University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of National Economy, Department of Banking and International Finance, Slovak Republic E K O N O M IC K Á U N IV E R Z IT A V B R A T IS L A V E cordially invites you to 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CURRENCY, BANKING AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Challenges for Financial Sector of CEE Countries in Overcoming Problems of Economic Integration in the EU Department of Banking and International Finance will host an international conference on the topic above, on 20 and 21 September 2016 in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. This conference is aimed at bringing scholars both from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and other parts of the world to discuss experience of the CEE in overcoming the problems related to the process of economic integration in Europe. The financial sector of the CEE is known to have gone through substantial economic and social transformation as a precondition for joining the European Union or the EMU. In light of the recent financial crisis the CEE financial sector is daily confronted with the overall instability of world financial market. The conference shall therefore map successful stories of CEE economic transformation so far and highlight new challenges to the future of economic integration in Europe from the perspective of financial sector. In our call for papers we ask for contributions that will focus on following areas of research and will be written in English language: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Problems of macroeconomic imbalance and sustainability of single monetary policy Interactions between monetary and fiscal policy Building up of the banking union and its expected impact Reflection of European economy instability on financial markets Geopolitical problems and their consequences on price and financial stability in Europe Publication: Full versions of accepted papers will be published in the proceedings on CD. The proceedings will have an ISBN number. All papers that will successfully pass double-blind review process will be published in a printed book proceedings indexed in the Thomson Conference Proceedings Citation Index (formerly ISI Proceedings) accessible at the Web of Science. Scientific committee of the ICCBIF 2016 conference is currently in talks with several scientific journals indexed in international databases (e.g. ISI Web of Science, Scopus) about sponsoring a special issue. Further information will be posted at the conference website. Dates and deadlines: Submission of application and abstract: Notification of abstract acceptance: Payment of conference fee: Submission of paper: 12 June 2016 second call 1 July 2016 19 June 2016 on ongoing basis 10 July 2016 4 September 2016 Conference Fee: The conference fee is 250€ for all attendees and it includes presentation of paper, conference materials, conference proceedings (full papers on CD with ISBN), coffee breaks, two lunches, reception and optional cultural event. Contact information: Please visit the conference website for further information on http://iccbif.kbmf.nhf.euba.sk/ or contact us by email at iccbif@euba.sk. We are looking forward to your active participation. Sincerely yours, assoc. prof. Ing. Jana Kotlebová, PhD. chair of the organizing committee