Crowdinvesting Symposium
8th Crowdinvesting Symposium
As this year’s keynote speaker, we welcomed Professor Andrew A. Schwartz (University of Colorado Boulder). In his keynote speech he discussed his new book Investment Crowdfunding © Lars Hornuf
The Crowdinvesting Symposium in 2024 took place at the Dresden University of Technology / Germany. Researchers in the fields of economics, business administration, innovation, and law presented paper. The workshop provided scholars with the opportunity to present their research on topics related to the various fields of crowdfunding and crowdlending and to get feedback from fellow researchers. As this year’s keynote speaker, we welcomed Professor Andrew A. Schwartz (University of Colorado Boulder). In his keynote speech he discussed his new book Investment Crowdfunding.
7th Crowdinvesting Symposium
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Keynote Speech
In 2019, the topic of the symposium is ”Real Estate Crowdfunding.“ The following research areas will be covered: entrepreneurial finance, reward- based and equity crowdfunding, social trading, personal financial management, robo advice, blockchain, and crypto currencies. This year’s keynote speaker is Prof. Mingfeng Lin, Associate Professor of Information Technology Management at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
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Panel
Panel Discussion of the 7th Crowdinvesting Symposium "Real Estate Crowdfunding" with Prof. Mingfeng Lin (Georgia Institute of Technology), Henning Frank, CEO (Zinsland), Udo Franke, Head of the Stock Market and Securities Department (Federal Ministry of Finance), Dr. Konrad Rusch, Partner (Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner) and a moderation by Prof. Lars Hornuf (University of Bremen) and Prof. Dr. Lars Klöhn (HU Berlin).
6th Crowdinvesting Symposium 2018
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Keynote Speech
In 2018, the topic of the symposium was ”Blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings.“ Keynote speaker was David Yermack, who is the Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation and Director of the NYU Pollack Center for Law and Business.
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Panel
Panel Discussion of the 6th Crowdinvesting Symposium "Blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings" with Prof. David Yermack (NYU Stern School of Business), Dr. Heike Winter (German Central Bank, Payment Systems Policy Division), Hagen Thomas Weiß (Federal Financial Supervision Authority, BaFin) and a moderation by Daniel Resas (Schnittker Möllmann Partners).
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Q&A
Q&A of the 6th Crowdinvesting Symposium "Blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings" with Prof. David Yermack (NYU Stern School of Business), Dr. Heike Winter (German Central Bank, Payment Systems Policy Division), Hagen Thomas Weiß (Federal Financial Supervision Authority, BaFin) and a moderation by Daniel Resas (Schnittker Möllmann Partners).
5th Crowdinvesting Symposium 2017
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Keynote Speech
In 2017, the topic of the symposium is ”the Regulation of FinTechs“. Keynote speaker is Douglas Cumming, Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship and the Ontario Research Chair in Economics and Public Policy at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto.
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Panel
Under the moderation of Prof. Dr. Lars Klöhn (HU Berlin) discuss Dr. Robert Kilian (General Counsel, N26), Dr. Jens Kunz (Partner, Noerr LLP), Professor Douglas Cumming (York University) and Doris Dietze (Federal Ministry of Finance) in the panel discussion at the 5th Crowdinvesting Symposium on the regulation of FinTechs.
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Q&A
Under the moderation of Prof. Dr. Lars Klöhn (HU Berlin) discuss Dr. Robert Kilian (General Counsel, N26), Dr. Jens Kunz (Partner, Noerr LLP), Professor Douglas Cumming (York University) and Doris Dietze (Federal Ministry of Finance) in the panel discussion at the 5th Crowdinvesting Symposium on the regulation of FinTechs.
4th Crowdinvesting Symposium 2016
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Opening speech
In 2016, the focus of the symposium is "Financial Decision Making and the Internet". Prof. Dr. Lars Hornuf gives a short introduction and summarizes the state of research of the DFG research group.
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Keynote Speech
In 2016, the focus of the symposium is "Financial Decision Making and the Internet". The keynote speech will be given by Ethan Mollick, Edward B. and Shirley R. Shils Assistant Professor of Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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Panel
Panel discussion at the 4th Crowdinvesting Symposium - including Ethan Mollick (Wharton School), Daniel Halmer (raisin), Florian Pricker (Scalable Capital), Andrea Rexer (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and Lars Hornuf.
3rd Crowdinvesting Symposium 2015
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Opening speech
Under the motto "Crowdinvesting according to the Small Investor Protection Act", Prof. Dr. Lars Hornuf and Prof. Dr. Lars Klöhn on October 23, 2015 the 3rd Crowdinvesting Symposium at the LMU Munich.
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Keynote Speech
Professor Steve Bradford from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will give the main lecture at the 3rd Crowdinvesting Symposium and will go into various regulatory approaches to crowdinvesting in Germany and the USA.
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Panel
Jens-Uwe Sauer (Seedmatch and Mezzany), Dr. Joachim Schwerin (European Commission), Uwe Siebert (serial investor) and Heinrich Staudinger (Austrian entrepreneur, GEA and Waldviertler) in the panel discussion at the 3rd Crowdinvesting Symposium on the effects of the Small Investor Protection Act and developments on the market.
2nd Crowdinvesting Symposium 2014
"After Crowdinvesting: follow-up financing, exit strategies and protection against dilution", the Chair for Civil Law and Corporate Law held the second Crowdinvesting Symposium at the LMU Munich on July 4, 2014.
In addition to a scientific conference and a student workshop, the program included a lecture on market developments and regulatory perspectives in Europe by Dr. Lars Hornuf and the keynote lecture "After Crowdinvesting: Second Rounds, Exit Startegies and Dilution Protection" by Professor Armin Schwienbacher. In the subsequent panel discussion with representatives of a crowd investing platform, a law firm, a VC investor and a start-up, the current developments in relation to follow-up financing, exit strategies and protection against dilution in crowd investing were discussed.
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Opening speech
Opening speech at the 2nd Crowdinvesting Symposium 2014 by Prof. Dr. Lars Klöhn, Chair of Civil Law and Corporate Law at the LMU Munich.
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Keynote Speech
Professor Armin Schwienbacher from the SKEMA Business School will give the main lecture and will go into various aspects and challenges of follow-up financing in crowd investing.
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Market developments - Lecture on the workshop
Lecture by Dr. Lars Hornuf on market developments and regulatory perspectives in Europe as part of a student workshop.
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Panel
Panel discussion at the 2nd Crowdinvesting Symposium 2014 with Dr. Guido Sandler (CEO Bergfuerst), Dr. Nikolas Zirngibl (Partner Hogan Lovells), Axel Nitsch (T-Venture), Christopher Kampshoff (CEO Lendstar) and Jens Tönnesmann (Die Zeit).
1st Crowdinvesting Symposium 2013
"Market development and regulatory perspectives", the Chair for Civil Law and Corporate Law and the Contact Point for Research and Technology Transfer (KFT) at the LMU organized the first crowd investing symposium on February 8, 2013 at the LMU. The program included two lectures by LMU experts Prof. Dr. Lars Klöhn and Dr. Lars Hornuf, who gave an overview of market development and the legal situation as well as regulatory perspectives. In the subsequent panel discussion with operators of crowd investing platforms and representatives from the start-up and venture capital sectors, the advantages and disadvantages of the new form of financing for start-up companies were considered, among other things. The aim of the organizers was to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience between research and practice in order to get a more precise picture of the rapidly growing market for crowd investing.
language: German © Lars Hornuf
Opening speech
Opening speech at the Crowdinvesting Symposium 2013 by Dean Prof. Dr. Martin Kocher.
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Market Overview
Dr. Lars Hornuf gives an overview of the market development and legal situation as well as regulatory perspectives.
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Panel
Panel discussion at the 1st Crowdinvesting Symposium 2013 with Tamo Zwinge (Co-Founder & Managing Director Companisto), Steffen Reitz (CEO Smarchive, today Gini), Thomas Herzog (Innovestment), Christian Thaler-Wolski (Wellington Partners), Wolfgang Seibold (Earlybird ) and Christoph Zinser (LMU Spin-Off Service).
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Legal situation and regulatory perspective
Lecture "Legal situation and regulatory perspective" at the 1st Crowdinvesting Symposium 2013 by Prof. Dr. Lars Kloehn.