Imperial Fringe: Money Matters
It talks, makes the world go round but can’t buy you happiness. Spend an evening with us at Imperial Fringe and invest yourself in an evening covering all things money – why do we need it, how can we protect it and what might it look like in the future?
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Exhibitors
The future of futures trading
Damiano Brigo, Department of Mathematics Become a city trader for the evening and take your chances on the derivatives market behind and beyond the last financial crisis
A digital look at digital money
Dan McGinn, Department of Computing
Immerse yourself in the Bitcoin revolution within our wrap-around 313 degree, 64 screen Global Data Observatory
Crowdfunding for (kick) starters
Gilles Chemla, Imperial Business School
Take punt on a new technology, a film script or a West End Show and learn the secrets of successful group financing.
The end of paper receipts?
Experience Fintech in action with the app changing how we buy our lunch and coffee at Imperial
Treasure I, Land
Become a pirate economist and find out if Blackbeard and Long-John Silver behave like modern day businesses
Can accounting save the world?
Weigh up the value of environmental protection and workers’ rights with a project to make our bean counters a force for sustainable business. With Amit Kalra and Long Kei Fong
Disruptive Financial Technology
Imperial College FinTech Society
Discover the rise of the mobile, on-demand economy, and have fun playing the markets, with the start-up team behind the brand new FinTech Society
Retail trails
Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, Data Science Institute
What do your online and offline shopping habits reveal? How can your privacy be protected
Gambling on the brain
Division of Brain Science, Imperial College London
Gambling is a popular pastime in the UK, but for some people it becomes a serious problem. Come and hear about our work on gambling addiction, and try your hand at playing our roulette simulation.
Volunteering
Volunteering opportunities are available at this event. Please sign up!
Fringe Series
Money matters is the latest in Imperial College’s Fringe series of public evening events exploring the livelier side of science. Based on the College’s ground-breaking research, the Fringe programme runs throughout the year to give our friends and supporters an opportunity to meet our researchers and find out more about our work.