The University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia will host the 9th International Conference on Currency, Banking and International Finance on September 20-21, 2016. The conference aims to bring together scholars from Central and Eastern Europe and other parts of the world to discuss the experience of CEE countries in overcoming economic integration problems in the EU. The conference will map the economic transformation of CEE financial sectors and highlight new challenges to European economic integration, focusing on issues like macroeconomic imbalances, monetary and fiscal policy interactions, and the impact of the banking union. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and potentially a special issue of an indexed journal. The deadline for abstract submission is June 12, 2016.

1. University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of National Economy,
Department of Banking and International Finance,
Slovak Republic
cordially invites you to
9th
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON CURRENCY, BANKING AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Challenges for Financial Sector of CEE Countries in
Overcoming Problems of Economic Integration in the EU
Department of Banking and International Finance will host an international conference on the
topic above, on 20 and 21 September 2016 in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
This conference is aimed at bringing scholars both from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
and other parts of the world to discuss experience of the CEE in overcoming the problems related
to the process of economic integration in Europe. The financial sector of the CEE is known to
have gone through substantial economic and social transformation as a precondition for joining
the European Union or the EMU. In light of the recent financial crisis the CEE financial sector is
daily confronted with the overall instability of world financial market. The conference shall
therefore map successful stories of CEE economic transformation so far and highlight new
challenges to the future of economic integration in Europe from the perspective of financial
sector.
In our call for papers we ask for contributions that will focus on following areas of research and
will be written in English language:
1) Problems of macroeconomic imbalance and sustainability of single monetary policy
2) Interactions between monetary and fiscal policy
3) Building up of the banking union and its expected impact
4) Reflection of European economy instability on financial markets
5) Geopolitical problems and their consequences on price and financial stability in Europe
Publication: Full versions of accepted papers will be published in the proceedings on CD. The
proceedings will have an ISBN number. All papers that will successfully pass double-blind
review process will be published in a printed book proceedings indexed in the Thomson
Conference Proceedings Citation Index (formerly ISI Proceedings) accessible at the Web of
Science. Scientific committee of the ICCBIF 2016 conference is currently in talks with several
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2. scientific journals indexed in international databases (e.g. ISI Web of Science, Scopus) about
sponsoring a special issue. Further information will be posted at the conference website.
Dates and deadlines:
Submission of application and abstract: 12 June 2016
Notification of abstract acceptance: 19 June 2016
Payment of conference fee: 10 July 2016
Submission of paper: 4 September 2016
Conference Fee: The conference fee is 250€ for all attendees and it includes presentation of
paper, conference materials, conference proceedings (full papers on CD with ISBN), coffee
breaks, two lunches, reception and optional cultural event.
Contact information: Please visit the conference website for further information on
http://iccbif.kbmf.nhf.euba.sk/ or contact us by email at iccbif@euba.sk.
We are looking forward to your active participation.
Sincerely yours,
assoc. prof. Ing. Jana Kotlebová, PhD.
chair of the organizing committee