CBER-CDFT-DSF Summer School
The CBER-CDFT-DSF Summer School will be hosted by Columbia University's Center for Digital Finance and Technologies during June 20 - 21, 2024. The summer school is hosted in collaboration with Boston University’s Digital Business Institute at the Questrom School of Business, École Polytechnique, FinTech at Cornell - an Initiative of the SC Johnson College of Business, the FinTech Research Center at the University of Florida, the NYU Stern School of Business, and the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management's FinHub.
The Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research (CBER) Forum, Columbia University's Center for Digital Finance and Technologies (CDFT), and the DLT Science Foundation invite applicants for the inaugural Blockchain Economics Summer School. This summer school is targeted towards junior scholars including untenured faculty, post-doctoral researchers and especially PhD students. We aim to provide the tools necessary for such researchers to actively contribute to the blockchain economics literature. The summer school will be held on June 20th and 21st at Columbia University in New York City. Attendees will receive instruction from leading researchers in the area and also be invited to social events to network with the speakers.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. All applicants are encouraged to submit as early as possible. For full consideration, please submit by April 1st, 2024. Some funding will be available for admitted applicants not holding faculty positions.
Speakers include: Agostino Capponi (Columbia University), Lin William Cong (Cornell University), Ciamac Moallemi (Columbia University), Andreas Park (University of Toronto), Julien Prat (Ecole Polytechnique), Fahad Saleh (University of Florida), Quentin Vandeweyer (University of Chicago), David Yermack (NYU Stern)
The 1st CDFT Annual Summit
The Center for Digital Finance and Technologies hosted its 1st Annual Summit on December 1st, 2023, at The Tang Family Hall in the Columbia Innovation Hub. Event participants will include Columbia affiliate members of the Center, as well as a select group of external stakeholders, including researchers and executives from companies in the space of blockchain, DeFi, and more broadly FinTech.
Tokenomics 2023 - 5th International Conference on Blockchain Economics Security and Protocols
Tokenomics 2023 - 5th International Conference on Blockchain Economics Security and Protocols hosted by the Columbia Center for Digital Finance and Technologies, and the Briger Family Digital Finance Lab took place on October 27-28, 2023, New York, NY.
The 3rd Annual CBER Conference
The 3rd Annual CBER Conference, organized by the Crypto and Blockchain Economic Research (CBER) Forum, was hosted by the Center for Digital Finance and Technologies and the Briger Family Digital Finance Lab at the Columbia Business School on May 5th and May 6th, 2023.
Center for Digital Finance and Technologies Ribbon-Cutting
Center for Digital Finance and Technologies Ribbon-cutting was held on November 4, 2022, at Beacon Conference Room, Northwest Corner Building, Columbia University.
International Conference on Finance & Technology
Together with the Fintech at Cornell Initiative, the Center has co-organized the International Conference on Finance & Technology which was held on September 3-5, 2022 at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.