June 25 and 26, 2026

OMI-SBS Conference

on FinTech and Blockchain Economics

Co-organised by the Oxford-Man Insitute and the Saïd Business School

Organisers and scientific committee: Álvaro Cartea, Fayçal Drissi, Shumiao Ouyang, Fahad Saleh

Blockchain technology, asset digitisation, and AI are reshaping the future of the financial landscape and challenging traditional stakeholders. The conference will provide an opportunity for industry experts and junior and senior leading academics in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, and industry to discuss the emerging challenges in this field.

RSVP

The Speakers

Davide Crapis

Ethereum

Fayçal Drissi

University of Oxford

Jillian Grennan

Emory University

Hanna Halaburda

NYU Stern

Ruizhe Jia

Stanford University

Olga Klein

Warwick Business School

Alfred Lehar

Haskayne School of Business - University of Calgary

Ciamac Moallemi

Columbia University

Shumiao Ouyang

Saïd Business School - University of Oxford

Andreas Park

University of Toronto

Fahad Saleh

University of Florida

Roger Wattenhofer

ETH Zurich

Venue

Saïd Business School
The Founder’s Room
Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP

Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford is a world-leading institution (ranked 2nd in the UK) founded in 1996, dedicated to tackling complex global challenges through research-driven, purposeful education.

Oxford-Man Institute
AHL Lecture Theatre, 3rd floor
Eagle House, Walton Well Rd, Oxford OX2 6ED

The Oxford-Man Institute (OMI) is a world-leading centre of interdisciplinary research in Quantitative Finance. The OMI addresses fundamental problems in finance by providing a forum for academics from various disciplines and industry participants to create and implement ideas.

Conference
Oxford Man Institute

Drinks reception
Beit Room, Rhodes House

Dinner
McCall MacBain Hall

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