Vilniaus University Hosts Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on FinTech

The interdisciplinary research workshop “FinTech: Finance, Technology & Regulation” takes place at Vilnius University on May 18-20. The workshop, organized in the Arqus Research & Innovation project framework, hosts participants from several European higher education institutions and keynote speakers from the Singapore and Cambridge universities.

The thematic scope of the workshop includes European FinTech policy and its risks, regulatory strategies, and consumer protection. Moreover, the workshop participants will discuss computational finance and artificial intelligence in the data-intensive domains of finance, government, business, as well as big data analytics.

During the workshop, the participants will also debate security and privacy solutions, technologies for supervision and compliance, and digital transformation in banking, investment, insurance, environment, health and other fields.

Among the keynote speakers of the workshop - prof. dr. Simon Chesterman, Dean of the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and Senior Director of AI Governance at AI Singapore. Prof. dr. Chesterman will give a lecture “We, the Robots? Whether, When, and How to Regulate Artificial Intelligence”.

Another keynote speaker of the workshop is prof. dr. Andrei Kirilenko, professor of finance, founding director of the Cambridge Centre for Finance, Technology & Regulation (CCFTR) at the University of Cambridge. Prof. dr. Kirilenko will speak about the optimal selection of crypto assets.

The workshop discussions will attract Lithuanian experts. Among them are Inga Karulaitytė-Kvainauskienė, regulatory expert, FintechHub LT Board member, Evelina Kvedaravičiūtė, Project Manager for Financial Market Development at Bank of Lithuania, Andrius Ramoška, member of FINTECH Lithuania/Infobalt, Co-founder and CEO at Soverio, Andrius Petkevičius, CEO at BCCS (Blockchain CyberSecurity Compliance Solutions) cluster, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saulius Masteika, Vice-Dean for infrastracture of Kaunas Faculty and Chair of FinTech study program, Vilnius University.

The Arqus Research & Innovation (R&I) project aims to enhance the research and innovation dimension of the Arqus Alliance, which unites nine European universities, activities. Moreover, the project addresses current global societal challenges through intensified joint research, characterized by the pursuit of excellence, openness, transparency, and effective engagement with society.

Watch the lectures of the workshop on Vilnius University YouTube channel.