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19th Annual Meeting of SFI

Digital Finance

Date27 Nov 2024

Time13:30 - 17:10

LocationLake Side, Bellerivestrasse 170, 8008 Zurich

From payments all the way to asset management, digitization is transforming finance. Combining academic and business perspectives, the SFI Annual Meeting will host discussions on the trends and implications of digitization in the financial world. Does digitization reduce or increase frictions in the financial system? Can we create a decentralized system of financial intermediation, and is this desirable? How far will generative AI transform finance, and how should we grasp the opportunities and manage the risks?

The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Finance Institute (SFI) is one of the leading events in the Swiss financial community’s calendar and an exclusive discussion platform. It brings together the finest minds in academia and key financial market players. The widely respected event enables practitioners and academics to exchange the knowledge and expertise that will keep Switzerland at the top in banking and finance.

This year, we are pleased to welcome Prof. David Yermack, Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York University Stern School of Business, Päivi Rekonen, Chair of the Board of Directors of AMINA Bank, and Jos Dijsselhof, Chief Executive Officer at SIX as keynote speakers. SFI Prof. Fabian Schär, Professor for Distributed Ledger Technology & Fintech at the University of Basel, and Faculty Member, SFI will join the panel discussion.

Program

12:00	Doors Open, Registration, and Lunch
13:30	Opening & Short Interview Prof. François Degeorge, Managing Director, SFI Dr. Stefan Seiler, Head Group Human Resources & Corporate Services and Member of the Group Executive Board, UBS Group AG and Chairman of the Foundation Board, SFI
13:40	Keynote Presentation I—U.S. Election Outcomes: A New Era for Crypto Regulation and Investment? Prof. David Yermack, Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York University Stern School of Business
14:00	Q&A Round
14:15	Coffee Break
14:45	Keynote Presentation II—Crypto to the Rescue? Digitisation and Decentralisation in Transforming Finance Päivi Rekonen, Chair of the Board of Directors, AMINA Bank
15:05	Q&A Round
15:20	Coffee Break
15:50	Keynote Presentation III—Building a Digital Assets Market Infrastructure for the Future of Finance Jos Dijsselhof, Chief Executive Officer, SIX
16:10	Q&A Round
16:25	Panel Discussion Jos Dijsselhof, Chief Executive Officer, SIX Päivi Rekonen, Chair of the Board of Directors, AMINA Bank SFI Prof. Fabian Schär, Professor for Distributed Ledger Technology & Fintech, University of Basel, and Faculty Member, SFI
17:10	Closing
onward	Aperitif

The event will be moderated by Carolin Roth, business journalist.

Registration

This year's Annual Meeting will be held as an on-site event at Lake Side in Zurich. Attendance is free of charge. Please note that this is a public event, and that parts will be filmed and photos will be taken for marketing purposes.