Crowdinvesting Symposium
7th Crowdinvesting Symposium 2019
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.
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. Dr. Lars Hornuf (University of Bremen) and Prof. Dr. Lars Klöhn (HU Berlin).
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).
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
Panel
Under the moderation of Prof. Dr. Lars Klöhn (HU Berlin), Dr. Robert Kilian (General Counsel, N26), Dr. Jens Kunz (Partner, Noerr LLP), Professor Douglas Cumming (York University) and Doris Dietze (Federal Ministry of Finance) will discuss the regulation of FinTechs in the panel discussion of the 5th Crowdinvesting Symposium.
Q&A
Under the moderation of Prof. Dr. Lars Klöhn (HU Berlin), Dr. Robert Kilian (General Counsel, N26), Dr. Jens Kunz (Partner, Noerr LLP), Professor Douglas Cumming (York University) and Doris Dietze (Federal Ministry of Finance) will discuss the regulation of FinTechs in the panel discussion of the 5th Crowdinvesting Symposium.
4th Crowdinvesting Symposium 2016
3rd Crowdinvesting Symposium 2016
Panel
Moderated by Jens Tönnesmann (Die Zeit), Jens-Uwe Sauer (Seedmatch and Mezzany), Dr. Joachim Schwerin (European Commission), Uwe Siebert (Serial-Investor) and Heinrich Staudinger (Austrian entrepreneur, GEA and Waldviertler) will discuss the effects of the Small Investor Protection Act and the developments on the market in the panel discussion of the 3rd Crowdinvesting Symposium.
2nd Crowdinvesting Symposium 2014
Under the motto "After Crowdinvesting: Anschlussfinanzierung, Exit Strategien und Verwässerungsschutz" the Chair of Civil and Corporate Law organized the second Crowdinvesting Symposium at the LMU Munich on July 4, 2014.
The program included an academic conference and a student workshop, 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 company, the current developments with regard to follow-on financing, exit strategies and dilution protection in crowd investing were discussed.
1st Crowdinvesting Symposium 2013
Under the motto "Market Development and Regulatory Perspectives", the Chair of Civil and Corporate Law and the LMU Contact Point for Research and Technology Transfer (KFT) 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 as well as representatives from the fields of start-up and venture capital, the advantages and disadvantages of the new form of financing for start-up companies were considered. The aim of the organizers was to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience between research and practice in order to obtain a more accurate picture of the rapidly growing market for crowd investing.
Panel
Panel discussion on the 1st Crowd Investing 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)