Agenda – FinTech II
September 30 – October 2 , 2018
Boston Marriott Cambridge / Cambridge, MA
co-sponsored with Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Sloan Finance Group
&
BlackRock
Sunday, September 30th attire: coat and tie
5:30pm Reception / 6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm: Welcome Remarks
7:15pm: Keynote Speaker: Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday, October 1st attire: business casual
8:00 – 9:00am breakfast
General Sessions
9:00 – 10:15am
Zvi Bodie, Boston University
The Limits of Robo-Retirement Advice and the Role of the Trusted Human Advisor
Discussants: t.b.a
10:15 – 10:45am refreshment break
10:45 – 12:00pm
Sanjiv Das and Dan Ostrov, Santa Clara University
A New Approach to Goals – Based Wealth Management
Discussants: Lisa Huang, Betterment, LLC
12:00 – 2:00pm lunch at leisure
12:45 – 2:00pm ice cream break
2:00 – 3:15pm
Roberto Rigobon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aggregate Confusion Project
Discussants: Kathryn Kaminski, AlphaSimplex Group LLC
3:15 – 3:45pm refreshment break
3:45 – 5:00pm
Roger Stein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FinTech Platforms and Strategy
Discussants: t.b.a
5:00pm Reception
Tuesday, October 2nd
7:30 – 8:30am breakfast
General Sessions
8:30 – 9:45am
Seoyoung Kim and Atulya Sarin, Santa Clara University
Crypto-Assets Unencrypted
Discussant: Edward Woodford, Seed CX Ltd
9:45 – 10:15am refreshment break
10:15 – 11:30pm
William Cong, University of Chicago
Dynamic Adoption and Valuation
Discussants: t.b.a
11:30 – 12:30pm lunch at leisure
12:30 – 12:45pm ice cream break
12:45 – 2:00pm
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Trading and Arbitrage in Cryptocurrency Markets
Discussants: t.b.a
2:00 – 2:30pm refreshment break
2:30 – 3:45pm
David Yermack, New York University
Initial Coin Offerings
Discussants: t.b.a
