*Call for abstracts* *Opening conference of the thematic semester on* *“Stochastic modeling”* *December 18th to 21st, 2017* *Verona, Italy * We would like to invite both academics and practitioners to submit abstracts to the *opening conference of the thematic semester on “Stochastic modeling” taking place in Verona, Italy from December 18th to 21st, 2017. *The aim of the thematic semester, and in particular this opening conference, is to enhance existing connections and to foster new collaborations between researchers in the fields of stochastic modeling, financial mathematics, stochastic control and risk management. The scientific program will feature plenary lectures, invited and contributed talks, as well as poster sessions. *Confirmed plenary speakers are: * Paolo Baldi (Roma 2 University) Viorel Barbu (Romanian Academy) Alberto Bressan (Penn State university) Christa Cuchiero (Vienna university) Romuald Elie (Paris Est university) Damir Filipovic (EPFL and Swiss Finance Institute) Franco Flandoli (Pisa university) Marco Furhman (Milano university) Dylan Possamaï (Columbia university) Young researchers – especially PhD students and junior postdocs – are encouraged to submit their work for a contributed talk or a poster presentation. *Abstracts for contributed talks and posters must be in English and can be submitted at info@vpsms2018.org <info@vpsms2018.org> (Please indicate during submission if you are willing to do a poster presentation)* *The deadline for abstract submission is October 31st, 2017.* *Decisions on acceptance / rejection will be communicated to the authors by November 7th, 2017.Registration for Participation: November 15th, 2017 (Early registration)Registration fees: 120 euros (Early registration) - 170 euros (Regular registration)* For further information about the conference, please visit our *website:* http://vpsms2018.org/event/opening-conference/ If you have any queries, do not hesitate to *contact us at:* info@vpsms2018.org Warm wishes, The organizing committee Etienne Chevalier (Evry university) Luca Di Persio (Verona university) Idris Kharroubi (Paris 6 university) Sergio Pulido (ENSIIE Paris-Evry) __ Luca Di Persio - PhD assistant professor of Probability and Mathematical Finance Dept. Informatics University of Verona strada le Grazie 15 - 37134 Verona - Italy Tel : +39 045 802 7968 <+39%20045%20802%207968> Head of R&D info@hpa8.com | www.hpa8.com