The future of money and the impact of fintech and cryptocurrencies Date: Monday 26th November 2018 Organisers: Jon Danielsson (SRC, LSE Finance), Eva Micheler (SRC, LSE Law) Venue: Pankhurst House, 1 Clement’s Inn, LSE, London WC2A 2AZ 08.45 – 09.15
Registration and refreshments
09.15 – 10.15
John Moore – LSE Econ & The University of Edinburgh Inside money and liquidity (joint with Nobu Kiyotaki)
10.15 – 10.30
Coffee break
10.30 – 11.10
Catherine Schenk – University of Oxford, Faculty of History Historical reflections on the transition between money technologies
11.10 – 11.50
Rosa Lastra - Queen Mary University of London Jason Allan – Humboldt University of Berlin & UNSW Faculty of Law Virtual currencies in the Eurosystem: challenges ahead (joint)
11.50 – 12.30
Edmund Schuster – LSE Law Cloud crypto land: why smart contracts and crypto assets won't change the world
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 14.10
Igor Makarov – LSE Finance Trading and arbitrage in cryptocurrency markets
14.10 – 14.50
Co-Pierre Georg – University of Cape Town, Economic Research Southern Africa and Deutsche Bundesbank Financial inclusion and technology
14.50 – 15.10
Coffee break
15.10 – 15.50
Jon Danielsson – LSE Finance & Systemic Risk Centre Cryptocurrencies do not make sense
15.50 – 16.30
Eva Micheler – LSE Law & Systemic Risk Centre Money as a technology - a legal perspective
16.30 – 17.00
Drinks and nibbles reception
Free WiFi: Select “The Cloud” from the network list. Open your browser and follow instructions to register/log on.
