<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: BBCReithSans;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">ACM International Conference on AI in Finance (ICAIF-2020) </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Call for Participation</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Advances in Artificial Intelligence are being felt throughout society and our economy, and some of the most significant impacts are being felt in the domain of finance: Including financial markets, financial services, and the global financial system more broadly. This new scholarly peer-reviewed conference aims to bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines to share technical advances and insights on the effects of AI on the Finance world. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The inaugural ACM conference has founding corporate financial support from JPMorgan Chase. We invite participation from academia, government, regulatory agencies, financial institutions, NGOs and other stakeholders in the AI and Finance community. Please join us for this event in New York City October 15-16, 2020!</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">With best regards from the ICAIF Steering Committee:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Tucker Balch, J.P. Morgan AI Research (Program Chair)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Ayeh Bandeh-Ahmadi, U.S. Department of the Treasury*<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Manuela Veloso, J.P. Morgan AI Research<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Michael Wellman, University of Michigan<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Michael Wooldridge, Oxford University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Can you help? In order to make this conference an enduring success, we invite the commitment of senior and junior members of the community from a diversity of institutions to serve on review committees and fill organizational roles. Please email </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><a href="mailto:generalchair@ai-finance.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">generalchair@ai-finance.org</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> if you can help.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Important dates</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Abstract Submission: Tuesday 14 April 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Full Paper Submission: Friday 17 April 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Author Notification: Wednesday, 24 June 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Camera-ready deadline: Wednesday, 26 August 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Main Conference: Thursday-Friday, 15-16 October 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Topic areas: ICAIF-2020 invites high quality research paper submissions in the following topic areas:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Financial systems as multi-agent systems.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">AI techniques for simulation of markets, economies, and other financial systems.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Computational game-theoretic analysis of financial scenarios.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Ethics and fairness of AI in Finance.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Explainability and trustworthiness of AI systems used in Finance.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Infrastructure to support AI research in Finance.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Robustness, security, and privacy of AI systems in Finance.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Computational regulation and compliance in Finance.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">For the latest information</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Visit the website: <a href="http://ai-finance.org/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://ai-finance.org</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; 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