Conferences

2025 Rising Scholars Conference - Call for Papers

High-quality theoretical and empirical paper submissions from rising scholars on the future of financial stability are due by January 10, 2025.

2024 PhD Symposium

Announcing the annual OFR PhD Symposium, scheduled for November 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Cornell-OFR Conference on Global Climate Finance and Risks

Cornell University and the OFR will host a virtual conference on October 25, 2024, on climate finance issues.

2024 Financial Stability Conference – Call for Papers

The 2024 Financial Stability Conference hosted by the OFR and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland will discuss new and emerging risks in a time of interconnectedness and innovation.

2024 Rising Scholars Conference: The Future of Financial Stability

High-quality theoretical and empirical paper presentations of young scholars on the future of financial stability.

Rising Scholars Call For Papers

Submissions of high-quality theoretical and empirical papers on the future of financial stability from scholars who have obtained a PhD within the last six years.

2023 Financial Stability Conference

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Office of Financial Research hosted the eleventh annual financial stability conference on November 16-17, 2023.

2023 PhD Symposium

The Office of Financial Research hosted our annual PhD Symposium on October 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Rising Scholars Conference

The conference took place on May 5, 2023. A diverse group of individuals who received their PhD within the last six years met experts in their field, received professional and constructive feedback on their work, and evaluated issues for broader consideration.

OFR Climate Implications for Financial Stability Conference

The Office of Financial Research hosted a virtual conference on climate-related risks and financial stability on September 9, 2022. The event was open to the public.

2022 Financial Stability Conference: Frontier Risks, a New Normal, and Policy Challenges

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Office of Financial Research hosted the tenth annual financial stability conference on November 17-18, 2022.

2021 Financial Stability Conference: Planning for Surprises, Learning from Crises

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Office of Financial Research hosted their annual financial stability conference on November 17–19, 2021 virtually.

2020 Financial Stability Conference: Stress, Contagion, and Transmission

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Office of Financial Research hosted the annual financial stability conference on November 19-20, 2020 virtually.

2019 Financial Stability Conference: Financial Stability: Risks, Resilience, and Policy

The Office of Financial Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland hosted the annual financial stability conference on November 21-22, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Functions and Firms: Using Activity and Entity-based Regulation to Strengthen the Financial System

The Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law, and Policy hosted this fourth annual Financial Stability Conference on November 15-16, 2018 at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C.

2018 Financial Stability Conference — Markets and Spillovers

The Office of Financial Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland hosted their annual financial stability conference November 29-30, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

FinTech Risks and Opportunities: An Interdisciplinary Approach

The Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law, and Policy hosted this third annual Financial Stability Conference on November 16-17, 2017 at the University of Michigan Law School.

Heterogeneous Agents and Agent-based Modeling: The Intersection of Policy and Research

The Office of Financial Research, Brandeis University, and the Bank of England hosted this conference on September 21-22, 2017 at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C.

Third Joint Workshop by the Bank of England, European Central Bank, and the OFR, "Setting Global Standards for Granular Data"

This workshop on March 28-29 2017, the third in a series, was an opportunity to continue discussions about best practices and emerging issues in the usage and standards of granular financial data.

2017 Financial Stability Conference – Financial Stability and FinTech

The Office of Financial Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted the 2017 Financial Stability and FinTech Conference on November 30 - December 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C

2016 Financial Stability Conference - Innovation, Market Structure, and Financial Stability

The Office of Financial Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland are hosting the 2016 Financial Stability Conference on December 1–2, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

Big Data: Improving the Scope, Quality, and Accessibility of Financial Data

The Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan hosted a joint conference on October 27-28, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Taking Stock of Financial Resilience: What Have We Learned and What are the Challenges?

This fifth annual conference, cosponsored by the Office of Financial Research and the Financial Stability Oversight Council on February 5, 2016, brought together financial practitioners, researchers, and regulators to discuss emerging financial stability issues. Four panels of academics and officials discussed “Orderly Resolution Around the World,” “Stress Tests Beyond Banks,” “Central Clearing for Repos in the United States,” and “How Can Regulators Monitor and Adapt to Changing Market Structure?“

Second Joint Workshop by the Bank of England, European Central Bank, and the OFR, "Setting Global Standards for Granular Data"

This workshop on October 29-30, 2015 in New York City brought together central bankers and regulators from across the globe to extend and build on a workshop held in January 2015 in London.

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Financial Stability

The Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan sponsored a conference on October 22-23, 2015 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to explore how methods from diverse fields, such as system analysis, agent-based modeling, and data visualization, can be used to identify, measure, monitor, and mitigate risks to the financial system.

2015 Financial Stability Conference - Financial Stability: Policy Analysis and Data Needs

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Office of Financial Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland invited the submission of research and policy-oriented papers for the 2015 Financial Stability Conference held December 3-4, 2015 in Washington, D.C. This conference concentrated on data requirements for macroprudential policy development and implementation, and recent advances in systemic risk measurement and forecasting tools.

Evaluating Macroprudential Tools: Complementarities and Conflicts

This fourth annual conference jointly sponsored by the Office of Financial Research and the Financial Stability Oversight Council provided a venue for assessing and critiquing the state of the art in measuring and analyzing the factors contributing to financial stability, as well as the threats to it. The goal was to provoke new thinking about the data, research, and policy issues regulators and supervisors face, focused on the challenges in developing, evaluating, and improving financial stability tools. The conference had four panels (on stress testing, resolution, liquidity regulation, and margins and haircuts). Each panel featured a mix of academics, officials, and market participants.

Joint Workshop by the Bank of England, European Central Bank, and the OFR, "Setting Global Standards for Granular Data"

A key aspect of international regulatory reform has been enhancing the breadth, depth, quality, and timeliness of data disclosed by financial firms to central banks and supervisory authorities. During the financial crisis, many financial firms were not equipped with the infrastructure to quickly aggregate their data across legal entities and counterparties. As recently highlighted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, this shortcoming impaired the ability of central banks and supervisory authorities to identify appropriate recovery-and-resolution mechanisms for firms.

2014 Financial Stability Conference

The Office of Financial Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland jointly sponsored this conference in Washington, D.C. The event highlighted research and advanced the dialogue on data requirements for macroprudential policy development and implementation, and presented recent advances in systemic risk measurement and forecasting tools.

Mapping and Monitoring the Financial System: Liquidity, Funding, and Plumbing

The Office of Financial Research and the Financial Stability Oversight Council sponsored this conference exploring the interconnectedness among firms and markets, and related vulnerabilities in the financial system.

Conference on Stable Funding

The Office of Financial Research and Federal Reserve Bank of New York sponsored this conference analyzing short-term funding markets and their potential exposure to runs and other instabilities. The conference featured papers and discussions among academics, market participants, and policymakers.

Financial Stability Analysis: Using the Tools, Finding the Data

The Office of Financial Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland sponsored this conference at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. The event focused on the data and tools needed for measuring and responding to potential threats to financial stability.

Assessing Financial Intermediation - Measurement and Analysis

The Office of Financial Research and the Financial Stability Oversight Council sponsored this conference examining recent changes in financial institutions, markets, and activities, and exploring the future implications for financial stability, risk management, and policy.

The Macroprudential Toolkit: Measurement and Analysis

The Office of Financial Research and the Financial Stability Oversight Council sponsored this conference to discuss data and technology issues and analytical approaches for assessing, monitoring and mitigating threats to financial stability.