Conferences and Talks

Introduction to Blockchain Applications in Finance - Training Week

03 Nov 2025, 09:00 – 07 Nov 2025, 17:00

Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Piața Romană 6, Room Robert Schuman, 010374 Bucharest, Romania

November 3, 2025, Introduction to the MSCA Digital Finance Training Week  –  Joerg Osterrieder, Coordinator MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network on Digital Finance

The training week provides a comprehensive introduction to Blockchain Applications in Finance, covering both the fundamentals of blockchain technology and its practical applications in financial markets.

Participants will explore a broad set of topics, including cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenization of assets, NFTs, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Risk assessment methods such as spectral risk measures, stochastic dominance, regime-switching models, and Financial Risk Meter (FRM) will also be presented, alongside advanced lectures on AI and blockchain integration.

The program combines academic lectures, industry case studies, panel discussions, and hands-on project sessions. By the end of the week, participants will:

• Understand blockchain fundamentals and financial applications.

• Analyze risks and systemic implications of blockchain-based assets.

• Explore opportunities and limitations of DeFi, NFTs, and digital assets.

• Engage with reproducible research through Quantlet and Quantinar.

• Begin developing doctoral projects to be presented at final sessions.