Topic: 2007 Conference

The 14th Annual Meeting in Dresden is history now. We hope to meet you again in Münster on October 10th/11th 2008.



We would like to thank again the 92 reviewers for the evaluation of 200 submitted papers and the members of the program committee for designing the conference program.

Second, we thank all those who have submitted papers and thus helped to ensure the competitiveness of the meeting.

Third, we thank all the discussants and participants for contributing to interesting discussions during the conference.

Furthermore we thank all those who have contributed in the organization of this meeting in any form, especially Mr. Lars Hengmith and his team at the conference, Arite Schrehardt for supporting registration and accounting, Kati Haufe for her help in preparing name tags and lists, and the team of HOGA - Hotel- und Gaststättenschule - Schloss Albrechtsberg for their excellent catering.

And finally we want to express our gratitude to the main financial supporters of the DGF Conference 2007: Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sachsen LB, Union PanAgora Asset Management GmbH, Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Wissenschaftsförderung and all partners.

Hermann Locarek-Junge
Friedrich Thiessen
Ursula Walther

A City Map of Dresden with HSZ, the locations of the informal Get-Together, Conference Dinner and recommended hotels will be available in print at the conference.

A PDF-Version (405 kb) is available here for download.

The final version (as of September 11, 2007) of the Abstracts Volume as it will be available in print on the conference, is available here for download (PDF, 755 kb).

There have been some minor changes (additional discussants, rearranged talks and minor changes of the program schedule) that will be reported as an addendum in your conference material.

The latest (and final) version of the Abstracts Volume with all changes included is available here.


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The opening session of the DGF 2007 conference will contain a keynote talk by Prof. David Lando, Copenhagen Business School. The content fits very well to the recent development of the financial markets. We are proud to have one of the major experts in the field of credit risk in Dresden. The title of the talk will be:

Issues in credit risk in light of the recent crisis

The talk will start shortly after 9 a.m. on Friday, September 28th, 2007 in HS02.

Note: Our ontracts with the hotels have expired meanwhile. A list of hotels including the recommended hotels (in german) can be found here and a list of other hotels which might have some capacity is given below.

The following hotels are located near HSZ. The room rates are just an indication and may vary until September 28/29.

Hotel (Details)	Single (approx)	Double (approx)		Contact
**** Ramada Hotel Dresden	ca. 114 Euro + 15 Euro breakfast	varies daily		(0351) 47820
**** Four Points Königshof	ca. 105 Euro + 16 Euro breakfast	varies daily		(0351) 87310
**** Mercure Newa	varies daily	varies daily		(0351) 48140

Regular Students and PhD Students might be interested in A&O Hostel Dresden. Using this link, there is a 10 percent discount. You stay in a single room with private facilities and TV. Sheets and breakfast buffet is included.

Hotels near Dresden, in Freital or Pirna (ca. 15-20 minutes by car) may still have capacities. The HRS.de booking service e.g. shows these hotels. The address of HSZ is Bergstrasse 64, D-01069 Dresden, Germany.