2023 Agenda

Registration

8:00 am 9:45 am The Plenary

Welcome Address – Dubai FinTech Summit

9:45 am 10:10 am The Plenary
Keynote

H.E. ESSA KAZIM

Governor of
DIFC
UAE

The Future of Digital Wealth

10:10 am 10:30 am The Plenary
Venture investment & Wealth Fireside Chat

JENNY JOHNSON

President & CEO
Franklin Templeton
USA
MODERATOR

DAN MURPHY

Anchor and Correspondent
CNBC
UAE

How FinTechs and banks are connecting the global financial ecosystem

10:30 am 10:50 am The Plenary
Future of FinTech/Finance Fireside Chat

BILL WINTERS

Group Chief Executive
Standard Chartered PLC
UK

MANUS CRANNY

ANCHOR
BLOOMBERG
UAE

How will AI and Deep Tech shape the future of finance

10:30 am 11:00 am Future Forum
Future of FinTech/Finance Fireside Chat

SALMAAN JAFFERY

Chief Business Development Officer
DIFC
UAE

Miguel Rio Tinto

Group Chief Digital and Information Officer
Emirates NBD
UAE
MODERATOR

Salim A. Essaid

Gulf and business correspondent
Al-Monitor
UAE

FinTechs and Regulators – Collaboration between FinTechs and Regulators  

10:50 am 11:30 am The Plenary
Future of FinTech/Finance Panel

Peter Smith

Managing Director, Head of Strategy, Policy and Risk
Dubai Financial Services Authority
UAE

SOPNENDU MOHANTY

Chief Fintech Officer
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Singapore

GAVIN MICHAEL

President & CEO
Bakkt
USA

GUY GOLDSTEIN

CEO
NEXT Insurance
USA
MODERATOR

CAROLINE MALCOLM

Global Head of Public Policy
Chainalysis
UK

Ready or not, ESG regulation is coming. Are financial institutions prepared for it?

11:00 am 11:40 am Future Forum
ESG, Sustainability & Macroeconomics Panel

CHRISTIAN KUNZ

Chief Strategy, Innovation & Ventures Officer
DIFC
UAE

Bryan Stirewalt

Senior Managing Director
K2 INTEGRITY
USA

Shargiil Bashir

EVP & Chief Sustainability Officer
First Abu Dhabi Bank
UAE

Sunil Peer

Chief Cloud Technology Manager, FSI Industry
Huawei Cloud Middle East & Central Asia
UAE
MODERATOR

Cyba Audi

Senior News Anchor & Editor-at-Large
Asharq News with Bloomberg
UAE

Networking break

11:30 am 11:50 am The Plenary

Confessions of a FinTech Founder

11:40 am 12:00 pm Future Forum
Future of FinTech/Finance Fireside Chat

HOSAM ARAB

CEO and Co-founder
Tabby
UAE
MODERATOR

MARK WALKER

Editorial Director
The Fintech Times
United Kingdom

What Web 3.0 can offer to financial services?  

11:50 am 12:30 pm The Plenary
Crypto, Web3 & DeFi Panel

JONATHAN HAYES

Head of Digital Assets Development
Julius Baer
Switzerland

STACI WARDEN

CEO
Algorand Foundation
USA

UMAR FAROOQ

CEO, Onyx by JP Morgan; Global Head of Financial Institution Payments
JP Morgan
USA

Ebru Pakcan

Managing Director, Middle East and Africa Cluster Head,
Citi
UAE
MODERATOR

BRYAN ZHENG ZHANG

Co-Founder and Executive Director Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge
Judge Business School
UK

The launch of the Crypto Oasis Ecosystem Report 2023 – Spring Edition

11:50 am 12:10 pm Innovation
Report Launch

Saqr M. Ereiqat

Co-Founder
Crypto Oasis
UAE

Crypto and the evolving regulatory framework

12:00 pm 12:40 pm Future Forum
Crypto, Web3 & DeFi Panel

Jack Hardman

Partner
Clifford Chance
UAE

Navin Gupta

MD MENA & SA
Ripple Middle East Ltd
UAE

Mohammad Raafi Hossain

Co-founder and CEO
Fasset
UAE

Joseph Dallago

Co-founder and CEO
Rain
UAE
MODERATOR

UGUR KOYLUOGLU

Vice Chairman for Financial Services and the Global Head of Digital Assets
Oliver Wyman
USA

Reimagining Financial Services in Education – Is Verticalization the way forward?

12:10 pm 12:30 pm Innovation
Tech Talk

Haseeb Ahmed

Co founder
zenda
UAE

What’s working to build utility and what’s not?

12:30 pm 12:50 pm The Plenary
Crypto, Web3 & DeFi Fireside Chat

BRAD GARLINGHOUSE

CEO
Ripple
USA
MODERATOR

DAN MURPHY

Anchor and Correspondent
CNBC
UAE

Digital Assets – What does it mean for financial institutions?

12:40 pm 1:10 pm Future Forum
Future of FinTech/Finance Fireside Chat

GEOFF KOT

Global Head, FM Electronic Trading & Platforms
Standard Chartered Bank
Singapore

OLA YOUNIS DOUDIN

CEO & Co-founder
BitOasis
UAE
MODERATOR

Saqr M. Ereiqat

Co-Founder
Crypto Oasis
UAE

Networking Lunch

12:50 pm 1:40 pm The Plenary

Revolutionizing Alternative Investments: Innovative Approach for Financial Institutions

1:00 pm 1:15 pm Innovation
Tech Talk

Mila Khrapchenko

Co-CEO
Ameetee Technologies Ltd.
Israel

The world of finance: Where are the women?

1:10 pm 1:30 pm Future Forum
Future of FinTech/Finance Fireside Chat

MARINA DIMOVA

Global Director, Financial Industry and Network Advocacy
Women's World Banking
USA
MODERATOR

MARK WALKER

Editorial Director
The Fintech Times
United Kingdom

Bringing traditional assets on Blockchain

1:15 pm 1:30 pm Innovation
Tech Talk

Alex Shevchenko

CEO
Aurora Labs
Ukraine

How Fintech can catalyze growth in the Middle East 

1:30 pm 1:45 pm Future Forum
Digital payments Fireside Chat

Otto Williams

Senior Vice President, Head of Product, Partnerships and Digital Solutions, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Visa
UAE
MODERATOR

Tom Woolf

Founder & CEO
EdAid
UAE

Boosting e-commerce in Uzbekistan with halal BNPL service Uzum Nasiya

1:30 pm 1:45 pm Innovation
Tech Talk

Roman Lavrentiev

Chief Operating Officer
Uzum
Uzbekistan

Building Sustainable Startup Ecosystems

1:40 pm 2:00 pm The Plenary
Venture investment & Wealth Fireside Chat

Courtney Powell

Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner
500 Global
USA
MODERATOR

Brandy Scott

Presenter
Arabian Radio Network
UAE

Defi for Financial Institutions, better user experience as a driver of mass adoption

1:45 pm 2:00 pm Innovation
Tech Talk

Sergej Kunz

Co-founder
1inch Network
UAE

Networking Lunch

1:45 pm 2:20 pm Future Forum

Defi for Financial Institutions, better user experience as a driver of mass adoption

1:45 pm 2:00 pm

Sergej Kunz

Co-founder
1inch Network
UAE

Can fintech make globalisation more successful?

2:00 pm 2:15 pm Innovation
Fireside Chat

Anurag Bajaj

Global Head, Banks and Fintech
Standard Chartered
Singapore
MODERATOR

Abeer Abu Omar

Reporter
Bloomberg
UAE

Igniting global growth from the MENA region

2:00 pm 2:20 pm The Plenary
ESG, Sustainability & Macroeconomics Fireside Chat

H.E. ABDULLAH BIN TOUQ AL MARRI

Cabinet Member & UAE Minister of Economy
UAE
MODERATOR

DAN MURPHY

Anchor and Correspondent
CNBC
UAE

Telcos role in the rapidly evolving Finance industry: are they competing with or complementary to existing players?

2:20 pm 2:35 pm Future Forum
Embedded & Open finance Fireside Chat

Melike Kara Tanrikulu

CEO, e& money
e&
UAE
MODERATOR

KARL TLAIS

CEO
iAdvisory
UAE

The global economic storm: Are emerging markets the silver lining?

2:20 pm 2:50 pm The Plenary
ESG, Sustainability & Macroeconomics Fireside Chat

Ahmed Abdelaal

Group Chief Executive Officer
Mashreq
UAE

Ahmed GALAL ISMAIL

CEO
Majid Al Futtaim Holding
UAE
MODERATOR

Brandy Scott

Presenter
Arabian Radio Network
UAE

A new credit prospect. Buy Now, Pay Later?

2:35 pm 3:15 pm Future Forum
Digital payments Panel

AHMAD ALWAZZAN

EVP & Managing Director - UAE
Tap Payments
UAE

ALI AL-SAEED

Chief Executive Officer
BluePay
Iraq

Tariq Sheikh

CEO
Postpay
UAE

Ali Imran

Chief Operating Officer
Commercial Bank of Dubai
UAE
MODERATOR

Arjun Vir Singh

Partner
Arthur D. Little
UAE

The UAE: Recognising the transformative potential of the crypto-economy

2:50 pm 3:10 pm The Plenary
Crypto, Web3 & DeFi Fireside Chat

BRIAN ARMSTRONG

Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Coinbase
USA
MODERATOR

MANUS CRANNY

ANCHOR
BLOOMBERG
UAE

MENA – Powering global growth for the region

3:10 pm 3:30 pm The Plenary
Sustainability & Macroeconomics Fireside Chat

PATRICK CHALHOUB

Group President
Chalhoub Group
UAE
MODERATOR

Laura Buckwell

EMCEE
Laura Buckwell
UAE

Why is India a unicorn hub?

3:15 pm 3:35 pm Future Forum
Venture investment & Wealth Fireside Chat

LALIT KESHRE

Co-founder & CEO
Groww
India

Ishan Bansal

Co-founder
Groww
India
MODERATOR

Abdallah Al Jouaid

Finance Reporter
CNN Business Arabic
UAE

What should we learn from FTX & SVB, how does the industry move forward?

3:30 pm 4:10 pm The Plenary
Sustainability & Macroeconomics Panel

PAUL VERADITTAKIT

Managing Partner
Pantera Capital
USA

JONATHAN LARSEN

Chief Innovation Officer of Ping An Group; Chairman & CEO
Ping An Global Voyager Fund Ping An Group
Hong Kong

Lucy Gazmararian

Founder & Managing Partner
Token Bay Capital
Hong Kong

William Bao Bean

Managing Director
Orbit Startups
China
MODERATOR

Sameer Hashmi

Middle East Business Correspondent
BBC News
UAE

Building a resilient and sustainable financial sector in the age of disruption

3:35 pm 4:15 pm Future Forum
ESG, Sustainability & Macroeconomics Panel

Alex Manson

Member
SC Ventures
Singapore

Amnah Ajmal

Executive Vice President, Market Development - EEMEA
Mastercard
UAE

Nameer Khan

Founder of FILS and Chairman
MENA FINTECH ASSOCIATION
UAE

ADAM KHALIFA

Head of EMEA FS, Strategic Partnerships
Google
United Kingdom
MODERATOR

BENJAMIN WORLEY

Chief Executive Officer
Spiro Carbon Group
USA

Virtual Currency Regulation, New York and Beyond

4:10 pm 4:30 pm The Plenary
Regulation & Policy making Fireside Chat

ADRIENNE A. HARRIS

Superintendent
New York State Department of Financial Services
USA
MODERATOR

Jane Witherspoon

Bureau Chief Middle East
Euronews
UAE

Neobank 3.0: The rise of limitless banking

4:15 pm 4:30 pm Future Forum
Future of FinTech/Finance Fireside Chat

SARVJEET SINGH VIRK

Co-founder & Chief Managing Director
Finvasia
India
MODERATOR

Supreet Manchanda

Founding Partner
Raiven Capital
UAE

The Rise of Verticalization in Fintech – Generic is No Longer Enough

4:30 pm 4:45 pm Future Forum
Digital payments Fireside Chat

Raman Thiagarajan

CEO & Founder
zenda
UAE
MODERATOR

Supreet Manchanda

Founding Partner
Raiven Capital
UAE

The Future of Payments: Looking into the Crystal Ball of the Card Networks

4:30 pm 4:55 pm The Plenary
Future of FinTech/Finance Fireside Chat

Saeeda Jaffar

Senior Vice President & Group Country Manager – GCC
VISA
UAE
MODERATOR

Brandy Scott

Presenter
Arabian Radio Network
UAE

Capturing the Opportunity in the Fintech Space

4:55 pm 5:15 pm The Plenary
Future of FinTech/Finance Fireside Chat

Khalifa Al Shamsi

CEO
e& life
UAE
MODERATOR

Sameer Hashmi

Middle East Business Correspondent
BBC News
UAE

Fintech in MENA: A solid foundation for growth

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