Lilly Rothschild and Liam O'Connor, Elon University

Lilly is a Finance and Leadership studies student who will work as a Financial consultant upon graduation. Currently the director of the Stanford University Innovation Fellows program at Elon University and a Risk, Fraud, and Finance intern at ILex FinTech Consulting group.

Liam is a senior Economics major who hopes to graduate into a career in venture finance. He spent his ultimate year as the class president while researching social capital’s effect on public libraries as his thesis.

2022 Session Information

Trust in the Digital Landscape

This session is about strengthening user trust on a digital landscape and in practicality on a community level. Trust is hard to obtain in new settings. When exploring social capital across the physical and digital realms, there is a disconnect between trust and interaction within communities. How can we bring the familiarity of local communities as we emerge into decentralization? Can Universities begin to bridge this disconnect?