# 2023 Research Conference
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# 2023 Research Conference
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## Program Rundown
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| 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](https://abfer.org/about/institutional-collaborators)) 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** |
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| 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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/The Salience of Entrepreneurship Evidence from Online Business.pdf) 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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/LEARNI~1.PDF) 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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/Trust in DeFi An Empirical Study of the Decentralized Exchange.pdf) 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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Assurance Audit Adoption and Capital Markets Effects.pdf) 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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/Auditing Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Protocols.pdf) 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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/Data Driven Technologies and the Local Information Advantages in Small Business Lending.pdf) 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** |
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| **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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/Draft_clean 06152023.pdf) 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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/The Macroeconomics of TechFin.pdf) 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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/Visual Information in the Age of AI Evidence from Corporate Executive Presentations.pdf) 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**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Research Conference/Behavioral Machine Learning Computer Predictions of Corporate Earnings also Overreact.pdf) 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** |
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| **Fri, Nov 3 9am** | **Thu, Nov 2 9pm** | **Thu, Nov 2 8pm** | **Thu, Nov 2 6pm** |