The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, in close partnership with the Ministry of the Economy, Luxinnovation, The Luxembourg House of Fintech and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), is organising an

e-Trade Mission to Wisconsin, USA from March 29th to 31st, 2021.

Thanks to the collective efforts of all partners involved, and in view of the current health crisis, a digital programme was developed that will offer a wide range of opportunities to meet key decision makers and make contacts with leading business representatives.

Fintech Innovation. Tuesday, 30 March 2021 – 16:00 – 17:30 CET (9:00 – 10:30 Wisconsin time)

Luxembourg and Wisconsin Fintech leaders share their view on the future of fintech and describe how their ecosystem will meet those challenges.

Moderator: Annick GOERENS

9:00 am CST 16:00 CET

Brief Introduction
Mr. Sam RIKKERS, Deputy Secretary of WEDC

Introduction of the Wisconsin FinTech Ecosystem
Mr. Byron VIELEHR, Chief Digital and Data Officer, Fiserv, Inc.

Introduction to the Luxembourg Fintech Ecosystem
Mr. Alex PANICAN, Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT)

Breakout Rooms (Future of B   ankingor Future of Insurance or Beyond Blockchain)

Roundtable 1 – Future of Banking (55 minutes), Moderator: Ms. Alice Danoy (KPMG)

Panel of Experts (35 min)

• Mr. Byron C. VIELEHR, Chief Digital and Data Officer at FISERV
• Ms. Rose OSWALD-POELS, President and CEO Wisconsin Bankers Association
• Ms. Ananda KAUTZ, Head of Innovation at ABBL’s Luxembourg
• Mr. Jacques PUTZ, CEO Luxhub
• Mr. Thibault DE BARSY, General Manager EPA EU

Q&A (20 min)

Roundtable 2 – Future of Insurance (55 minutes) (Moderated by Mr. Mike ANSAY)

Panel of Experts (35 min)

• Craig SCHEDLER, Managing Director Future Ventures Northwestern Mutual
• Alex KUBICEK, CEO UnderstoryWeather
• Laura SIEVERT, CUNA Mutual Group
• Marc HOTTON, Head of Innovation, Foyer Group
• Frederic MOIOLI, Managing Director Luxembourg, Lingua Custodia
• Thomas FRIEDERICH, CEO, Earthlab

Q&A (20 min)

Roundtable 3 – Beyond Blockchain (55 minutes), Moderator: Mr. Frank Roessig, (Head of Digital Solution @ Proximus)

Panel of Experts (35 min)

• Frank ROESSIG, Head of Digital Solution at Proximus
• Emilie ALLAERT, Head of Operations and Projects at LHoFT, and Leader of the Luxembourg Blockchain Lab.
• Tobias SEIDL, Co-Founder and Strategist at Stokr
• Radu STATE, Head of Sedan at SnT (University of Luxembourg)
• David KRAUSE, PhD Professor of Finance at Marquette University
• Bruce ROSENHEIMER, BlockTimeFinancial
• David MCININCH, SVP of Strategy, Marketing and Product Management, Account Processing Solutions Group – Fiserv
• Girish RAMACHANDRA, Technology Industry Leader, WIPFLI

Q&A (20 min)

Q&A (5 min). Moderator closes the event.

For the full agenda, click here