# The Eighth Annual Volatility Institute Conference

**Date**: April 29, 2016
**Location**: NYU Stern, New York, NY 10012
*By invitation only*

[The Eighth Annual NYU Stern Volatility Institute Conference](/node/37818) will bring together academics, practitioners and regulators to discuss the latest research and ideas on "Commodities and Emerging Market Risks." Hosted by Nobel Laureate Professor [Robert Engle](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-engle), this year’s conference is sponsored by Stern’s Volatility Institute, BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Nasdaq OMX, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, SoFiE, and the AIG-NYU Collaborative Research Initiative.

For more information, including a program, full schedule, photos and video from past events, please visit the [upcoming conference page](/node/37818).

Research Center Events

— 4/29/2016

![Eighth Annual NYU Stern Volatility Institute Conference logo](/sites/default/files/styles/480w/public/assets/images/con_035671.gif?itok=QSM57X82)## Learn more

- [The Volatility Institute](/node/43680)
- [The Volatility Laboratory (V-Lab)](http://vlab.stern.nyu.edu/)
- Nobel Laureate Professor [Robert Engle](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-engle)

## Past Conferences

- [NYU Stern Volatility Institute Hosts 7th Annual Conference on Fixed Income Risk](/node/49746)
- [NYU Stern’s Volatility Institute Hosts 6th Annual Conference with Spotlight on Liquidity](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/sixth-annual-volatility-conf)
- [NYU Stern's Volatility Institute Hosts 5th Annual Conference on "Volatility of Credit Risk"](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/fifth-annual-volatility-conf)
- [The Volatility Institute Fourth Annual Conference, "Comovement of Volatilities, Returns and Tails"](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/volatility-institute-conf-12)
- [The Volatility Institute Third Annual Conference, "Long Term Volatility and Economic Fundamentals"](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/volatility-institute/events/past-conferences/long-term-volatility-economic-fundamentals-2011)