European Crowdfunding Network Crowdfunding Convention – Paris

Thursday 3rd November
08:30 Registrations and welcome coffee
09:30 Welcome speech – ECN
09:45 Opening Speech day 1
10:00 Keynote 1 – Overview of the EU crowdfunding market and its developments in the past year
10:15 Panel 1 – Crowdfunding within Capital Markets Union after Brexit vote: current situation and future scenarios
11:00 Networking break
11:30 Panel 2 – Lending crowdfunding after Lending Club’s scandal: is the golden age still achievable?
12:15 Keynote 2
12:30 Panel 3 -How can platforms establish successful partnerships with banks and other financial actors?
13:15 Lunch Break
14:15 Panel 4 – Secondary markets for crowdfunding: existing challenges and opportunities
15:00 Keynote 3
15:15 Networking Break
15:45 Panel 5 – A look at blockchain as infrastructure for alternative finance players
16:30 Panel 6 – IT and best practices for improving transparency, security and processes in crowdfunding
17:15 Closing 1st Day
17:30 Networking Drinks

Friday 4th November
08:30 Registrations and welcome coffee
09:30 Opening Speech day 2
09:45 Panel 7 – Framing reward crowdfunding: current situation challenges and next steps
10:30 Panel 8 – Crowdfunding for culture, research and innovation: numbers, cases and best practices
11:15 Networking break
11:45 Keynote 6
12:00 Panel 9 – Focus on emerging markets: crowdfunding in Eastern Europe, Africa and China.
12:45 Lunch Break
13:45 Keynote 7
14:00 Panel 10 – Building a sustainable crowdfunding platform: best practices in operations, community management and stakeholders relationships
14:45 Panel 11 -Crowdfunding coming of age: how is the sector answering to an increased need for transparency and data?
15:30 End of conference and networking drinks