FinteX: Financial Technology Centre EsseX - Inaugural Event

9am Welcome address
Thankom Arun, Faculty Dean Research (Social Sciences), University of Essex

9.10am FinteX: Do we need a research Centre in Fintech?

Franco Fiordelisi, Professor of Finance, Director of FinteX Centre, Essex Business School, University of Essex

9.30am  Keynote address: Regulatory Uncertainty and FinTech

Murillo Campelo, Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, U.S., and Managing Editor of The Journal of Financial Intermediation

 10.15am High-Level Policy Round Table

Moderator: Sheri Markose, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Essex

• Jonathan Doering, Tech Entrepreneur
• Leonardo Gambacorta, Head of the Innovation and the Digital Economy unit at the Bank of International Settlements, Switzerland
• Alessandra Mongiardino, MD Group Financial and Strategic Risks at NatWest
• Ketul Patel, Senior Manager at the Bank of England
• Polly Tsang, Financial Services Regulatory Manager, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

11.30am FinteX: An integrated approach across fields

Moderator: Niraj Kumar, Head of Strategy, Operations and Entrepreneurship group, Essex Business School, University of Essex

• Michael Kampouridis, Acting Director of the Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents, University of Essex
• Chris Willett, Professor of Law, School of Law, Essex University
• Spyridon Vrontos, Professor of Actuarial Science and Head of School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Essex 
  

12.30pm Concluding Remarks

Ali Gencay Özbekler, Deputy Director of the FinteX centre, Essex Business School, University of Essex

Franco Fiordelisi, Professor of Finance, Director of FinteX centre, University of Essex