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Purdue FinTech Conference September 20, 2024

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Questions? Contact Purdue Fintech Center Founding Director Dr. Deniz Yavuz at myavuz@purdue.edu.

Conference Schedule

Friday, May 5, 2023
8:30 AM Breakfast - RAWL 3011
9:30 AM

Opening Remarks - Rawls 3082
David Hummels - Dr. Samuel R. Allen Dean of the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business and Distinguished Professor of Economics

9:45 AM

Session 1 - RAWL 3082

Runs on Stablecoins
Marco Cipriani - Head of the Money and Payment Studies Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

The Economics of Non-Fungible Tokens
Yukun Liu - Assistant Professors of Finance, Rochester University

10:45 AM Break - RAWL 3011
11:00 AM

Panel Discussion: Fintech Applications in Traditional Business - RAWL 3082
Julapa Jagtiani – Senior Economic Advisor and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Michelle Lowry- TD Bank Endowed Professor, Drexel University
Marco Cipriani (tentative)- Head of the Money and Payment Studies Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

12:00 PM Lunch - RAWL 3011
1:30 PM

Session 2 - RAWL 3082

Fintech Lending with LowTech Pricing
Itzhak (Zahi) Ben-David - Professor of Finance, Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, Ohio State University

Pure Momentum in Cryptocurrency Markets
Cesare Fracassi - Associate Professor of Finance, Director of the Blockchain Initiative at Texas McCombs, The University of Texas at Austin

2:30 PM Break - RAWL 3011

2:45

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3:45 PM

Session 3 - RAWL 3082

Gambling on Crypto Tokens?
Sudheer Chava - Alton M. Costley Chair and Professor of Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology

The Demand for Programmable Payments
Charles Kahn- Professor Emeritus of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

6:00 PM

Shuttle Arrives - In front of the Hilton Garden Inn

Dinner at McGraws