Financial Intermediation in Third Millennium: Perils and Pearls of Technology

Registration and booking is now open online.

The conference fees are as follows:

• Academics - £290.00
• PhD students - £120.00
• Practitioners - £450.00
• Gala dinner - £90.00

You can book your accommodation on-campus or in downtown Colchester.

On campus, there are two options:

• Wivenhoe House Hotel (4* luxury hotel on-campus): 
• Student accommodation

In downtown Colchester (10 minutes by taxi), there are various hotels you can easily find and book on any hotel portal (www.booking.com, www.trivago.com, www.kayak.com, etc)

This conference is being held at Essex Business School, University of Essex, with easy transport links to London.

If you are not a UK citizen you can find visa information on the UK Border Control website.

The organisers are:

• Franco Fiordelisi, University of Essex, U.K
• Paolo Fulghieri, University of North Carolina, U.S
• Anjan Thakor, Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.

• Franklin Allen, Imperial College, London, U.K.
• Mark Flannery, University of Florida, U.S.
• Luc Leuven, European Central Bank, Germany
• Elena Loutskina, University of Virginia, U.S.
• Ramin Okhrati Bank of England, U.K.
• Steven Ongena, University of Zurich, Switzerland
• Loriana Pelizzon, Goethe University, Germany
• Raghu Rau, University of Cambridge, U.K.
• Richard Thakor, University of Minnesota, U.S.
• Joel Shapiro, University of Oxford, U.K.
• Meri Sevilir, ESMT, Berlin, Germany
• Phil Strahan. Boston College, U.S.
• Greg Udell, Indiana University, U.S.

• Konstantinos Baltas, University of Essex
• Udichibarna Bose, University of Essex
• Chiara Banti, University of Essex
• Efthimios Nikolakopoulos, University of Essex
• Emmanouil Pyrgiotakis, University of Essex
• Josè Linares Zegarra, University of Essex

SESSION 1: DIGITAL CURRENCIES

Session Chair: Anjan Thakor

SESSION 2: CORPORATE FINANCE

Session Chair: Paolo  Fulghieri

SESSION 3: BANKING

Session Chair: Anna Sarkysian, University of Essex

SESSION 4: BANKING AND MONETARY POLICY

Session Chair: Chiara Banti, Essex Business School

SESSION 5: COMPETITION

Session Chair: Udichi Bose, Essex Business School

SESSION 6: FINANCIAL INNOVATION

Session Chair: Ekaterina Panopoulou, Essex Business School