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Fostering the Future of Finance

Vilnius, Lithuania, 25-27 August 2025


3f is focused on issues directly relevant to the future of finance, including but not limited to the following topics:


  • AI and machine learning in finance

  • Alternative investments

  • Asset pricing

  • Banking

  • Behavioral finance

  • Blockchain

  • Cryptocurrencies

  • Cybersecurity in finance

  • Decentralized finance

  • Financial inclusion

  • Financial literacy

  • Financial markets

  • FinTech

  • Financial engineering

  • Gamification of finance

  • Green finance

  • History of financial innovation

  • InsurTech

  • Investments

  • Market microstructure

  • Marketing of financial products and services

  • Metaverse and virtual economies

  • Neurofinance

  • Portfolio management

  • PropTech

  • Quantitative finance

  • Robo-advisors

  • RegTech

  • Text analytics

Confirmed speakers and panelists (in progress)

Future Finance Fest (3f) seeks to facilitate deep conversations about the future of finance between academics and practitioners, especially fintechs. Academic presentations should have direct relevance for practitioners, and practitioner presentations should have potential implications for academic research. Early-stage work is welcome. The submission deadline is Monday 14 April. There is no submission fee. Registration for the conference is now open. Registered fintechs can request free exhibition space in common areas, on a first-come-first-served basis.


  • Prof. Vladimir Atanasov, College of William and Mary, USA

  • Prof. Vikas Agarwal, Georgia State University, USA

  • Andrius Biceika, Non-executive director, Revolut Holdings Europe, Lithuania

  • Eric Briys, Co-founder, Cyberlibris, France

  • Skaistė Budbergytė-Zabielaitė, Managing director, Crypto Economy Organization, Lithuania

  • Emilia Bunea, Co-founder, Ed.movie, USA

  • Chris Crespo, Founding partner, Nordic Fintech Magazine, Denmark

  • Prof. Victor Lyonnet, University of Michigan, USA

  • Prof. Albert Menkveld, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Prof. Ludovic Phalippou, University of Oxford, UK

  • Christel Rendu de Lint, co-CEO, Vontobel, Switzerland

  • Lukas Savickas, Minister of Economy and Innovation, the Republic of Lithuania

  • Prof. José Tavares, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal

David Stolin, TBS Business School, France (program chair)

Vikas Agarwal, Georgia State University, USA

Vladimir Atanasov, College of William and Mary, USA

Matthew Boland, Saint Mary’s University, Canada

Dion Bongaerts, Erasmus University, The Netherlands

Eric Briys, Cyberlibris, France

Gilles Chemla, Imperial College London, UK

Cláudia Custódio, Imperial College London, UK

Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School, UK

Valeria Fedyk, Arizona State University, USA

Eliezer Fich, Drexel University, USA

Andrey Golubov, University of Toronto, Canada


Juan Pedro Gómez, IE University, Spain

Daniel Greene, Clemson University, USA

Bernd Hanke, Global Systematic Investors, UK

Brian Kluger, University of Cincinnati, USA

Ludovic Phalippou, University of Oxford, UK

Christo Pirinsky, University of Central Florida, USA

Alfreda Šapkauskienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Kazunori Suzuki, Waseda University, Japan

Katrin Tinn, McGill University, Canada

Fang Xu, Brunel University, UK

Shan Zhao, City University, Hong Kong

Program committee

Conference location

Vilnius is both a major fintech hub and a fantastic tourist destination. Our conference will be held in the historical center of Vilnius.

ARTIS Centrum Hotels,
Totorių g. 23, Vilnius, 01120,Lithuania



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