09:30 - 10:10
Mobile Payments & digital wallets: playground or battleground?

Digital wallets, a driver towards a cashless society?

• Robert Anghel - Tribe Lead Mobile Payments @ ING Bank
• Sara Rasmussen - Global Head of Sales @ Auka
• Konstantin Djelebov - CEO @ phyre
• Alexandra Manciulea - partner @ Filip & Company
• Alexandra Pahomi - Head of PR & Social Media Emerging Markets @ Fitbit

10:10 - 10:20
ApPello presentation: The impact of digitalization on financial inclusion

• Marius Mardale - Branch Manager @ ApPello Romania

10:30 - 11:20
Fintech & banks: pursuing the quest of financial inclusion

Finding the driving forces behind financial inclusion in emerging markets. 
 

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• Adrian Dinculescu - Partnership & Alliances Manager @ Namirial
• Marius Mardale - Branch Manager @ ApPello Romania
• Raluca Andreica - Director General @ Patria Credit
• Dorin Gaidau - Investment Manager @ Finance in Motion, Advisor to EFSE
• Kostas Tovil - senior Vice President, e-Commerce @ TBI Bank
• Carmen Peli - Partner @ Peli
• Marian Ignat - Executive Director, Digital Banking Division @ BCR

11:40 - 11:50
FinTech OS Presentation - How much faster can Fintech expand your business?

• Sergiu Negut - Co-Founder & Board Director @ Fintech OS

11:50 - 12:30
Mobile Banking, a must have, but how to hook active users?

How to implement lots of features in a mobile banking app while ensuring the KISS* principle? 

*Keep it Simple, Stupid

• Vlad Stănilescu - Chief Digital Transformation Officer @ Raiffeisen Bank Romania
• George Diță - CEO, Innovation Consultant @ WiseUp
• Zoltan Szalai - Digital Banking Solutions Manager @ Thales
• Alexandru Pavelescu - Co-founder @ Romanian Association for User Experience Design

12:30 - 12:45
Keynote speech: Maurizio Poletto, George Labs

• Maurizio Poletto - Managing Director @ George Labs

12:45 - 13:30
Intelligent Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in banking

How AI is disrupting the banking industry? 

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• Cristian Cârstoiu - Partner, Digital Transformation & Analytics @ EY Romania
• Radu Fertonea - Founder @ Paid Analytix
• Tudor Stanciu - co-founder @ Digital 2 Law
• Bogdan Coman - Customer Success Manager - EMEA @ UiPath
• Maurizio Poletto - Managing Director @ George Labs

09:30 - 09:45
Smart FinTech Presentation

• Andrei Dumitru - Executive Partner, Innovation and Technology Services @ IT Smart Systems

09:45 - 10:30
Open banking beyond PSD2: a world of frictionless payments

How to make the most out of Open Banking

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• Andrei Dumitru - Executive Partner, Innovation and Technology Services @ IT Smart Systems
• Rodica Tuchila - Director & Leader of Digitalization Task Force @ Romanian Association of Banks
• Rob van den Elzen - IT Area Lead & Product Lead @ ING Tech
• Alexandra Ovedenie - Senior Managing Associate @ Radu si Asociatii SPRL
• Ermanno Ciarrocchi - Regional Director for Italy and Southeast Europe @ Deposit Solutions

10:30 - 10:45
Keynote speech: Mike Parsons

• Mike Parsons - Chief Innovation Officer @ Qualitance

10:45 - 11:30
Fintech Architects: how to get to market great products?

Discovering the hook factor for your financial product. 
From idea to product, from technology to a viable business.

• Vlad Yatsenko - CTO & Founder @ Revolut
• Mike Parsons - Chief Innovation Officer @ Qualitance
• Doina Chiselita - Senior Consultant, FinTech Strategy @ EY
• Adina China – Birta - Country Manager @ Instant Factoring România

12:00 - 12:45
Investing in Fintechs: hype or reality in Romanian market?

Meet angels and VCs that could invest in your Fintech.

• Ciprian Păltineanu - Angel investor & start-up adviser @
• Andrei Dudoiu - Co-founder @ Human Finance
• Radu Ciorbă - Founder @ Volt & Ocean Credit
• Dan Călugăreanu - Partner @ Early Game Ventures

12:45 - 13:30
Blockchain: reshaping the banking sector

Could Blockchain put an end to the banking industry as we know it?

Must have’s for widespread use and adoption. 

• Cristiana Fernbach - Managing Partner @ Fernbach & Partners - Technology & Privacy Law Firm
• Alex Baloc - Innovation Manager @ Cegeka Romania
• Mihai Ivascu - CEO / Founder @ M3 Holdings / Modex & Moneymailme
• Adrian Stratulat - COO @ Swazm