Event Information
We are pleased to invite you to the MSCA Digital Finance Midterm Meeting, which will take place from May 19 to May 23, 2025, at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands. Over the course of five days, researchers, doctoral candidates, and industry representatives will gather to exchange knowledge, present findings, and assess progress on ongoing work packages in Digital Finance.
The meeting begins on May 19 with a focus on future research plans and interdisciplinary projects. On May 20, participants will attend presentations on topics such as AI for financial markets, explainable AI-generated decisions, and sustainability. The official Midterm Meeting on May 21 will include a tour de table with scientists-in-charge, a presentation by the REA Officer on project monitoring and reporting, and dedicated sessions for doctoral candidates to discuss research progress.
May 22 offers a series of research talks, followed by a paper writing session. On May 23, ethics in AI and the ethical components of ongoing research will take center stage. Each day’s activities feature opportunities for networking over coffee breaks, lunches, and dinners. We look forward to your participation in these discussions and your contributions to shaping the future of Digital Finance..
Join us for our research conference on Digital Finance!
Speakers
The list of speakers will be published once made final.
Schedule
MonDay - May 19, MSCA Research Day
- 9:30 – 10:30 Future WP Research Plans
- 10:00 – 11:30: Parallel session : PhD Qualifier for Mathis Jander (IRP1)
- 11:30 – 12:00: Coffee Break
- 10:45 – 12:00: IRP Research Presentations
- 12:00 – 13:00: Lunch Break
- 13:00 – 14:30: Working Session I on interdisciplinary research
- 14:30 – 15:00: Coffee Break
- 15:00 – 16:30: Working Session II on interdisciplinary research
- 19:00: Dinner
Tuesday - May 20, Introduction to Digital Finance
- 9:30 - 10:00: Registration and Coffee
- 10:00 - 10:15: Introduction to MSCA
- 10:15 - 10:45: WP1: Towards a European Financial Data Space, Prof. Dr. Codruta Mare, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
- 10:45 - 11:15: WP2: Artificial Intelligence for Financial Markets [Ronald]
- 11:15 - 11:30: Coffee Break
- 11:30 - 12:00: WP3: Towards explainable and fair AI-generated decisions [Branka]
- 12:00 - 13:30: Lunch Break
- 13:30 - 14:00: WP4: Driving digital innovations with Blockchain applications [Daniel]
- 14:00 - 14:30: WP5: Sustainability of Digital Finance [Maria]
- 14:30 - 15:00: WP9: Ethics in Finance [Catarina]
- 15:00 - 15:30: Coffee Break
- 15:30 - 16:00: Talk [TBD]
- 16:00 - 16:30: Industry talk about Digital Finance [Novel-T]
- 16:30 - 17:00: Industry talk about Digital Finance [BMS Lab]
- 17:00 - 17:30: Industry talk about Digital Finance [Giorgos ARC]
- 19:00: Dinner
Wednesday - May 21, MSCA DIGITAL Midterm meeting
- 09:30 – 09:45 | Welcome & Introduction (REA Officer, Coordinator)
- 09:45 – 10:15 | Tour de Table (Scientists-in-Charge of Beneficiaries, Associated Partners)
- 10:15 – 10:35 | REA Officer Presentation (Monitoring, Recruitment, Reporting)
- 10:35 – 11:00 | Coffee Break
- 11:00 – 12:00 | Coordinator’s Report (Recruitment, Deliverables, Risks, Open Science)
- 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch Break (UT Gallery)
- 13:30 – 15:00 | DC Presentations (Research, Training, Secondments)
- 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break
- 15:30 – 16:30 | DCs Restricted Session (Supervision, Training, Career)
- 16:30 – 16:45 | Coordinator & REA Officer Restricted Session
- 16:45 – 17:15 | Feedback & Discussion (REA Officer)
- 17:15 – 17:30 | Closing Remarks (Coordinator, REA Officer)
- 19:30 | Dinner
Thursday - May 22, Digital Finance
- 9:30 - 10:30 Research Talks (2 talks: Stefan Theussl, Julian Winkel)
- 10:30 - 10:45 coffee break
- 10:45 - 12:15 Research Talks (3 talks: Abhista, Christina, Wolfgang)
- 12:15 - 13:30: Lunch (UT Gallery)
- 13:30 - 14:00: Research Talk (Ralf)
- 14:00 - 15:00: Knowledge security, and immaterial export control
- 15:00 - 15:30: Coffee Break
- 15:30 - 18:00: Paper writing session
- 19:00: Dinner
Friday - May 23, Ethics in AI
- 9:30 - 9:35: Introduction to Ethics
- 9:35 - 11:00: Ethics in Digital Finance (Robin)
- 11:00 - 11:15: Coffee Break
- 11:15 - 12:00 : Interviews with DCs on ethical components in research (Caterina)
- 12:00 - 13:30: Lunch
- 13:30 - 16:30: Working Session - prepare abstracts on a singular subject, follow up later on
Scientific Committee
- Jörg Osterrieder
- Marcos Machado
- Frédérik Sinan Bernard
- Robin Effing
- Codruta Mare
- Daniel Traian Pele
- Wolfgang Härdle
- Maria Iannario
- Ralf Korn
- Barbara Będowska-Sójka
- Branka Hadji Misheva
- Moritz Karber
- Claudia Tarantola
- Filippo Bartoli
- Hanna Kristín Skaftadóttir
- Julian Winkel
- Xiaohong Huang
Organizing Committee
- Jörg Osterrieder
- Marcos Machado
- Frédérik Sinan Bernard
- Codruta Mare
- Daniel Pele
- Wolfgang Härdle
- Maria Iannario
- Ralf Korn
- Branka Hadji Misheva
- Claudia Tarantola
- Stefan Theussl
- Filippo Bartoli
- Moritz Karber
- Xiaohong Huang
- Hanna Kristín Skaftadóttir
- Julian Winkel
Part of DIGITAL
The Marie Sklowdoska-Curie Action (MSCA) Industrial Doctoral Network on Digital Finance
The MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network on Digital Finance (2024-2027), funded by Horizon Europe, brings together top universities, research centers, and companies to train PhD students in new financial technologies. Academic partners include the University of Twente, WU Vienna, Poznan University of Economics, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Kaunas University of Technology, RPTU, University of Pavia, University of Naples Federico II, American University of Sharjah, and Bern University of Applied Sciences. Industry and research partners are Fraunhofer, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Börse Group, Raiffeisen Bank, Swedbank, BIS, EIT Digital, Royalton Partners, Quoniam Asset Management, Cardo AI, and Athena Research. Together, they focus on practical projects to help students build skills and create new solutions for the finance sector.
Event Repository
UT Team
