Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) and United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University (USA) are organizing the 1st International Conference on: Green and Digital Finance and Investment Initiatives: With a Focus on Diversifying Strategies in GCC and Beyond (GFII 2024). GFII 2024 is a leading conference on Green finance, seeking to boost financial flows (including banking, microcredit, insurance, and investment) from the public, private, and non-profit sectors toward sustainable development goals. It brings together academic leaders to a forum for discussing initiatives to enhance the business the environment, build infrastructure, expand financing for businesses especially small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) and enhance educational outcomes among various other factors. GFII 2024 will be held on PMU Campus, in the beautiful city of Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from December 2nd to 3rd, 2024. The conference will be face-to-face, with an available option for online participation. Further details will be announced on the conference web-page.
Abstract submission deadline:
October 15th, 2024
Authors will be notified of the acceptance decision:
October 31th, 2024
Early bird Registration closes:
October 31th, 2024
Registration deadline:
November 30th, 2024
EDHEC Business School, Roubaix, France.
Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.
GFII 2024 encompasses a variety of tracks, reflecting the focused commitment on developing these areas
in the financial world of the future.
It welcomes submissions in all areas of:
Green Finance |
Green Investment |
Green Accounting |
Green Banking |
Green Economics |
Islamic Finance |
Corporate Governance |
FinTech |
Digitization.
The objective of the conference is to bring together academic researchers, educators, doctoral students
and practitioners from various international institutions to focus on contemporary financial issues and
research findings pertaining to Green Finance and Investment Initiatives (GFII). With a focus on
diversification strategies in GCC and beyond. The role of emerging and developing economies engaged in
transitioning towards low-carbon economies.
The conference is structured around a number of thematically focused sessions. This conference offers
two options. Full research articles in the fields of accounting, finance, strategy and economics are
invited from academicians, researchers, doctoral students, and practitioners.
In consultation with the Editors-in-Chief, authors of the best conference papers will be invited to
submit their papers to fast track reviewing process for one of the following journals:
Registered participants can attend all social functions, gala dinner, reception, lunch and coffee breaks during the conference.
Payments should be sent through bank transfer with the following details:
PhD Sessions (Full papers): PhD students with completed papers, Paper Submission: Authors are invited to submit their extended abstracts in PDF files, no later than August 31st, 2024, via email: GFII2024@pmu.edu.sa.
PhD Sessions (Full papers): PhD students with completed papers, which includes literature review and statistics or models, can send by email: GFII2024@pmu.edu.sa. The GFII Conference will organize normal sessions only with PhD students (with national and international participation), promoting the opportunity to discuss their research and increase the network.
The GFII Conference also organizes a tutorial for PhD students. We encourage PhD students to submit research proposals, or preliminary drafts, for one of their PhD essays and related to all the finance, economics and accounting areas. The Doctoral Tutorial will be chaired by a distinguished top Finance/Economics professor and leading academicians who will provide the comments on the dissertation research.
The conference organizers welcome submissions in all areas of Green Finance, Investment, Accounting, Banking, Economics, Islamic Finance, and Corporate Governance, FinTech and digitization.
The following research questions can help guide further exploration and understanding of the role and impact of green finance in promoting environmental sustainability and addressing climate change challenges:
