Drat Program
A full-day academic-industry program on AI, digital assets, market infrastructure, and fintech, hosted at UBS Grünenhof in Zurich.
Program – Thursday, November 26, 2026 *
| 9:00–09:30 | Registration and Welcome coffee |
| 09:30–10:00 |
Introductory Speech Speaker: Andreas Kubli (Head of Digital Assets at UBS and co-founder of Twint) Topic: Digital Assets |
| 10:00–10:45 |
Academic Presentation #1 - DeFi Leverage Presenter: Wenqian Huang (BIS) Discussant: Loriana Pelizzon (SAFE Goethe Frankfurt and Ca' Foscari Venice) Topic: DeFi Lending |
| 10:45–11:30 |
Academic Presentation #2 Presenter: Fabian Schär (University of Basel) Discussant: TBD Topic: Stablecoin complexity or Bitcoin incentives |
| 11:30–12:15 |
Keynote Speech: Marco Di Maggio (Imperial College London) Topic: AI in Financial Intermediation |
| 12:15–13:30 | Standing Lunch |
| 13:30–14:00 |
Industry Presentation #1 Presenter: Open slot |
| 14:00–14:45 |
Academic Presentation #3 - Engineering Investment Habits with FinTech Presenter: Alberto Rossi (Georgetown University) Discussant: Bastian Wetzel (Cambrena Capital) Topic: Automated Investment |
| 14:45–15:15 |
Industry Presentation #2 Presenter: Christian Vial (Finreon Asset Management) Topic: AI in Asset Management |
| 15:15–15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45–16:30 |
Academic Presentation #4 - AI Model Collapse Presenter: Co-Pierre Georg (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) Discussant: TBD Topic: AI Model Collapse |
| 16:30–17:15 |
Panel Discussion Moderator: TBD Panelists: TBD Topic: Impact of AI on financial industry and markets |
| 17:15–18:00 |
Academic Presentation #5 Presenter: Albert Menkveld (University of Amsterdam) Discussant: TBD Topic: AI in quantitative research |
| 18:00–18:30 |
Research Talk Presenter: Paul Duetting (Google) Topic: AI and Moral Hazard |
| 18:30–20:30 | Networking Apero |
* The program is subject to change