13th Annual Conference
Tech, Digital Markets and AI

(Joint with GIFTS, SEA and SKBI)

 
 
18
May
2026
Monday

Limits to AI/ML
Chair: Susan M WACHTER (University of Pennsylvania and ABFER)

Venue: Tanglin I & II

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Limits To (Machine) Learning
Zhimin CHEN* (Nanyang Technological University)
Bryan KELLY (Applied Quantitative Research Capital Management)
Semyon MALAMUD (Swiss Finance Institute)

Discussant:
Svetlana BRYZGALOVA (London Business School)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
A Test of Lookahead Bias in LLM Forecasts
Zhenyu GAO (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Wenxi JIANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Yutong YAN* (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Jingyu HE (City University of Hong Kong)
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Bridging Structured Knowledge and Data: A Unified Framework with Finance Applications
Yi CAO (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
Zexun CHEN (University of Edinburgh)
Lin William CONG* (Nanyang Technological University and ABFER)
Heqing SHI (University of Edinburgh)

Discussant:
Jianfeng HU (Singapore Management University)


 
19
MAY
2026
Tuesday 

Digital Currencies and Payments/Wallets
Chair: Yukun LIU (University of Rochester)

Venue: Tanglin I & II

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Crypto Capture of Foreign Aid
Sumit AGARWAL (National University of Singapore and ABFER)
Peiyi JIN* (National University of Singapore)
Eswar PRASAD (Cornell University)
Daniel RABETTI (National University of Singapore and ABFER)

Discussant:
Gloria Yang YU (Singapore Management University)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Predictive Crypto Crashes and Asset Pricing Implications: An Inelastic Market Perspective
Jennifer (Jie) LI (University of Macau)
Li LIAO (Tsinghua University)
Siyuan YANG* (University of Internation Business and Economics)
Hong ZHANG (Singapore Management University and ABFER)

Discussant:
Bohui ZHANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and ABFER)
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
The Buy Now Pay Later Divide: Merchant Heterogeneity and Market Structure
Shashwat ALOK* (Indian School of Business and ABFER)
Pulak GHOSH (Indian Institute of Management and ABFER)
Ankit KALDA (Indiana University)
Chirasree MITRA (Indian Institute of Management)

Discussant:
Wenlan QIAN (National University of Singapore and ABFER)


20
MAY
2026
Wednesday 

Algorithmic and Data Economy
Chair: Yang SONG (University of Washington)

Venue: Tanglin I & II

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Screening with Price and Data: Adverse Selection and Information Heterogeneity in Search Markets
Qi LI* (The Pennsylvania State University)
Robert SHIMER (University of Chicago)

Discussant:
David YANG (University of Minnesota)
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Data Scientists on Wall Street
Ling CEN (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Bing HAN (University of Toronto)
Yanru HAN (Stevens Institute of Technology)
Chanik JO* (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Varun SHARMA (Indiana University)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Home is Where Your FinTech Loan is
Tamanna Singh DUBEY* (Indian School of Business)

Discussant:
Reena AGGARWAL (Georgetown University and ABFER)


* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 30 March 2026.

Session Format

Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper lasts for one hour, including 25 minutes for presentation, 20 minutes for discussion and 15 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 30 minutes break after the first paper.

Contact Information

Program Director Conference Organizer

Lin William CONG (Nanyang Technological University and ABFER)
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Pulak GHOSH (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and ABFER)
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Maryam FARBOODI (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Gavin FENG (City University of Hong Kong and ABFER)
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Hong ZHANG (Singapore Management University and ABFER)
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