Digital Future Initiative Events

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Each year, DFI organizes and hosts numerous conferences, workshops, lectures, and seminars featuring industry professionals and Columbia’s thought leadership. These programs bring together students, academics, alumni, government official, policymakers, and members of the private sector to engage in dialogue and exchange ideas on areas of critical importance.

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April 2024

Time
6:00 - 7:00 PM

Digital Finance Seminar Series with Pete Kyle

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Join Pete for a seminar on "Flow Trading" in Geffen Hall 590. DFI’s Briger Family Digital Finance Lab and the Center for Digital Finance and Technologies host a series of seminars which feature academics, professionals, and policymakers on topics related to digital assets. Pete Kyle, Charles E. Smith Chair in Finance at Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, will present on “Flow Trading.”

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April 2024

Time
6:00 - 7:00 PM

Digital Finance Seminar Series with Urban Jermann

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Join Urban for a seminar on "Flow Trading" in Geffen Hall 590. DFI’s Briger Family Digital Finance Lab and the Center for Digital Finance and Technologies host a series of seminars which feature academics, professionals, and policymakers on topics related to digital assets. Urban Jermann, Professor of Economics and Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania will present. Professor Ciamac Moallemi and Professor Agostino Capponi (Engineering) co-host this series.

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May 2024

Time
8:15 AM - 5:00 PM

The Latest in DeFi Research Conference with Briger Lab for Digital Finance

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Join TLDR in Geffen 620 for a two day The Latest in DeFi Research (TLDR) Conference aims to bring together academics, engineers, and practitioners to advance the state of DEFi. Organized by Briger Lab for Digital Finance, the conference will showcase new theoretical results, empirical analyses, and software implementations related to the DeFi ecosystem.

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17/18

May 2024

Time
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Columbia & Wharton Management, Analytics and Data Conference

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Join Columbia MAD in Kravis 880 & 890 for a two day conference that aims to bring together academics and professionals to pioneer solutions in Management, Analytics, and Data.

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May 2024

Time
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Future of Prediction: The Social Consequences of Algorithmic Forecast

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Join us in Geffen 420, 8:00am - 5:00pm. As part of the Algorithmic Economy Lab, this conference will bring together researchers to investigate the analysis of prediction in a digital society.

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 10/11

June 2024

Time
2:00 PM - 5:15 PM

8:30 AM - 4:15 PM

Artificial Intelligence and Finance: Opportunities and Risks

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Join us at Columbia Business School, 2:00pm - 5:15pm on June 10th and 8:30am - 4:15pm on June 11th. This conference aims to deepen understanding of how AI is being used or might be used by firms, different types of investors, households, and other market participants, as well as to study the broader societal and regulatory implications of the rapid deployment of these technologies.

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