Frontiers in DeFi 2025
| Date: | September 18, 2025 |
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| Location: | HTW Berlin, Wilhelminenhofstraße 75A, 12459 Berlin |
Following successful events in Vienna (in 2022 and 2024) and Winterthur (in 2023), HTW Berlin is proud to host the fourth edition of the international event series “Frontiers in DeFi”. This event brings together researchers from finance, economics, computer science, law, practitioners, policymakers, and innovators to discuss the latest developments and critical challenges in Decentralized Finance (DeFi). This interdisciplinary workshop seeks to unite researchers with a shared interest in. It will serve as a platform to discuss the opportunities, challenges and risks associated with DeFi, aiming to identify urgent research questions, encourage academic collaboration and lay the groundwork for future joint initiatives. This event continues our efforts to establish Frontiers in DeFi as an annual workshop series dedicated to supporting interdisciplinary research in Decentralized Finance.
Topics
- Risks, efficiency, and performance metrics in DeFi systems
- Regulatory frameworks and policy design for DeFi
- Governance models and decision-making in Decentralized organisations (DAOs)
- Market dynamics, asset pricing, and valuation in digital finance
- Systemic risk, financial stability, and network effects in DeFiDesign and adoption of digital currencies and financial infrastructure
- Decentralisation, transparency, and accountability in blockchain ecosystems
Confirmed Speakers
- Daniele Marazzina (Politecnico Milano)
- Massimiliano Caporin (University of Padova)
- Valerie Laturnus (Durham University)
- Yichen Luo (UCL)
- Stefan Kitzler (Complexity Science Hub Vienna)
- Daniel Traian Pele (ASE Bucharest)
- Lioba Heimbach (ETH Zurich)
- Margherita Renieri (IMT Lucca)