Program at a Glance

Parallel sessions are held in two rooms (Room A and Room B). Each session is numbered as {Day}-{Room}-{Session number}; for example, Session 1-A-2 is the second session in Room A on Day 1. Long presentations are 25 minutes and Short presentations are 15 minutes, including Q&A (see Instruction for Presenters). All times are in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9).

Rooms: Room A is Room 401 on the 4th floor (4F) and Room B is Room 301 on the 3rd floor (3F) of the 6th Building; see the building map. The Welcome Address and both Keynotes take place in Room A (4F). Breakfast and Lunch are served in the cafeteria on the basement floor (B1), and Coffee Breaks are held on the 3rd floor (3F).

Day 1: Thursday, September 10, 2026
Time (JST) Room A (4F) Room B (3F)
08:30-09:30 Breakfast (B1)
09:30-09:50 Welcome Address (Room A, 4F)
09:50-10:50 Keynote 1: Michinori (Mitch) Kanokogi
Analysts with Their Agents: How Agentic AI is Redefining Investment Management
(Room A, 4F)
10:50-11:20 Coffee Break (3F)
11:20-12:35 Session 1-A-1
Reinforcement Learning for Trading
Session 1-B-1
LLM Agents & Evaluation
12:35-14:10 Lunch (B1)
14:10-15:30 Session 1-A-2
Market Microstructure & Agent-Based Models
Session 1-B-2
Volatility & Derivatives
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break (3F)
16:00-17:15 Session 1-A-3
Financial NLP & Disclosure
Session 1-B-3
Time Series Forecasting
17:30-18:00 Walk to the banquet venue (map)
18:00-20:00 Banquet
Day 2: Friday, September 11, 2026
Time (JST) Room A (4F) Room B (3F)
08:30-09:30 Breakfast (B1)
09:30-10:30 Keynote 2: Kiyoshi Izumi
What Does Generative AI Generate in Financial Markets? - Frontiers of Generative AI Research for Finance -
(Room A, 4F)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break (3F)
11:00-12:20 Session 2-A-1
Credit Risk & Default Prediction
Session 2-B-1
Corporate Disclosure & Multimodal Analysis
12:20-13:50 Lunch (B1)
13:50-14:50 Session 2-A-2
Networks & Systemic Risk
Session 2-B-2
Learning & Discovery of Trading Signals
14:50-15:20 Coffee Break (3F)
15:20-16:40 Session 2-A-3
Agentic AI Systems in Finance
Session 2-B-3
Trading Strategies & Synthetic Data

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Important Dates (AoE)

Paper submission deadline is firm and has been finalized (no-extension).

  • Paper Submission: May 15, 2026
  • Notification: July 14, 2026
  • Camera Ready: August 14, 2026
  • Early Registration: August 1, 2026
  • Conference: September 10-11, 2026