2017 Agenda

Take a look at the full agenda of 2017's Peer-to-Peer Financial Systems Workshop held at the University College London (UCL), including invited talks, panels, paper sessions, keynotes, and welcome addresses by an incredible global network of top-tier speakers.

Registration and Welcome Coffee

8:00 am

9:00 am

Welcome Address

9:00 am

9:10 am

Paolo Tasca (UCL CBT)

Keynote Speech: Digital currencies: What Lies Ahead?

9:10 am

10:00 am

Daniel Heller (PIIE and ex-IMF)

First Invited Talk: From Derivatives to Blockchain: A Regulator's Journey

10:00 am

10:35 am

Jeffrey M. Bandman (CFTC)

Coffee Break

10:35 am

11:05 am

First Presentation: The Taste of Peer-to-Peer Loans

11:05 am

11:35 am

Yiuliya Demyanyk (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) and Jiasun Li (George Mason University)

Second Presentation: Profit Sharing: A Contracting Solution to Harness the Wisdom of the Crowd

11:35 am

12:05 pm

Jiasun Li (George Mason University) and Paolo Giudici (University of Pavia)

Third Presentation: Scoring Models for P2P Lending Platforms

12:05 pm

12:35 pm

Paolo Giudici (University of Pavia) and William Bazley (University of Miami)

Networking Lunch

12:35 pm

2:05 pm

Richard Kastelein (Blockchain News Publisher)

Second Invited Talk: Fintech and Financial Innovation: Drivers and Depth

2:05 pm

2:40 pm

John Schindler (FSB's Financial Innovation Network, Federal Reserve Board)

Fourth Presentation: Spend or Save New Wealth? Evidence from the Shale Gas Boom

2:40 pm

3:10 pm

William Bazley (University of Miami)

Third Invited Talk: Disruption and Transformation: A Vision of Fintech's Future

3:10 pm

3:45 pm

Nick Ielpo (Zopa)

Fourth Invited Talk: Leveraging Blockchain Settlement to Disrupt Cross-Border Payments Across Africa

3:45 pm

4:20 pm

Charlene Chen (BitPesa)

Afternoon Coffee Break

4:20 pm

4:50 pm

Panel Discussion: Business and Regulation of P2P Financial Markets

4:50 pm

5:50 pm

Demetra Kalogerou (Cyprus SEC), Michael Liftik (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP), Jeffrey M. Bandman (US CFTC), Keith Saxton (Independent Advisor), and Richard Kastelein (Blockchain News Publisher)

Formal Dinner and Speech: The Financial Markets of Tomorrow

7:00 pm

11:00 pm

Robert Sams (Clearmatics) and Tomaso Aste (UCL CBT)

Registration and Welcome Coffee

8:00 am

9:00 am

Welcome Address

9:00 am

9:10 am

Paolo Tasca (UCL CBT)

Keynote Speech: Transforming Geo-Politics, Political Risks/Economic Risks

9:10 am

10:00 am

Marvin Zonis (University of Chicago Booth School of Business)

First Invited Talk: DLTs in Financial Market Infrastructures

10:00 am

10:35 am

Andrea Pinna (ECB)

Morning Coffee Break

10:35 am

11:05 am

Second Invited Talk: Cognitive Insights Make the Infrastructure of the Future Industry

11:05 am

11:40 am

Paolo Sironi (IBM Watson Financial Services)

First Presentation: Dissecting Ponzi Schemes on Ethereum: Identification, Analysis, and Impact

11:40 am

12:10 pm

Tiziana Cimoli (University of Cagliari) and Takeshi Miyamae (Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd)

Third Invited Talk: Central Bank Digital Currency: Motivations and Implications

12:10 pm

12:45 pm

Ben Fung (Bank of Canda)

Networking Lunch

12:45 pm

2:15 pm

Bonnie Buchanan (Seattle University)

Fourth Invited Talk: LSEG: DLT Work

2:15 pm

2:50 pm

David Harris (LSEG)

Second Presentation: Distributed Consensus Protocols, Transparency and Business Models

2:50 pm

3:20 pm

Gerard Briscoe (UCL) and Christopher Henry (Bank of Canada)

Third Presentation: Performance Improvement of the Consortium Blockchain for Financial Business Application

3:20 pm

3:50 pm

Takeshi Miyamae (Fujitsu Labratories) and Gerrard Briscoe (UCL)

Fourth Presentation: Bitcoin Awareness and Usage in Canda

3:50 pm

4:20 pm

Christopher Henry (Bank of Canada) Tiziana Cimoli (Univeresity of Cagliari)

Afternoon Coffee Break

4:20 pm

4:50 pm

Fifth Invited Talk: Feeding Real World Data into Decentralized Financial Applications

4:50 pm

5:25 pm

Thomas Bertani (Oraclize)

Panel Discussion: Business and Technology of P2P Financial Markets

5:25 pm

6:25 pm

Jon Matonis (Bitcoin Foundation), Lee Braine (Barclays), Alexei Blagirev (Otkritie), Pinar Emirdag (State Street Panel Moderator)

Closing Networking with Drinks and Canapés

6:25 pm

8:00 pm

Bruce Rigal (University Chicago Booth School of Business)