EFMA 2024 Special Sessions & Events

June 26, 2024, Wednesday, 17:00-19:00
EFM "Merton H. Miller" Doctoral Special Session: “AI and Finance”, Open to All Conference Delegates

Organizer : Professor George Constantinides, University of Chicago
Moderator : Professor George Constantinides, University of Chicago
Session Room: : Auditorium CGD, Floor 2
Panelists :

Expected Returns and Large Language Models
Professor Dacheng Xiu, University of Chicago

Applied AI for Finance: Alternative Data and Opportunities
Professor Sean Cao, University of Maryland

A Data-Driven-Robust-Control Approach to Corporate Finance
Professor Lin William Cong, University of Maryland

June 27, 2024, Thursday, 10:45-12:30
EFMA2024 Special Session: “Financial Big Data and Technology”, Open to All Conference Delegates

Organizer : Professor Luyao Zhang, Economics Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Data Science Research Center, Duke Kunshan University
Moderator : Professor Luyao Zhang, Economics Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Data Science Research Center, Duke Kunshan University
Session Room: Auditorium CGD, Floor 2
Panelists :

Inclusion and Democratization Through Web3 and DeFi?
Professor Lin William Cong,The Rudd Family Professor of Management, Cornell University

Blockchain Analytics: Unveiling Illicit Activities in DeFi Protocols and Across Bridges
Professor Claudio J. Tessone, University of Zurich, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies at the Informatics Department, the co-founder and Chairman of the UZH Blockchain Center

Applied Large Language Model for Financial Data
Professor Sean Cao , Robert H.Smith School of Business, Director and the Founding faculty of the AI Initiative for Capital Market Research, University of Maryland

June 27, 2024, Thursday, 16:15-17:30
EFMA2024 Distinguished Keynote Lecture on Building AI Models for Finance, Open to All Conference Delegates

Speaker : Professor Lin William Cong, , The Rudd Family Professor of Management, Cornell University
Building AI Models for Finance
Session Room : Auditorium CGD, Floor 2

June 28, 2024, Friday, 15:00–16:45
EFMA2024 Special Session: "ESG and Finance", Open to All Conference Delegates

Organizer : Professor Theo Vermaelen, INSEAD
Moderator : Professor Theo Vermaelen, INSEAD
Session Room: Auditorium of Fundação Oriente
Panelists :

The Young and the Wrestless
Professor Oguzhan Karakas, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

The Original Sin of ESGs
Professor Florian Berg, MIT- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Risks and Opportunities of ESG Ratings
Professor Zacharias Sautner , University of Zurich and the Swiss Finance Institute

June 28, 2024, Friday, 17:15-18:15
EFMA2024 Keynote Address , Open to All Conference Delegates

Speaker : Professor Robert F. Stambaugh, , The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Green Tilts
Session Room : Auditorium of Fundação Oriente

June 29, 2024, Saturday, 10:45- 11:45
EFMA2024 Special Session: "Sustainable Finance in the Age of Geopolitical and Economic Instability", Open to All Conference Delegates

Organizer : Professor Lars Oxelheim,University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Moderator : Professor Lars Oxelheim,University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Session Room: Auditorium CGD, Floor 2
Panelists :

China, Russia and the West: Incompatible Policies Undermining Sustainable Finance
Professor Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Former Head of financial markets at the OECD and advisor to the Director General

The Role of the Financial System in Promoting Sustainability
Professor Harald Benink, Tilburg University

The EU Green Deal in the Age of Geopolitical and Economic Instability
Professor Fredrik NG Andersson ,Lund University