Program
08:00 - 09:00
Registration and Refreshments
09:00 – 09:15
Opening Speech
Thorsten Hens & Thomas Puschmann, Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab, University of Zurich
09:15 – 09:45
Financial Disruption: Big Data and Legal Systems
Raghavendra Rau, University of Cambridge
09:45 – 10:15
On Firm and Ecosystem Sustainability in the Fintech Sector
Robert J. Kauffman, Copenhagen Business School
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:15
Better Insurance through frictionless Risk Transfer
Antony Elliot, Chairman B3i
11:15 – 12:00
Panel Discussion: InsurTech 2.0 - Potentials of the Data Economy
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Jeffrey Bohn, Head Swiss Re Institute
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Alexander Braun, University of St. Gallen
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Antony Elliot, Chairman B3i
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Tim Hardcastle, CEO Instanda
(moderated by Olivia Chang)
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:00
Building a New Economy: Data as Capital
Alex (Sandy) Pentland, MIT Media Lab
14:00 - 14:30
Three trends that (academic) researchers should be watching: ICOs, DeFi and Proof-of-Work
David Yermack, New York University Stern School of Business
14:30 – 15:00
Economics of Libra
Christian Catalini, MIT Sloan School of Management & Libra
15:00 – 15:30
FinTechs, Banks, and the Future of the Financial Services Ecosystem
Kenneth J. Singleton, Stanford University
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Exploring a US Central Bank Digital Currency Through Pilot Programs
J. Christopher Giancarlo, Founder Digital Dollar Project
16:30 – 17:15
Panel Discussion: Digital Currencies and Digital Assets
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Matthew Alexander, SEBA Bank
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J. Christopher Giancarlo, Founder Digital Dollar Project
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Fabian Schär, University of Basel
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Daniela Stoffel, State Secretariat for International Finance
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Thomas Zeeb, SIX
(moderated by Olivia Chang)
17:15 – 18:00
Best Paper Presentations
Winners of the Best Paper Award
18:00
Closing
Thorsten Hens & Thomas Puschmann, Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab, University of Zurich
