International Conference Fintech Chair
May 11 and 12 at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL
Tech 4 Finance: AI and Blockchain
The objective of the "Tech 4 Finance: AI and Blockchain" conference is to bring together experts from academia and the financial industry to present and discuss the impact of the latest developments in these two pivotal areas for finance. The conference features paper presentations by leading researchers, alongside insights from a panel discussion with finance professionals affiliated with the Université Paris Dauphine – PSL Fintech Chair.
Organizers : Hervé Alexandre, Juan Imbet, Vincent Tena, Evgenia Passari, Fabrice Riva
Program
Keynote speakers

Agostino Capponi, Columbia University
Agostino Capponi is a professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University, where he is also the director of the Center for Digital Finance and Technologies, and a member of the Data Science Institute. Agostino's research interests are in systemic risk and economic networks, financial technology, tokenomics, and market microstructure. Agostino's research has been published in major journals of his field, including Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Mathematical Finance.
Monday May 11th
Blockchain
- 2 pm – 2:40 pm: Market Efficiency in Prediction Markets – A Comparison with Derivatives
- Vittorio Ruffo (Frankfurt School of Finance)
- 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm: Network Effects on Zero-Take-Rate Protocols: Evidence from Decentralized Stablecoin Markets
- Daniel Liebau (Rotterdam School of Management)
- 3:20 pm – 3:40 pm: Coffee Break
- 3:40 pm – 4:20 pm: Wash Trading on Decentralized Exchanges
- Alfred Lehar (University of Calgary)
- 4:20 pm – 5 pm: Allocative Efficiency and Mispricing in Automated Market Making Markets versus Continuous Double Auctions
- Roland Mestel (University of Graz)
- Isabel Walcher (University of Graz)
Artificial Intelligence
- 2 pm – 2:40 pm: AI in Corporate Governance: Can Machines Recover Corporate Purpose?
- Boris Nikolov (Lausanne & SFI)
- 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm: Network Effects on Zero-Take-Rate Protocols: Evidence from Decentralized Stablecoin Markets
- Christophe Perignon (HEC Paris)
- 3:20 pm – 3:40 pm: Coffee Break
- 3:40 pm – 4:20 pm: Data-driven Measures of High Frequency Trading
- Gbenga Ibikunle (University of Edinburgh)
- 4:20 pm – 5 pm: Allocative Efficiency and Mispricing in Automated Market Making Markets versus Continuous Double Auctions
- Francesco Sangiorgi (Frankfurt School of Finance)
5:15 pm – 6:45 pm: Keynote Speaker
When More Data Hurts: Navigating the Nonstationarity-Complexity Tradeoff in Return Prediction
- Agostino Capponi (Columbia University)
Tuesday May 12th
Blockchain
- 9 am – 10 am: Welcome Coffee
- 10 am – 10:40 am: Optimal Exit Time for Liquidity Providers in Automated Market Makers
- Philippe Bergault (Université Paris Dauphine – PSL)
- 10:40 am – 11:20 am: Bitcoin Flows and Intermediary Shocks
- Daniele Bianchi (Queen Mary University of London)
- 11:20 am – 12 pm: Delegated Control, Agency Conflicts and Endogenous Governance Cycles in Token-Based Platforms
- Michele Fabi (Télécom Paris)
Artificial Intelligence
- 9 am – 10 am: Welcome Coffee
- 10 am – 10:40 am: Title to be confirmed
- Elise Gourier (ESSEC)
- 10:40 am – 11:20 am: Wash Trading on Decentralized Exchanges
- Vincent Tena (Université Paris Dauphine – PSL)
- 11:20 am – 12 pm: Conformal Asset Management
- Guillaume Coqueret (EM Lyon)
Our partners
This conference was possible thanks to the support of our partners

Contact
Chaire Fintech