Dr. Larisa Yarovaya
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Center for Digital Finance, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK
Dr. Eugenia Macchiavello
Department of Law,
University of Genoa, Italy
The 4th International Conference for Alternative Finance Research is a dedicated forum for alternative finance researchers and practitioners from all around the globe. It covers themes addressing crowdfunding, digital fundraising and lending, microfinance and prosocial lending, invoice trading, crypto assets and currencies, etc.
The conference serves as a cross-disciplinary meeting place for scholars of information systems, economics, finance, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, business ethics and law under one roof to exchange ideas and help develop the field both theoretically and practically, while engaging in close dialog with industry stakeholders and policy makers.
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The 2025 event is organized as a collaboration between the University of Agder's School of Business and Law, the Utrecht University European Center of Alternative Finance, and Aalborg University.
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Important Dates:
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Paper submission deadline: 15.02.2025
Author notification: by 20.03.2025
Early-bird registration: until 15.04.2025
Abstract submission for proceedings: 20.05.2025
Paper presentation delivery: 27.05.2025
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Panel Discussion Participants: (to be continuously announced)
Karsten Wenzlaff
University of Hamburg, Germany
Digital Invest Germany
Dr. Kristian Roed Nielsen
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Jasmin Kappler
Investor Relations Manager @ecozins by AUDITcapital, Germany
Prof. Natalia Maehle
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Waleed Samarah
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, UAE
Dr. Cecilie H. Christensen
University of Aalborg, Denmark
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Sam Manaberi
Founder, Trine, Sweden
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Linn Hoel Ringoll
General Counsel, Kameo, Norway
03.06.2025 - Panel 1:
Alternative Finance Regulation: Challenges and Solutions?
04.06.2025 - Panel 2:
Crowdfunding and Sustainability: Expectations and Realities
Prof. Rotem Shneor
University of Agder School of Business and Law, Norway
Dr. Thomas Neumann
Aalborg University, Denmark
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Dr. Joanna Adamska-Mieruszewska, University of Gdansk, Poland
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Dr. Urszula MrzygÅ‚ód, University of Gdansk, Poland
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Dr. Friedemann Polzin, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
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Dr. Anna Fornalska, IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences, Austria
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Dr. Prince Baah-Peprah, University of Ader, Norway
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Dr. Cecilie Højvang Christensen, University of Aalborg, Denmark