Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 25/Aug/2025
10:00am - 12:00pmVilnius tour: Free tour of Old Town Vilnius

Meet in front of the Artis Centrum Hotel entrance

1:00pm - 2:00pmArrival: Arrival and coffee
Location: Norma Conference hall
2:00pm - 2:30pmWelcome: Welcome, introduction and housekeeping
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: David Stolin, Future Finance Fest (3f), United States of America
2:30pm - 3:00pmKeynote 1: Keynote: "Lessons from fintech-academic collaborations"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Antonio Gargano, University of Houston, United States of America
3:00pm - 3:30pmPlen. panel 1: Plenary panel: "Bridging the gap between innovators and scholars in finance"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: David Stolin, Future Finance Fest (3f), United States of America
Panelist: Dan Galai, The Hebrew University, Israel
Panelist: Antonio Gargano, University of Houston, United States of America
Panelist: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain
Panelist: Sebastian Schäfer, House of Finance and Tech Berlin, Germany
Panelist: Tibor Zavadil, DigFin, a.s., Slovak Republic
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee 1: Coffee
Location: Norma Conference hall
4:00pm - 4:30pmPlen. pres. 1: Plenary presentation: "Animal spirits on steroids: Evidence from retail options trading"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Nagpurnanand Prabhala, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America
Panelist: Vikas Agarwal, Georgia State University, United States of America
4:30pm - 5:00pmPlen. pres. 2: Plenary presentation: "Prompting Participation: Digital Nudging to Reduce Investment Inertia"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Bernard Yeung, NUS business school, Singapore
5:00pm - 5:30pmPlen. sp. panel: Plenary panel: "Behavioral science and ethical banking"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Andra Sonea, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Panelist: Ben Goldin, Plumery B.V., Netherlands, The
Panelist: Jakub Wieclaw, Magnetiq Bank, Latvia
Panelist: Nagpurnanand Prabhala, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America
Panelist: Bernard Yeung, NUS business school, Singapore

The panel will examine how banks can ethically use nudges, gamification, personalization, and behavioral design to help consumers spend more mindfully, save more consistently, and make financial decisions that support long-term well-being.

5:30pm - 7:00pmDinner 1: Dinner
Location: Dining hall
7:00pm - 7:30pmKeynote 2: Keynote: "Leadership for finance professionals: A CEO-turned-leadership-scholar perspective"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Emilia Bunea, Ed.movie Inc., United States of America
7:30pm - 8:00pmPlen. panel 2: Plenary panel: "Humans in finance"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: David Stolin, Future Finance Fest (3f), United States of America
Panelist: Vikas Agarwal, Georgia State University, United States of America
Panelist: Emilia Bunea, Ed.movie Inc., United States of America
Panelist: Daumantas Dvilinskas, TRANSFERGO, Lithuania
Panelist: Christel Rendu de Lint, Vontobel, Switzerland

The panel will address what it means to be human in a world of numbers, models, and markets – be it as leader, employee, customer, investor, or scholar.

8:00pm - 8:30pmDebrief - Monday: Announcements, housekeeping, reflections
Location: Aida Conference hall
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
9:00am - 9:30amSession 1.01: Panel: "Fintech ecosystems around the world"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Aadil Bundeally, BABL AI, Valutico & AI Risk, United Kingdom
Panelist: Yuki Kishi, Fintech Association of Japan, Japan
Panelist: Sebastian Schäfer, House of Finance and Tech Berlin, Germany
Panelist: Marius Skuodis, Bank of Lithuania, Lithuania
9:00am - 9:30amSession 2.01: What Do Early Stage Investors Ask? An LLM Analysis of Expert Calls
Location: Carmen Conference hall
9:00am - 9:30amSession 3.01: ESG Metrics in Executive Compensation: a Multitasking Approach
Location: Mikado Conference hall
9:00am - 9:30amSession 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
9:00am - 9:30amSession 5.01: Challenge-building brainstorm
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Founders and academics team up to surface the newest, hottest, and most urgent fintech challenges. Real founder pain points are laid out, sharpened, and framed into high-impact prompts that set the stage for bold, innovation-ready solutions.

9:30am - 10:00amSession 1.02: Panel: "Communicating finance ideas I"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: David Stolin, Future Finance Fest (3f), United States of America
Panelist: Ashwini Agrawal, LSE, United Kingdom
Panelist: Linas Beliunas, Oscilar, Lithuania
Panelist: Chris Crespo, Nordic Fintech Magazine, Denmark

How can potentially complex financial ideas be communicated with clarity, credibility, and impact?

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9:30am - 10:00amSession 2.02: The Growth and Performance of Artificial Intelligence in Asset Management
Location: Carmen Conference hall
9:30am - 10:00amSession 3.02: Political Influence on Green Innovation
Location: Mikado Conference hall
9:30am - 10:00amSession 4.02: Mandatory Central Clearing and Derivative Offsetting
Location: Tosca Conference hall
9:30am - 10:00amSession 5.02: Challenge-building brainstorm
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Founders and academics team up to surface the newest, hottest, and most urgent fintech challenges. Real founder pain points are laid out, sharpened, and framed into high-impact prompts that set the stage for bold, innovation-ready solutions.

10:00am - 10:30amSession 1.03: Panel: "Communicating finance ideas II"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: David Stolin, Future Finance Fest (3f), United States of America
Panelist: Victor Lyonnet, University of Michigan, United States of America
Panelist: Allan Mendelowitz, ACTUS Financial Research Foundation, United States of America
Panelist: Christel Rendu de Lint, Vontobel, Switzerland

How can potentially complex financial ideas be communicated with clarity, credibility, and impact?

10:00am - 10:30amSession 2.03: Is Generative AI an Existential Threat to Human Creatives? Insights from Financial Economics
Location: Carmen Conference hall
10:00am - 10:30amSession 3.03: Does Social Media Help Level the Playing Field in Director Labor Markets? Evidence from Twitter
Location: Mikado Conference hall
10:00am - 10:30amSession 4.03: A Comprehensive Business Intelligence Analysis for Cryptocurrency Anomalies Detection
Location: Tosca Conference hall
10:00am - 10:30amSession 5.03: Challenge-building brainstorm
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Founders and academics team up to surface the newest, hottest, and most urgent fintech challenges. Real founder pain points are laid out, sharpened, and framed into high-impact prompts that set the stage for bold, innovation-ready solutions.

10:30am - 11:00amCoffee 2: Coffee
Location: Norma Conference hall
11:00am - 11:30amSession 1.04: Panel: "Payments"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Andra Sonea, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Panelist: Christian Grothoff, Taler Systems SA, Switzerland
Panelist: Alex Lakatos, Interledger Foundation, Romania
11:00am - 11:30amSession 2.04: "Smart" Contracts and External Financing
Location: Carmen Conference hall
11:00am - 11:30amSession 3.04: The Unintended Consequences of Investing for the Long Run: Evidence from Target Date Funds
Location: Mikado Conference hall
11:00am - 11:30amSession 5.04: Challenge-building brainstorm
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Founders and academics team up to surface the newest, hottest, and most urgent fintech challenges. Real founder pain points are laid out, sharpened, and framed into high-impact prompts that set the stage for bold, innovation-ready solutions.

11:30am - 12:00pmSession 1.05: Panel: "Future of money"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Chris Crespo, Nordic Fintech Magazine, Denmark
Panelist: Andrei Kirilenko, Cambridge Judge Business School, United Kingdom
Panelist: Siddharth Shetty, Finternet, India

Stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and CBDCs; issuance and market distribution models; successes and failures; regulatory regimes around the world.

11:30am - 12:00pmSession 2.05: Liquid staking
Location: Carmen Conference hall
11:30am - 12:00pmSession 3.05: A Hierarchical State-Based Asset Pricing Model
Location: Mikado Conference hall
11:30am - 12:00pmSession 5.05: Challenge-building brainstorm
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Founders and academics team up to surface the newest, hottest, and most urgent fintech challenges. Real founder pain points are laid out, sharpened, and framed into high-impact prompts that set the stage for bold, innovation-ready solutions.

12:00pm - 12:30pmSession 1.06: Panel: "Fintech lending"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Tibor Zavadil, DigFin, a.s., Slovak Republic
Panelist: Virginia Gianinazzi, Nova SBE, Portugal
Panelist: Tymon Zastrzeżyński, Loando Group, Poland
12:00pm - 12:30pmSession 2.06: On the Incentive Compatibility of Optimistic Blockchain Mechanisms
Location: Carmen Conference hall
12:00pm - 12:30pmSession 3.06: Forecasting Stock Prices with a News-Based Model
Location: Mikado Conference hall
12:00pm - 12:30pmSession 5.06: Challenge-building brainstorm
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Founders and academics team up to surface the newest, hottest, and most urgent fintech challenges. Real founder pain points are laid out, sharpened, and framed into high-impact prompts that set the stage for bold, innovation-ready solutions.

12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch 1: Lunch
Location: Dining hall
2:00pm - 2:30pmSession 1.07: Panel: "Tokenization I"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Aadil Bundeally, BABL AI, Valutico & AI Risk, United Kingdom
Panelist: Sven-Roger Baron von Schilling, svs Capital Partners GmbH, Germany
Panelist: Jiasun Li, United States of America
Panelist: Martynas Pilkis, Axiology, Lithuania
Panelist: Stefan Scharnowski, University of Mannheim, Germany
2:00pm - 2:30pmSession 2.07: Behavioural Foundations of Individual Cryptocurrency Adoption (Evidence from the Nordic countries and France)
Location: Carmen Conference hall
2:00pm - 2:30pmSession 3.07: An Analytical Model for Loan Commitments Facing the Material Adverse Change
Location: Mikado Conference hall
2:00pm - 2:30pmSession 4.07: Optimal Portfolios for Socially Responsible Investors
Location: Tosca Conference hall
2:00pm - 2:30pmSession 5.07: Ideas development
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Mixed teams of founders, academics, and regulators form around the hottest challenges. They sprint through concept pods, test assumptions, and unlock unconventional angles under time pressure.

2:30pm - 3:00pmSession 1.08: Panel: "Tokenization II"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Aadil Bundeally, BABL AI, Valutico & AI Risk, United Kingdom
Panelist: Sven-Roger Baron von Schilling, svs Capital Partners GmbH, Germany
Panelist: Jiasun Li, United States of America
Panelist: Martynas Pilkis, Axiology, Lithuania
Panelist: Stefan Scharnowski, University of Mannheim, Germany
2:30pm - 3:00pmSession 2.08: Tracing the learning curve: On cryptocurrency prices, volatility, and eventual adoption
Location: Carmen Conference hall
2:30pm - 3:00pmSession 3.08: Intangible Liabilities
Location: Mikado Conference hall
2:30pm - 3:00pmSession 4.08: Tradefeedr: Empowering Data-Driven Trading Decisions
Location: Tosca Conference hall
2:30pm - 3:00pmSession 5.08: Ideas development
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Mixed teams of founders, academics, and regulators form around the hottest challenges. They sprint through concept pods, test assumptions, and unlock unconventional angles under time pressure.

3:00pm - 3:30pmSession 1.09: Panel: "What is Revenue Operations (RevOps) and why is it important for financial services?"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Sheila Mitham, Inbound FinTech, United Kingdom
Panelist: David Stolin, Future Finance Fest (3f), United States of America
Panelist: Ignas Zimaitis, Vilnius university, Lithuania

A fireside chat about marketing in fintech with Sheila Mitham, CEO of Inbound FinTech

3:00pm - 3:30pmSession 2.09: Aggregate Confusion In Crypto Market Data
Location: Carmen Conference hall
3:00pm - 3:30pmSession 3.09: Operating Leverage and Risk Premium
Location: Mikado Conference hall
3:00pm - 3:30pmSession 4.09: Bridging Asia and Europe: Japan’s Next-Generation FinTech Ecosystem & Cross-Border Collaboration Opportunities
Location: Tosca Conference hall
3:00pm - 3:30pmSession 5.09: Ideas development
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Mixed teams of founders, academics, and regulators form around the hottest challenges. They sprint through concept pods, test assumptions, and unlock unconventional angles under time pressure.

3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee 3: Coffee
Location: Norma Conference hall
4:00pm - 4:30pmSession 1.10: Panel: "Lithuania, a fintech powerhouse: Hows, whys, and nexts"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Skaiste Budbergyte-Zabielaite, CEO, Lithuania
Panelist: Laura Guobužaitė, Fintech Lithuania at INFOBALT, Lithuania
Panelist: Greta Ranonytė, FINTECH HUB LT, association, Lithuania
Panelist: Deimante Zemgulyte, Invest Lithuania, Lithuania
4:00pm - 4:30pmSession 2.10: Market Power and the Bitcoin Protocol
Location: Carmen Conference hall
4:00pm - 4:30pmSession 3.10: The Private Value of Open-Source Innovation
Location: Mikado Conference hall
4:00pm - 4:30pmSession 4.10: The Response of Debtors to Rate Changes
Location: Tosca Conference hall
4:00pm - 4:30pmSession 5.10: Ideas development
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Mixed teams of founders, academics, and regulators form around the hottest challenges. They sprint through concept pods, test assumptions, and unlock unconventional angles under time pressure.

4:30pm - 5:00pmSession 1.11: Panel: "Green Finance"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Andra Sonea, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Panelist: Antonio Gargano, University of Houston, United States of America
Panelist: Virginija Gecaite, European Investment Bank, Lithuania
Panelist: Nora Laurinaityte, Lithuania Green Finance Institute, Lithuania
Panelist: Anatoly Schmidt, NYU Tandon School, United States of America
4:30pm - 5:00pmSession 2.11: A Theory Model of Digital Currency with Asymmetric Privacy
Location: Carmen Conference hall
4:30pm - 5:00pmSession 3.11: The Different Networks Of Firms Implied By The News
Location: Mikado Conference hall
4:30pm - 5:00pmSession 4.11: What is an Effective Signal in Crowdfunding? Evidence from Expert Researchers and a Meta-Study
Location: Tosca Conference hall
4:30pm - 5:00pmSession 5.11: Ideas development
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Mixed teams of founders, academics, and regulators form around the hottest challenges. They sprint through concept pods, test assumptions, and unlock unconventional angles under time pressure.

5:00pm - 5:30pmSession 1.12: Panel: "Natural language processing in financial services"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: David Stolin, Future Finance Fest (3f), United States of America
Panelist: Francisco Webber, Cortical.io, Austria
5:00pm - 5:30pmSession 2.12: Behavior on Blockchains: Trading Activity in Tokenized Financial Assets
Location: Carmen Conference hall
5:00pm - 5:30pmSession 3.12: Economic Drivers of Investor Search Behavior in Financial Information Markets
Location: Mikado Conference hall
5:00pm - 5:30pmSession 4.12: Is Love Blind? AI-Powered Trading with Emotional Dividends
Location: Tosca Conference hall
5:00pm - 5:30pmSession 5.12: Ideas development
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Mixed teams of founders, academics, and regulators form around the hottest challenges. They sprint through concept pods, test assumptions, and unlock unconventional angles under time pressure.

5:30pm - 7:00pmDinner 2: Dinner
Location: Dining hall
7:00pm - 7:30pmKeynote 3: Keynote: "The promise of digital finance: Greater transparency, enhanced efficiency, and more effective and less burdensome regulation"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Allan Mendelowitz, ACTUS Financial Research Foundation, United States of America
7:30pm - 8:00pmPlen. panel 3: Plenary panel: "Finance for the common good"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Aadil Bundeally, BABL AI, Valutico & AI Risk, United Kingdom
Panelist: Vladimir Atanasov, College of William and Mary, United States of America
Panelist: Virginija Gecaite, European Investment Bank, Lithuania
Panelist: Allan Mendelowitz, ACTUS Financial Research Foundation, United States of America
Panelist: Siddharth Shetty, Finternet, India
8:00pm - 8:30pmDebrief - Tuesday: Announcements, housekeeping, reflections
Location: Aida Conference hall
Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
9:00am - 9:30amSession 1.13: Pacioli in the computer age
Location: Aida Conference hall
9:00am - 9:30amSession 2.13: Fighting Climate Change with FinTech
Location: Carmen Conference hall
9:00am - 9:30amSession 3.13: Implied Impermanent Loss: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Decentralized Liquidity Pools
Location: Mikado Conference hall
9:00am - 9:30amSession 4.13: frntr-X - Tokenizing Africa: Unlocking Capital for High-Impact Real Assets through Blockchain
Location: Tosca Conference hall
9:00am - 9:30amSession 5.13: Refinement&pitching
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Teams refine their most promising ideas into bold, evidence-backed solutions. With quickfire pitches and live feedback, concepts are sharpened into prototypes ready to inspire real-world action.

9:30am - 10:00amSession 1.14: Certainty, Risk and Uncertainty in Finance
Location: Aida Conference hall
9:30am - 10:00amSession 2.14: Do Gamified Social Interactions on a Green Fintech App Nudge Users’ Green Investments?
Location: Carmen Conference hall
9:30am - 10:00amSession 3.14: Collateral Choice
Location: Mikado Conference hall
9:30am - 10:00amSession 4.14: Breaking the Rules: How Open Source can be used as a competitive edge in Finance
Location: Tosca Conference hall
9:30am - 10:00amSession 5.14: Refinement&pitching
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Teams refine their most promising ideas into bold, evidence-backed solutions. With quickfire pitches and live feedback, concepts are sharpened into prototypes ready to inspire real-world action.

10:00am - 10:30amSession 1.15: Panel: "Finance should speak one language"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Allan Mendelowitz, ACTUS Financial Research Foundation, United States of America
Panelist: Willi Brammertz, Ariadne, Switzerland
Panelist: Ralf Kubli, Ariadne, Switzerland
Panelist: Matt Schaffnit, Casper Association, Switzerland
10:00am - 10:30amSession 2.15: Crowdfunded Microfinance
Location: Carmen Conference hall
10:00am - 10:30amSession 3.15: Hidden Liquidity - Evidence from the Introduction of Iceberg Orders
Location: Mikado Conference hall
10:00am - 10:30amSession 4.15: Hybridized Human-AI Financial Decision-Making via a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)
Location: Tosca Conference hall
10:00am - 10:30amSession 5.15: Refinement&pitching
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Teams refine their most promising ideas into bold, evidence-backed solutions. With quickfire pitches and live feedback, concepts are sharpened into prototypes ready to inspire real-world action.

10:30am - 11:00amCoffee 4: Coffee
Location: Norma Conference hall
11:00am - 11:30amSession 1.16: "Panel: Publishing fintech-related work - a meeting with journal editors"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Arman Eshraghi, Cardiff Business School, United Kingdom
Panelist: David Feldman, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Panelist: Zvi Wiener, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Journals represented: 

- International Review of Economics and Finance

- Quarterly Journal of Finance

- Journal of Fintech

11:00am - 11:30amSession 2.16: Bitcoin Mining for Carbon Emission Reduction
Location: Carmen Conference hall
11:00am - 11:30amSession 3.16: Smart Advice? A Case-Based Analysis of Robo-Advisory Efficiency
Location: Mikado Conference hall
11:00am - 11:30amSession 4.16: Unlocking Digital Mortgages: Opportunities and Challenges Across the EU
Location: Tosca Conference hall
11:00am - 11:30amSession 5.16: Refinement&pitching
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Teams refine their most promising ideas into bold, evidence-backed solutions. With quickfire pitches and live feedback, concepts are sharpened into prototypes ready to inspire real-world action.

11:30am - 12:00pmSession 1.17: Panel: "Financial interoperability"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Evelina Kvedaraviciute, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Panelist: Siddharth Shetty, Finternet, India
11:30am - 12:00pmSession 2.17: The regulation of cryptocurrency markets: an exchange-centric view of illicit activity on the Bitcoin blockchain
Location: Carmen Conference hall
11:30am - 12:00pmSession 3.17: Human preferences and frequency of interaction with algorithmic advisers
Location: Mikado Conference hall
11:30am - 12:00pmSession 4.17: BSM Model, VIX and the Evolution of Risk Management
Location: Tosca Conference hall
Moderator: Dan Galai, The Hebrew University, Israel
11:30am - 12:00pmSession 5.17: Refinement&pitching
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Teams refine their most promising ideas into bold, evidence-backed solutions. With quickfire pitches and live feedback, concepts are sharpened into prototypes ready to inspire real-world action.

12:00pm - 12:30pmSession 1.18: Panel: "Future of capital markets"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Ralf Kubli, Ariadne, Switzerland
Panelist: Albert Menkveld, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, The
Panelist: Alexei Jiltsov, Tradefeedr, United Kingdom
12:00pm - 12:30pmSession 2.18: Transmission Dynamics in Crypto Markets: Comparing Volatility and Liquidity Spillover Networks
Location: Carmen Conference hall
12:00pm - 12:30pmSession 3.18: Minimal dynamic equilibria
Location: Mikado Conference hall
12:00pm - 12:30pmSession 5.18: Refinement&pitching
Location: Nabucco Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

Teams refine their most promising ideas into bold, evidence-backed solutions. With quickfire pitches and live feedback, concepts are sharpened into prototypes ready to inspire real-world action.

12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch 2: Lunch
Location: Dining hall
2:00pm - 2:30pmSession 1.19: Workshop: EU COST programme application
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Roman Matkovskyy, Rennes School of Business, France
Panelist: Alfreda Šapkauskienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania

For those interested in joining a digital finance-related application for EU funded "Cooperation in Science Technology" programme.

2:00pm - 2:30pmSession 2.19: Mapping the Perspectives of Central Bankers, Centralised Finance and Decentralised Finance Industries on CBDC
Location: Carmen Conference hall
2:00pm - 2:30pmSession 3.19: ETF (Mis)pricing
Location: Mikado Conference hall
2:00pm - 2:30pmSession 4.19: "GNU Taler: Privacy for Inclusion, Free Software for Innovation"
Location: Tosca Conference hall
Moderator: Christian Grothoff, Taler Systems SA, Switzerland
2:30pm - 3:00pmSession 1.20: Workshop: EU COST programme application
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Roman Matkovskyy, Rennes School of Business, France
Panelist: Alfreda Šapkauskienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania

For those interested in joining a digital finance-related application for EU funded "Cooperation in Science Technology" programme.

2:30pm - 3:00pmSession 2.20: Unbundling everyday banking industry and its implications on critical infrastructure resilience
Location: Carmen Conference hall
2:30pm - 3:00pmSession 3.20: Corporate Bond ETFs & Volatility
Location: Mikado Conference hall
2:30pm - 3:00pmSession 4.20: Workshop: GNU Taler
Location: Tosca Conference hall
Moderator: Christian Grothoff, Taler Systems SA, Switzerland
3:00pm - 3:30pmSession 1.21: Workshop: EU COST programme application
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Roman Matkovskyy, Rennes School of Business, France
Panelist: Alfreda Šapkauskienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania

For those interested in joining a digital finance-related application for EU funded "Cooperation in Science Technology" programme.

3:00pm - 3:30pmSession 2.21: Generative AI and Business Model Innovation in Banking
Location: Carmen Conference hall
3:00pm - 3:30pmSession 3.21: Drawing the Line between Bond Dealer and Bandit
Location: Mikado Conference hall
3:00pm - 3:30pmSession 4.21: Workshop: GNU Taler
Location: Tosca Conference hall
Moderator: Christian Grothoff, Taler Systems SA, Switzerland
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee 5: Coffee
Location: Norma Conference hall
4:00pm - 4:30pmSession 1.22: Workshop: Turning fintech challenges into academic research, turning academic research into fintech innovation
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

What problems do fintechs face that academics could help solve? This interactive workshop brings together fintech innovators and researchers to identify and refine real-world challenges worth exploring. The session lays the groundwork for a future online hackathon where academic teams will tackle these issues head-on.

4:00pm - 4:30pmSession 2.22: Can Event Study Methodology Keep Up with Cryptocurrencies?
Location: Carmen Conference hall
4:00pm - 4:30pmSession 3.22: Another Look at the Tail Risk Premium Anomaly
Location: Mikado Conference hall
4:30pm - 5:00pmSession 1.23: Workshop: Turning fintech challenges into academic research, turning academic research into fintech innovation
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

What problems do fintechs face that academics could help solve? This interactive workshop brings together fintech innovators and researchers to identify and refine real-world challenges worth exploring. The session lays the groundwork for a future online hackathon where academic teams will tackle these issues head-on.

4:30pm - 5:00pmSession 2.23: Social Media Credibility and Financial Market Activity
Location: Carmen Conference hall
4:30pm - 5:00pmSession 3.23: Do Lenders Price Firms’ Cybersecurity Risks?
Location: Mikado Conference hall
5:00pm - 5:30pmSession 1.24: Workshop: Turning fintech challenges into academic research, turning academic research into fintech innovation
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Joanna Pousset, Demium, Spain

What problems do fintechs face that academics could help solve? This interactive workshop brings together fintech innovators and researchers to identify and refine real-world challenges worth exploring. The session lays the groundwork for a future online hackathon where academic teams will tackle these issues head-on.

5:00pm - 5:30pmSession 2.24: The Influence of Social Media Bots on Financial Markets
Location: Carmen Conference hall
5:00pm - 5:30pmSession 3.24: AI Boost and Demographic Bust: Is “Hi-Tech Feudalism” inevitable?
Location: Mikado Conference hall
5:30pm - 7:00pmDinner 3: Dinner
Location: Dining hall
7:00pm - 7:30pmKeynote 4: Keynote: "What we can learn today about the markets of tomorrow: Crypto, crashes and credible research"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: Albert Menkveld, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, The
7:30pm - 8:00pmPlen. panel 4: Plenary panel: "The future of finance"
Location: Aida Conference hall
Moderator: David Stolin, Future Finance Fest (3f), United States of America
Panelist: Allard Luchsinger, Techstars, Netherlands, The
Panelist: Albert Menkveld, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, The
Panelist: Ruta Merkeviciute, France
Panelist: Sheila Mitham, Inbound FinTech, United Kingdom
8:00pm - 8:30pmDebrief - Wednesday: Announcements, housekeeping, reflections
Location: Aida Conference hall