Conferences and Meetings
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa


Title: 
7th Meeting on Social Security
and Complementary Pensions Systems

Pensions Funds Ethics and Governance

Organised by the
CIEF - Research Centre of ISEG
ISEG - Instituto Superior de
Economia e Gestão
Technical University of Lisbon
Rua Miguel Lupi, 20
1249-078 Lisbon PORTUGAL

Lisbon, June 6, 2008

The Research Centre on Financial Economics (CIEF) of the School of Economics and Management of the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (ISEG-UTL) is organising the 7th Meeting on Social Security and Complementary Pensions Systems – Pensions Funds Ethics and Governance to be held on June 6, 2008.

This meeting aims to offer a forum for researchers (Ph.D. students, Post docs and others) to present and discuss with a competent audience their theoretical or empirical papers. Fields of interest are particularly:

    1. Private pensions and annuities
    2. Longevity risk
    3. Financial performance of pension funds
    4. Pension funds and financial systems
    5. Pension funds governance
    6. Pension funds risk management
    7. Valuation of pension liabilities
    8. Pension funds asset management
    9. Social security systems reforms and sustainability
    10. Financial education and retirement savings

The papers should be around 25 pages and their presentation about 20 minutes. Following the presentation we will try to assure a competent discussant to comment the paper (participants are also invited to candidate for discussants of the papers).

Please submit your complete paper, including the name, institution, and address of the author(s), as well as the e-mail address of the corresponding author to the Conference Coordinator.

For electronic submission (and all kind of information you need) please send an e-mail to cief@iseg.utl.pt

Submission deadline is April 22, 2008.

The programme of the meeting should be ready by early June 2008 and all the participants should have access to the papers that will be presented at the meeting.

Conference 
Coordinator: 
  CIEF - Research Centre on Financial Economics
  Rua Miguel Lupi, 20, Gabinete 201
  1249 - 078 Lisboa
  Portugal
Phone:    +351 213 906 850
Fax:    +351 213 967 971
E-mail:    cief@iseg.utl.pt
Webpage:    http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~cief/uk/conferences.htm
Registration Fee:    50 EUROS
Participants with accepted papers will not be charged.

Financial support granted by the:

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) and the Programa POCI 2010




............. Useful Information .............


1. Venue and Dates

The 7th Meeting on Social Security and Complementary Pensions Systems of CIEF-ISEG - "Pensions Funds Ethics and Governance" - will be held at ISEG on the 6th June 2008. ISEG (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão) is located approximately 20 minutes from the city centre of Lisbon and the airport.

Location: ISEG is located by the Parliament (Assembleia da República) Address: Rua do Quelhas nº 6 - 1200-781 Lisboa And also Rua Miguel Lupi, nº 20 - 1249 078 Lisboa ; tel: + 351 21 390 68 50 and + 351 21 392 59 05; (Workshop Secretariat and CIEF - Centro de Investigação sobre Economia Financeira) Buses: number 6, 713 and 727 (Avenida D. Carlos I) ; number 9, 720, 738 and 773 (Largo da Estrela) Subway: Rato (Yellow line)







For detailed information about our location please consult Google Earth with coordinates 38º42'27,94''N and 9º09'02,56''W or click here.

2. Accommodation

We suggest any of these Hotels which are located quite near the Workshop venue or near a subway station. Different categories are available; two, three and four stars. Please don't forget to mention the Workshop when you book.

Accommodation
Single
(Eur.)
Double
(Eur.)
Fax number / e-mail
Hotel Diplomático ****
Rua Castilho, 74
72,00
79,00
+(351) 213 862 155
diplomatico@viphotels.com

www.viphotels.com

Hotel Amazónia ***â
Travª Fábrica dos Pentes, 12
63,50
77,00
+(351) 213 879 090
www.amazoniahoteis.com

IBIS Hotel **
Rua Barata Salgueiro, 53
75,00
+ (351) 213 300 631
www.ibishotel.com

Hotel Jorge V ***â
Rua Mouzinho da Silveira, 3
75,00
95,00
+ (351) 213 150 319
www.hoteljorgev.com

Residencial Nazareth***
Av.António Augusto Aguiar, 25
49,00
59,00
+ (351) 213 560 836
www.residencianazareth.com

Residencial Astória **
Rua Braamcamp, 10
45,00
50,00
Tel: + (351) 213 861 317
Fax: + (351) 213 860 491
hotellisboaastoria@evidenciagrupo.com
www.evidenciahoteis.com

Prices are per room and per night including breakfast.

3. Links

Turismo de Lisboa http://www.atl-turismolisboa.pt
Current events and press releases from the tourist board of Lisbon.

Rough Guide: Lisbon http://travel.roughguides.com/destinationshome.html
General overview includes tips on entertainment, dining and accommodations.

Virtual Portugal: Lisbon`s Coast http://www.portugalvirtual.pt/_tourism/costadelisboa/index.html
Accomodations, sightseeing tours, places of interest and more.

Costa do Estoril http://www.estorilcoast-tourism.com
Highlights the beauty of the Coast of Estoril.



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