Center Launch Event - 5 September 2019 - Kristiansand

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Program
08:00-08:30 – Breakfast (in Lillestuva – University Cantina)
Opening Event (in room B 2 003)
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08:30-08:40 – Welcome – Dean – Dr. Kristin Wallevik
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08:40-09:00 – Keynote – Evolution of Fintech: From maverick to mainstream - Prof. Paul Griffiths - EM Normandie School of Business
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09:00-09:15 – - Reflections and recommendations from Southern Norway’s greatest crowdfunding success (so far) - Kjetil Faye Lund, Marketing Manager, Sharebox AS
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09:15-09:30 – UiA’s Center for Crowdfunding Research – Agenda and Activities – Dr. Rotem Shneor
09:30-10:00 – Current research projects –
Dr. Liang Zhao Priscilla Serwaah
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Amy Vik Prince Baah-Peprah
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Daniel Berliner
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10:00-10:20 – Break
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10:20-10:40 – Anna Lukkarinen – Aalto University, Finland
"Equity crowdfunding investors: Who are they and why do they invest?”
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10:40-11:00 – Tania Ziegler – CCAF, University of Cambridge, UK
"Global Status of Alternative Finance: Insights from the Cambridge Reports"
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11:00-11:20 – Karsten Wenzlaff – University of Hamburg, Germany
"Corporate Crowdfunding - How a German retail store used Crowdfunding for market research and market validation"
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11:20-11:40 – Andreas E. Wald – University of Agder, Norway
"It Is Not All About Money: Obtaining Additional Benefits Through Equity Crowdfunding"
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11:40-12:00 – Friedemann Polzin – ECAF, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
"User crowdfunders: insiders or idealists?"
12:00-12:45 – Networking and mingling (in Lillestuva – University Cantina)
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Meet the Platforms Event (in Room I U 71)
13:00-17:00
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Reward and Donation Platforms
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P2P Consumer Lending Platforms
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P2P Business Lending Platforms
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Equity Platforms
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17:15 – Thanks and farewell




Dr. Anna Lukkarinen
Aalto University

Tania G. Ziegler
University of Cambridge

Karsten Wenzlaff
University of Hamburg

Prof. Paul Griffiths
EM Normandie School of Business

Dr. Friedemann Polzin
University of Utrecht


Kjetil Faye Lund
Sharebox AS
Dr. Kristin Wallevik
University of Agder

Prof. Andreas E. Wald
University of Agder
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Dr. Rotem Shneor
University of Agder

Dr. Liang Zhao
​University of Agder

Amy Ann Vik
​University of Agder

Prince Baah.Peprah
​University of Agder

Daniel Berliner
​University of Agder

Priscilla Serwaah
​University of Agder