Conference

NAIL Conference 2026

AI, Finance & Law: Innovation, Integrity, and the Future of Markets

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming global financial markets, reshaping everything from trading, credit scoring, and risk management to compliance and supervision. The growing use of AI raises profound legal and regulatory questions concerning market integrity, accountability, governance, financial stability, and consumer protection. Bringing together leading scholars, regulators, policymakers, and practitioners from around the world, this conference will explore how legal systems can respond to these developments in a coherent, innovative, and internationally coordinated manner. Hosted by the Hamburg Network for AI & Law (NAIL) on 2–3 July 2026 in Hamburg, Germany, the conference will provide a forum for interdisciplinary debate on the future of AI-driven financial regulation in Europe and beyond.

Thursday 2-3 July 2026

Location: Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany

This is an in-person event with the possibility of joining online.

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ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS

Agenda

Thursday 2 July 2026

14.00 - 14.10 h	Welcome and introduction Christoph Kumpan & Georg Ringe
14.10 - 15.00 h	Keynote Kai Zenner (Head of Office & Digital Policy Adviser, European Parliament) ‘Simplification of EU digital laws: good news for the financial sector?’
15.00 - 16.00 h	Gabriel Rauterberg (University of Michigan Law School) ‘AI Alignment, Real Efficiency, and Financial Markets’ Discussant: Alessio Azzutti (University of Glasgow)
16.00 - 16.15 h	Coffee break
16.15 - 17.15 h	Yesha Yadav (Vanderbilt University Law School) ‘The New Infrastructure of Money’ Discussant: tbc
17.15 - 18.15 h	Stavros Gadinis (UC Berkeley Law) ‘How to Govern AI’ Discussant: Matthias Armgardt (University of Hamburg)
19.00 h	Welcome Reception

Friday 3 July 2026

09.00 - 10.00 h	Felix Steffek (University of Cambridge) ‘AI-based Court Outcome Prediction: Insights and Challenges’ Discussant: Dan Katz (Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology)
10.00 - 11.00 h	Douglas Arner (University of Hong Kong) ‘Governing AI in Finance: Balancing Opportunities and Risks’ Discussant: tbc
11.00 - 11.30 h	Coffee break
11.30 - 12.30 h	Filippo Annunziata: (Bocconi University Milan) ‘Markets’ Datafication and Suptech’ Discussant: Dörte Poelzig (University of Hamburg)
12.30 - 13.30 h	Lunch break
13.30 - 14.00 h	Maximilian Mähr (Bafin) ‘Supervising Innovation: AI Governance and Regulation’
14.00 - 15.00 h	Panel discussion: Practical challenges with AI in finance Axel Frhr. von dem Bussche (Taylor Wessing) Maximilian Mähr (Bafin)
15.00 h	Close

Hosts

Academic Hosts

Professor Christoph Kumpan

Professor Georg Ringe

Conference Organisation

Iris Kessler

Mai Nguyen

For all inquiries, please reach out to nail"AT"ile-hamburg.de

Registration

Attendance is free of charge.

Please sign up via the link below and choose between online and in-person participation

The registration deadline is 26 June 2026.

About NAIL

The Hamburg Network for AI & Law (NAIL) is a cooperation between Professor Christoph Kumpan (Bucerius Law School) and Professor Georg Ringe (University of Hamburg). The network provides a platform for academic exchange and joint research projects in the field of AI and law. At the same time, the network facilitates dialogue and engagement with the broader public.
About once a month, NAIL hosts a lecture event with leading scientists, policy makers and industry experts. This seminar series is kindly supported by the Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius.

More information about NAIL is available at http://NAIL.ile-hamburg.de.
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