Paris Fintech Forum is a significant event on the LHoFT calendar every January, kicking off the year in style with an impressive delegation. This edition is no different, and we’ll be joined by more than 40 companies from the list of LHoFT members, fellows, partners, and friends.
In addition to dropping by at the LHoFT stand (S46) for a chat, we’ve also put together a few recommended panels, pitches and workshops where you will also be able find our delegates and friends. You wont want to miss them!
JANUARY 29th
Grand Auditorium
9:40 – Panel with Christine Lagarde, IMF: “The future of finance at fintech time: New opportunities, new risks, new challenges”
16:40 – Panel with Leanne Kemp, Everledger: “Blockchain & Crypto: the state of the union”
Paris Stage
11:20 – Panel with James Hickson, Mash: What new technologies are most impacting consumer finance?
12:00 – Panel with Oliver Schimek, Crosslend and Lauren Fradgley, EIF: Marketplace debt as an asset class
14:20 – Panel with Pascal Bouvier, MiddleGame Ventures and Nigel Verdon, Railsbank: Platform is the new Black (banking as a service)
Room A
Pitch Session 1 – Apiax, CarPay-Diem, Cybertonica
Pitch Session 2 – DreamQuark, Everledger
Pitch Session 3 – Koosmik, Neuroprofiler, Active Asset Allocation
Pitch Session 4 – StarTalers, Scanovate
Room B
9:00 – Panel with Adina Grigoriu, Active Asset Allocation: Robo advisors: where are the results?
9:40 – Panel with Gaelle Haag, StarTalers: It is not so easy to save and invest money
10:15 – Panel with Tiphaine Saltini, Neuroprofiler: How to digitize incubent wealth business?
15:00 – Panel with Nasir Zubairi, LHoFT & Ben Robinson, Temenos: Bank & Fintech cooperation: myths & realities
Room C
11:35 – ‘Ask Me Anything’ session with Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple
12:20 – ‘Ask Me Anything’ session with Viola Llewellyn, Ovamba
17:00 Startup Pitch Winner
JANUARY 30th
Grand Auditorium
10:20 – Panel with Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple: Let’s send the money
11:50 – Panel with Frédéric Oudéa, Société Générale and Viola Llewellyn, Ovamba: The 3 pillars of the finance industry digital transformation: responsibility, diversity, cooperation
16:40 – Panel with the Luxembourg Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna: What Europe for digital finance & fintech industry?
Paris Stage
14:30 – Panel with Luc Falempin, Tokeny: Are Security Token Offerings the new IPOs?
17:25 Panel with Charlene Chen, BitPesa: Inclusive Blockchain — The Rise of Financial Inclusion
Room A
9:50 – Panel with Nicolas Meric, DreamQuark: AI in finance: the end of the beginning, be prepared for the future
11:20 – Panel with Nasir Zubairi, LHoFT CEO: New risks for digital finance
16:40 – Panel with Frédéric Stiernon, CarPay-Diem: Is their still a role for Prepaid and Emoney given every new challenger seems to be a bank?
Room B
9:00 – Regtech track hosted by Jonathan Prince, Finologee
12:00 – Panel with James Hickson, Mash: How Regulation can help & support fintech development
Room C
14:20 – Fintech Pitches by the LHoFT in partnership with Finance Innovation
Room D
15:20 – Workshops with Deloitte: The Upside methodology: A crash course in optimizing your Proof of Concept approach
Innovation & Networking Lounge with Lounge 1 sponsored by BNP Paribas
See the full agenda including a map of the venue here.