
The 2nd International Conference for Alternative Finance Research is a dedicated forum for alternative finance researchers and practitioners from all around the globe. It covers themes addressing crowdfunding, digital fundraising and lending, microfinance and prosocial lending, invoice trading, crypto assets and currencies, etc.
The conference serves as a cross-disciplinary meeting place for scholars of information systems, economics, finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing under one roof to exchange ideas and help develop the field both theoretically and practically, while engaging in close dialog with industry stakeholders and policy makers.
The 2023 event is organized as a collaboration between the University of Agder's School of Business and Law and the Utrecht University European Center of Alternative Finance, and is hosted by the University of Gdansk faculty of Economics.
Important Dates:
Paper submission deadline: 01.03.2023
Author notification: 30.03.2023
Early-bird registration: until 15.04.2023
Paper presentation delivery: 29.05.2023
Keynote Speakers:
Panel Discussions and Participants: (to be continuously announced)

Prof. Roy Mersland
Center for Research on Social Enterprises and Microfinance
University of Agder, Norway

Dr. Bryan Zheng Zhang
Center for Alternative Finance
Cambridge University, UK

Piotr Majewski
CEO, Findfunds, Poland

Karsten Wenzlaff
German Crowdfunding Association, Germany

Marcel Rowiński
CEO, Crowdway, Poland

Aleksandra Ossowska
Managing Partner, FinLegalTech, Poland

Dr. Mina Fanea Ivanovici
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
_HI-RES-_S7_9670%20(2).jpg)
Dr. Artur A. Trzebiński
Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland

Prof. Rotem Shneor
School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Norway

Prof. Kalanit Efrat
School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Norway
01.06.2023 - Panel 1:
Crowdfunding in Central and Eastern Europe: Opportunities and Challenges
02.06.2023 - Panel 2:
Future of Crowdfunding: Driven by Money, Creativity, or Well-being?
02.06.2023 - Panel 3:
Civic Crowdfunding and Community Financing Applications: From Grassroots to Public Institutions