CHICAGO 2002 CONFERENCE  

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International Conference  on

THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASYMMETRIES

Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 16-18, 2002

FINAL CONFERENCE UPDATE

                                       
June 28, 2002

This is the final update of the upcoming sixth biennial conference of the Athenian Policy Forum  (APF) to take place at Loyola University Chicago, August 16-18, 2002, coordinated by Professor A.G. Malliaris, under the auspices of the Athenian Policy Forum, Inc. with the collaboration of:

          -  Loyola University Chicago
          -  Athens University of Economics and Business
          -  York University
          -  University of Oklahoma.
          -  Syracuse University
          -  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
          -  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
          -  Universiteit Antwerpen
          -  The North American Economics and Finance Association

Please see attached program of about 50 papers organized in several sessions.

At this point we would like to ask the Conference participants to do the following:

(1)  Please confirm, as soon as possible, the exact title of your paper and institutional affiliation. We would like to prepare an “official program” with a minimum of mistakes.

(2) Please send your registration fee of $50.00, payable to: THE ATHENIAN POLICY FORUM and mail it by July 20, 2002 to:

           Prof. Tassos Malliaris, Conference Chair

Department of Economics and Finance

Loyola University Chicago

820 North Michigan Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60611

USA

This fee will cover the cost of a luncheon and a packet of material.

(3)   Make your hotel reservations very soon.  Information is provided below.
 

CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS AND HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS

All sessions will take place at the 25 East Pearson building of Loyola University Chicago.

Late Registration and Conference material will take place on Friday morning, August 16, 2002 the conference will start on Friday, August 16, at 9:00 am until late afternoon.  Meetings will continue on Saturday.

A block of 20 rooms has been reserved for the participants at the TALBOTT HOTEL, 20 East Delaware Place, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, phone 312-944-4970.  The hotel is 3 minutes walking distance from Loyola University Chicago.  These rooms will be released July 5, 2002.  To make your own reservation at conference rates starting at around $150 per night per single bed, please call the hotel no later than July 5, 2002, and identify yourself as a participant in the ATHENIAN POLICY FORUM/Loyola University Chicago Conference.  Individuals with special arrangements with specific hotels are free to make their own reservations.  Most major hotels are located only minutes away from the conference headquarters.

ORGANIZATION

The Athenian Policy Forum has organized numerous Conferences.  Please visit the web site http://www.apforum.org/ for details. A local arrangements committee has been formed to organize the Chicago Conference.  Members of this Committee are:

Father Michael Garanzini, Honorary, President of Loyola University
Pobert Parkinson, Dean of the School of Business Administration
Tassos Malliaris, Professor of Economics and Finance
George Kaufman, Professor of Finance
Vefa Tarhan, Professor of Finance
Nick Lash, Professor of Finance
Mine Cinar, Professor of Economics
Marc Hayford, Associate Professor of Economics
Mary Malliaris, Associate Professor of Information Systems and
                        Operations Management
Christian Johnson, Professor of Law
Nenad Jukic, Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Operations
                     Management. 

For further information, please contact:

Prof. Christos C. Paraskevopoulos
Department of Economics
Atkinson College
York University
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M3J 1P3

Phone: (416) 736-2100 Ext. 66692
Fax:     (416) 736-5188/ (416) 498-1285
e-mail:  chrisp@yorku.ca / Website: www.apforum.org