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