2023 Research Conference

Program Rundown

Date	November 3-4, 2023 (Fri - Sat)
Time:	9am
Venue:	LSK3003, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST Business School, HKUST
Fee:	Free (for HKUST & SUSTech Faculty and PhD Students) or USD50 (for ABFER Institutional Collaborators, please refer to HERE) or USD100 (for academics) or USD350 (for non-academics)
Medium:	English
Registration:	*Closed*

Day 1: November 3, 2023

Hong Kong Time November 3, 2023	Program
9:00 - 9:10am	Welcome Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker Bernard Yeung, ABFER, NUS and SUSTech Mingyi Hung, Head of Accounting Department, HKUST
9:10 - 10:10am	Academic Keynote Speech Christine Parlour, Sylvan C. Coleman Chair of Finance and Accounting, UC Berkeley Topic: "How big is DeFi: Understanding the Ecosystem.."
10:10 - 10:20am	Break
Moderator: Wilbur Chen, HKUST
10:20 - 11:05am	Paper 1: The Salience of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Online Business by Yi Huang, Chen Liu, Sibo Liu and Gustavo Manso Presenter: Yi Huang, Fudan University and CEPR Discussant: Xiaoyun Yu, SAIF
11:05 - 11:50am	Paper 2: Learning Production Process Heterogeneity Across Industries: Implications of Deep Learning for Corporate M&A Decisions by Jongsub Lee and Hayong Yun Presenter: Jongsub Lee, Seoul National University Business School Discussant: Tao Shu, CUHK
11:50 - 12:00nn	Break
12:40 - 14:00pm	Luncheon Keynote Speech Paul Chan, Financial Secretary, HKSAR Government Topic: "Fin-Tech and Growing Opportunities in the Greater Bays Area - HK's Pivotal Roles" Welcome Remarks by HKUST Dean Kar Yan Tam Moderated by Bernard Yeung
Moderator: Tony Cho, HKUST
14:00 - 14:45pm	Paper 3: Trust in DeFi: An Empirical Study of the Decentralized Exchange by Jianlei Han, Shiyang Huang and Zhuo Zhong Presenter: Shiyang Huang, HKU Discussant: Liu Nanqin, SUSTech
14:45 - 15:30pm	Paper 4: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Assurance: Audit Adoption and Capital Markets Effects by Thomas Bourveau, Janja Brendel and Jordan Schoenfeld Presenter: Janja Brendel, CUHK Discussant: Erica Li, CKGSB
15:30 - 15:40pm	Break
15:40 - 16:25pm	Paper 5: Auditing Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Protocols by Daniel Rahetti Presenter: Daniel Rahetti, NUS Discussant: Mei Luo, Tsinghua University
16:25 - 17:10pm	Paper 6: Data Driven Technologies and the Local Information Advantages in Small Business Leading by Wilbur Chen, Jung Koo Kang and Aditya Mohan Presenter: Wilbur Chen, HKUST Discussant: Lin Yupeng, NUS
17;10 - 17:20pm	Group Photo & Break
17:20 - 18:45pm	Industry Panel Discussion: AI and ML in Quantitative Investments Moderated by Haifeng You, HKUST Panelist: Liang Dong, Chief Quantitative Investment Officer, TruValue Asset Management Rob Smith, Head of Asia Quant Strategy, JP Morgan Yitian Zou, Co-founder, Black Wing Asset
18:45pm	Dinner

Day 2: November 4, 2023

Hong Kong Time November 4, 2023	Program
Moderator: Qingkai Dong, HKUST
9:00 - 9:45am	Paper 7: The Rise of E-Wallets and Buy-Now-Pay-Later: Payment Competition, Credit Expansion, and Consumer Behavior by Wenlong Bian, Lin William Cong and Yang Ji Presenter: Yang Ji, Sun Yat-sen University Discussant: Wenlan Qian, NUS
9:45 - 10:30am	Paper 8: The Macroeconomics of TechFin by Dan Su Presenter: Dan Su, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Discussant: Kai Li, PKU-HSBC
10:30 - 10:40am	Break
10:40 - 11:25am	Paper 9: Visual Information in the Age of AI: Evidence from Corporate Executive Presentations by Sean Cao, Yichen Cheng, Meng Wang, Yusen Xia and Baozhong Yang Presenter: Meng Wang, Georgia State University Discussant: Amy Zang, HKUST
11:25 - 12:10pm	Paper 10: Behavioral Machine Learning? Computer Predictions of Corporate Earnings also Overreact by Murray Z. Frank, Jing Gao and Keer Yang Presenter: Murray Z. Frank, University of Minnesota Discussant: Jiangze Bian, UIBE
12:30 - 1:00pm	Presentation Dong He, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF Topic: "CBDC: The Monetary Foundation for Digitalized Capital Markets" Chair: Hao Zhou, Tsinghua University and SUSTech
1:10pm	Closing Remarks Hao Zhou, Tsinghua University and SUSTech

Time Conversion

HK / SG Time	US Eastern Time	US Central Time	Pacific Time
Fri, Nov 3 9am	Thu, Nov 2 9pm	Thu, Nov 2 8pm	Thu, Nov 2 6pm