The ADEFT Summit 2026 brings together leading researchers, scholars, industry practitioners and policymakers to explore emerging questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, finance, digital platforms, big data, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and the society. Organised by GIFTS as part of its global engagement and community building agenda, the Summit features a series of interconnected conferences, workshops, competitions and research training programs, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and advancing research on AI, Digital Economics, and Financial Technology (ADEFT).
Registration
- Please complete the registration form below to indicate the event(s) you wish to attend. You may register for one or more events through this form.
- Registration Deadline: 15 November 2026, 11:59 PM (SGT)
AI and Big Data in Finance Research (ABFR) Inaugural Workshop and 2nd Doctoral Research Symposium
- Date: 21 November 2026 (8:30AM to 5:30PM)
- Location: Wee Cho Yaw Plaza Auditorium, Nanyang Technological University
- Organiser: ABFR Forum, GIFTS, Stanford Advanced FinTech Lab
Conference Co-Chairs
- Pietro Bini (Boston University)
- Lea Stern (University of Washington)
Conference Keynote Speakers
- Sydney Ludvigson (Julius Silver, Roslyn S. Silver, and Enid Silver Winslow Professor of Economics and Finance, New York University, Director of the NBER Program on Asset Pricing)
Tokenomics: 7th International Conference on Blockchain Economics, Security and Protocols
- Dates & Times: 23 November 2026 (9:00AM to 5.00PM) & 24 November 2026 (8:30AM to 3:00PM)
- Location: HSS Auditorium & Wee Cho Yaw Plaza, Nanyang Technological University
- Organiser: Andreas Park (University of Toronto), Te Bao (Nanyang Technological University), Will Cong (Nanyang Technological University), Ruizhe Jia (Stanford University), Julian Prat (Ecole Polytechnique)
Conference Keynote Speakers
- Christine Parlour (UC Berkeley Hass Business School)
- Ayo Akinyele (RippleX Engineering)
Eminent Scholar Lecture: Inflation Through Households’ Eyes: Beliefs, Decisions, and Monetary Policy
- Date: 24 November 2026 (4:00PM to 5:15PM)
- Location: Wee Cho Yaw Plaza, Nanyang Technological University
- Organiser: GIFTS
- Speaker: Michael Weber (ESMT Berlin)
For any enquiries related to the conference, please contact us at gifts@ntu.edu.sg.