HSG Fintech Summit Zurich · 26.11.2026
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Thursday · 26 November 2026

The Program

A full day of academic research, industry perspectives and debate on AI and its implications in finance — from registration at 09:00 to the networking apéro at UBS Grünenhof, Zurich.

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Draft program · UBS Grünenhof, Zurich
  1. 09:00 until 09:30
    Break

    Registration & Welcome Coffee

  2. 09:30 until 10:00
    Opening

    Opening Speech

    Speaker Andreas Kubli Group Head Digital Assets, UBS

    Topic: Digital Assets

  3. 10:00 until 10:45
    Academic Academic #1

    DeFi Leverage

    Presenter Wenqian Huang BIS
    Discussant Loriana Pelizzon SAFE Goethe Frankfurt and Ca' Foscari Venice

    Topic: DeFi Lending

  4. 10:45 until 11:30
    Academic Academic #2

    Academic Presentation #2

    Presenter Fabian Schär University of Basel
    Discussant Alexander Bechtel DWS Group

    Topic: Stablecoin complexity or Bitcoin incentives

  5. 11:30 until 12:15
    Keynote

    AI in Financial Intermediation

    Keynote Marco Di Maggio Imperial College London
  6. 12:15 until 13:30
    Break

    Standing Lunch

  7. 13:30 until 14:00
    Industry Industry #1

    Industry Presentation #1

    Presenter Hanna Khrystianovych Global Ledger
  8. 14:00 until 14:45
    Academic Academic #3

    Engineering Investment Habits with FinTech

    Presenter Alberto Rossi Georgetown University
    Discussant Bastian Wetzel Cambrena Capital

    Topic: Automated Investment

  9. 14:45 until 15:15
    Industry Industry #2

    Industry Presentation #2

    Presenter Christian Vial Finreon Asset Management

    Topic: AI in Asset Management

  10. 15:15 until 15:45
    Break

    Coffee Break

  11. 15:45 until 16:30
    Academic Academic #4

    AI Model Collapse

    Presenter Co-Pierre Georg Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
    Discussant Stefania Stan UBS
  12. 16:30 until 17:15
    Panel

    Panel Discussion

    Moderator Joelle Gautier UBS
    Panelist Greg Lourie Schellenberg Wittmer
    Panelist Thomas Frei Sygnum Bank
    Panelist Milko Hensel Maerki Baumann
    Panelist Daniel Malikov Markets Flare
    Panelist Sandro Jaber Laka Capital

    Topic: Impact of AI on financial industry and markets

  13. 17:15 until 18:00
    Academic Academic #5

    Academic Presentation #5

    Presenter Albert Menkveld University of Amsterdam
    Discussant Larisa Yarovaya University of Southampton

    Topic: AI Errors

  14. 18:00 until 18:30
    Research talk Research Talk

    Research Talk

    Presenter Paul Duetting Google

    Topic: AI and Moral Hazard

  15. 18:30 until 20:30
    Networking

    Networking Apéro

* The program is subject to change.