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: Conference Suite, 9th Floor, Tower 2, 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
10.15 – 10.30
Coffee break
10.30 – 11.10
Catherine Schenk – University of Oxford, Faculty of History
11.10 – 11.50
Rosa Lastra ‐ Queen Mary University of London Jason Allan – Humboldt University of Berlin & UNSW Faculty of Law
Inside money and liquidity (joint with Nobu Kiyotaki)
Historical reflections on the transition between money technologies
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
14.10 – 14.50
Co‐Pierre Georg – University of Cape Town, Economic Research Southern Africa and Deutsche Bundesbank
Trading and Arbitrage in Cryptocurrency Markets
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.
