Event

10th Fintech Conference

  • Location

    Banque internationale à Luxembourg

    69, route d'Esch

    2953, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

  • Topic(s)
    Finance, Law
  • Type(s)
    Conferences, Free of charge, In-person event, Virtual event

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance is pleased to invite you to the 10th Fintech Conference.

Language

English.

This is a free hybrid conference. Registration is mandatory.

Programme
  • 09.30 – 09.35

    Welcome words

  • 09.35 – 10.00

    Keynote

    Finance Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mr. Gilles Roth

  • 10.00 – 12.00

    Digital Euro and Central Bank Digital Currencies

    Chair: Prof. Dirk Zetzsche, University of Luxembourg

    Discussants:

    • Professor Christos Gortsos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece: A Financial Regulation Perspective of the Digital Euro
    • Professor Douglas Arner, University of Hong Kong: The Digital Euro in the Context of International CBDC Projects
    • Professor Gilbert Fridgen, PI of the FT NCER, Luxembourg: An Information Systems View on the Digital Euro
    • Rosa A. Lee, Special Professor at Law, Hofstra University School of Law and Counsel at SWIFT, U.S.: Recent U.S. developments on the digital dollar, CBDCs, e-money and payments innovation
  • 12.00 – 13.00

    Lunch break

  • 13.00 – 13.20

    Afternoon keynote

    Ms. Karen O’Sullivan, Head of the CSSF’s Innovation, Payments, Market Infrastructures and Governance Department

  • 13.20 – 14.40

    Market infrastructure, payments and innovation

    Chair: Prof. Mark Cole, University of Luxembourg

    Discussants:

    • Nydia Remolina Leon, SMU Singapore: FinTech, Payments and Infrastructure [via webex]
    • Michel Bilger, Crédit Agricole, France: payments and BigTech
    • Katja Langenbucher, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany: financial profiling [via webex]
  • 14.40 – 15.00

    Coffee break

  • 15.00 – 17.00

    Crypto-Assets and Decentralized Finance

    Chair: Guest Prof. Jean-Louis Schiltz, University of Luxembourg

    Discussants:

    • Professor William Birdthistle, University of Chicago, U.S.: Recent U.S. Crypto Developments [via webex]
    • Professor Tetsuo Morishita, Sophia University Law School, Tokyo, Japan: Crypto Insolvencies around the world: lessons from Mt. Gox
    • Assistant Professor Julia Sinnig, Luxembourg: Crypto UCITS
    • Professor Iris Barsan, University of Paris XII, France: MiCA & Market Abuse
  • 17.00 – 17.30

    Closing keynote

    Professor Michele Siri, European Supervisory Authorities Bord of Appeal and University of Genoa

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