2026 FMA Annual Meeting
14 - 17 October 2026 | Tampa, FL 
FMA International is pleased to announce the 2026 FMA Annual Meeting will be held on 14 - 17 October 2026 at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street in Tampa, FL.
This conference will bring together academics and practitioners with interests in financial decision-making and provides a forum for presenting new research and discussing current issues in financial management and related topics.
Starting with the larger-than-life flamingo waiting to greet you at Tampa Airport, Tampa offers miles of dazzling waterfront, authentic culture, cuisine and nightlife, not to mention beautiful Gulf beaches less than an hour's drive from the city!
Vice President - 2026 FMA Annual Meeting Program 
Alex Edmans
Professor of Finance; Fellow of the British Academy;
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
London Business School
Paper Submissions
The deadline to submit a paper is Wednesday, 1 April 2026. Papers accepted for presentation will be presented in conference sessions beginning Thursday, 15 October at 8:30 am ET and concluding on Saturday, 17 October at 12:00 noon ET. Papers submitted for the conference sessions can also be submitted for poster sessions.
Submission fees are $75 USD (FMA-members) or $85 USD (non-members).
Poster Submissions
The Financial Management Association International invites research from doctoral students and early career researchers to be showcased in poster sessions on Thursday, 15 October and Friday, 16 October during coffee and snack breaks.
To submit your research for the special poster session, submit your paper or a draft of your poster on or before 1 April 2026. Poster submissions are invited on all topics in finance and may describe research projects, results of work in progress, or recently completed work. Priority spots for the poster session will be given to doctoral students and early career researchers (researchers who received their doctorates within the past five years). To help defray costs, conference registration fees will be waived for doctoral students accepted for the poster session.
There is no submission fee. Posters submitted for the poster sessions can also be submitted for the conference sessions.
Click here to read the Call for Papers.
The editors of Financial Management (FM), the flagship journal of FMA International, will be apprised by the conference program committee of papers that the committee assesses to be of particularly high-quality. In select cases, the editors will “lightly solicit” papers for submission to FM by offering fast-turnaround, high-quality reviews, waived initial submission fees, and enhanced marketing of papers that are eventually accepted through this submission route. Referees for “lightly-solicited” papers will be made aware that the paper was invited for submission by the editors. While these invitations do not promise eventual publication of papers in FM, the invitations are only offered to a small number of papers each year that the respective FMA conference program committees identify as likeliest to clear the bar for publication in FM without major revisions.
Other Program Participation
Program Committee Member Application: Deadline 1 April 2026 CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Session Chairperson/Discussant Application: Deadline 26 June 2026 CLICK HERE TO APPLY
FMA is pleased to announce that Best Discussant Awards will be presented for the 2026 FMA Annual Meeting. Please click here for more information.
Visa and Immigration Policies
Visa Waiver Program
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) enables most citizens or nationals of participating countries to travel to the United States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or less without obtaining a visa. Travelers must have a valid Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) approval prior to travel. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) strongly recommend applying once you have made your travel plans. The cost is $40.27 USD.
If you are not eligible for the VWP, you may need a Business Visa (B-1) to enter the US. Please click here for more information. We strongly suggest you apply for your B-1 visa early; wait times for visa application appointments may be quite lengthy. Please click here for approximate wait times. The base cost for a B-1 Visa is $185 USD.
If you will need an invitation letter to apply for a Business Visa (B-1) to enter the US, please contact FMA at [email protected]. All individuals requesting invitation letters must be registered for the Annual Meeting and provide a hotel reservation confirmation. Hotel information and reservation links are available here.
Conference Venue
The conference will be held at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street (510 Water Street, Tampa FL 33602).
Conference Hotels
The two host hotels are the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street (510 Water Street, Tampa, FL 33602) and the Marriott Water Street (505 Water Street, Tampa FL 33602). All conference events will be held in the JW Marriott; the hotels are attached via walkway.
Room rates at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street start at $294/night plus taxes and fees. Room rates at the Marriott Water Street start at $253/night plus taxes and fees.
Conference Program featuring Keynote Speaker
Andrew Metrick, Janet L. Yellen Professor of Finance and Management 
Yale School of Management
Andrew Metrick is the Janet L. Yellen Professor of Finance and Management at the Yale School of Management (SOM) and the Director of the Yale Program on Financial Stability. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard in 1994, and a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Yale in 1989. Prior to joining the Yale faculty in 2008, he held positions in the finance department at Wharton and the economics department at Harvard. In academic year 2009-10, he was on leave at the Council of Economic Advisers in Washington. Upon returning to Yale, he served as the Deputy Dean of SOM from 2010 to 2016.
Professor Metrick’s current research and teaching is focused on financial stability, including the regulation of systemic risk, the activities of complex financial institutions, and the causes and consequences of the financial crisis of 2007-09. His past work has been in financial intermediation more generally, with a focus on investment management and corporate governance.
Application-only events held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting
Doctoral Student Consortium on Wednesday, 14 October 2026 
Coordinated by James Choi, Professor of Finance at the Yale School of Management, the Doctoral Student Consortium includes a panel session with distinguished scholars discussing the latest advances in research and offering career advice. The afternoon breakout sessions give participants the opportunity to present job market papers or dissertation proposals and receive feedback from the faculty and panelists. Accepted participants receive complimentary conference registration.
The application deadline is Friday, 22 May 2026.
Emerging Scholars Initiative (ESI) on Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Led by John Graham, D. Richard Mead Professor of Finance at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, the Emerging Scholars Initiative (ESI) is a program that offers early career scholars (e.g., Assistant Professors or untenured professors) from disadvantaged backgrounds opportunities to gain visibility in the profession, benefit from mentorship, receive feedback and ongoing support on their research from senior faculty, and receive advice on professional development.
Selected participants will be invited to participate in workshops on Wednesday14 October 2026 where they will present their papers/research ideas, engage in discussion, and receive feedback from senior researchers. Participants agree to integrate feedback gained from these workshops into their papers within 9 months and send them back to the senior faculty leaders for additional mentorship and support. This program is open to early career researchers (e.g., Assistant or untenured Professors), not doctoral students.
Conference registration fees will be waived for selected participants.
The application deadline is Friday, 22 May 2026.
Innovation in Teaching Award
Led by Wei Wang, Distinguished Professor of Finance at Queen's University and FMA Vice President - Financial Education, the Financial Management Association International's (FMA) Innovation in Teaching Award is designed to recognize inspiring educators, enhance the quality and relevance of education in finance, disseminate successful innovative practices, and elevate teaching as a craft to the next level.
Three finalists will be invited to present in a special session at the FMA Annual Meeting and prizes will be offered to the winner and two runners up.
The application deadline is Friday, 22 May 2026.
Optional Conference Special Events
Assistant Professors' Breakfast (Friday, 16 October 2026, $30 attendance fee) 
Coordinated by Edward Van Wesep, Raymond and Dorothy Joyce Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurial Finance, Professor and Chair of the Finance Division at the University of Colorado Boulder, the breakfast panelists will share the lessons learned from their own experiences to help assistant professors navigate their careers. Additionally, they will discuss topics such as time management, the publication process, mentorship, as well as how to balance research, teaching and service to the profession.
Women's Networking Luncheon (Friday, 16 October 2026, $40 attendance fee) 
Coordinated by Giorgia Piacentino, Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California, the luncheon provides an opportunity for women to network with each other, as well as share thoughts and solutions to the unique challenges women face in advancing in the finance profession.
Program Track Chairs
The Program Track Chairs work closely with the Vice President - Program to make paper acceptance recommendations by using the review data provided by the members of the Program Committee and put together suggested sessions for the Program.
Conference Awards
Best Paper Awards
Papers accepted for presentation may be eligible for consideration in five Best Paper Award categories:
Corporate Finance (Review Chairperson: Elena Simintzi, Associate Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler)
Derivatives and Options (Review Chairperson: Harjoat Bhamra, Professor of Finance, Imperial College Business School)
Financial Markets and Institutions (Review Chairperson: Kristine Hankins, William E. Seale Professor of Finance, University of Kentucky)
Investments and Asset Pricing (Review Chairperson: Dong Lou, Head Chair Professor and Citi Professor of Business, HKUST)
Market Microstructure (Review Chairperson: Carole Comerton-Forde, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne)
    
Best Discussant Awards
We are pleased to announce Best Discussant Awards will be presented for the 2026 FMA Annual Meeting.
Three awards will be awarded, one for each day of paper presentations. The awards are designed to recognize discussants that provide outstanding discussions of papers presented at the Meeting. An outstanding discussion is one that is clear, constructive, and provides valuable feedback for improving and understanding the contribution of the paper in a way that is understandable to the audience and not demeaning to the authors. Each of the three awards will carry a $500 USD monetary prize.
Award Process
At the conclusion of the Annual Meeting, FMA will email all meeting attendees to ask for nominations for the awards. The nomination will only need to include the discussant's name and the paper title or name of the presenting author whose paper they discussed. Nominees will be contacted and asked to provide their discussant slides. An award committee will use the slides, together with the number of nominations, the source of the nomination (e.g., an author nominating his or her discussant for the award would get more weight), and any first-person attendance at the discussion to determine the award recipients.
Award winners will be announced in Winter 2026.
You are invited to discuss a paper at the conference and to compete for these awards. To apply as a paper discussant, please click here. Session organization will begin in Summer 2026.
Sponsorship, Exhibits & Advertising
Information on sponsorships, exhibits and advertising will be available soon!
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