xCEEd 2018

Nick Middleton – Conference Chair

• Mr Pavle Ljujic (xCEEd founder)
• Ms Tracy Gallagher (Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Belgrade)

Daniel Kjellen (Tink)

Meet the new kids on the block hoping to disrupt the financial service industry with their latest technology and fresh ideas. The showcase features live interactive demonstrations from the most exciting new companies in the Fintech space hoping to show us what the future of financial services will look like

• Fortytwo Data (Julian Dixon)
• CyNation (Shadi Razak)
• AMP Credit Technologies (Thomas Deluca)
• Alyne UK Ltd (Richard Brooks)

Topics:

1. What is the social, economic and societal purpose of banks – whether retail, investment, corporate, or central?
2. What should a bank of tomorrow be? Technology company, platform model, utility, or other?
3. What exactly does an engaged customer look like?

Panelists:

1. John Berghout (Head of Digital | Business Banking at Barclays )
2. Oli Cook (Head of Banking at Metro Bank)
3. Alberta Soranzo (Systems Thinking Director at Lloyds Banking )
4. Vuk Kosovac (Head of Retail at Société General, Serbia)
5. Filip Genov ( adVenture Banker & Creator of FinTechs at UniCredit – Bulgaria )
6. David Hensley ( Director of Cash Services UK )

Moderator:

• Duena Blomstrom ( Founder and Author of Emotional Banking )

Topics:

1. GAFA: a threat or inspiration?
2. How is (Fin)Tech shaping banking, how is banking shaping (Fin)Tech and how are both shaping business across the world?
3. Responding to millennials: how can strategy be adapted to suit new needs and priorities?

Panelists:

1. Daniel Kjellén ( CEO / Founder at Tink )
2. Daniel Calderon ( International Director at SalaryFinance )
3. Jakub Piotrowski ( Chief Revenue Officer at Meniga )
4. Kevin Amateshe ( Product Director M-PESA at Safaricom )
5. Svetlana Hoffmann ( Non Executive Director at FundingWerk )

Moderator:

• Suresh Vaghjiani ( Managing Director at GPS )

Hosted by:

Kevin Evans ( Solutions Consultant, ACI Worldwide )

1. Systems, service and experience — value unlocked ( Alberta Soranzo, Systems Thinking Director at Lloyds Banking )
2. What Merchants can learn from FinTech(s) ( Anna Maj, FinTech Expert, Advisor and Mentor )
3. How to Change Culture-a Banking Superhero’s Guide ( Duena Blomstrom, Founder and Author of Emotional Banking )
4. Metro Bank, the case study (Oli Cook, Head of Banking at Metro Bank )

Anna Kuzmina ( Deputy Chief Commercial Officer at Yandex Money )

Questions:

1. Eliminating the friction in the consumer (payment) journey
2. Who holds the power when it comes to payments?
3. Are we seeing the death of the retail store as it exists today?

Panelists:

1. Simeon Miles ( Senior Business Development Manager at The ai Corporation )
2. David Gill ( Head of Payments at Lottoland )
3. Gerald Wooding ( Manager Card Systems Program at MRH )
4. Anna Kuzmina ( Deputy Chief Commercial Officer at Yandex Money )
5. Vladan Petrović  ( CFO at  Tehnomania – Serbia )

Moderator:

• Andrew Doukanaris ( Senior Vice President at Flotta Consulting )

Remiks Gastro Bar
Karađorđeva 46, Belgrade
Serbia 11000

Gavin Littlejohn (Chairman at F-Data)

Topics:

1. PSD2 five months in; How have customers reacted to the opportunities created by open APIs?
2. How can financial institutions act to mitigate the risks attached to being a digital entity? What is the sector’s exposure to attacks on other institutions?
3. Maintaining customer relationships: what needs to be done to avoid the aggregation of banking?

Panelists:

1. Gavin Littlejohn ( Chairman at F-DATA )
2. Michael Salmony ( Executive Adviser at equensWorldline )
3. Nealle Page ( Digital & Payments Specialist at Ocado )
4. Maciej Kostro ( Electronic Banking Council at Polish Banking Assocication )

Moderator:

• Tony Craddock ( Director General at EPA )

Topics:

1. In an ideal world how could financial regulation keep the sector safe while allowing financial institutions the creativity to diversify and freedom to grow?
2. Setting standards: what exactly will an open banking eco-system look like?
3. How will regulation in blockchain evolve?

Panelists:

1. Noémie Papp (Head of Digital & Retail at EBF)
2. Dragana Stanic (GM of Payment System Department at NBS)
3. Maja Kadievska (Vice Governor of the NBRM)
4. Nikola Fabris (Vice Governor at CBCG)

Moderator:

• Catalin Ticheru (Policy Officer at European Commission)

Meet the new kids on the block hoping to disrupt the financial service industry with their latest technology and fresh ideas. The showcase features live interactive demonstrations from the most exciting new companies in the Fintech space hoping to show us what the future of financial services will look like.

• Intercash Prepaid Ltd (Lucy Mounter)
• Smart Pension (Sophie Peutril)
• Cyber Productivity (Patrycja Strzelecka)

Hosted by:
Domenico Scaffidi (Principal Consultant, ACI Worldwide)

1. Fintech: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ( Neil Harris, Chief Commercial Officer at GPS )
2. Real-Time Payments in CEE – Making the most of the opportunity ( Domenico Scaffidi, Principal Solution Consultant at ACI )
3. The Connected Customer and the Future of Payments ( Kosta Peric, Deputy Director at Financial Services for the poor )
4. Blockchain is the solution, but what is the problem? ( Jack Nikogosian, CEO at ARYZE )

Boban Ćirković (CTO, Pannovate)

Natalya Menshikova (CMO at Fashion TV)

Topics:

1. Identifying best practice to date: where can financial institutions look to for inspiration
2. Finding the right blockchain partner: what are the essential criteria?
3. How does DLT compare to existing systems, now and in 10 years?

Panelists:

1. Laura K. Inamedinova ( Founder of LKI Consulting )
2. Francesco Burelli ( Managing Director at Accenture Payment Services )
3. Aleksandar Matanović ( CEO & Founder at ecd.rs )
4. Robert Courtneidge ( Chief Executive Officer at Moorwand )
5. Natalya Menshikova ( CMO at FashionTV )
6. Ugur Yildrim ( CFO at HiveProject )
7. David Janczewski ( Valuation Multiple Alchemist at Royal Mint )

Moderator:

• Faisal Khan ( Banking & Payments Consultant at Sender )

Nick Middleton – Conference Chair

Tranzit Bar
Braće Krsmanović 8
Beograd 11000