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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

Blockchain; What’s next? 

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

Driving innovation in banking  

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

The tech doesn't matter

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

Why do money better?

Ollie Purdue, Chief Product Officer,

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

Nothene: Digital footprint analysis for improving transaction safety and ccredit scoring effectiveness

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

W2: Making compliance simple

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

Hero Labs

Krystian Zajac, CEO & Founder

Bambu: Goal based investment technology for financial institutions

Nick Wakefield, Managing Director

WESocial

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

Regtics Limited

Wallace Chow, Business Development Director

Jedies Advance Technology Limited: Making investment decisions with consolidated intelligence, TabsLocal

Fung Man, Lead, Smart Mobile Solutions

Day 2

Eedenbull: Innovation you can bank on

Nicki Bisgaard, CEO

IMburse

David Turner, Chief Technology Office

Weavr: Digital payments for innovators

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

Wake up to payments potential

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

Why does the corporate care? A three course feast of New Payments Architecture, open banking and real-time wonders 

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

100 years of fintech

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