24^th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

C.r.e.d.i.t. 2025

Emerging Global Financial Systems: 

Exploring Polarization, Systemic Risks, Innovation, and Sustainable Solutions

Venice, Italy

GRETA Associati (Venice, Italy), European Datawarehouse (Frankfurt, Germany), and Intesa Sanpaolo (Milan, Italy) are partners in organising a Conference to be held in Venice on September 25-26, 2025.

The CREDIT 2025 conference will bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in various areas of financial and socio-economic risk with the aim of creating a unique opportunity for participants to discuss research progress and policy as well as industry-relevant insights and  directions for future research..

The CREDIT 2025 is the twenty-fourth in a series of events dedicated to various aspects of risk and organised under the auspices of: the Department of Economics and VERA - Venice centre in Economic and Risk Analytics for public policies - of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Joint Research Center European Commission, and ABI - Italian Banking Association.

The organizers encourage submissions on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular:

Framing Global Challenges

• Macroeconomic Polarization and Financial Fragmentation
• Economic bifurcation between advanced and emerging markets.
• Trade conflicts and their financial spillovers.
• Policy responses to maintain global economic stability.
• Geopolitical Risks and Global Financial Stability
• Implications of geopolitical tensions on global financial markets: capital flows and volatility.
• Risk management strategies for financial institutions navigating geopolitical uncertainty.
• The role of national and international economic policies: shaping a new geopolitical and economic order.
• Technological Innovation in Finance and Insurance
• Digital transformation in the insurance sector: a driver of resilience or disruption?
• Financing Deep Tech.
• Regulating innovation to balance opportunity and risk.

• Climate Change as a Systemic Risk
• Impact of climate-induced events on financial and insurance markets.
• Climate risk modeling and its implications for global governance.
• Financing the green transition: opportunities for insurers and institutional investors.
• Addressing Socioeconomic Disparities
• Polarization in wealth distribution and its implications for insurance coverage.
• Designing inclusive financial products to address underinsurance in vulnerable populations.
• The role of insurance in enhancing societal resilience to systemic shocks.

• Innovating Governance for Future Risks
• Cross-border cooperation for risk regulation and mitigation.
• Addressing new risks in cyber security, health crises, and technological disruptions.
• Innovative governance models in finance and insurance.

The final program will include both submitted and invited papers. Acceptances received so far from invited speakers include Mario Greco (Zurich Insurance Group, Zurich) and Andrew Lo (MIT Sloan School of Management). The Conference will also include panel discussions on the major issues at stake with the views of researchers', practitioners' and policy makers.

he SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE for the Conference consists of:

CALL FOR PAPERS

Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit by May 31, 2025 to the address given below (preferably in electronic format). Please indicate to whom correspondence should be addressed. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by June 30, 2025. The final version of accepted papers must be received by August 31, 2025.

Please send papers to:

GRETA Associati

GRETA, Dorsoduro 3707, 30123, Venice, Italy
Phone : +39 349 060 3656

e-mail: credit@greta.it

IMPORTANT DATES

May 31, 2025: Papers submission deadline

June 30, 2025: Paper acceptance notification

August 31, 2025: Deadline for sending final version of accepted papers

More detailed information on the Conference website:

https://www.greta.it/index.php/it/credit-2025