edina Berlinger (Corvinus University Of Budapest)
  * Dániel Havran (Corvinus University Of Budapest)
  * Zsuzsa R. Huszár (National University of Singapore)
  * Hubert János Kiss (CERS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
  * László Á. Kóczy (CERS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Óbuda University)
  * Igor Lončarski (University of Ljubljana)
  * Mihály Ormos (Eötvös Loránd University)
  * Péter Szilágyi (Central European University)
  * Niklas Wagner (Passau University)
  * Adam Zawadowski (Central European University)

For presentation, please send extended abstracts or full papers to liquidityconference(at)gmail(dot)com by 16th June 2018. Papers will be anonymously reviewed by at least two members of the Scientific Committee and authors will be notified of the Program Committee’s decisions by 16th of August 2018. Acceptance can be for full presentation or poster presentation for the papers that are very relevant but because of time constraints cannot be included in the program. Early bird registration is by 24 September 2018, with a discounted early bird registration fee of EUR 250 (including coffee breaks, two lunches, conference dinner, conference accessories, conference booklet). Accepted speakers or poster presenters may apply for a reduced registration fee.

Abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings and selected papers presented at the conference will be invited for formal submission and consideration for publication in the following journals.
 
Emerging Markets Review
Finance Research Letters
Journal of Corporate Finance
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money
Journal of Multinational Financial Management
Risk Management
Studies in Economics and Finance.