The Wolpertinger’s Story

edited by

Paola Vezzani

36th Edition

Modena, 29th August - 1st September, 2018

1. The Origin: where and when?

First meeting in Würzburg (Germany) in June 1982 thank to Jack Revell and to the hospitality provided by Andreas Bouveret in his beautiful castle!

• Founding fathers:• Jack Revell

• Jean-Paul Abraham

• Francesco Cesarini

• Marco Onado

• Werner Vollrodt

• Cesare Bisoni

• Andreas Bouveret

• Leo Schuster

• … another British professor

1. The Origin: who and how?

• The first meeting was very informal

• No papers, just discussions sitting around a table on Andreas’ terrace to share opinions on research topics and views on the state of financial institutions

• Other colleagues joined this group very early: • Göran Bergendahl• Philip Bourke • Ted Gardener• Elisabetta Gualandri• Sándor Ligeti• Ted Lindblom• Joel Metais• Phil Molyneaux• Elisabetta Montanaro• Francisco Pérez García• Javier Quesada Ibáñez• Tad Rybczinsky

• The small group was invited for dinner at a very typical restaurant

• The restaurant hall exhibited a very strange fictional animal –half bird, half rabbit, with horns and feathers and an ugly face

• Prof. Vollrodt told a story about the animal itself

2. The Name: why?

He stated that the

Wolpertingerwas a real animal, that lived in the

woods of BavariaImmediately it was decided to

adopt Wolpertingeras the Club short name

• According to the legend, anyone whowants to see a Wolpertinger alive in itsnatural habitat must be an attractive single woman and needs to visit a forest in the Bavarian Alps during a full moon,

accompanied by the "right man"

2. The Name: why?

Or you can attend a very interestingWolpertinger Conference 😉

• If otherwise you are looking for a Wolpertingeron your own in less questionable circumstances, you can find it decorating traditional hotels, restaurants and pubs throughout Bavaria

3. Pictures across time

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2005London

199020002013

Gothenburg

2004Cracow

1999Lisbon

19862014Milan

19892003

Dublin

19962012

La Valletta

2016Verona

19942018

Modena

19881998Paris

2007NOT HELD

1985Darmouth

(USA)

2017Santander

2015Granada

2008Porto

2001Malaga

1997Amsterdam

19922010

Bangor

19912002Siena 2009

Rome

1984Namur 1993

Ingolstadt

1982Wurzburg1983

St. Gallen

1995Alicante

1987Cambridge

2006Valladolid

2011Valencia

2019 ?

1982 – Würzburg (where everything started)

… the British

Professor

WernerVollrodt

Leo Schuster

Jack Revell

Cesare Bisoni

Jean Paul Abraham

Marco Onadoand wife

Francesco Cesarini and

wife

Photo by Andreas Bouveret

Saint Burchard I of Würzburg

1988 – Paris (serious discussion and leisure)

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1989 – Dublin (smiling people)

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1992 – Bangor (10 years later: impressive

demographic growth)

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1994 – Modena (tireless founding fathers …)

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1994 – Modena (… and other very relaxed colleagues)

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1994 – Modena (not only banking and finance)

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1996 – Malta (gala dinner)

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1996 – Malta (research above all and … nice ties)

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1998 – Paris (à la Sorbonne)

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1999 – Lisbon (Jack and … others)

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2006 – Valladolid (different but important special

sessions)

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2009 – Rome (on the top of the history)

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2009 – Rome (scientific committee members …)

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2009 – Rome (… and very happy participants)

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2011 – Valencia (the hard life of the

congressmen/women)

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2014 – Milan (seriuos again)

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2015 – Granada (I swear: there was also the

academic conference)

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2016 – Verona (the not so shadow banking

conference)

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2017 – Santander (science and fun)

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2017 – Santander (here we are)

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4. Our competitors (just for fun!)

• Photographer: Joel Wolpert

– https://thewolpertinger.com/STILL/Portraits/thumbs

• Many restaurant and cafè

– http://www.zumwolpertinger.de

– https://www.wolpertinger-garmisch.bayern/galerie/

– http://www.perennialbeer.com/events/20180121/ucbc-s-wolpertinger-st.-louis/

• Brewing Company

– https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/24764/101636/

• Hotel

– https://www.wolpertinger-badkreuznach.de

• Men and women’ shoes

– https://www.ebay.it/itm/TG-36-EU-Wolpertinger-Spatzl-WP-5006-Ballerine-da-donna-I1x-/232508415174

• Musical band

– http://fiepblatter.com/glottal-wolpertinger/

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• Shop world of Warcraft

– http://eu.battle.net/wow/de/item/32906

– http://www.mythicarticulations.com/wolpertinger-print.html

• Iphone cases

– https://society6.com/cases/wolpertinger

• Open source tool in web ontologylanguage described in a paper available at

– http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1963/paper622.pdf

• Games

– http://wolpertingergames.com

– https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/magical-beasts/wolpertinger/

• Research group of Vilnius Academy of Arts

– http://www.vda.lt/en/faculty-of-postgraduate-studies/news/wolpertinger-what-they-do-in-collaboration-2

• Private investment vehicle

– http://www.wolpertinger.com

Adeus

Adios

ArrivederciAu Revoir

Auf Wiedersehen

Doei

Búcsú

Hwyl fawr

Goodbye

Güle güleHa det bra

Hej dåSalut

Tot Ziens

Pożegnanie

Zàijiàn (再见)

Agur