On 10 & 11 December 2018, I was delighted to host a workshop on ‘Emerging Production Networks of FinTech’ at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The 2-day workshop was funded by the Global Production Networks Centre (GPN@NUS), with further support from FinGeo.
Fintech, a shorthand for ‘financial technology’, brings together firms and actors from the finance industry and technology and innovation clusters in changing the ways that capital raising, financial transactions and investment decisions are being made, often through the use of big data, online platforms and mobile technologies. The workshop provided valuable intellectual space for critical discussion on key research topics, conceptual themes and methods for understanding changing geographies of production and finance.
List of invited participants:
- David BASSENS, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Sabine DÖRRY, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
- Eric KNIGHT, The University of Sydney Business School
- Paul LANGLEY, Durham University
- Andrew LEYSHON, University of Nottingham
- Phillip O’NEILL, Western Sydney University
- Fenghua PAN, Beijing Normal University
- Michael SAMERS, University of Kentucky
- WANG He, City University Hong Kong
- Matt ZOOK, University of Kentucky
We had one and a-half days of short paper presentations and discussion at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and a networking dinner downtown on the first evening (funded by FinGeo). At the risk of sounding biased, this was one of the most stimulating workshop that I have attended. There was plenty of leading edge thinking in the papers presented and the discussion sessions were very thought-provoking, with everyone keenly involved in exchanging ideas and suggestions for further research. I am looking forward to further conversations and collaboration in the near future, as we make further progress on our respective projects. For the workshop programme and discussion themes, click here.
Karen P.Y. Lai 