2026 Annual Meeting and Panel Sessions

The 2026 Annual Meeting was held January 3-5, 2026 in Philadelphia, PA, with Wei Jiang serving as the Program Chair. Below are videos from the special sessions and the AFA business meeting.


2026 Presidential Address: Ulrike Malmendier , on “Human Finance: Incorporating Insights from the Life Sciences


2026 AFA Business Meeting and Awards Presentation


2026 AFA Lecture – The Economics and Finance of Rising Federal Debt


2026 AFA Panel Session – Private Assets Amidst Regulation and Technology


2026 AFA Panel Session – Productivity and Competition in the New Global Environment


2026 AFA Panel Session – Generative AI and Finance Scholarship


2026 AFA Panel Session – Publishing in Top Finance Journals – Discussion with Editors


2026 AFA Panel Session – Finance Insights and Perspectives