Selected Papers from the 2nd International Online Conference on Risk and Financial Management

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of the Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM) established in connection with the 2nd International Online Conference on Risk and Financial Management: Revisiting AI and Machine Learning Techniques in Finance and Economics (IOCRF2026). This Special Issue aims to collect selected, extended contributions from the conference, while also welcoming submissions from researchers who did not present at the conference but whose work aligns with its themes.

The conference is sponsored by MDPI and the JRFM (Journal of Risk and Financial Management), a peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on risk management and all areas of empirical finance, management, and applied financial economics.

This conference will feature sessions on the following topics:

• Generative AI: Paradigm Shifts in Finance and Economics;
• Machine Learning for Next-Generation Risk Modeling;
• Blockchain and Digital Assets: Frontier Analytics;
• Data Capitalization: Reconstructing Economic Valuation;
• Ethical AI and Financial Technology Governance;
• Emerging Tech Convergence: Future Financial Infrastructure.

This event will be held entirely online, allowing participants from all over the world to participate without concerns regarding travel and related expenditures. This conference format is particularly appropriate and useful because research concerned with AI and machine learning applications in finance and economics is progressing rapidly. An electronic conference provides a platform for rapid and direct exchanges about the latest research findings and novel ideas.

Participation in, as well as attendance at, this online conference is free. Participants will have the opportunity to examine, explore, and critically engage with issues and advances in these areas. We hope to facilitate discussions and exchanges within the community.

Outstanding contributions from each session will be eligible for conference awards. Moreover, instead of limiting presentations to a live poster session, all IOCRF2026 participants have the opportunity to upload and display their research in the form of a poster at the poster gallery on the conference website. Therefore, all participants with poster submissions for the poster gallery are now eligible for awards! Please click HERE for more instructions on poster and oral submissions.

Lastly, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your unwavering support and participation, and to wish this conference every success.

Prof. Dr. Thanasis Stengos
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Risk and Financial Management is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.