<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">[apologies for cross-posting]</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The <b>Workshop on Complex Networks in Banking
and Finance</b> (CoNBaF 2024) will be held at the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/23-24/complex-networks" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Fields Institute</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> in Toronto, Canada on 24th – 27th June, 2024</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Workshop Website:
<a href="https://conbaf2024.unicas.it/">https://conbaf2024.unicas.it/</a> </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The workshop on "Complex Networks in
Banking and Finance" encompasses a range of compelling research topics at
the intersection of network science and financial systems. These topics focus
on and include addressing key challenges in anti-money laundering, fraud
detection, anomaly detection, portfolio management, risk analysis, credit risk,
vendor rating, supply chain risk, and financial transaction networks.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Call for Abstracts (and papers)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are soliciting abstracts of 500 words with
up to 1 figure in the general area of "Complex Networks in Banking and
Finance". More info on the aims and scope of the workshop: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://conbaf2024.unicas.it/home-page" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://conbaf2024.unicas.it/home-page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abstract Template: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AXJ3npDMPofF2DR12KC8hiR8Z9cXdvve&usp=drive_fs" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AXJ3npDMPofF2DR12KC8hiR8Z9cXdvve&usp=drive_fs</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Authors have the option to indicate if they
are interested in submitting a full paper to a journal special issue of this
workshop which will be published in </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://journals.plos.org/complexsystems/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">PLOS Complex Systems</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (an open-access journal). </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">More info: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://conbaf2024.unicas.it/call-for-abstracts" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://conbaf2024.unicas.it/call-for-abstracts</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Submission Link: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CoNBaF2024" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CoNBaF2024</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please direct questions to the General Chair
of the workshop Dr. Pierre Miasnikof at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:p.miasnikof@utoronto.ca" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">p.miasnikof@utoronto.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We look forward to your participation!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,78)">Samin Aref, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
University of Toronto<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://saref.github.io/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">saref.github.io</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div>