FinTech Connect delivered 200+ hours of content across 5 individual conferences and 6 streams, led by 302 speakers. View the agenda overview for a summary of the conferences.
The presentations are now available to download for free below.
Blockchain Connect
Day 1
Beyond the bubble – Where now for blockchain?
Anthony Woolley, Managing Director, UK Chief Innovation Officer, Société Générale
Token-based digital assets. Why do they matter?
Michele Curtoni, Vice President Digital Product Development & DLT, State Street
A practitioners guide to blockchain and adoption in enterprise - Yesterday, now and next
Gaye Soykok, Captain of Innovation, Dadabit
Crypto asset protection – How crypto asset holders will never lose their cryptowealth
Dr Samyr Mezzour, Head of Innovation Garage, Generali Switzerland
DLT interoperability challenges for capital markets
Mariana Gomez de la Villa, Distributed Ledger Technology Program Director, ING
Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation & Quality, Société Générale
When disruption became positive - Lessons learnt from a challenger bank
Mark Hipperson, Founder & CEO, Ziglu
Driving DLT innovation on an open platform
Richard Phipps, Solution Design & Delivery Director, Swiss Re
Day 2
Data driven private markets in a distributed world
Patrick O’Meara, Chairman & CEO, Inveniam Capital Partners
The business of blockchain – The future is now!!
Andrew Speers, Director, Product & Innovation, NatWest
Avoiding black hole strategies – Innovating with Blockchain at UBS
Sam Chadwick, Head of the Distributed Ledger Technology, Center of Excellence, Chief Digital Office, UBS
ReThinking Blockchain – A New Type of DLT Protocol for Digital Cash & Identity
David Putts, Chief Growth Officer, Billon Group
Aligning Network Stakeholders – A Framework for Blockchain Governance Design
Dr. Cathy Barrera, Partner & Founding Economist, Prysm Group
Due diligence and the future of crypto
On Yavin, Founder & CEO, Cointelligence
DX Connect: Digital Engagement
Day 1
How Facebook is driving fintech evolution
Catherine Durkin, Head of UK FinTech & Travel, Facebook
Delivering delightful experiences: Use of location intelligence for digital banking
Alexey Anatskiy, EMEA Lead, Google Maps Platform
Ken Hart, CEO & Founder, Snowdrop Solutions Ltd
It’s time to rethink everything
Steve Scott, Chief Digital Officer, Avios
Digital transformation: culture, collaboration & competition
Benoît Legrand, Chief Innovation Officer, ING & CEO, ING Ventures
A unique perspective on digital transformation
Kerem Ozelli, Founder & Creative Director, d:code:it
Ben Davey, CEO, Barclays Ventures
Day 2
Northern Ireland – A global fintech hub
Karen Bradbury, FS Sector Lead, Invest Northern Ireland
Effective Partnerships in the FinTech ecoystem
Devie Mohan, CEO, Burnmark
Connecting a bank – What Open Banking means to Monzo and how we approach it
Kieran McHugh, Open Banking Lead, Monzo
Banking freedom in the digital age
Mark Mullen, CEO & Co-Founder, Atom Bank
Driving digital innovation through strategic partnerships
Johan Lorenzen, VP Digitalization & Innovation, Handelsbanken
DX Connect - Digital Re-Engineering
Day 1
The essence of digital transformation
Sonia Wedrychowicz, Digital Transformation Practitioner & Thought Leader
Is your IT infrastructure fintech ready?
Steve Weiner, Senior Lead Product Manager, Cyxtera
Dr. Leda Glyptis, CEO, 11:FS Foundry
How Fintech support changed customer behavior? – The future of banking
Dorthe Håhr Dupont, Head of Nordea Ventures, Deputy Group Digital, Nordea
Insights-as-a-Service - Be AI ready within a week
Victor Skrylev, Vice President of Product, PureFacts
How to Accelerate Value Creation with AI
Matthew Sattler, Director of Data Science & Business Development, Data Analytics, HSBC
Tapping into Chinese payment trends
Roland Palmer, Director, Europe, Alipay
Day 2
Successful and responsible AI in banking
Finbar Hage, Global Head of Data, AI and Analytics, Rabobank
How going digital is underpinned by data and analytics
Aidan Millar, Chief Data Officer, DNB
Re-engineering corporate culture for the digital world
Søren Rode Andreasen, Chief Digital Officer, Danske Bank
Ollie Purdue, Chief Product Officer, Bó
Driving engineering transformation with AI – Rise of the AI Architect
Ed Fowler, SVP, Chief Engineer and CTO, Virtusa
How machine learning is positively augmenting banks digital transformations
Abhijit Akerkar, Head of AI Business Integration, Group Digital & Transformation, Lloyds Banking Group
Startup LaunchPad
Day 1
Tatum Limited: Bridging the world of blockchain and banking
Jiri Kobelka, CEO & Co-Founder
Vadis Technologies: Flair, your third party risk monitoring solution
Jean-François Heering, CEO
Accountable: The financial assistant of the self-employed
Alexis Eggermont, Co-Founder
Bit4you: Log-on, the first blockchain platform securing the new corporate token economy
David Schmitz, Head of Legal Developments
Jakub Jóźwiak, Business Development Executive
Harmoney: How to enable an end-to-end compliance?
Thomas Van Maele, CEO & Co-Founder
kompany: Are you sure your Business KYC (KYB) data is audit-proof?
Richard Wakefield, Head of International Business Development
Uleska: Automated penetration testing and risk visualisation
Gary Robinson, CEO & Founder
Statice: Privacy-preserving data for innovation, analytics & development
Sebastian Weyer, CEO
R3: The Corda ecosystem - How to get your CorDapp in the market
Ivar Wiersma, Head of Ecosystem & Venture Development
KuulEats: The first fully integrated restaurant management system
Simon Rand, CEO
Comparison Creator: Navel gazing into 2020
Steve Jones, CEO & Founder
Confused.com: Comparison - A journey
Matt Bolton, Product Manager
Credas Technologies: Improving supply chain assurance through digital innovation and IDV technology
Kevin Smith, Head of Product & Technology
DevOpsGroup: Technical debt, modern operations and staying agile
Rael Winters, Product Manager
Gary Pine, Chief Product & Marketing Officer
AInfinity: Rapid delivery of advance AI solutions for financial services institutions
Raj Muppala, CEO
SENSEFORTH.AI: Transforming your business with conversational AI
Errol Finkelstein, CEO
Krystian Zajac, CEO & Founder
Bambu: Goal based investment technology for financial institutions
Nick Wakefield, Managing Director
Clifford Chau, Business Director
Assetonchain Technology Limited
Rico Tang, CEO & Co-Founder
Enyk Limited: The blockchain key vault for everyone
Jay Leung, Head of Business & Co-Founder
Wallace Chow, Business Development Director
Fung Man, Lead, Smart Mobile Solutions
Alex Mifsud, CEO
Adrian Mizzi, Chief Technology Officer
PayDock: Chaos to control – A for-cause payments journey
Rob Lincolne, CEO & Founder
Dateio: Why is high quality payment data enrichment important?
Ivan Dovica, Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
ReceiptHero: Welcome to the era of digital receipts
Chris Moore, Chief Platform Officer
Avrium: Managing commercial and cash flow risk
Bhairav Patel, CEO
Armada Labs LLC: Digital lending 3.0 - Custom loan management system in 3 months
Nick Varnitski, CEO & Founder
i2i Logic: Corporate banker digital platform – Transform client experience
Freddie Cunningham, Head of EMEA
CASHOFF: APIs increase engagement, loyalty & banking revenue
Billy Leung, Director
Blacksmiths Technology: Low cost open banking with OnLedger
Alexander Ali, Director
RDvault: Fully integrated R&D tax credits claims software
Shoayb Patel, Founder
Masterclasses
Day 1
Driving legislation in technology – the importance of legal certainty
Johnathan Galea, Managing Director, Blockchain Advisory
The practical use of AI & Big Data for the future for credit risk Management
Bob Koster, Commercial Manager, Owlin
Digital disruption = Future success
James Maudslay, Global Head of Insurance, Equinix
How the protection of mobile apps will increase their customer experience
Jacques Caers, Head of Sales, Financial markets, Guardsquare
Epic fintech PR wins and fails 2019
Daniel Lowther, Head of FinTech, CCgroup
Innovation starts with culture
Russ Kliman, Group Leader, SEI Ventures
The Canadian fintech ecosystem
Jennifer Reynolds, President & CEO, Toronto Finance International
Women in FinTech - FinTech for women
Dr. Anette Broloes, Research Lead, EWPN
Digital transformation 3.0 – Best practices to upgrade legacy lending platforms
Eugene Pratasenia, Founder & Managing Partner, Armada Labs LLC
Day 2
Fintech and financial inclusion
Dana Lunberry, Digital Strategist, Inclusive Finance/Independent Consultant
Fraud as a revenue opportunity for Payment Service Providers
Paddy Beagan, Head of Sales, Vesta
Democratising institutional and high-net-worth investments
Chris Sargent, CEO & Co Founder, Blockacre
Adam Bouqdib, CTO & Co Founder, Blockacre
How fintech and digital tech have contributed to financial inclusion around the world
Jean-Stephane Gourevitch, CEO & Founder, Mobile Convergence Ecosystems Ltd
PayTech Connect
Day 1
Jacqueline Chilton, Vice President Payments, Ticketmaster
Optimising conversions and customer experience - A case study for merchants and banks
Meirav Peled, Payment Partnership Director, EU & APAC, Riskified
Alessio Damonti, Head of Online & Omnichannel Commerce, Axerve
The merchant opportunity - 3DS2 and beyond
Mahmoud El-Azzeh, Head of Product – Payments, DAZN
Growing fintech - Accelerating retail and SME start-ups to scale
Scott Abrahams, Senior Vice President Business Development & FinTech, UK and Ireland, Mastercard
Jay Singer, Senior Vice President, Global Small Business Segment, Mastercard
Ed Adshead-Grant, General Manager & Director of Payments, Bottomline
The future of B2B payments: real-time, STP and identity
Andrew Smith, Chief Technology Officer, ClearBank
Finding the fintech-bank equilibrium - Is Atlantis here already?
Murali Akella, Head of Banks, TransferWise
Day 2
Suresh Vaghjiani, CEO & Co-Founder, Tribe Payments
RegTech Connect
Day 1
Helping FIs leverage machine intelligence in-line with regulator expectations
Alma Angotti, Managing Director, Practice Leader - Global Investigations & Compliance, Guidehouse
Tim Mueller, Managing Director, Global Investigations & Compliance, Guidehouse
Financial crime - Everybody’s business
Natasha Vernier, Head of Financial Crime, Monzo
Assessing explainable AI in financial services
Janet Adams, Head of Risk & Controls, Head of AI, Business Banking, TSB
What is the role of data in driving your digital identity
Steve Green, Head of Central Data Services, FCA
Day 2
Innovation in the regulation age: The regulator’s challenge and the innovator’s hurdle
Matthew Saal, Digital Finance Specialist, International Finance Corporation
Supply chain security for modern development
Chris Wysopal, Co-Founder & CTO, Veracode
How the ID&V digital landscape is changing
Senior Stakeholder, Hello Soda
Data attributes, the building blocks to digital identity
Brian Gorman, Senior Commercial Proposition Manager, GSMA
Keiron Dalton, Mobile Identity Strategy Lead, EE (BT)
Founders Forum
Leading from startup to scaleup
Poppy Gustafsson, Co-CEO, Darktrace
Crossing the growth chasm and engaging investors
Sarah Whipp, Chief Marketing Officer, Callsign
High performing teams and diversity
Georgina Smallwood, Chief Product Officer, N26
How do we make it fair without giving an unfair advantage?
Karen Kerrigan, Chief Operating Officer, Seedrs
Innovation starts with culture
Russ Kliman, Group Leader, SEI Ventures