2023 AGENDA

The stage agenda will focus on 4 main areas:

BUSINESS DESIGN

Exploring digital era business models and the most critical functional customer experiences for success

bANKING ENGINEERING

Transforming from archives and mainframes to the cloud reinforced with emerging technologies

FINANCIAL TRUST

Financial industry is based on trust and the ever-changing world is blasting with challenges and opportunities

FUTURE COMMERCE

Financing and payments are at the heart of commerce, but should also work seamlessly

8:00

Doors Open

Early Bird catches the worm. Arrive early to connect with as many old and new colleagues as possible

9:00

Opening Words

Let the 30 hour fintech fest begin - Connect, Learn, Party!

9:15

OPENING KEYNOTE: Connecting the Dots Between AI and Open Banking

Christoffer Cederschiöld, Deputy CEO at Kreditz

9:35

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

9:55

Break

Head to the coffee stand and meeting area for your pre-booked meetings. Don't be late!

10:25

TRACK: BUSINESS DESIGN

10:30

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

10:40

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

10:55

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

11:05

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

11:20

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

11:45

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

11:55

How can open energy data help banks to reach their ESG goals?

Joakim Botha, Co-Founder at Eliq

12:00

Networking Lunch

Time to fuel your body and mind and head to the social lunch experience of the year

13:30

TRACK: BANKING ENGINEERING

13:35

Building Digital Core

Kasimir Hirn, CIO & EVP, Member of Executive Board at OP Financial Group

13:50

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

14:00

CHALLENGES TO INNOVATE IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR

Markus Sarja, Head of Unsecured Consumer Loans at OP Financial Group

14:05

AI Will Impact Every Traditional Business - Are You Ready with Your Digital Transformation?

Arto Sorvoja, Vice President & Senior Partner at Kyndryl

14:15

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

14:30

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

14:40

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

15:00

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

15:10

Afternoon Fika

Network with a talkative Swede or a mute Finn

15:35

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

16:00

Wrap-up

16:10

Networking & Drinks

Beers sponsored by Crosskey

10:25

TRACK: FINANCIAL TRUST

10:30

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)

10:45

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

11:00

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

11:25

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

11:50

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

12:00

Networking Lunch

Time to fuel your body and mind and head to the social lunch experience of the year

13:30

TRACK: FUTURE COMMERCE

13:35

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

13:50

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

14:05

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

14:20

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

14:40

Embedded finance and how you can tap into the $7 trillion opportunity?

Christoffer Andvig, CEO & Founder at Neonomics

14:50

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

15:10

Afternoon Fika

Network with a talkative Swede or a mute Finn

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