The stage agenda will focus on 4 main areas:
Exploring digital era business models and the most critical functional customer experiences for success
Transforming from archives and mainframes to the cloud reinforced with emerging technologies
Financial industry is based on trust and the ever-changing world is blasting with challenges and opportunities
Financing and payments are at the heart of commerce, but should also work seamlessly
Doors Open
Early Bird catches the worm. Arrive early to connect with as many old and new colleagues as possible
Opening Words
Let the 30 hour fintech fest begin - Connect, Learn, Party!
OPENING KEYNOTE: Connecting the Dots Between AI and Open Banking
Christoffer Cederschiöld, Deputy CEO at Kreditz
KEYNOTE: What's in store for Fintech infrastructure in 2023 and beyond
- From unbundled financial technology to bundled services and how a common infrastructure can bridge the gap
-Top trends influencing fintech: banking API technology driving down costs, hyper-personalisation, finance becoming more embedded and more
Alistair Cotton, CEO & Co-Founder at Integrated Finance
Break
Head to the coffee stand and meeting area for your pre-booked meetings. Don't be late!
TRACK: BUSINESS DESIGN
The powerful impact of financial data-driven personalization
- How should banks address branch closures and the cost-of-living crisis?
- 4 crucial steps to increase and retain deposits
- Providing your customers with what they need: Personalized and proactive support
- The transition from a transactional approach to hyper-personalisation
- How does Financial Data-Driven Personalisation drive business impact?
Connor Blake, Head of Strategics Alliances & Business Development,
EMEA at Personetics
Open Finance and Data Ecosystems
- The progress of platform economy in banking and finance
- Efficiency leap through shared data and platforms
Kaisu Christie, Group Chief Digital Officer at European Investment Bank
Discover Business Opportunities in Embedded Finance with Innovative Solutions
- What banks, financers and corporates alike should consider when implementing embedded finance and BaaS solutions
Kristina Salemyr, Director Digital Banking at Banqsoft
Challenging old business models in savings and investing
- How to build pricing power when investing becomes a commodity
- Zero-margin products as unfair advantages
- The logic in leaving more money in customers' pockets
Daniel Aarenstrup, CEO & Founder at Savr
PANEL: Finding profitability in financial services
- Markets in financial products in 2023 and beyond
- Universal banking vs. niche banking
Petri Nikkilä, Head Of Retail and Private Banking ING Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg at ING
Per Christian Goller, CGO & Co-Founder at Aprila Bank
Mattias Carlsson, CEO at TF Bank
Vytautas Karalevičius, Co-Founder at Bankera & SpectroCoin
Moderator: Venla Pouru, Director of Strategy & Growth at Enfuce
Turning ESG into business
- Investing and financing in the ESG era
- Beyond ESG regulation - Achieving real impact and value
Annu Nieminen, CEO & Co-Founder at The Upright Project
How can open energy data help banks to reach their ESG goals?
Joakim Botha, Co-Founder at Eliq
Networking Lunch
Time to fuel your body and mind and head to the social lunch experience of the year
TRACK: BANKING ENGINEERING
Building Digital Core
Kasimir Hirn, CIO & EVP, Member of Executive Board at OP Financial Group
Tomorrow’s bank’s architecture
- How to design and implement a competitive banking engine?
- Can you build a full-blown bank on turnkey solutions and SaaS?
Ove Kreison, CTO & Co-Founder at Tuum
CHALLENGES TO INNOVATE IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
Markus Sarja, Head of Unsecured Consumer Loans at OP Financial Group
AI Will Impact Every Traditional Business - Are You Ready with Your Digital Transformation?
Arto Sorvoja, Vice President & Senior Partner at Kyndryl
how to cloud?
- How to integrate cloud-first into your development pipeline & processes
- Migration to cloud can be a long step-by-step effort and requires consistency of vision and effort
Christer Eliasi-Swahn, CTO at DBT
Engineering the Transition to Target State in a Core Banking Transformation
- ‘Transition’ to Target State in Transformation Journey and Typical Challenges
- Change in Mindset to application development & outsourcing
- Sustaining the priorities and the goals
Shankar Prahalad, Regional Director, TCS Financial Solutions, Europe at TCS
PANEL: AI First Financial Services
- AI Hype vs. Reality Today
- Key Takeaways for Financial Services
Aarne Talman, Lead AI Scientist at Silo AI
Topi Manu, Account Executive at Google
Moderator: Markus Vesala, Co-Founder at Comparables.ai
How to accelerate product development?
- Innovation and technology are becoming increasingly accessible. What about implementation? Why is it so challenging for banks?
- Let’s dig deeply: The core reasons of slow pace delivering changes
- Instead of few releases per year thousands per month – mission is possible
Hanna Khrystianovych, Head of Partnerships and Fintech at Sigma Softwar
Afternoon Fika
Network with a talkative Swede or a mute Finn
PANEL: Why and how would you invest in fintech?
- The current state of corporate venturing in banking
- Banks' appetite for fintechs - technology, talent, traction
Luis Valdich, Managing Director at Citi Ventures
Jin W Jeong, Managing Director at Apis Partners
Moderator: Gwen Sandberg, Investment Director at Inventure
Wrap-up
Networking & Drinks
Beers sponsored by Crosskey
TRACK: FINANCIAL TRUST
Where is the world going, and what solutions are needed
- The development of technology is accelerating, what are the requirements for security?
- What are the key solutions in technological era that companies and organizations must understand?
- What is “The New Normal” in security?
Jarno Limnéll, Member of Parliament, Professor of Cybersecurity at Aalto University
(Signicat guest speaker)
War and sanctions – Navigating the regulatory landscape in turbulent times
- When it comes to sanctions, we're all regulated
- Lessons learned and consequences heard in practice
- The frontline – enforcement and how authorities interpret restrictive measures
- Don't fall behind enemy lines – Three easy steps to comply
Hanna-Mari Manninen, Partner, Head of Corporate Advisory, Compliance & Sustainability at Dittmar & Indrenius
Kateryna Shapran, Foreign Associate at Dittmar & Indrenius
PANEL: Are cryptos a viable part of financial industry or a scam
- Is the crypto winter the end or the new beginning?
- Should banks and wealth managers provide crypto investing services?
Pasi Matilainen, CEO at Coinmotion
Nikolai Gobel, Product Specialist - Digital Assets at DNB
Moderator: Pål Krogdahl, Podcast Host at Fintech Daydreaming
PANEL: Stablecoins and cbdcs - Public vs. Private
- Current status of CBDCs and private stablecoins such as USDC and EUROe
- The benefits and applications of stablecoins?
Juha Viitala, CEO & Co-Founder at Membrane Finance
Miki Kuusinen, Advisor at Bank of Finland
Moderator: Ville Sointu, Podcast Host at Fintech Daydreaming
Compliant customer onboarding
- Smooth onboarding is the cornerstone of successful growth
- Minding the compliance and fraud
Tommy Jarnemark, CEO at Verified Global
Siam Choudhury, CEO & Co-Founder at Pliance
Networking Lunch
Time to fuel your body and mind and head to the social lunch experience of the year
TRACK: FUTURE COMMERCE
keynote: Shaping the future Nordic payments landscape
- With new innovations continuously arising from the payments space, consumers are met with an increased proliferation of choice to meet their needs. How do we continue to address key trends in this area and what can we learn from Finland?
Linus Olofsson, Head of Business Development Nordics & Baltics at Visa
The transforming role of banks in digital commerce
- How to stay relevant midst market forces?
- The emerging role of banks in ecommerce
Taru Möller, Head of Commercial Portfolio Management at Nordea
Redeeming the potential in corporate payments
- Do B2B banking focus on payments enough?
- Taking a productivity leap through payment technologies and automation
Tricia Balfe, CEO at XMLdation
Hanna Äijälä, Business Lead, Payment Services at OP Financial Group
PANEL: Who’s winning the mobile payment platform battle
- Finding the common ground in Nordic Payments
- Tomorrow's payments - innovation or incremental steps?
Kim Fuglsang Kristoffersen, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Vipps MobilePay
Christopher Lindfeldt, CEO & Founder at Surfboard Payments
Moderator: Ola Sundell, Partner at Fintech Farm Helsinki
Embedded finance and how you can tap into the $7 trillion opportunity?
Christoffer Andvig, CEO & Founder at Neonomics
PANEL: From embedded finance to invisible finance
- What's next after the BNPL hype?
- Taking financing wherever it's needed
Mindaugas Mikalajūnas, CEO at SME Finance
Pasi Ilola, CEO & Founder at Starcart
Elisa Christersson, Country Head at Klarna
Hubert de Linde, Regional Sales Manager at Provenir
Moderator: Jani Ristimäki, Senior Manager, Head of Banking Products & Innovation Consulting at BearingPoint
Afternoon Fika
Network with a talkative Swede or a mute Finn
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