{"id":2,"date":"2024-03-07T17:17:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T17:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ldwcf\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:38:07","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ldwcf\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b36b04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b36b04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8799059 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8799059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The Department of Accounting and Finance at Lancaster University is delighted to host the third edition of the Lake District Workshop in Corporate Finance. The workshop will take place at <a href=\"https:\/\/thebelsfieldhotel.com\/\">The Belsfield Hotel<\/a> in Bowness-on-Windermere, located in the Lake District, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The workshop will be on June 1 and 2, 2026.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Keynote speaker<\/strong><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">We are delighted to announce Professor Isil Erel as our distinguished keynote speaker for the workshop. Professor Erel is the David A. Rismiller Chair in Finance and the academic director of the Risk Institute at the Fisher College of Business of the Ohio State University. She is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)\u2019s Corporate Finance program and a research member at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). Her research focuses on corporate finance, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and financial institutions. Isil is currently the <em>Executive Editor<\/em> of the <em>Review of Corporate Finance Studies.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4681894 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4681894\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0defd8a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0defd8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ldwcf\/files\/2025\/12\/Isil-Erel-1.jpeg?fit=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-808\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ldwcf\/files\/2025\/12\/Isil-Erel-1.jpeg?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ldwcf\/files\/2025\/12\/Isil-Erel-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ldwcf\/files\/2025\/12\/Isil-Erel-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87bd928 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87bd928\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fisher.osu.edu\/people\/erel.1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Isil Erel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71dbf0a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71dbf0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01b3d7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01b3d7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Lake District Best Paper Award<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">The workshop will feature a <strong>Best Paper Award<\/strong> of $1,000, generously sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fjournal%2F14682443&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpintor%40live.lancs.ac.uk%7C7da996711d674f842fb108de60a272ab%7C9c9bcd11977a4e9ca9a0bc734090164a%7C0%7C0%7C639054448012717612%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ntH9n%2FvKPyDeLzR826vi7eJnp9h5noH1Rj6s00fHnLo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">International Review of Finance<\/a>. The journal is a premier peer-reviewed academic journal jointly published by the Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) and the Nippon Finance Association (NFA). The current Managing Director is Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/people\/dragon-yongjun-tang\/\">Dragon Yongjun Tang<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c9984 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a1c9984\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c07991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c07991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The organising committee<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266e0c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"266e0c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ldwcf\/files\/2024\/03\/Jesse-e1710408836529.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6e5833 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6e5833\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/zexiwang\">Zexi Wang<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b6231 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74b6231\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ec885 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8ec885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Scientific Committee<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/patakey\/home\">Pat Akey (ESSEC)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/fcelentano\">Francesco Celentano (University of Lausanne),<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loradimitrova.com\/\">Lora Dimitrova (University of Exeter)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/sapnoti\/\">Sapnoti Eswar (University of St. Andrews)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carlsonschool.umn.edu\/sites\/carlsonschool.umn.edu\/files\/faculty-cvcs\/Vita2020Dec_Murray%20Frank.pdf\">Murray Frank (University of Minnesota)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbs.ac.uk\/about\/person\/tony-hu\/\">Tony Hu (University of Warwick)<\/a>, <a 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(HEC Paris)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.edu\/about-bi\/employees\/department-of-finance\/adam-walter-winegar\/\">Adam Winegar (BI Norwegian Business School)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.manchester.ac.uk\/en\/persons\/yafei.zhang\">Yafei Zhang (University of Manchester)<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22c7578 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22c7578\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e477d15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e477d15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Departmental assistant<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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