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The Impacts of Trade Restrictions, Market Imperfections, and Green Finance
13-15 May 2019 Paris (France)
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Home Conference outline This conference tackles commodity pricing and risk management, viewed through the prisms of market imperfections and environmental concerns. The main focus is on agricultural and energy markets, with specific themes intended to shine light on what the organizers and members of the scientific, industry, and policy advisory committees believe are prominent issues (or will be in the near future). The specific issues, which the conference seeks to tackle, connect finance and the environment: 1. New understandings regarding who bears risk in commodity futures markets. 2. Derivatives design/effectiveness: new risk management products for the organic agricultural sector; basis risk and the impact of nearby futures-spot convergence issues on the term structure of grains and oilseed futures prices; effectiveness of US-based derivatives in a world where trade wars and climate change are shifting the geography of agricultural production and trade. 3. Political risk: links between commodity price volatility andtraderestrictions; using crop insurancevs. market-based (derivatives) risk management; implications of the unfolding trade war for basis risk and trading in commodity derivatives markets. 4. Environmental risk: pricing climate risk; measuring and managing price risk in organic agricultural markets; dealing with stranded energy assets; modeling catastrophic risk. 5. Links between technology and commodity market quality, including risks linked to machine trading and liquidity provision in derivatives markets. An optional one-day seminar, targeted at select students and industry professionals, will take place on the day prior to the conference (Monday, May 13). The morning on that day will be devoted to the fundamentals of risk management in agricultural markets, with lectures by Professor Delphine Lautier (PSL—Paris Dauphine). The afternoon will feature an intensive practical seminar for current (European business people) and future (students from Illinois and Paris) “fans” of commodity risk management. Profs. Lautier and Robe (University of Illinois) will join other academic, policy and industry experts (Dr. Ashley Hungerford from the USDA, Prof. Jean Cordier from Agrocampus-Ouest, Mr. Bruno Lepoivre from Pacifica, Prof. Bruce Sherrick from the University of Illinois, Prof. Joost Pennings from Wageningen University, Prof. Josh Woodard from Cornell University) to discuss producer protection mechanisms (such as crop insurance) in the United States and in Europe. Conference structure: The conference will run on May 14-15, 2019. In addition, a pre-conference instruction seminar targeted at interested industry professionals, policy makers, and select students will run on Monday May 13th, 2019.
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Sponsors The conference is organized and supported by:
with additional financial support from:
Organizers and scientific committee Organizers: Michel Robe, Delphine Lautier, Joost Pennings, Andrew Powell, Clémence Alasseur, Bertrand Villeneuve, Damien Fessler Scientific Committee:
Regulatory/policy advisory committee & panel members:
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