Prof. Silvio Vismara
University of Bergamo, Italy
Alice Guedel
Commissioner Cabinet Member, Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union,
European Commission
The 5th 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, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, business ethics and law 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 2026 event is organized as a collaboration between the University of Agder's School of Business and Law, the Utrecht University European Center of Alternative Finance, and the University of Malaga.
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Important Dates:
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Paper submission deadline: 30.11.2025
Author notification: by 20.01.2026
Early-bird registration: until 01.03.2026
Abstract submission for proceedings: 25.03.2026
Paper presentation delivery: 02.04.2026
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Panel Discussion Participants: (to be continuously announced)
Dr. Prince Baah-Peprah
School of Business and Law, University of Agder
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Dr. Dan Marom
Partner, Irrational Innovations,
Hebrew University
Tim Wright
Director, Twintangibles
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Khaoula Behi
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
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Mauricio O'Brien
Co-founder and Manager, NANOMA coop
Florence de Maupou
Deputy General Manager for institutional relations & Crowdfunding, France FinTech
Dr. Amina Rizwan
University of Central Punjab
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08.04.2025 - Panel 1:
Alternative Finance in the Cultural and Creative Industries
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09.04.2025 - Panel 2:
After 20 Years of Crowdfunding, what can we expect in the next 20 years to come?
10.04.2025 - Panel 3:
Crowdfunding in Developing Markets - Promises, Realities, Opportunities and Challenges
Prof. Rotem Shneor
University of Agder School of Business and Law, Norway
Prof. Maria José Quero
University of Malaga, Spain
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Dr. Joanna Adamska, University of Gdansk, Poland
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Dr. Prince Baah-Peprah, University of Agder, Norway
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Dr. Anna Fornalska, IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences, Austria
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Dr. Urszula MrzygÅ‚ód, University of Gdansk, Poland
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Dr. Thomas Neumann, University of Aalborg, Denmark
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Dr. Friedemann Polzin, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
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Karsten Wenzlaff, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Marco Luzi, University of Malaga, Spain, and University of Agder, Norway