IFIN 2018

3rd Int. Workshop on the Internet for Financial Collective Awareness & Intelligence

Program

Keynote Address


Prof. Michael Haliassos Goethe University Frankfurt - "Financial Literacy Externalities"




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Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow (Lecture Theatre 206 - Main Building)

Time Topic Presenter
Monday 12th November
9:00 – 9:30 Registration & coffee
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome by the Principal Sir. Anton Muscatelli
9:30 – 9:40 Coffee Break I
SESSION 1: FINANCIAL LITERACY IN THE FINTECH ERA.
Chair: Prof. Robert Wright (University of Strathclyde)
9:40 – 10:10 Financial literacy and attitudes to cryptocurrencies Georgios Panos and Tatja Karkkainen
10:10 – 10:40 The effectiveness of smart phone apps in improving financial capability Donal McKillop, Declan French and Elaine Stewart
10:40 – 11:10 How much pension will you get? The introduction of a pensions dashboard in a multi-pillar system Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Andreas Hackethal, Johannes Kasinger and Christine Laudenbach
11:10 – 11:20 Coffee Break II
SESSION 2: THE YOUNG, THE OLD, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY.
Chair: Dr. Panayiotis Andreou (Cyprus University of Technology)
11:20 – 11:50 Financial literacy and student debt Nikolaos Artavanis, Soumya Karra and Stefanos Kechagias
11:50 – 12:20 Financial literacy, retirement planning and well-being among Scots David Bell, Georgios Panos and Robert Wright
12:20 – 12:50 Financial literacy and financial well-being among Greek University students Nikolaos Philippas and Christos Avdoulas
12:50 – 13:20 Lunch Break
SESSION 3: HOUSEHOLD FINANCE.
Chair: Prof. John Wilson (University of St. Andrews)
13:20 – 13:50 Understanding financial wellbeing over the lifecourse: An exploration of measures Carly Urban and J. Michael Collins
13:50 – 14:20 What explains differences in financial inclusion? Mais Shaban, Claudia Girardone and Anna Sarkisyan
14:20 – 14:50 Fraud detection and financial literacy Christian Engels, Kamlesh Kumar and Dennis Philip
14:50 – 14:55 Coffee Break III
SESSION 4: RESPONSIBLE FINANCE.
Chair: Dr. Dimitrios Chronopoulos (University of St. Andrews)
14:55 – 15:55 Keep your customer knowledgeable: Independent advisors as financial educators Milena Migliavacca
15:15 – 15:35 Financial institutions, financial literacy and financial capability: What do managers say? Lei Chen, Theocharis Kromydas and Georgios Panos
15:35 – 15:55 ICT and ethical finance: Fostering social innovation and financial inclusion Gian-Luca Gasparini and Aurora Prospero
18:00 – 21:00 Workshop Dinner
Tuesday 13th November
11:00 – 12:00 Keynote Address: "Financial Literacy Externalities" Prof. Michael Haliassos (Goethe University Frankfurt)
12:00 – 14:00 Open lunch-time schedule
SESSION 5: TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO FINANCIAL MATTERS.
Chair: Dr. Sotirios Diplaris (CERTH − ITI)
14:00 – 14:30 How Do Bank Customers Go Digital? A Machine Learning Approach Santiago Carbo-Valverde, Pedro J. Cuadros-Solas and Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez
14:30 – 15:00 Improving machine learning performance in textual analysis for forecasting Ioannis Pragidis and Paris-Alexandros Karypidis
15:00 – 15:30 DynaMat: Open data-based dynamic comparison and summarization of financial and CSR performance of companies Vasiliki Gkatziaki, Sotiris Diplaris, Symeon Papadopoulos, Richard Mills and Yiannis Kompatsiaris
15:30 – 16:00 Evaluating the user experience of a financial e-learning platform featuring gamification and personalization services Aikaterini Katmada, Sotirios Diplaris and Yiannis Kompatsiaris