CfP Deadline Date:
September 30, 2021
Conference Event:
November 22-23, 2021
Event Location:
Online
Keynote speaker(s):
- Talis Putnins, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
- David Yermack, New York University (NYU)
Organizer(s):
The Business School of the University of Western
The Business School of the University of Western Australia is delighted to invite academics and practitioners to the 4th UWA Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference.
The two-day VIRTUAL event seeks to bring together academics conducting financial and economic research in blockchain and cryptocurrencies. We also encourage researchers on blockchain from other fields to submit their work.
The conference is intended to improve “in progress” research, generate new research and facilitate new collaborations. Participants are expected to discuss one research paper.
We invite researchers to submit their work on financial, economic, accounting, regulatory, monetary, societal, social and environmental aspects of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
We are particularly interested in cross-disciplinary and innovative research.
Blockchain:
– Is blockchain technology disrupting finance?
– The economics of blockchain
– Value Creation via tokenisation
– The nature of the firm in the age of blockchain and smart contracts
– Will blockchain lead to a democratization of finance?
– Will blockchain lead to a democratization of society?
– Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) versus IPOs
– Blockchain and trust
– NFTsCryptocurrencies:
– Fiat currencies versus cryptocurrencies and monetary policy implications
– CBDC
– Stablecoins
– DeFi
– Optimal strategies and policies to regulate cryptocurrencies
– Money Laundering
– Market microstructure
-Crypto Scams
Further Information:
AWARDS: 2 Best Paper Awards and 2 Best Discussion Awards.
CONFERENCE PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Papers should be submitted via email to Liliana.Goncalves@uwa.edu.au in PDF format before September 30, 2021. Acceptance emails will be sent out before October 15.