Activities

Since its first year of operation, the Hellenic Finance and Accounting Association has organised an Annual Conference, held under the auspices of universities in Greece and Cyprus. The conferences held to date are listed below.

2001–2009

Symposium — Chios, 8–9 September 2001

The Symposium was held at the Handris Hotel, Chios. Read more

1st Annual Conference — Thessaloniki, 8–9 November 2002

The conference was held at the Holiday Inn, Thessaloniki, and was organised by the Department of Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Read more

2nd Annual Conference — Athens, 8 November 2003

The conference was held on the premises of the Athens University of Economics and Business and was organised by the Department of Accounting and Finance. Read more

3rd Annual Conference — Athens, 3 December 2004

The conference was held on the premises of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and was organised by the Department of Economics. Read more

4th Annual Conference — Piraeus, 15 December 2005

The conference was held on the premises of the University of Piraeus and was organised by the Department of Banking and Financial Management. Read more

5th Annual Conference — Thessaloniki, 15 December 2006

The conference was held on the premises of the University of Macedonia and was organised by the Department of Accounting and Finance. Read more

6th Annual Conference — Patras, 14 December 2007

The conference was held at the Astir Hotel and was organised by the Department of Business Administration of the University of Patras. Read more

7th Annual Conference — Chania, 8 November 2008

The conference was held at the Akali Hotel and was organised by the Financial Management Systems Laboratory of the Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete. Read more

8th Annual Conference — Thessaloniki, 18 December 2009

The conference was held on the premises of the University of Macedonia and was organised by the Department of Accounting and Finance. Read more

2010–2019

9th Annual Conference — Limassol, 17 December 2010

The conference was held on the premises of the Cyprus University of Technology and was organised by the Department of Commerce, Finance and Shipping. Read more

10th Annual Conference — Piraeus, 16 December 2011

The conference was held on the premises of the University of Piraeus and was organised by the Department of Business Administration. Read more

11th Annual Conference — Athens, 14–15 December 2012

The conference was held at the Acropolis Museum and the Titania Hotel, and was organised in cooperation with the School of Social Sciences of the Hellenic Open University. Read more

12th Annual Conference — Thessaloniki, 13–14 December 2013

The conference was held at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall and was organised by the Department of Accounting and Finance of the University of Macedonia. Read more

13th Annual Conference — Volos, 12–13 December 2014

The conference was held on the premises of the University of Thessaly and was organised by the Department of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Thessaly. Read more

14th Annual Conference — Athens, 18–19 December 2015

The conference was held on the premises of Panteion University and was organised by the Department of Public Administration of the School of Economic Sciences and Public Administration and the Centre for Business and Organisational Control and Management (KEDEO) of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, together with the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia. Read more

15th Annual Conference — Thessaloniki, 16–17 December 2016

The conference was organised by the Department of Economics of the School of Economic and Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, together with the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia. Read more

16th Annual Conference — Athens, 15–16 December 2017

The conference was held at the Hilton Hotel and was organised by the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Business Administration, University of Macedonia, and the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Business, Athens University of Economics and Business. Read more

17th Annual Conference — Piraeus, 14–15 December 2018

The conference was organised by the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Business Administration, University of Macedonia, and the Department of Business Administration, School of Economics, Business and International Studies, University of Piraeus. Read more

18th Annual Conference — Athens, 13–14 December 2019

The conference was held on the premises of the National School of Public Health and was organised by the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Business Administration, University of Macedonia, and the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences, University of West Attica. Read more

2020–2026

19th Annual Conference — Heraklion, Crete, 18–19 December 2020

The conference was held online (via Webex) and was organised by the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia, and the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Management and Economics Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University. Read more

20th Annual Conference — Thessaloniki, 17–18 December 2021

The conference was organised by the postgraduate programmes and the Department of Accounting and Finance of the University of Macedonia. Read more

21st Annual Conference — Athens, 16–17 December 2022

The conference was organised by the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia, and the Center of Excellence in Logistics, Shipping and Transportation of The American College of Greece. Read more

22nd Annual Conference — Athens, 15–16 December 2023

The conference was held in hybrid format and was organised by the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia. The programme included the panel discussion “Improving Research in Accounting and Finance”, with Thierry Foucault (HEC Paris) and Beatriz García Osma (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). Read more

23rd Annual Conference — Athens, 20–21 December 2024

The conference was held at the Grand Hyatt Athens and was organised by the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia, the MSc in Financial Technology (Fintech) of the Department of Business Administration, and the Department of Economics, School of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The programme included the panel discussion “Greek Property Market: Quo Vadis?”. Read more

24th Annual Conference — Athens, 19–20 December 2025

The conference was held at the Postgraduate Studies Building of the Athens University of Economics and Business and was organised by the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia, and the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Business, Athens University of Economics and Business. Submitted papers were peer-reviewed. Read more

25th Annual Conference — Athens, 18–19 December 2026

The conference is organised by the postgraduate programmes of the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia, and the Laboratory of Accounting and Financial Management (LAFIM), Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Management and Economics Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University. Papers will be subject to anonymous peer review. Read more