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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
First International Cashless Society Roundtable (ICSR)
A roundtable in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 18 & 19, 2012
Abstract submission deadline: February 29, 2012
Sponsored by the Copenhagen Finance IT Region, the Department
of IT Management, Copenhagen Business School, and Financial
Services Innovation Centre, University College Cork
CASHLESS SOCIETY
For centuries, coins and bills were the only options to make
purchases and to transfer money between people and organizations.
The second half of the last century witnessed the introduction of
plastic cards, Electronic Fund Transfer, Internet banking, and
pre-paid payment cards all aimed at making payment more efficient.
With advances in information technology a number of new payment
solutions has emerged, including premium SMS payments, M-PESA, Pay
Pal, Google Wallet, and Bit Coin, Flatter, and Square-Up. Many of
these innovations offer advantages in terms of costs, security,
and convenience, they also pose a number of challenges and risks
related to, at least, technical standards, data security, legal
issues and consumer behavior. Overall, these innovations are
changing people’s perception and experience of money and paying.
The innovation process in payments is promoted by different
groups of actors (such as financial institutions, start-up
software companies, merchants, and mobile operators) and by
international governmental agencies (for example the European
Central Bank). Not only new payment solutions attract a lot of
attention in media and press, but they also trigger a debate
regarding the cashless society.
The development towards a cashless society affects our life. It
will have an impact on the actors in the payment eco-system,
leading to a number of both anticipated as well as unanticipated
consequences on individual, organizational and society level.
These consequences are of critical importance and need to be
explored. We stress the importance of investigating a cashless
society from multiple perspectives, including economics,
technical, infrastructure, sociological, anthropological, design,
and information systems, to mention a few.
This roundtable will examine the consequences and impact of a
cashless society from multiple perspectives at different levels of
analysis. Specifically, topics of interest may include (but are
not limited to) the following:
- Cash in the future
- New payment solutions as disruptive technologies
- Social consequences of a cashless society
- Digitalization of money
- Changes in the payment eco-system
- Emerging payment business models
- Role of money and payments in society
- Economics of payments
- Emerging payment technologies, e.g. mobile payments, Bit
Coin, Flatter etc.
- Designing new payments and payments techniques, e.g. NFC, Bio
metric payments
- Integrity and privacy issues
Confirmed keynote speaker:
Professor Priya Raghubir from New York University Stern School
of Business. Her interests are in the areas of marketing research
and in particular consumer behavior, marketing strategy, and
psychological aspects of prices and money.
SUBMISSIONS
Abstracts for presentations are invited and should be not more
than 2000 words. Please also provide a short (100 word) bio, with
full contact information including email addresses.
Acceptance decisions will be announced March 3.
If you have questions, please contact the Roundtable Chair
Jonas Hedman (
jh.itm@cbs.dk).
The roundtable committee consists of Jonas Hedman (Copenhagen
Business School), Jan Ondrus (ESSEC Business School), Fergal
Carton (University College of Cork), and Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen
(Aalto University).
ROUNDTABLE LOCATION
The roundtable will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, exact
location is not decided yet. A number of Hotel rooms will be
booked in advance to a discount price at SAS Radisson.