As the recent financial crisis evolved, it became apparent to many investors that their asset portfolios were not behaving according to their expectations. As portfolio market values plunged, diversification effects failed to materialize when most needed. Fires sales pushed assetprices far outside their expected distributions. As market liquidity dried up, corrective actions were hard, or impossible, to take. In hindsight, many investors questioned their approach and procedures to strategic and tactical asset allocation. The main goal of this conference is to deepen our understanding of asset allocation and asset pricing, in the perspective of insights gained from the crisis.Topics may include, but are not restricted to: - Dynamic asset allocation - Portfolio choice and liquidity - Asset pricing and liquidity - Time-varying risks and returns - Predictability in asset prices - Portfolio rebalancing and trading(source: www.sifr.org)