Venue
Department of Economics
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
PUC-Rio was the first private higher education institution in the country, created by the Catholic Church and founded in 1940.
Beyond providing education, PUC-Rio undertook the task of assisting the community, based on Christian ethical values, solidarity, and human respect. It represents a space for achievement, overcoming challenges and development of its students.
It welcomes students, staff members, teachers, researchers and administrators of all religions, nationalities, ethnic groups and social classes.
How to Reach Us
To/From Leblon to the conference venue (PUC-Rio)
There will be a guided walk from Ritz Leblon Hotel to PUC-Rio campus between June 13 and 16. We are going to leave at 8:00 am from the Ritz Hotel located at Av. Ataulfo de Paiva, 1280.
From PUC-Rio back to Leblon we strongly recommend participants to take a taxi or Uber. There is a official cab stand at the main entrace of the university.
If you are not staying at Leblon you can either take a taxi/uber or use the subway system. Click HERE for more information.
Local Organizers
Caio Almeida
Researcher and Senior Lecturer
Director of the Masters in Financial Eng.
Department of Economics and BCF
Princeton University
Marcelo Fernandes
Professor of Finance
President, Brazilian Finance Society (SBFin)
Sao Paulo School of Economics
FGV
Marcelo C. Medeiros
Professor of Economics
Jorge Paulo Lemann Endowed Chair
Department of Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign