The 2nd International Conference for Alternative Finance Research will be held at the Faculty of Economics, University of Gdańsk!

It is a dedicated forum for alternative finance researchers and practitioners from all around the globe. It covers themes addressing crowdfunding, digital fundraising and lending, microfinance and prosocial lending, invoice trading, crypto assets and currencies, etc.

The conference serves as a cross-disciplinary meeting place for scholars of information systems, economics, finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing under one roof to exchange ideas and help develop the field both theoretically and practically, while engaging in close dialog with industry stakeholders and policy makers.

The 2023 event is organized as a collaboration between the University of Agder's School of Business and Law and the Utrecht University European Center of Alternative Finance, and is hosted by the Faculty of Economics at the University of Gdansk.

Kenote speakers:

	Prof. Roy Merland, Center for Research on Social Enterprises and Microfinance, University of Agder, Norway
	Dr. Bryan Zheng Zhang Center for Alternative Finance, Cambridge University, UK

Panel Discussions and Participants:

Piotr Majewski CEO Findfunds, Poland		Marcel Rowiński CEO, Crowdway, Poland		Dr Mina Fanea Ivanovici Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Prof. Rotem Shneor School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Norway		Karsten Wenzlaff German Crowdfunding Association, Germany		Aleksandra Ossowska Managing Partner, FinLegalTech, Poland
Dr. Artur A. Trzebiński Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland		Dr. Anna Fornalska IMC University of Applied Sciences, Krems, Austria		Dr. Lucia Scoplliti Director of Labor and Training, Milan Municipality, Italy
Michael Eis, Chairman Danish Crowdfunding Association, Denmark		Ronald Kleverlaan Chairman, Alternative Finance Association, Netherlands		Ahmad Piraiee CMO, Cobin ECF, Poland

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Responsible for organizing the conference from the University of Gdańsk: Joanna Adamska-Mieruszewska and Urszula Mrzygłód