I NATIONAL ACADEMIC FINANCIAL CONFERENCE

It was done during 29th and 30th of July, 2004, in Bogotá (Colombia). The event was organized by the Schools of Economics and Management of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Politecnico Grancolombiano, with the presence of 90 teachers of the Finance area that were representing 19 top education institutions of the country. The President of the Stock exchange of Colombia, Dr. Augusto Acosta, was a special guest to the inauguration of the event. The Symposium centered on Capital Cost and coverage of Risk.

Keynote Speakers:

• Guillermo Lopez Dumrauf. Ph. D., Professor at the University of Buenos Aires.
• Dr. Mariano Gonzalez Ph. D., Professor at the University San Paul CEU (Madrid).

II NATIONAL ACADEMIC FINANCIAL CONFERENCE

The second version was done on July 13th, 14th and 15th of 2005. In this occasion there where 22 papers in topics of Financial Crises, Teaching in Finance, Efficiency of markets and especially of Banking, Mike credits, Valuation of companies, Funding of Housing, Taxes and real options. The General Manager of the Colombian Central Bank (Banco de la República), Dr. Jose Darío Uribe, was a special guest to the inauguration of the event and raised the perspectives of the macroeconomic environment and its possible consequences on the financial markets, as well as the challenges derived from these consequences in the investigation and teaching in finance.  Also, the Professors Abdulnasser Hatemi-J, Ph. D. in Economy and in Statistics, of the University Skövde (Sweden), was our International Guest.

And as the Special National Guest, Juan Carlos Gutierrez Betancourt of the Planning Department.
The participants came from diverse zones of the country: Atlántico, Antioquia, Bolivar, Bogotá, Boyacá, Caldas,  Santander, Risaralda and Valle del Cauca. The following universities presented works: The EAFIT, Military School of Aviation Marco Fidel Suárez, ICESI, Politecnico  Grancolombiano, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá and Cali, Universidad Autonoma de Colombia, Universidad Católica Popular del Risaralda, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad de Medellín, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Medellín, Universidad del Norte, Universidad del Valle, the Universidad Pedagógica and Tecnológica de Colombia in Tunja and Chiquinquirá.

III NATIONAL ACADEMIC FINANCIAL CONFERENCE

This version had the following Keynote Speakers:
Ricardo P. C. Leal, Dean of COPPEAD Graduate Business School of the Federal University Rio de Janeiro. He has been Professor in Georgetown University, University of Nevada and Yale University. Consultant of   World Bank, the OECD, Charles Schwab, and IADB. President and training member of BULLETS (Business Association of Latin American Studies) and of Brazilian Society of Finances.

Robert Bruner, (prerecorded Conference) M.B.A and D.B.A of Harvard University. Dean of Darden Business School, University of Virginia and distinguished professor of Corporative Finances in Darden Business School, Investigator Senior Visitor in Finance of Columbia University, Professor of IESE Business School and European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD).

Luciano Machain, Master in Applied Statistics and Master in Finance. Teacher in Universidad Nacional del Rosario, Specialist in Finance of Universidad Nacional of Argentina. He is the creator of SimulAr, software of risk analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and making decisions in uncertainty conditions. Widely used by financial academics, analysts and medical instructors of all parts of the world.

IV NATIONAL AND I INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC FINANCIAL CONFERENCE

This version was done on June 20th, 21st, 22nd, 2007. There where presented 20 National papers and 5 International papers. This version had the following Keynote Speakers:
GREG VAN INWEGEN: Director, Risk Management & Quantitative Research responsible for the development and management of Ivy's quantitative group and proprietary risk modeling. He holds several degrees, including a B.S. in Business from the Haas School at the University of California at Berkeley; an S.M. in Management from the Sloan School at MIT; and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Finance from Wharton.

RAVI SHUKLA: Associate Professor of Finance and Associate Dean for the MBA and M.S. programs in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.

SIMON BENNINGA: Professor of Finance in Wharton School University of Pennsylvania also in the University of California and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Associate Dean of Tel-Aviv University.
And as the Special National guest, Dr. SERGIO CLAVIJO, President of the National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF), Ph.D in Economics, University of Illinois (Urban).