Dear All, we are glad to announce that the call for papers for the conference *MAF 2018 - Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciencea and Finance* is open. MAF 2018 will be held on *April 4-6, 2018* at *Universidad Carlos III de Madrid* (Campus Madrid-Puerta de Toledo), Spain. Our website address is *http://www.est-econ.uc3m.es/maf2018/ <http://www.est-econ.uc3m.es/maf2018/>*. Interested people should submit a 1-page abstract within *December 1, 2017*. See you in Madrid! -- Marco Corazza, Ph.D. Department of Economics Ca' Foscari University of Venice San Giobbe, Cannaregio 873 30121 Venezia, Italy Mobile: (+39) 366 602-9134 Phone: (+39) 041 234-6921 Fax: (+39) 041 234-7444 E-mail: corazza@unive.it -- <<Neuroscientists have shown that monetary gain stimulates the same reward circuitry as cocaine and that financial loss activates the same fight-or-flight response as a physical attack. Th ese reactions are hardwired into human physiology.>> *A.W. Lo, "Adaptive markets. Financial evolution at the speed of thought", Princeton University Press, 2017)* [page 101]