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.
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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.
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Important Dates:
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Paper submission deadline: 01.03.2023
Author notification: by 02.04.2023
Early-bird registration: until 15.04.2023
Paper presentation delivery: 29.05.2023
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Keynote Speakers:
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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
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CEO, Findfunds, Poland
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Karsten Wenzlaff
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German Crowdfunding Association, Germany
Dr. Lucia Scoplliti
Director of Labor and Training
Milan Municipality, Italy
Andrea Milecová
Czech and Slovak Crowdfunding Association
Marcel Rowiński
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CEO, Crowdway, Poland
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Aleksandra Ossowska
Managing Partner, FinLegalTech, Poland
Michael Eis
Chairman, Danish Crowdfunding Association, Denmark
Dr. Mina Fanea Ivanovici
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
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Dr. Artur A. Trzebiński
Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland
Ronald Kleverlaan
Chairman, Alternative Finance Association, Netherlands
Prof. Rotem Shneor
School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Norway
Dr. Anna Fornalska
IMC University of Applied Sciences, Krems, Austria
Ahmad Piraiee
CMO, Cobin ECF, Poland
01.06.2023 - Panel 1:
Crowdfunding in Central and Eastern Europe: Opportunities and Challenges
02.06.2023 - Panel 2:
Civic Crowdfunding and Community Financing Applications: From Grassroots to Public Institutions