Name: The 1st International Online Conference on Risk and Financial Management
Start: 2025-06-17T00:00:00
End: 2025-06-18T00:00:00

Program Overview

Day 1		Day 2
17 June - Morning		18 June - Morning
Session 3. AI in Financial Reporting and Auditing		Session 5. Future of Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies, Cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins
Break
17 June - Afternoon		18 June - Afternoon
Parallel Sessions
Session 2. AI in Economics and Finance	Session 4. Financial Innovations and Technology	Session 1. Machine Learning in Economics and Finance

IOCRF 2025 Program (DAY 1)

Program for DAY 1

Date: 17 June 2025 (Tuesday)

Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 3:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Day 1 Morning Activity

Opening Speech by Session Chair

Session 3: AI in Financial Reporting and Auditing

EDT (New York) + 18 hr from the timetable

CST (China) + 6 hr from the timetable

CEST (Central European Summer Time)	Speaker	Title
9:00-9:05	Prof. Dr. Issam Benhayoun Session Chair	Welcome from the Session Chair
9:05-9:35	Dr. Rohaida Basiruddin Keynote Speaker	Guardian or Threat? AI’s Dual Role in Financial Reporting Integrity and Earnings Management
9:35-9.55	Dr. Khairul Ayuni Mohd Kharuddin Invited Speaker	Transforming the Accounting Profession with Artificial Intelligence: Benefits, challenges, and opportunities
9:55-10:25	Prof. Dr. Issam Benhayoun Keynote Speaker	From Black Box to Glass Box: The Role of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Financial Reporting and Accounting
10:25-10:40	Guanming He Selected Speaker	Identifying financial statement frauds via machine learning: A comparative analysis based on Chinese listed companies
10:40-10:55	Yanying Li Selected Speaker	The Readability Level in Annual Reports of Chinese Listed Companies and the Manipulative Behaviors of Managers for Self-Serving Incentives
10.55-11.10	Michael Masunda Selected Speaker	Disruption in Southern Africa's Money Laundering Activity by AI-Tech
11.10-11.25	Dr. Ahmad Khan Selected Speaker	AI's Role in Shaping the Future of Economic and Financial Analysis in the Pursuit of the Macroeconomic Scenario
11.25-11.55	Prof. Dr. Javad Izadi Keynote Speaker	To be announced

Program for DAY 1

Date: 17 June 2025 (Tuesday)

Day 1 Afternoon Activity (Parallel Session)

Opening Speech by Session Chair

Session 2: AI in Economics and Finance

Session 4: Financial Innovations and Technology

Flash Poster Part

Session 2 and Flash Poster Part

Time: 14:30 (CEST, Basel) | 8:30 (EDT, New York) | 20:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)

EDT (New York) + 18 hr from the timetable

CST (China) + 6 hr from the timetable

CEST (Central European Summer Time)	Speaker	Title
14:30-14:35	Prof. Dr. Svetlozar (Zari) Rachev Session Chair	Welcome from the Session Chair
14:35-14:55	Prof. Dr. Shumi Akhtar Invited Speaker	Business and Entrepreneurship Will Never Be the Same — AI & Digital Transformation
14:55-15:15	Prof. Dr. Piotr Fiszeder Invited Speaker	Identification of Bitcoin Volatility Drivers Using Statistical and Machine Learning Methods
15:15-15:45	Dr. Young Shin Kim Keynote Speaker	Risk-Neutral Pricing of Quanto Options with Generative Machine Learning Techniques
15:45-16:00	Kamran Razzaq Selected Speaker	Future of Corporate Finance: Advancing Decision-Making with Machine Learning and AI Technologies
16:00-16:15	Keyao Wang Selected Speaker	AI-Driven Policy Effects on Stock Market Anomalies: Evidence from China's Digital Finance Era
16:15-16:30	Serkan Karadas Selected Speaker	Using ChatGPT in Asset Allocation Recommendations
16:30-16:45	Mounira Raddaoui Selected Speaker	Innovative debt financing to bridge Saudi Arabia's climate and economic gaps
16:45-17:00	Rawnaa Sayed Saed Ibrahim Israa Ismat Mustafa Badr Selected Speaker	A Comprehensive Framework for Credit Card Fraud Detection
17:00-17:25	Flash Poster Presentation (5 mins per person)	Shuchi Zhang Responsibility as a Buffer against Automation: A Responsibility-anchored Employment Theory Framework Dr. Raja Kamal Ch Deep Learning in Credit Risk Assessment: A Data-Driven Approach to Transforming Financial Decision-Making and Risk Analytics Girish Garg The Role of Artificial Intelligence as a driving variable in the modern market: A MICMAC approach Oleg Sukharev Financial portfolio: optimization and technology of "structural choice" Salvatore La Barbera Generative AI in Finance: A Framework for the Trade-Off Between Automation and Human Expertise

Session 4 and Flash Poster Part

Time: 15:00 (CEST, Basel) | 9:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

EDT (New York) + 18 hr from the timetable

CST (China) + 6 hr from the timetable

CEST (Central European Summer Time)	Speaker	Title
15.00-15.05	Prof. Dr. Xianrong (Shawn) Zheng Session Chair	Welcome from the Session Chair
15.05-15.25	Prof. Dr. Xianrong (Shawn) Zheng Session Chair	Investing in the Age of Generative AI: A GPT-based Sentiment Analysis Approach
15.25-15.45	Dr. Ann-Ngoc Nguyen Invited Speaker	Decentralized Finance (DeFi) - The New Financial Paradigm
15.45-16.05	Dr. Dimitrios Koutmos Invited Speaker	Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain Research: Past, Present, Future
16.05-16.35	Dr. Leo H. Chan Keynote Speaker	Alpha Darkhorse or Trojan Horse? A comprehensive Analysis of Leveraged ETFs
16.35-16.50	Leo S.F. Lin Selected Speaker	Leveraging Federated Learning for Enhancing Anti-Fraud Systems in Fintech: Opportunities and Challenges
16.50-17.05	Bianca Benedict Selected Speaker	Trading Emotions in Day Trading: Experimental Evidence on The Synergy between Humans and Trading Robots
17.05-17.20	Stavros Pantos Selected Speaker	“Learning from your neighbours”: prudential provisions of the EU AI Act for the UK insurance supervisory regime
17.20-17.35	Abolhasan Jalilvand Selected Speaker	Does ESG Affect Bank Risk?
17.35-17.50	Teodora Mitu Selected Speaker	The Behavior of European Financial Markets under the Risk Pressure. Calculating the Value at Risk of a Stock Portfolio Using Python
17.50-18.10	Flash Poster Presentation (5 mins per person)	Alexandru Vasile Rusu Financial Innovations and AI-Driven Management in Romania’s Tourism and Public Catering Sector Muhammad Arslan Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Finance: A Thematic Analysis Fabrizio Di Sciorio Integrating the implied regularity into implied volatility models: A study on free arbitrage model Angelo Kalafatas Statistical Dangerousness: a novel tool that foresees the dangers

IOCRF 2025 Program (DAY 2)

Program for DAY 2

Date: 18 June 2025 (Wednesday)

Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 3:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Day 2 Morning Activity

Opening Speech by Session Chair

Session 5: Future of Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies, Cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins

EDT (New York) + 18 hr from the timetable

CST (China) + 6 hr from the timetable

CEST (Central European Summer Time)	Speaker	Title
9:00-9:05	Prof. Dr. Ramona Rupeika-Apoga Session Chair	Welcome by the Session Chair
9:05-9:35	Dr. Nikolaos Daskalakis Keynote Speaker	Crypto and Blockchain in the Era of MiCA and DLTR
9:35-10:05	Prof. Dr. Ramona Rupeika-Apoga Keynote Speaker	Bitcoin's Monetary Metamorphosis: From Concept to Currency?
10:05-10:25	Dr. Ahmed Eltweri Invited Speaker	Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Challenges of Financial Crime in a Digital Bartering Economy
10:25-10:45	Dr. Kirill Shakhnov Invited Speaker	The Evolving Structure of Crypto Markets: Fragmentation, Risk, and Regulation
10:45-11:00	Papa Ousseynou Diop Selected Speaker	Binance USD Delisting and Stablecoin Repercussions: A Local Projections Approach
11:00-11:15	Georgios Papapanagiotou Selected Speaker	On the time-varying causal relationships that drive bitcoin returns
11:15-11:30	Rija Anwar Selected Speaker	Connectedness between Islamic Cryptocurrencies and Green Assets: Deep Insights from Extreme Events
11:30-11:45	Srijanie Banerjee Selected Speaker	Understanding Attitude Towards Central Bank Digital Currency for Inducing Financial Inclusion: A Constructivist Analysis of Attitude Formation and Adoption Framework
11:45-11:55	Flash Poster Presentation (5 mins per person)	Mohamed Rochdi Keffala Cryptocurrencies in Portfolio Diversification: Evaluating Risk-Adjusted Performance and Strategic Allocation Leo S.F. Lin Cryptocurrencies and AI-Enabled Organized Fraud: Emerging Risks and Countermeasures

Program for DAY 2

Date: 18 June 2025 (Wednesday)

Time: 14:30 (CEST, Basel) | 8:30 (EDT, New York) | 20:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Day 2 Afternoon Activity

Opening Speech by Session Chair

Session 1: Machine Learning in Economics and Finance

Flash Poster Part

EDT (New York) + 18 hr from the timetable

CST (China) + 6 hr from the timetable

CEST (Central European Summer Time)	Speaker	Title
14:30-14:35	Prof. Dr. Thanasis Stengos Session Chair	Welcome by the Session Chair
14:35-15:05	Dr. Mohamed Chaouch Keynote Speaker	Functional conditional volatility modeling with missing data
15:05-15:35	Prof. Dr. Alexandra Horobet Keynote Speaker	The ESG-Finance Nexus: A Sectoral Perspective Using Random Forests
15:35-15:50	Fennee Chong Selected Speaker	Predicting Residential Housing Prices using Machine Learning Approach
15:50-16:05	Manuel Salas-Velasco Selected Speaker	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Chatbots in Financial Education for Postgraduate Decision-Making
16:05-16:20	Fabrizio Di Sciorio Selected Speaker	Identifying Market Dynamics Through the Hurst Exponent
16:20-16:35	Julien Chevallier Selected Speaker	Navigating international stock markets using nonlinear quantitative investing methods
16:35-16:50	Akash Deep Selected Speaker	Risk-Adjusted Performance of Random Forest Models in High-Frequency Trading
16:50-17:05	Annalisa Ferrari Selected Speaker	Decoding ESG's Impact on Conditional Beta: Insights from Eurostoxx 600
17:05-17:20	James W. Kolari Selected Speaker	A Quantum Leap in Asset Pricing:Explaining Anomalous Returns
17:20-17:40	Flash Poster Presentation (3 mins per person)	Mogari Ishmael Rapoo An empirical mode decomposition based support vector regression hybrid model: A combined model for foreign direct investment forecasting Pınar Deniz Who is leading in the Communication Tone? Wavelet Analysis for the Fed and the ECB Rakshith Bhandary Predicting Education Loan Repayment: a Sem-Ann Integrative Modeling Approach Javid Huseynov Graph- and machine-learning-based framework for short-selling risk assessment Tianrong Zhuang Comparing the predictive abilities of artificial intelligence and traditional finance models Peujio Fozap Francis Magloire Hybrid Machine Learning Models for Long-Term Stock Market Forecasting: Integrating Technical Indicators
17:40-17:45	Closing speech by Prof. Dr. Thanasis Stengos IOCRF 2025 Conference Chair