The Finance Today Summit

Dubai , United Arab Emirates

About The Finance Today Summit

he world is increasingly pushing towards sustainable and digital finance and bringing more efficiency into the contemporary financial industry with the power of technology. With a US$96 billion market cap in the first quarter of 2021 powered by Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT/Blockchain), DeFi (Decentralized Finance) has substantially altered the way we perceived finance.

The industry is abuzz with the news of top banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bigtechs like Mastercard or companies like Visa foraying into DeFi, the traditional finance industry certainly must think of new models to compete or adapt to cohabitate with these emerging technologies carving the financial landscape.

AML and Cyber security being heavy on the agenda of world governments, the DeFi may be far from the realms of mass adoption but with the speed at which the industry is developing, and investments being made, the whole financial industry is at the crossroads of major changes.

With Central Banks displaying their commitment towards innovation and financial inclusion with their keenness to adopt CBDC to increase efficiency, bring the cost down and increase financial inclusiveness, the conference aims to discuss the future path and timelines.

The Finance Today Summit, through a series of interactive sessions and forward-looking agenda, will explore some of the most pertinent topics industry is facing and deep dive into the minds of experts and senior executives on what’s on their minds about how the future of finance looks like.

Speakers

Brian Yeoh
Head, Data Governance and Strategy - Financial Technology at Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)
Ellis Wang
Chief Head of Technology, Transformation and Information, Mashreq Bank
Saud Al Dhawyani
CTO at Emirates NBD
Srinivasan Sampath
Sr. Vice President-Head Program Management Office at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
Sridhar K
Group Head of Operations @ ADIB
Nitin Bhargava
COO at Emirates Investment Bank pjsc
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Charlie Steele
Partner at Forensic Risk Alliance
ALEX MASHINSKY
Inventor/CEO | Celsius Network
Ibtissem Lassoued
Partner, Head of Advisory for Regional Financial Crime at Al Tamimi & Company
Gaurav Dubey
Director Strategy
Olivier Crespin
Zand Co-founder and CEO
Saeed Hareb Al Darmaki
Managing Director - MENA Region at CasperLabs | Co-Founder Alphabit Fund
Ralf Glabischnig
Entrepreneur. Invested. Involved. 🇨🇭🇦🇪
Abbas Basrai
Partner, Head of Financial Services at KPMG Lower Gulf
Kokila Alagh
Founder at KARM Legal Consultants
PANKAJ ASTHAANA
Vice President - Digital Payments & Labs (MENA) at MasterCard
Lawrence Paramasivam
Regulation, Financial Services, Innovation and Collaboration
Bhavin Shah
PARTNER | ADVISOR | INED | FINANCIAL SECTOR | ECONOMIC REFORMS | DIGITAL ECONOMY | YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER
Adrianus Schoorl
Partner (Financial Services and Fintech, data and technology), White & Case LLP.
Gonçalo Traquina
Partner at KPMG Lower Gulf. Head of Management Consulting - Financial Services
Mohamed Damak
Seasoned leader with expertise in credit ratings, Islamic finance, and development financing.
Marwan Hachem
Founder & Group CEO YAP
Onur Ozan
Managing Director / Regional Head - Middle East, North Africa and Turkey at SWIFT
Mohit Gupta
Director at Mastercard
Georgy Sokolov
Co-founder at Wirex
Sharif El-Badawi
Venture Capital, Ex-Google, Ex-AdMob
Nishanth Nottath
EVP - Head AML, ABC and RegTech at Mashreq Bank
Kaiser Naseem
International Development Banker
Shantnoo Saxsena
Encryptus Founder
Vinay Bharathwaj
Co-founder & Co-CEO at Stockal
Ambre Soubiran
CEO at Kaiko
Navin Gupta
Managing Director of South Asia & MENA
Jaynti Kanani
Co-founder & CEO
Mohamed Abdel Hamid Abdel-Razek
CIO - Africa Middle East & Islamic Banking at Standard Chartered Bank
Pooja Singh
Senior Specialist Securities and Commodities Authority
Akshay Chopra
VP, Head of Innovation for Visa in CEMEA | Tech Investor & Inventor
Adeeb Ahamed
Managing Director - Lulu Financial Holdings | Twenty14 Holdings | Tablez
Patrick South
Vice President of Development, Chamber of Digital Commerce

Agenda

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

09.00 Registration & Inaugural Address
09.40 Keynote Address – The Digital Path for Financial Industry – Innovation for Sustainable growth
10:00 Digital Transformation of Finance – New Businesses, New Players, New Regulations & New Social Impacts
10:25 Banks, Fintechs and DeFi – Making a sense of the Future of Finance
10:50 Emerging Technologies - Future of SME financing and Trade Finance
11:15 Networking Break – Let’s talk to Peers
11:30 Keynote: Navigating DeFi’s impact on Macroeconomics
12:00 Can we really go Bankless?
12:30 Regulations & Compliance: Keeping Pace with the Technological Innovations
13:00 Lunch
14:00 (Ce + De) Fi – How the equation looks like
14:30 Future of Lending: DeFi as a Disruptor and what it means for Traditional Lenders?
15:00 Cross Border Payments – The Status and Future Changes
15:30 Networking Break – Let’s talk to Peers
15:45 Future of Customer Onboarding in Financial Services
16:15 Decentralized Finance - Risk, Compliance and Opportunities
17:00 Closing Remarks, Relax & Drinks Reception & Networking

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Start:
Mar 23, 2022, 9:00 AM , GST (UTC +4)
End:
Mar 23, 2022, 5:00 PM , GST (UTC +4)
Venue:
Dubai Mall Hotel
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