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Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
Location: Carmen Conference hall Meeting hall “Carmen”, which can accommodate up to 70 people |
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025 | |
9:00am - 9:30am |
Session 2.01: What Do Early Stage Investors Ask? An LLM Analysis of Expert Calls Location: Carmen Conference hall What Do Early Stage Investors Ask? An LLM Analysis of Expert Calls 1: University of Michigan, United States of America; 2: Ohio State University, United States of America |
9:30am - 10:00am |
Session 2.02: The Growth and Performance of Artificial Intelligence in Asset Management Location: Carmen Conference hall The Growth and Performance of Artificial Intelligence in Asset Management 1: University of Melbourne; 2: University of Texas at Austin; 3: Southern Methodist University |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Session 2.03: Is Generative AI an Existential Threat to Human Creatives? Insights from Financial Economics Location: Carmen Conference hall Is Generative AI an Existential Threat to Human Creatives? Insights from Financial Economics GMU |
11:00am - 11:30am |
Session 2.04: "Smart" Contracts and External Financing Location: Carmen Conference hall "Smart" Contracts and External Financing McGill University, Canada |
11:30am - 12:00pm |
Session 2.05: Liquid staking Location: Carmen Conference hall Liquid staking 1: University of Calgary, Canada; 2: UC Berkeley; 3: London School of Economics |
12:00pm - 12:30pm |
Session 2.06: On the Incentive Compatibility of Optimistic Blockchain Mechanisms Location: Carmen Conference hall On the Incentive Compatibility of Optimistic Blockchain Mechanisms GMU |
2:00pm - 2:30pm |
Session 2.07: Behavioural Foundations of Individual Cryptocurrency Adoption (Evidence from the Nordic countries and France) Location: Carmen Conference hall Behavioural Foundations of Individual Cryptocurrency Adoption (Evidence from the Nordic countries and France) 1: Rennes School of Business, France; 2: King's College London, UK |
2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Session 2.08: Tracing the learning curve: On cryptocurrency prices, volatility, and eventual adoption Location: Carmen Conference hall Tracing the learning curve: On cryptocurrency prices, volatility, and eventual adoption University of Oxford |
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Session 2.09: Aggregate Confusion In Crypto Market Data Location: Carmen Conference hall Aggregate Confusion In Crypto Market Data 1: Santa Clara University, United States of America; 2: Indicia Labs, United States of America |
4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Session 2.10: Market Power and the Bitcoin Protocol Location: Carmen Conference hall Market Power and the Bitcoin Protocol 1: University of Calgary, Canada; 2: UC Berkeley |
4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Session 2.11: A Theory Model of Digital Currency with Asymmetric Privacy Location: Carmen Conference hall A Theory Model of Digital Currency with Asymmetric Privacy McGill University, Canada |
5:00pm - 5:30pm |
Session 2.12: Behavior on Blockchains: Trading Activity in Tokenized Financial Assets Location: Carmen Conference hall Behavior on Blockchains: Trading Activity in Tokenized Financial Assets University of Mannheim, Germany |
Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025 | |
9:00am - 9:30am |
Session 2.13: Fighting Climate Change with FinTech Location: Carmen Conference hall Fighting Climate Change with FinTech 1: University of Houston, United States of America; 2: Georgetown University, United States of America |
9:30am - 10:00am |
Session 2.14: Do Gamified Social Interactions on a Green Fintech App Nudge Users’ Green Investments? Location: Carmen Conference hall Do Gamified Social Interactions on a Green Fintech App Nudge Users’ Green Investments? 1: Zhejiang University, China, People's Republic of; 2: The University of Hong Kong |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Session 2.15: Crowdfunded Microfinance Location: Carmen Conference hall Crowdfunded Microfinance University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) |
11:00am - 11:30am |
Session 2.16: Bitcoin Mining for Carbon Emission Reduction Location: Carmen Conference hall Bitcoin Mining for Carbon Emission Reduction GMU |
11:30am - 12:00pm |
Session 2.17: The regulation of cryptocurrency markets: an exchange-centric view of illicit activity on the Bitcoin blockchain Location: Carmen Conference hall The regulation of cryptocurrency markets: an exchange-centric view of illicit activity on the Bitcoin blockchain 1: Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom; 2: Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; 3: School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Germany; 4: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, United States |
12:00pm - 12:30pm |
Session 2.18: Transmission Dynamics in Crypto Markets: Comparing Volatility and Liquidity Spillover Networks Location: Carmen Conference hall Transmission Dynamics in Crypto Markets: Comparing Volatility and Liquidity Spillover Networks 1: Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland; 2: Wrocław University of Economics, Poland |
2:00pm - 2:30pm |
Session 2.19: Mapping the Perspectives of Central Bankers, Centralised Finance and Decentralised Finance Industries on CBDC Location: Carmen Conference hall Mapping the Perspectives of Central Bankers, Centralised Finance and Decentralised Finance Industries on CBDC 1: Vilnius University, Lithuania; 2: Bank of Lithuania; 3: Northeastern University, US, Boston |
2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Session 2.20: Unbundling everyday banking industry and its implications on critical infrastructure resilience Location: Carmen Conference hall Unbundling everyday banking industry and its implications on critical infrastructure resilience University of Warwick, United Kingdom |
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Session 2.21: Generative AI and Business Model Innovation in Banking Location: Carmen Conference hall Generative AI and Business Model Innovation in Banking 1: ESCP Business School, United Kingdom; 2: ESCP Business School, Berlin, Germany |
4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Session 2.22: Can Event Study Methodology Keep Up with Cryptocurrencies? Location: Carmen Conference hall Can Event Study Methodology Keep Up with Cryptocurrencies? Concordia University, Canada |
4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Session 2.23: Social Media Credibility and Financial Market Activity Location: Carmen Conference hall Social Media Credibility and Financial Market Activity 1: Roger Williams University, United States of America; 2: University of Texas at Arlington |
5:00pm - 5:30pm |
Session 2.24: The Influence of Social Media Bots on Financial Markets Location: Carmen Conference hall The Influence of Social Media Bots on Financial Markets 1: Roger Williams University, United States of America; 2: University of Texas at Arlington, United States of America |