Innovative Finance for Technological Progress:
Roles of Fintech, Financial Instruments, and Institutions
Tokai University, Iran National Innovation Fund,
Technology Studies Institute, Routledge

Registration

Date: July 5, 2021 (14:00 – 18:00 Japan standard time, 9:30 – 13:30 Iran standard time)(Webinar/virtual workshop on ZOOM platform)

Agenda (Page 1)
Welcoming Remarks- Prof. Naoto Yoshikawa (Vice-Chancellor, Tokai University, Japan)-

Dr. Siavash Malekifar, (Deputy of Development, Iran National Innovation Fund, Iran)July 05
Keynote speech
14:00 – 14:30-Dr. Mehran Mahramian Moallem (Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Iran) – (Analyzing
key factors affecting financing innovative businesses)-Prof. Naoyuki Yoshino (Professor Emeritus, Keio University and Director of theFinancial Research Center-FSA Institute, Government of Japan)
Presentation & Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary (Tokai University, Japan)

Session 1: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions
Presentation 1. What are the risks associated with innovative finance, and how to cope with them?
Mr. Cedric Rimaud, CFA, (Fund Manager - Earthwake Green Impact Fund, Singapore)
Presentation 2. Financial Inclusion, Financial innovation, and Macroeconomic Stability.
July 05
14:30 – 15:15 Dr. Hayot Berk Saydaliev (Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan)
Presentation 3. Role of national innovation financing agencies in promoting startups: A comparative
study. Dr. Kiarash Fartash (Institute for Science and Technology Studies, Shahid Beheshti University,Iran)
Discussion: Prof. Naoyuki Yoshino (Keio University, Japan)
Q&A/ Note: (Each presentation is 10 minutes, 10 minutes discussion of the whole session, 5 minutes
Q&A)

Session 2: Regulatory and policy framework

Presentation 4. Regulatory frameworks for startups crowdfunding in ASEAN countries.
Dr. Pornchai Wisuttisak (Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University, Thailand).
Presentation 5. Institutional and Regulatory Requirements for Innovative Fintech in Bangladesh: Why
July 05
does it Matter? Dr. Sakib Bin Amin (North South University, Bangladesh).
15:15 – 16:05 Presentation 6. The role of governments in the development of financial innovations.
Dr. Esra Alp Coskun (Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey)
Discussion: Dr. Roohallah Aboojafari (Technology Studies Institute, Iran)
Q&A/ Note: (Each presentation is 10 minutes, 10 minutes discussion of the whole session, 5 minutes
Q&A)

Break 5 minutes

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Session 3: Innovations in institutions, products, and processes: best practicesand policies (Part 1)
Presentation 7. Role of financial matchmakers in innovation financing ecosystem: the case of financial
matchmakers in Iran. Dr. Mehrnaz Heidari (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran)
Presentation 8. Deploying Machine learning and big data to promote MSMEs’ Access to Finance in Japan
July 5and Application to Other Countries, Ms. Megumi Sagara (CRD Association and CRD Business Support
16:05 – 17:00 Ltd., Japan) and Dr. Lan H. Nguyen (CRD Association and CRD Business Support Ltd., Japan)
Presentation 9. National Credit Bureau: An institutional financial innovation for boosting SME finance inThailand. Mr. Phadet Charoensivakorn (National Credit Bureau Co., Ltd., Thailand)
Presentation 10. Role of credit guarantee scheme in funding technology-based firms in Iran.
Dr. Seyed Ali Fatemi Khorasgani (Allameh Tabatabaei University, Iran).
Discussion: Prof. Naoyuki Yoshino (Keio University, Japan)
Q&A/ Note: (Each presentation is 10 minutes, 10 minutes discussion of the whole session, 5 minutes Q&A)

Session 4: Innovations in institutions, products, and processes: best practices andpolicies (Part 2)
Presentation 11. The Role of Capital Market in Enhancing the Startup Finance.
Dr. Parisa Alizadeh (National Research Institute for Science Policy, Iran)
Presentation 12. Financial innovations and fintech solutions for migrants workers in the MENA Region.
July 5
Dr. Dharish David, (SIM-Global Education, Singapore).
17:00 – 17:55 Presentation 13. Complex network in Fintech market under uncertainty.
Dr. Gazi Salah Uddin (Linköping University, Sweden).
Presentation 14. The Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on innovative fintech in India. Dr. M. Subramaniam,(Senior Advisor and Independent Consultant, India)
Discussion: Dr. Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary (Tokai University, Japan)
Q&A/ Note: (Each presentation is 10 minutes, 10 minutes discussion of the whole session, 5 minutes Q&A)
17:55 – 18:00

Wrap-up: Dr. Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary (Tokai University, Japan)