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Purdue Fintech Conference September 20, 2024

Purdue Fintech Center Conference Agenda

Artificial Intelligence

Friday, September 20, 2024
All sessions in Stewart Center Room 313

8:45 a.m.

Breakfast

9:45 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Jim Bullard, Dr. Samuel R. Allen Dean, Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue University

10 a.m.

Session 1

AI Implications for Corporate Managers and Investors: Two Academic Studies

Sean Cao, University of Maryland

AI Personality Extraction from Faces: Labor Market Applications

Marina Niessner, Indiana University

11 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m.

Keynote Speech

Tobias J. Moskowitz, Dean Takahashi Professor of Finance, Yale University

Noon

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Session 2

Panel Session: AI Applications

Canyao Liu, Algorithm Developer, Hudson River Trading

Information Disclosure and Acceptance of Algorithmic Recommendation: A Field Study on Human-AI Interaction in Healthcare Gatekeeping

Susan Lu, Gerald Lyles Rising Star Professor of Management, Purdue University

Blair Webb, Director, Purdue Research Foundation, Office of Investment

2:45 p.m.

Break

3-4 p.m.

Session 3

The Ghost in the Machine: Generating Beliefs with Large Language Models

Leland Bybee, University of Chicago

The Labor Impact of Generative AI on Firm Values

Gregor Schubert, University of California Los Angeles

Union Club Hotel

201 N. Grant St., West Lafayette, IN 47906
1-888-236-2427
Block under "Fintech Conference"
Rate: $199/night + taxes
Reservation Deadline: 8/26/24

Make Reservation

Exterior of Purdue's Memorial Union building

Directions to Grant Street Parking Garage

120 N. Grant St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907

From Chicago, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and South Bend:

Exit I-65 at Exit 172 and proceed west (toward Lafayette) on South Street. Proceed four miles to West Lafayette. (Be sure to follow the state Route 26 signs carefully. At the intersection with Main Street, state Route 26 will jog one block north and become Columbia Street.) When you cross the Wabash River you are in West Lafayette and are now on State Street. Proceed to the fourth traffic light and turn right on Grant Street. The Grant Street Parking Garage (PGG on campus map) will be 1/2 block on your right.

From Champaign, Crawfordsville, St. Louis and Terre Haute:

Exit I-70 (Exit 41) or I-74 (Exit 34) on U.S. 231 North. When you cross the Wabash River, you are in West Lafayette. At the third light, turn left on State Street. At the second traffic light, turn right on Grant Street. The Grant Street Parking Garage (PGG on campus map) will be 1/2 block on your right.

Questions? Contact Purdue Fintech Center Founding Director Dr. Deniz Yavuz at myavuz@purdue.edu.

Conference Schedule

Friday, May 5, 2023
8:30 AM Breakfast - RAWL 3011
9:30 AM

Opening Remarks - Rawls 3082
David Hummels - Dr. Samuel R. Allen Dean of the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business and Distinguished Professor of Economics

9:45 AM

Session 1 - RAWL 3082

Runs on Stablecoins
Marco Cipriani - Head of the Money and Payment Studies Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

The Economics of Non-Fungible Tokens
Yukun Liu - Assistant Professors of Finance, Rochester University

10:45 AM Break - RAWL 3011
11:00 AM

Panel Discussion: Fintech Applications in Traditional Business - RAWL 3082
Julapa Jagtiani – Senior Economic Advisor and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Michelle Lowry- TD Bank Endowed Professor, Drexel University
Marco Cipriani (tentative)- Head of the Money and Payment Studies Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

12:00 PM Lunch - RAWL 3011
1:30 PM

Session 2 - RAWL 3082

Fintech Lending with LowTech Pricing
Itzhak (Zahi) Ben-David - Professor of Finance, Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, Ohio State University

Pure Momentum in Cryptocurrency Markets
Cesare Fracassi - Associate Professor of Finance, Director of the Blockchain Initiative at Texas McCombs, The University of Texas at Austin

2:30 PM Break - RAWL 3011

2:45

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3:45 PM

Session 3 - RAWL 3082

Gambling on Crypto Tokens?
Sudheer Chava - Alton M. Costley Chair and Professor of Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology

The Demand for Programmable Payments
Charles Kahn- Professor Emeritus of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

6:00 PM

Shuttle Arrives - In front of the Hilton Garden Inn

Dinner at McGraws