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Location: Tosca Conference hall Meeting hall “Tosca”, which can accommodate up to 60 people

Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
9:00am - 9:30am	Session 4.01: More Than Meets the Eye (or Ear): Surprising Microstructure Effects of Fed Chair Nonverbal Cues in High-Frequency Markets Location: Tosca Conference hall More Than Meets the Eye (or Ear): Surprising Microstructure Effects of Fed Chair Nonverbal Cues in High-Frequency Markets Prof. John Paul Broussard, Prof. Andrei Nikiforov Rutgers University, United States of America
9:30am - 10:00am	Session 4.02: Mandatory Central Clearing and Derivative Offsetting Location: Tosca Conference hall Mandatory Central Clearing and Derivative Offsetting Prof. John Zhang Audencia Business School, France
10:00am - 10:30am	Session 4.03: A Comprehensive Business Intelligence Analysis for Cryptocurrency Anomalies Detection Location: Tosca Conference hall A Comprehensive Business Intelligence Analysis for Cryptocurrency Anomalies Detection Prof. Dima Alberg, Prof. Elroi Hadad SCE Shamoon College of Engineering
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Session 4.07: Optimal Portfolios for Socially Responsible Investors Location: Tosca Conference hall Using Net-Zero Alignment Strength for Sustainable Portfolio Choice Prof. Budha Bhattacharya^1,2, Prof. Maxime Kirgo², Prof. Anatoly Schimdt³ 1: University College London; 2: Lombard Odier Investment Management; 3: Tandon School of Engineering, New York University
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Session 4.08: Tradefeedr: Empowering Data-Driven Trading Decisions Location: Tosca Conference hall Tradefeedr: Empowering Data-Driven Trading Decisions Alexei Jiltsov Tradefeedr, United Kingdom
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Session 4.09: Bridging Asia and Europe: Japan’s Next-Generation FinTech Ecosystem & Cross-Border Collaboration Opportunities Location: Tosca Conference hall Bridging Asia and Europe: Japan’s Next-Generation FinTech Ecosystem & Cross-Border Collaboration Opportunities Prof. Yuki Kishi Fintech Association of Japan, Japan
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Session 4.10: The Response of Debtors to Rate Changes Location: Tosca Conference hall The Response of Debtors to Rate Changes Prof. Virginia Gianinazzi¹, Prof. Andreas Fuster², Prof. Andreas Hackethal³, Prof. Philip Schnorpfeil³, Prof. Michael Weber⁴ 1: Nova SBE, Portugal; 2: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL); 3: Goethe University Frankfurt; 4: University of Chicago Booth School of Business
4:30pm - 5:00pm	Session 4.11: What is an Effective Signal in Crowdfunding? Evidence from Expert Researchers and a Meta-Study Location: Tosca Conference hall What is an Effective Signal in Crowdfunding? Evidence from Expert Researchers and a Meta-Study Prof. Lars Hornuf¹, Prof. Johannes Voshaar² 1: Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; 2: University of Bremen, Germany
5:00pm - 5:30pm	Session 4.12: Is Love Blind? AI-Powered Trading with Emotional Dividends Location: Tosca Conference hall Is Love Blind? AI-Powered Trading with Emotional Dividends Valeria Fedyk¹, De-Rong Kong², Daniel Rabetti³ 1: Arizona State University, United States of America; 2: Yuan Ze University; 3: National University of Singapore

Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
9:00am - 9:30am	Session 4.13: frntr-X - Tokenizing Africa: Unlocking Capital for High-Impact Real Assets through Blockchain Location: Tosca Conference hall frntr-X - Tokenizing Africa: Unlocking Capital for High-Impact Real Assets through Blockchain Prof. Sven-Roger Baron von Schilling svs Capital Partners GmbH, Germany
9:30am - 10:00am	Session 4.14: Breaking the Rules: How Open Source can be used as a competitive edge in Finance Location: Tosca Conference hall Breaking the Rules: How Open Source can be used as a competitive edge in Finance Prof. Alex Lakatos Interledger Foundation, USA
10:00am - 10:30am	Session 4.15: Hybridized Human-AI Financial Decision-Making via a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Location: Tosca Conference hall Hybridized Human-AI Financial Decision-Making via a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Ben Kogan, Dan Furman, Eitan Kay, Kuan-Jung Chiang Arctop, Inc., United States of America
11:00am - 11:30am	Session 4.16: Unlocking Digital Mortgages: Opportunities and Challenges Across the EU Location: Tosca Conference hall Unlocking Digital Mortgages: Opportunities and Challenges Across the EU Tibor Zavadil DigFin, a.s., Slovak Republic
11:30am - 12:00pm	Session 4.17: BSM Model, VIX and the Evolution of Risk Management Location: Tosca Conference hall Moderator: Dan Galai, The Hebrew University, Israel
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Session 4.19: "GNU Taler: Privacy for Inclusion, Free Software for Innovation" Location: Tosca Conference hall Moderator: Christian Grothoff, Taler Systems SA, Switzerland GNU Taler: Privacy for Inclusion, Free Software for Innovation Prof. Christian Grothoff^1,2,3,4 1: Taler Systems SA, Luxembourg; 2: Taler Operations AG, Switzerland; 3: Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; 4: The GNU Project
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Session 4.20: Workshop: GNU Taler Location: Tosca Conference hall Moderator: Christian Grothoff, Taler Systems SA, Switzerland
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Session 4.21: Workshop: GNU Taler Location: Tosca Conference hall Moderator: Christian Grothoff, Taler Systems SA, Switzerland

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through conversations and collaborations
between academics and practitioners.

Conference Agenda