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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.fosstrading.com/2018/04/rfinance-2018-registration.html"> FOSS Trading</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
<p><span>This year marks the 10th anniversary of the R/Finance Conference!  As in prior years, </span>we expect more than 250 attendees from around the world. R users from industry, academia, and government will joining 50+ presenters covering all areas of finance with R.  <span>The conference</span> will take place on June 1st and 2nd, at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.uic.edu/" target="_blank">UIC</a> in Chicago.<br><span><br></span><span>You can find </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rinfinance.com/#registration" target="_blank">registration information</a><span> </span><span>on the conference website, or you can go </span><span>directly to the </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://go.uic.edu/rfinance" target="_blank">Cvent registration page</a><span>.</span><br><span><span><br></span></span><span><span>Note that registration fees </span><em><b>will increase by 50%</b></em><span> at the end of early registration on May 21, 2018.</span></span></p>
<p>We are very excited about keynote presentations by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/jjallaire" target="_blank">JJ Allaire</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lideng" target="_blank">Li Deng</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" href="https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/matloff/" target="_blank">Norm Matloff</a>.  The conference agenda (currently) includes 18 full presentations and 33 shorter “lightning talks”.  As in previous years, several (optional) pre-conference seminars are offered on Friday morning.  <span>We’re still working on the agenda, but we have another great lineup of speakers this year!</span></p>
<p>There is also an (optional) conference dinner at Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront in the 39th Floor Penthouse Ballroom and Terrace.  Situated directly on the riverfront, it is a perfect venue to continue conversations while dining and drinking.</p>
<p>We would to thank our 2018 Sponsors for the continued support enabling us to host such an exciting conference:</p>
<p>  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://business.uic.edu/liautaud-programs/masters-finance" target="_blank">UIC Liautaud Master of Science in Finance</a><br>  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://msdsug.microsoft.com/" target="_blank">Microsoft</a><br>  <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/" target="_blank">R Consortium</a><br>  <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/" target="_blank">RStudio</a><br>  <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.williamblair.com/" target="_blank">William Blair</a><br>  <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citadel.com/" target="_blank">Citadel</a><br>  <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.quasardb.net/" target="_blank">Quasardb</a></p>
<p>On behalf of the committee and sponsors, we look forward to seeing you in Chicago!</p>
<p>  Gib Bassett, Peter Carl, Dirk Eddelbuettel, Brian Peterson, Dale Rosenthal, Jeffrey Ryan, Joshua Ulrich</p>
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