we are glad to announce the following:

Call for Papers

International Fintech Research Conference

Finance, technology, methodologies

Fintech Research Network

Politecnico di Milano

27-28 October 2022

The Conference aims to put together researchers working in all areas of Fintech (banking, asset

management, insurance, payments, capital markets, internet of things) providing a

multidisciplinary venue. Contributed papers are welcome in all Fintech research fields such as (but

not limited to): theoretical analysis of the fintech domain, machine learning applications to

finance, cryptocurrencies, digital currency, cybersecurity, network analysis in finance, blockchain

technologies, peer to peer finance, big data analysis, nowcasting, text analysis.

Keynote speakers:

Petros Dellaportas, UCL-London Reservoir Computing for Macroeconomic Forecasting with Mixed Frequency Data
Leonardo Gambacorta, Bank of International Settlements, Big techs, QR code payments and financial inclusion
Mario Wuethrich, ETH-Zurich Discrimination-Free Insurance Pricing
David Yermack, Stern Business School, New York University, Casualties of the 2022 Crypto Meltdown

The Conference is intended to be the first edition of an annual initiative that will be hosted

by the building blocks of a large researchers/universities network.

Scientific committee:

Emilio Barucci (chair), Andrea Consiglio, Stefania Corsaro,

Luca Di Persio, Massimiliano Ferrara, Gianna Figà Talamanca,

Paolo Giudici, Daniele Marazzina, Silvia Muzzioli.

Deadline for submitting an extended abstract/paper: August 31^st, 2022.

Deadline for registration: September 30^th , 2022.

Please note that, except for the social dinner, no fee is required to conference participation.

The conference is in conjunction with a special issue on Digital Finance edited by Springer(deadline December 31, 2022).

The initiative is organised within the framework of:

Fintech Research Network

https://www.fintechlab.it/network/

The Fintech Research Network is steered by a group of researchers working in all areas of Fintech,

whose main aim is to develop proactive research initiatives such as conferences, summer schools,

workshops, seminars, research projects within the FinTech framework broadly intended.

On behalf of the scientific committee,

LuCa