Center for Financial Studies Workshop 2019

Center for Financial Studies

Workshop 2019

Risks and Advances in Financial Technologies

September 20, 2019: 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Howard P. Isermann '42 Auditorium, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Workshop Chair Professor Aparna Gupta, Director, Center for Financial Studies Workshop Coordinator Shelly Samuel, Administrative Specialist Learn more about our speakers and chairs at lallyschool.rpi.edu/center-financial-studies.

Workshop Overview

Financial technology innovations, enabled by big data analytics using advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning and facilitated by distributed ledger (or blockchain) technologies (DLT), are revolutionizing how business is conducted in many industries.

After the 2008 global financial crisis, the financial services sector entered a new regime defined by two key forces. The first force was the wave of significant regulatory changes that swept the entire industry and the second was created by the confluence of advances in computing technologies, availability of "big data," and the plausibility of the adoption of novel methodologies in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Simultaneously, innovations in distributed ledger (blockchain) technologies are producing excitement and activity in developing novel business models, both in the financial services sector and beyond.

In this workshop, we bring together speakers from industry, regulatory entities, and academics with a range of research interests for an active discussion on the current opportunities and challenges of financial technologies, a review of their current adoption, and a look to the future.

Agenda

8:00?8:30 a.m. 8:30?8:45 a.m. 8:45?9:30 a.m. 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.

10:45?11:00 a.m. 11:00?12:15 p.m.

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. 1:15 - 2:00 p.m. 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.

3:15 - 3:30 p.m. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

5:00 - 5:45 p.m. 5:45 - 6:00 p.m. 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Registration and breakfast

Dean's welcome, CFS director's welcome, and overview of the day

Regulatory Keynote ? Austin Gerig (SEC) Chair ? Aparna Gupta, Lally School of Management

Methodological Research Summaries by Rensselaer faculty members Chair ? Koushik Kar, Department of Electrical, Computer, Systems Engineering 9:30 - 9:55 a.m. Mohammed Zaki (Department of Computer Science) 9:55 - 10:20 a.m. Jianxi Gao (Department of Computer Science) 10:20 - 10:45 a.m. Oshani Seneviratne (Institute for Data Exploration and Applications)

Coffee break

Industry Summaries Chair ? Jen Pazour, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering 11:00 - 11:25 a.m. Tommy Zovich (Bank of America Merrill Lynch) 11:25 - 11:50 a.m. Peter Memon (Invenio) 11:50 - 12:15 p.m. Matt McGraw (The Bureau)

Lunch

Finance Industry Keynote ? Sadia Halim (BNP Paribas) Chair ? T. Ravichandran, Lally School of Management

Finance Research Summaries by Rensselaer faculty members Chair - Malik Magdon-Ismail, Department of Computer Science 2:00 - 2:25 p.m. Brian Clark (Lally School of Management) 2:25 - 2:50 p.m. Raffi Garcia (Lally School of Management) 2:50 - 3:15 p.m. Koushik Kar (Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering)

Coffee break

Industry Summaries Chair ? Mohammed Zaki, Department of Computer Science 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Jeremy Raccio and Bryan Cross (UBS) 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Nilesh Vaidya and Sudhir Pai (Capgemini) 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Kristin Pereira and Kate Sullivan (MarketAxess)

Technology Industry Keynote ? Kumar Bhaskaran (IBM) Chair ? Bolek Szymanski, Department of Computer Science

CFS director's concluding remarks

Dinner 7:00 ? 7:45 p.m. Dinner Keynote

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