Say Hello to the Fintech Week, say Hello to the Fintech World - Fintech Week Lithuania
2020-06-02

Say Hello to the Fintech Week, say Hello to the Fintech World

The Fintech Week Lithuania, an online event that spans over the course of four days, will attempt to open the doors to look inside the issues and opportunities that the finance industry is facing today. We say finance, not fintech, because finance and technology are inseparable items today- or are they? Innovation leaders of banks, such as Swedbank and SEB will give insights about what does it mean for the traditional, incumbent players of the financial industry to compete with new, young entrants to the market, who often seem to be quicker and more agile. Will the traditional financial services players keep their market share and interest among customers? Who leads innovation, software-as-a-service (SaaS) or customer facing fintechs? Hear the insights from Sarah Kocianski, the head of research at 11:FS- a leading company that provides digital transformation solutions for the financial services industry. A well-known SaaS provider Mambu, which allows banks to deploy innovative products while taking into account cumbersome legacy systems, will give their views on the first day of the Fintech Week Lithuania. The startup has successfully established its engineering base in Lithuania- a country that has proven to have a solid legislation and ecosystem for fintech businesses.

The Covid- 19 crisis will redraw the economic landscape of many countries and it is already significantly affecting the businesses. As the crisis has only started to show its impact, the questions arise- how will this affect the startups? The Fintech Week Lithuania has invited finance and investment experts from the U.S.A. and VC professionals from Lithuania to explore the potential impact to the startup business and fundraising. Tune in the Fintech Week Lithuania to watch and hear Gytenis Galkis- a ‘licensed unicorn hunter’ of 70 Ventures and Darius Rugevičius- the founder of Connect Capital, who is frequently found by the VC deal tables in the U.S. and Asia. Investment Manager Kadeem Clarke of Market X will join the Fintech Week Lithuania from New York, while Tony Greenberg, who helps a star Lithuanian startup NOIA to navigate the U.S. investment and tech waters, will connect from Los Angeles, California.

The times of crisis, the times of today, have intensified the market conditions. The lawyers say that the pandemic created a ‘perfect storm for fraud’ in the markets, while the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has said in a report that Covid-19 has created financial vulnerabilities. What are they? Cybersecurity is of a great importance, more than ever before, especially for the financial institutions. The Fintech Week Lithuania will take a close look at the increased risks in the current environment with no less than prominent experts from Israel and Germany.  May Michelson of GK8- an Israeli cybersecurity firm that safeguards digital assets, and Malte Pollmann of Ultimaco- a solid cyber player from Germany, whose products have protected the World against terrorism and organised crime- will share their advice and guidelines.

Besides the winning of the market share, cybersecurity and compliance are arguably taking the second most important place for fintechs. Without proper compliance, Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Know- Your- Customer (KYC) procedures- there is no sustainable business or future. Fintechs, like the incumbent banks and financial institutions, are vulnerable not only to cybersecurity threats, but also to bad actors, therefore, proper compliance procedures are a must. During the Fintech Week Lithuania, we will hear insights from an advisor to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Joseph Weinberg, who has also contributed in drafting legislations for a number of countries. Federica Taccogna will open the eyes for the audience to the world of financial crime and explain to what lengths the criminals go to clean their dirty laundry.

If this is not stimulating your mind yet- tune in for a panel that will blow your brains. Cryptographer Ian Grigg- a creator of Ricardian contracts, besides many other significant fascinating initiatives, and Constantinos Sgantzos-a theoretical physicist, biochemist, and expert in bioinformatics- will present their research about Artificial Intelligence implementations on the blockchain. These leading minds eat topics such as cellular automata, genetic algorithms, and Turing machine for breakfast. No, it is not about cryptocurrencies and whether the Bitcoin will go up or down- it is a fascinating technical research that will open your eyes.

But, how is the digital world with digital banking and digital payment institutions without digital money?  Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner, who is ranked among the top 30 leading German economists, will talk about programmable digital Euro. He will be accompanied by Pavel Kravchenko- a cryptographer and the founder of Distributed Lab- who has already shown Ukraine what does it mean to create a digital national currency.

Naturally, the Fintech Week Lithuania will not forget the chefs, who have created the pie. The Fintech Week Lithuania will hold fintech startup pitch battles and culminate in the fintech awards- tune in to see who took the leading positions this year.

Opening greetings will be sent by Lithuania’s Minister of Finance, Vilius Šapoka and Pēteris Zilgalvis of the European Commission, Head of Unit, Digital Innovation and Blockchain.

Say Hello to the Fintech Week, say Hello to the Fintech World.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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15 June | USA | GMT +3 /
Time
Topic
Speakers
16:00 - 16:20
WELCOME ADDRESS

Vilius Šapoka, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania
Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, Minister of Energy, Acting Minister of the Economy and Innovation 

16:20 - 16:30
OPENING

Aurimas Danielius, moderator

16:30 - 16:50
FINTECH, BLOCKCHAIN: INNOVATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGULATION

Pēteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit, Digital Innovation and Blockchain @ European Commission

16:50 - 17:00
INTERVIEW WITH BANKERA, WINNER OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION #EUVSVIRUS HACKATHON

Vytautas Karalevičius, Co-founder @ Bankera

17:00 - 17:40
THE FUTURE OF FINTECH AFTER THE COVID CRISIS

Chris Skinner, Author, commentator and troublemaker

17:40 - 18:30
CHALLENGERS VS INCUMBENTS: AGILITY AND CUSTOMER ACQUISITION – WHO WON, WHO LOST?

Jean Louis Van Houwe (moderator) Founder & CEO @ Monizze, President of the Board
@ Fintech Belgium

Šarūnas Legeckas, General Manager Greater Europe @ N26

Jeffrey Alberts, Partner @ Pryor Cashman LLP

Mantas Staliūnas, CEO @ Verifo

18:30 - 18:45
INTERVIEW

Linas Beliūnas, Influencer, Country Manager, Europe @ Flutterwave

18:45 - 19:30
PANEL: WHO LEADS INNOVATION: BANKING-AS-A-SERVICE OR CUSTOMER-FACING FINTECHS?

Douglas Mackenzie (moderator) Head Series Producer & Host @ Fintech Finance
Andy Patton
, CCO @ Contis
Benjamin Ensor, Director of Research @ 11:FS
Andrius Bagdonavičius, Managing Director @ Mambu Lithuania
Erika Maslauskaitė, Chief Business Development Officer @ Inventi

19:30 - 20:30
PANEL: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IMPLEMENTATIONS ON BLOCKCHAIN. USE CASES AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS

George Papageorgiou (moderator), Independent Bitcoin Researcher
Konstantinos Sgantzos, Theoretical Physicist, Biochemist, Bioinformatics
Ian Grigg, Cryptographer

20:30 - 21:20
OWNING YOUR DATA

Brittany Kaiser, Activist, Founder @ Own Your Data Foundation

16 June | ASIA | GMT +3 /
Time
Topic
Speakers
11:00 - 11:03
OPENING

Aurimas Danielius, moderator

11:03 - 12:00
PANEL: DIGITAL ASSETS AND THE FUTURE OF CAPITAL MARKETS

Oz Sultan (moderator) Chief Information Officer @ PAC Global
Andrius Bartminas, CEO @ Super How?
Stephanie Brennan, CEO @ Evarvest
Dotun Rominiyi, Blockchain & Innovation Strategy @ London Stock Exchange

12:00 - 12:50
PANEL: HAS THE CRISIS HELPED COMPANIES SHIFT FROM BEING PRODUCT-CENTRIC TO CUSTOMER CENTRIC, ARE THEY READY FOR CONSUMER OF 2021?

Nick Price (moderator) CEO & Founder @ Bright Purple, Director @ Primed
Agnė Selemonaitė, Deputy CEO & Board Member @ ConnectPay
Peter Oakes, Board Director @ TransferMate Global Payments & Founder @ Fintech Ireland
Anastasija Oleinika, CEO @ TWINO Group

12:50 - 13:35
PANEL: SME AND MICRO LOANS: ENABLING THE RECOVERY

Dovilė Burgienė (moderator) Co-founder & Managing Partner @ Walless
Jarkko Mäensivu
, CEO @ Saldo Finance
Kęstutis Motiejūnas, CEO @ Invega
Audrius Griškevičius, Head of SME lending @ Finbee
Brian Reaves, CEO @ Factris

13:35 - 14:20
PANEL: PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL EURO

Dr. Audrius Kabašinskas (moderator) Assoc. Prof. @ KTU, Council Member @ ECMI
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner, Head of the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center
Dr. Pavel Kravchenko, CEO & Co-founder @ Distributed Lab

14:20 - 15:20
WORKSHOP | FINTECH TRENDS: WHAT ARE VCS LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW?

Jonė Vaitulevičiūtė, Partner @ Startup Wise Guys

17 June | EUROPE | GMT +3 /
Time
Topic
Speakers
13:00 - 13:05
OPENING

Aurimas Danielius, moderator

13:05 - 14:15
FINTECH PITCH BATTLE
14:25 - 15:20
PANEL: THE MOST EXCITING COVID-19 CRISIS INNOVATIONS THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF FINTECHS

Paulius Tarbūnas (moderator) Head of Fintech Lithuania @ Infobalt
Douglas Mackenzie, Head Series Producer & Host @ Fintech Finance
Kęstutis Gardžiulis, Founder & CIO @ Etronika
Vytautas Karalevičius, Co-founder & Chairman of the Board @ Pervesk
Jesper Carvalho Andersen, Chairman @ GREEN EQUITY SGP

15:20 - 15:50
PANEL: AML AND KYC – NEW KING?

Alexandre Pinot (moderator) Founding Member @ ACAMS Baltic Chapter & MLRO & Head of Vilnius Office @ SONECT
Joseph Weinberg, Special Advisor @ OECD & FATF
Federica Taccogna, Senior Managing Director @ FTI Consulting
Steve Hancock, Director & Co-founder @ AML Analytics

15:50 -16:00
REFLECTION ON THE PANEL

Domantas Čiuldė, CEO @ IDenfy

16:00 - 16:50
PANEL: DRIVING THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

Alex Gibb (moderator) Partner @ Katalista Ventures
Dovilė Grigienė, CEO @ Swedbank Lithuania
Keesa Schreane, Senior Executive in Financial Services, Host & Executive Producer @ Refinitiv
Otavio Lopes, Deputy Portfolio Manager @ International Finance Corporation
Jacek Kubas, Associate Director @ EBRD

16:50 - 17:50
PANEL: CYBERSECURITY: INCREASED RISKS IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT

Živilė Nečejauskaitė (moderator) Director of Marketing and Communication @ NRD Cyber Security
May Michelson, Senior Director of Global Sales @ GK8
Malte Pollmann, CSO @ Utimaco
Thomas Kerbl, Team Lead/Principal Security Consultant @ SEC Consult Group
Dr. Rytis Rainys, Director @ National Cyber Security Center of Lithuania

17:50 - 18:35
PANEL: SCALING YOUR FINTECH IN TIME OF CRISIS: MISSION (IM)POSSIBLE?

Ieva Paulauskienė (moderator) Investment Advisor for Fintech @ Invest Lithuania
Nigel Verdon
, CEO @ Railsbank
Sigutė Kuncevičiūtė, CEO @ SumUp EU Payments
Stefano Vaccino, CEO @ Yapily

18 June | USA | GMT +3 /
Time
Topic
Speakers
15:00 - 15:05
OPENING

Aurimas Danielius, moderator

15:05 - 16:15
FINTECH PITCH BATTLE
16:15 - 16:50
PANEL: SURVIVING CRISIS: BEST PRACTISES AND TIPS FOR STARTUPS

Vytautas Černiauskas (moderator) Expert at Civitta/Startup Division
Jean-Baptiste (JB) Daguené
, Partner @ 70Ventures
Tony Greenberg, CEO & Founder @ RampRate

16:50 - 17:40
PANEL: NEW VALUATIONS: FUNDRAISING AND BUSINESS FINANCING DURING AND AFTER COVID-19 CRISIS

Alex Gibb (moderator) Partner at Katalista Ventures
Gytenis Galkis, Partner & Licensed Unicorn Hunter at 70Ventures
Kadeem Clarke, Founder of Clarke Global Marketing
Balder Bomans, CIO @ Maven 11 Capital

17:40 - 17:50
BREAK
17:50 - 18:45
LITHUANIAN FINTECH AWARDS
18:45 - 19:10
HOW LITHUANIA BECAME A MAJOR FINTECH HUB?

Rugilė Stonytė, Senior Investment Advisor for Fintech @ Invest Lithuania

19:10 - 19:55
PANEL: RE-SKILLING & CONTINUOUS EDUCATION FOR DIGITAL AGE

Inga Karulaitytė (moderator) Partner @ ECOVIS ProventusLaw
Shilpa Arora
, AML Director for the EMEA @ ACAMS
Dr. Saulius Masteika, Assoc. Professor of Computational Finance & Chair of Fintech study program @ Vilnius University
Dr. Marius Laurinaitis, Associate Professor @ Mykolas Romeris University
Prof. Marinos Themistocleous, Associate Dean, School of Business, Director Institute For the Future