Mid-Term Meeting & Technical Training Week
1 MSCA DIGITAL Research Day 1 MSCA DIGITAL Mid-Term Meeting (MTM) 3 days of Technical Training Attendance to the Mid-Term Meeting is mandatory for DCs, as well as for at least one (1) representative per member of the MSCA DIGITAL Industrial Doctoral Network.
Time & Location
19 May 2025, 09:00 – 23 May 2025, 17:30
Erlenmeyer Room - The Gallery - UTwente , The Gallery, Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN Enschede, Netherlands
About the event
We are pleased to invite you to the MSCA Digital Finance Midterm Meeting, which will take place from May 19 to May 23, 2025, at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands. Over the course of five days, researchers, doctoral candidates, and industry representatives will gather to exchange knowledge, present findings, and assess progress on ongoing work packages in Digital Finance.
The event takes place in the Erlenmeyer room of the Gallery Building at the University of Twente. Campus map is available.
The meeting begins on May 19 with a focus on individual research plans and interdisciplinary research.
On May 20, participants will attend presentations on topics such as AI for financial markets, explainable AI-generated decisions, and sustainability.
The official Midterm Meeting on May 21 will include a tour de table with scientists-in-charge, a presentation by the REA Officer on project monitoring and reporting, and dedicated sessions for doctoral candidates to discuss research progress.
May 22 offers a series of research talks, followed by a paper writing session.
On May 23, ethics in AI and the ethical components of ongoing research will take center stage.
Each day’s activities feature opportunities for networking over coffee breaks, lunches, and dinners. We look forward to your participation in these discussions and your contributions to shaping the future of Digital Finance.
Join us and register for our MidTerm Meeting and Technical Training on Digital Finance!
Schedule
Monday (19/05) - MSCA Research Day
09:30 – 10:00 | Registration and Coffee
10:00 – 11:30 | Working Session on MSCA Deliverables
11:30 – 12:00 | Industry talk about Digital Finance – Tim Jongman from Novel-T
12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 | IRP Presentation Challenge (3 minutes with 1 slide to explain your thesis)
14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee Break
19:00 | Dinner on Campus or Enschede (funded)
Tuesday (20/05) - Introduction to Digital Finance
09:30 – 10:00 | Registration and Coffee
10:00 – 10:15 | Introduction to MSCA DIGITAL – Coordinator, Dr. Jörg Osterrieder (UTW)
10:15 – 10:45 | WP5 Talk – Dr. Maria Iannario (UNA)
10:45 – 11:15 | Research Talk – Dr. Wolfgang Haerdle (ASE, IDA)
11:45 – 12:15 | WP3 Talk – Dr. Branka Hadji-Misheva (BFH)
12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:00 | WP4 Talk – Dr. Daniel Pele Traian (ASE)
14:00 – 14:30 | WP7 Talk – Dr. Stephanie Bloom (BFH)
14:30 – 15:00 | Industry Talk – Dr. Stefan Theussl (RAI)
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00 | Industry Talk – Dr. Renato Rocha Souza (RAI)
16:00 – 16:30 | Research Talk – Dr. Anastas Dzurovski (USKO)
16:30 – 17:00 | WP1 Talk – Dr. Codruta Mare (BBU)
17:00 – 17:30 | Industry talk – Dr. Giorgos Giannopoulos (ARC)
19:00 | Dinner on Campus or Enschede (not funded)
Wednesday (21/05) - Official MSCA DIGITAL Midterm Meeting (MTM)
09:00 – 09:30 | Registration and Coffee
09:30 – 09:45 | Welcome & Introduction (Coordinator Dr. Jörg Osterrieder (UTW), REA Officer Gergana Simeonova-Arida, Prof. Dr. Martijn Mes (UTW, Head of IEBIS))
09:45 – 10:30 | Tour de Table (Scientists-in-Charge of Beneficiaries & Associated Partners)
10:30 – 11:00 | REA Officer Presentation (Monitoring, Recruitment, Reporting)
11:00 – 11:15 | Break
11:15 – 12:00 | Coordinator’s Report (Recruitment, Deliverables, Risks, Open Science)
12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch Break (UT Gallery)
13:30 – 15:00 | DC Presentations (Research, Training, Secondments)
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 | DCs Restricted Session (Supervision, Training, Career)
16:30 – 16:45 | Coordinator & REA Officer Restricted Session
16:45 – 17:15 | Feedback & Discussion (REA Officer)
17:15 – 17:30 | Closing Remarks (Coordinator, REA Officer)
19:30 | Dinner on Campus, at UPark (funded)
Thursday (22/05) - Digital Finance, Industry and Security
09:00 – 09:30 | Registration and Coffee
09:30 – 10:00 | MSCA DIGITAL Book Proposal - Presentation – Dr. Maria Iannario, Dr. Branka Hadji Mischeva, Dr. Frédérik Bernard, Dr. Jörg Osterrieder
10:00 – 10:30 | Research Talk – Dr. Ralf Korn (UKL, FRA)
10:30 – 10:45 | Break
10:45 – 11:15 | Research Talk – Dr. Florian Hahn (UTW)
12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 | Research Talk – Julian Winkel (ROY)
14:00 – 14:30 | Research Talk – Dr. Frederik Sinan Bernard (UTW)
14:30 – 15:00 | Research Talk – Dr. Hanna Kristín Skaftadóttir (Bifrost University)
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00 | WP9 Talk – Dr. Catarina Silva (Coimbra University)
16:00 – 17:30 | Paper Writing Session 1 (Free topic)
19:00 | Dinner on Campus or Enschede (not funded)
Friday (23/05) - Ethics in AI
09:30 – 10:00 | Registration and Coffee
10:00 – 12:00 | Ethics in Digital – Dr. Robin Effing (UTW) and Catarina da Silva (Coimbra University)
12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:30 | Paper Writing Session 2 (TDR & Ethics)
19:00 | Dinner on Campus or Hengelo (not funded)
Download the MidTerm Meeting and Technical Training Week flyer.
Organizing Committee
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