John,

Thanks. Stinson will be able to join us for dinner. He is opting out of
the paper due to his big workload but we can get his perspective on 
the last 8 years he spent at Enron.

Vince





"John D. Martin" <J_Martin@baylor.edu> on 11/28/2000 09:44:17 AM
To: vkamins@enron.com
cc:  
Subject: 2001 FMA European Conference


Here's the info on the European conference.  Just for your files.

John

>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:40:39 -0500
>From: Karen Wright <wright4u@earthlink.net>
>Subject: 2001 FMA European Conference
>To: kwright@fma.org
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>2001 FMA European Conference
>
>The Fifth Annual European Meeting of the Financial Management
>Association International (FMA) will be held May 31 and June 1, 2001 at
>the Hotel Sofitel (Rive Gauche) in Paris, France.  FMA,s European
>Meeting brings together academicians and practitioners with interests in
>financial decision-making. The meeting provides a forum for presenting
>new research and discussing current issues in financial management,
>investments, financial markets and institutions, and related topics.
>Keynote addresses and other special presentations will be held in
>addition to research paper presentations.
>
>Paper Submissions
>Research Papers.  The program includes traditional research paper
>presentations.  Criteria used to determine the suitability of these
>papers for the program include the nature of the research problem,
>implications of the proposed research, the quality of the research
>design, and the expected contribution of the research to the
>literature.  Please note that the purpose of these sessions is to
>present new and unpublished research.
>
>Submission Fee. There is no submission fee for the FMA European
>Conference.
>
>Submissions. Please follow these steps:
>Complete the Presentation Form that can be downloaded at
>www.fma.org/paris.htm.  Carefully select the subject code on the
>Presentation Form that most closely describes your research.  The code
>number you select will be used to select reviewers for your proposal.
>
>Send six (6) copies of your completed paper, along with the completed
>Presentation Form, to the FMA office (Financial Management Association,
>University of South Florida, College of Business Administration, Tampa
>FL 33620-5500, USA).
>Please note that only completed papers will be accepted for the FMA
>European Conference review process.
>
>The paper submission deadline is Friday, December 1, 2000.
>
>You will receive an electronic confirmation of your submission within
>six weeks of its receipt by the FMA office, and you will be notified of
>the results of the reviewing process by the middle of February, 2001.
>
>Competitive Paper Awards
>The Financial Management Association International is pleased to
>announce that four (4) $1,500 awards will be presented in conjunction
>with the 2001 FMA European Conference.  The "Young Scholars" award will
>be presented to the best paper authored by a Ph.D. student (or
>equivalent) or recent Ph.D. (or equivalent) graduate.  Three additional
>$1,500 awards will be presented to the papers deemed "Best of the Best"
>by the members of the 2001 FMA European Conference Competitive Paper
>Awards committee. Please note that these awards will be made only if, in
>the opinion of the FMA Awards Committee, a paper warrants such a
>decision. The decisions of the FMA Awards Committee are final.
>
>Accepted Papers. If your proposal is accepted, the version of the paper
>you submit will be sent to its discussant as soon as he/she is
>identified. You are obligated to send the final version of your paper to
>the discussant and session chair by April 27, 2001.  You also are
>obligated to present your paper in a professional manner at the assigned
>FMA program session.
>
>The collegiality of the meeting provides a very special opportunity for
>participants to share their work and to hear about the work others are
>doing.  Thus, individuals whose papers are accepted for presentation at
>the 2001 FMA European Conference will be expected to either chair a
>session or discuss a paper.
>
>Program Co-Chairs
>
>Francois Degeorge
>HEC Paris
>1 rue de la Lib,ration
>78351 Jouy en Josas Cedex
>France
>33-1-39-67-72-34 (ph)
>33-1-39-67-94-34 (fax)
>degeorge@hec.fr
>
>Kent Womack
>Dartmouth College
>Amos Tuck School
>Hanover, NH 03755
>1 603 646 2806 (ph)
>1 603 646 1308 (fax)
>kent.womack@dartmouth.edu
>
>Additional Opportunities For Participation
>
>Session Chairperson or Discussant.  If you wish to serve as the
>chairperson of a session or paper discussant, but are not submitting a
>paper, please complete the Participation Form which can be downloaded
>from www.fma.org/paris.htm.  Submit the completed form to the FMA office
>by December 1, 2000. Session organization will take place in March,
>2001.
>
>Deadline Summary
>
>Completed Papers:  December 1, 2000
>Chairperson/Discussant Requests:  December 1, 2000
>
>
>
John D. Martin
Carr P. Collins Chair in Finance
Finance Department
Baylor University
PO Box 98004
Waco, TX 76798
254-710-4473 (Office)
254-710-1092 (Fax)
J_Martin@Baylor.edu
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