7Th International Conference on Applied Financial Samos Island, Greece – 2010

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the International Conference in Applied Financial Economics!

As the Chairman of AFE Conference Organizing Committee, it is my pleasure to invite you to attend the 7^th Annual Applied Financial Economics Conference in Samos Island, Greece.

Each year the AFE Annual Samos Conference provides an opportunity to meet and network with a diverse range of Industry leaders and senior professionals in the world of Finance from all over the world. This year the conference will focus considerable attention on the global financial crisis and its impact. The conference will bring together top finance policy makers, professionals, and academics to discuss current financial turbulence, seek methods to overhaul financial and banking systems, and address the issues of stimulating consumption and investment. Special Sessions that will focus specifically on the global financial crisis will be included.

A bridge between the East and the West for centuries, Samos is located in the heart of Aegean Sea, where you'll find a harmonious blend of culture, cuisine, arts and architecture along with fascinating beaches and sea. The 6^th AFE Conference was a great success proving it is still the must attend Conference of the year in this field.

I am looking forward to meeting you in Samos in July at what promises to be a most stimulating and enjoyable event!

 

Kyriakos Kioulafas

Emeritus Professor

If you wish to participate at 7th AFE Samos 2010, and have your paper published in the Conference Proceedings see information details given below.

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Frame: describing trends

STRATEGY: to show and analyze papers/changes, explain trends

TACTIC:

1. Use handouts, projector or computer.

2. Start with what the visual show.

3. Precisely point figures being analyzed out, explain what they represent.

4. After each peace of presentation give reasons for changes (rises and falls).

5. Invite people to ask questions.

LANGUAGE MODELS:

This graph shows …/ As you can see …

This led to … / This resulted in …

This was due to … / This resulted from …

Are there any questions?

Increase, rise, go up – decrease, fall, go down By, to, from … to Slight, sharp, dramatic, steady slightly, sharply, dramatically, steadily

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Useful phrases for the discussion

Say your opinion	Ask for the opinion	Accept	Reject
1. Well, I think… 2. Supposing … 3. I think we should… 4. Sorry to interrupt you… 5. That's interesting you should say so and I look forward to hearing more about that in our discussions.	1. What do you think? 2. Do you think…? 3. How do you feel about this? 4. Have you got any views on this? 5. Could you remind us some of the… 6. Thank you very much for your answer/you gave us a very clear idea about… 7. Excuse me, if you don't mind me saying. I think you'll find there are very good reasons for restricting the channels for some other beers. 8. Would you agree?	1. Yes, I do because… 2. I agree because 3. That’s a good idea. 4. Great. 5. Yes, that’s right 6. I’m not sure about that… 7. Of course. 8. So, it makes sense… 9. That's certainly true.	1. No, I don’t because... 2. I disagree because 3. Yes, but… 4. That’s a good idea, but… 5. I’m afraid… 6. I’m afraid, but I disagree with you. 7. That’s true, but… 8. But… 9. May be, but I still think that it makes sense to…

And some more useful replies [1].

Questioner	Reporter
1. You seem to have completely ignored the question of …	1. I think that's a very interesting point.
2. Don't you think your results are almost entirely due to the fact that …	2. I'm afraid I didn't have time to address the question of … itself, because I was mainly concentrating on the question of ...
3. If you don't mind me asking, could you tell us …?	3. However, I feel sure that this aspect would be worth discussing at length on another occasion.
4. Could I ask you how..?	4. No doubt it would be interesting to discuss it on another occasion.
5. That' s right.	5. Well. I'll just check. if! yes ... as I thought yes... we used…
	6. I think I see what you mean. You're interested in…?
	7. Are there any more questions you would like to ask about the trial?
	8. I'm afraid that's really outside my field. However, I can give you the references afterwards, if they would be helpful.

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