Nordic Fintech Research Symposium 2024
About
The 6th Nordic Fintech Research Symposium will focus on how academia, fintechs, larger financial institutions and authorities can collaborate on fighting financial fraud with a special focus on Anti Money Laundering (AML) by applying knowledge from state-of-the-art research and advanced industry solutions.
For the 2024 Symposium Copenhagen Fintech has worked with The Department of Computer Science at The University of Copenhagen to bring you a full day program delivered by world renowned researchers and industry experts. We promise that the symposium will be a valuable platform for knowledge exchange, networking, and collaboration.
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Registration | |
| 09.00 - 09.05 | Welcome by Copenhagen Fintech | By Thomas Krogh Jensen, CEO |
| 09.05 - 09.15 | Welcome by University of Copenhagen and Moderator of the Symposium | By Professor Linda Nielsen, Faculty of Law (KU) |
| 09.15 - 09.50 | KEYNOTE I - Robbing the Bank with a Model Checker | By Professor David Basin |
| 09.50 - 10.25 | KEYNOTE II - AI and process mining | By Professor Thomas Hildebrandt |
| 10.25 - 10.45 | Coffee break and networking | |
| 10.45 - 11.20 | KEYNOTE III - Improving AML systems and reinstating trust | By Professor Tom Kirchmaier |
| 11.20 - 12.15 | PANEL DEBATE I - Why and for whom should we fight money laundering? | |
| 12.15 - 13.10 | Lunch and networking | |
| 13.10 - 13.35 | TALK 1 - Introduction to Multi Party Computation (MPC) |
By Professor Ivan Damgård (AU) |
| 13.35 - 14.00 | TALK 2 - Privacy-enhancing Technologies in the fight against money laundering |
By Associate Professor Bernado David (ITU) |
| 14.00 - 14.25 | TALK 3 - Data driven economy without comprimises |
By Kurt Nielsen, CEO Partisia |
| 14.25 - 14.55 | PANEL DEBATE II - Balancing technology and privacy | |
| 14.55 - 15.20 | Coffee Break and Networking | |
| 15.20 - 16.10 | PANEL DEBATE III - Adressing AML through partnerships | |
| 16.10 - 16.30 | HONORARY TALK - Charging a new path in the fight against money laundering |
By Professor Ivan Damgård, Aarhus Universitet |
| 16.30 - 16.40 | Wrap up of the day by moderator |
By Professor Linda Nielsen |
| 16.40 - 17.15 | Networking and reception |
Key research themes will be application of advanced technology to address technical challenges such as:
- Managing the sheer volume and velocity of transactions
- Securing data quality and integration
- Balancing data privacy, anonymity issues and regulatory compliance
- Reducing false positives
- Managing and replacing legacy systems to fight AML
- Handling cyber security risks
- We will also adress measures to fight AML from a soceital and ethical perspectives and how we through partnerships can improve AML systems in banks to make them cheaper, faster and better and what measures are needed on a more systemic level to get there
Who Should Attend?
- Researchers and Academics
- Financial Industry Professionals
- Regulatory Authorities
- Fintech Entrepreneurs
- Legal and Compliance Experts
- Students studying subjects related to computer science, finance and technology law