Resilience, a key ingredient for all financial industry stakeholders
2021-05-11 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Luxembourg)
Join this special Finance Digital Strategy Event on winning recipes and lesson learned with the participation of EBRC, Finologee, Hagen Advisory and ISACA Luxembourg.
Note :
The session will be solely in English
Please note that prior registration is mandatory. These sessions are reserved for business users and end clients.
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Digital Assets and the Future of Finance, a Luxembourg Perspective
2021-06-09 16:00 - 16:30
The LHoFT is proud to be part of the Amsterdam Fintech Week, by Holland Fintech.
The LHoFT and Holland Fintech are both members of the Talent Route Network, the first network of Innovation Hubs across Europe.
Amsterdam Fintech Week, in short XFW, gathers all stakeholders and players active in the ecosystem of digital finance. The goal is to connect players within the European Fintech space and to involve key stakeholders to participate. While enabling the market to do its work, XFW also wants to explore how we can make financial services more accessible, understandable, and impactful.
The LHoFT is happy to organize and moderate a panel during the Amsterdam Fintech Week gathering key Luxembourg stakeholders discussing the Future of Finance around Digital Assets perspectives, impacts, and challenges.
Indeed, Blockchain technology is not only changing the financial industry but also redefining the meaning of value. What are some key trends and uses cases in the investment industry?
Discover how the revolution has already started in Luxembourg with:

Paolo Brignardello from FundsDLT,
Petra Krizan from The BlockHouse Technology,
Benjamin Zemmour from Scorechain,
moderated by Daniele Calderai from the LHoFT

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The Expert Corner - Key Legal Strategies for Digital Assets Fundraising
2021-06-14 11:30 - 12:00
Welcome to the LHoFT Expert Corner introducing you to high-end legal, tax, and corporate experts. Each session delivers rapid up-to-date best practices, followed by exclusive one-on-ones.
AGENDA
Get an inside look at digital assets fundraising mechanisms, legal strategies to consider, and which frameworks apply.
11h30 am – Introduction & Use-Case
Your Digital Assets Fundraising Strategy and legal aspect to consider
11h50 am – Q&A with the audience
Attend the LHoFT expert corner with Aurélien Hollard and Aurélia Viemont from CMS Luxembourg on Monday, June 14th, and book your exclusive one-on-one for Monday, June 21st starting at 12h00 pm HERE ( the slot on June 21st is only available to attendees of the first session)

Under The Hood Of ESG Investing : What Is The Real Impact In The Benelux ?
2021-06-22 16:00 - 17:35
LHoFT, Holland FinTech and FinTech Belgium have joined forces to share essential insights on ESG developments and the relevance for fintech in the Benelux.
Sustainability has become a hot topic across industries, including financial services:

The European Green Deal aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent in 2050.
The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) requires the integration of sustainability risks into investment decision-making and advisory processes applying to both financial market participants and financial advisers.
There are still a lot of businesses applying greenwash advertising showing pictures of windmills and waterfalls without changing their underlying business models.

So where does that bring us today ? How are financial services companies responding to these critical changes in the regulatory environment ? And how to execute the required transformation successfully ?
To answer these questions, LHoFT, Holland FinTech and FinTech Belgium have joined forces to share essential insights on ESG developments in the Benelux. Environmental, social and governance aspects have become such an important topic for our FinTech communities that we have decided to organise 3 different sessions.
In this first digital MeetUp we will mainly focus on the Environmental part. Next meetups will zoom in on the ‘Social’ and ‘Governance’ aspects of ESG.
Our program will consist of a selection of key stakeholders sharing how they achieve lasting impact in their domains, from across the BeNeLux :
Hear from Blackfin, Blackrock, LabelR, Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Greenomy. More speakers to be announced soon!
Please register free of charge for this online MeetUp. There will be an online networking opportunity right after the webinar.

Cyber Security Breakfast #49
2021-09-30 08:45 - 22:30
08:45-09:00
Virtual Room Opening
09:00 – 09:20
Keynote
How can cyber insurance help protect & recover from a crisis?
by Guillaume Del Pizzo, Client Executive at Marsh Luxembourg
Bringing together all the players of a cyber incident around the same table so that everyone can share his/her vision, motivation and challenges, is essential.
In an economy that is rapidly digitalizing, cyber risk is still poorly understood. Businesses have failed to appreciate the danger as hackers gain expertise.
A cyber law risk management strategy is based on three fundamental pillars: prevention, crisis management and insurance.
A good preparation to crisis management can significantly reduce the operational and financial impact of a cyber attack. A shorter crisis allows for a faster return to a normal life and less loss.
Cyber risk – like pandemic risk – is potentially systemic: without an adequate insurance, companies facing a large-scale cyber attack will see their future threatened.
Our experts will share with you some best practices on how to protect yourself and more especially how to recover.
09:20
Roundtable discussion with :
Astrid Wagner, Partner – Arendt
Christophe Bianco, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Excellium Services
Guillaume Del Pizzo, Client Executive at Marsh Luxembourg
Guy-Philippe Goldstein, Strategic Advisor, Expon Capital
Moderation: Pascal Steichen, CEO, SECURITYMADEIN.LU
10:15
Q&A

Tech Talk with EMATA, the future of farmers financing
2021-10-06 12:00 - 13:00
EMATA, focuses on making farmer financing right; tackling a huge paradox in Africa where agriculture accounts for 80% of employment and 30% of GDP but only 3% of lending.
Join Manon Loison, Head of Marketing @The LHoFT and InFiNe.lu for a conversation with Bram van den Bosch, CEO and co-founder of EMATA a Ugandan Fintech Company facilitating farmer financing in East Africa thanks to a digital and affordable financial solution which simplifies the cooperative day-to-day operations.
The free system, data-driven decision-making, enables to offer affordable loans that are tailored to the needs of each farmer.
EMATA is the winner of the accelerator programme CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa 2021 designed by the LHoFT Foundation, funded by Luxembourg’s Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, and supported by many partners and stakeholders including our long-lasting partner InFine.
To read the speakers’ biographies click here
Registration:
Send a email to contact@infine.lu before October 4.
This member-only event is digital and in English and is jointly organised with our member, the LHoFT Foundation.

Under The Hood Of ESG Investing : Social Aspects Of Financial Services
2021-10-28 16:00 - 17:30
About This Event

LHoFT, Holland FinTech, and FinTech Belgium have joined forces to share essential insights on ESG developments and the relevance for fintech in the Benelux. Register today !
How Do You Measure And Steer Your Social Impact?
The social side (S) of ESG in financial services has many aspects, including Financial Inclusion (making sure people have access to essential financial services, regardless of wealth, age, education + gender), Accessibility (in terms of cost and friction, but also understandability), Diversity & Inclusion (moving towards a more diverse and inclusive industry, Financial Literacy (often going hand in hand with Digital Literacy: can all people harness the power of digital financial services?).
At the highest level, how do you responsibly run a profitable, sustainable business that does not deplete natural resources or actually repletes harm that has been done in the past? How can the abstract world of financial services become a catalyst for good in the physical world? The social aspects are key when it comes to investing, financing, and providing services to any kind of party.
During this session, we’ll share insights and address the following questions:

What is driving financial service companies to do good (and no harm)?
How do they measure effects and influence the outcome of their involvement?
How can they live up to the changing demands of society?
How does technology support this movement?
And how can we build a responsible environment where everyone belongs and people feel welcome, valued, and respected?

Preliminary Agenda
The session will be moderated by Patricia Boydens, Vice-President of FinTech Belgium.
The following speakers are confirmed:

Claire Godding, Senior Expert on Inclusion at Febelfin
Eline Talboom, Partner at We are Jane
Liesbeth van der Kruit, CSR Director at Achmea
Sara Kaiser from Luxembourg Tech School
Annette Houtekamer, Co-Founder of IBISA
Astrid Bruinsma-Eggink, CEO Sofie

Please register free of charge for this online Zoom event.

FOCUS ON 2022
2021-12-15 10:30 - 12:00
FOCUS ON 2022

Luxembourg for Finance invites you to join our livestream session:
FOCUS ON 2022
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
10:30-12:00 CET
It is the final act of 2021. A year which has seen sustainable finance become ever more entrenched in global financial services, markets have been characterised by wild pandemic-driven swings, and inflation has risen to the highest levels in over a decade in many regions.
As the dramatic year draws to a close, we look towards 2022 and what it might have in store for financial services.
We’re joined by Yves Mersch, Former Executive Board Member of the European Central Bank, who will share his views on the economic recovery from Covid, digitalisation in financial services and the upcoming trends and challenges we could face.
He is followed by a panel discussion with experts from InvesTRe, Citibank Europe, BlackRock and BGL BNP Paribas, who will delve into what we can expect from 2022 for financial services and the overall economic environment.
Interactive polls and a Q&A session will provide our audience the opportunity to engage with our experts.
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Romanian AI Startups in Luxembourg (In Romanian)
2022-02-23 12:00 - 13:30
REN WEBINAR adresat profesioniștilor și companiilor in domeniul AI – ecosistemul luxemburghez și oportunitățile pentru companiile românești

About this event

Sunteți invitați la un prim eveniment REN pe tema inteligenței artificiale.
Luxemburg a ridicat digitalizarea și inteligenta artificiala la nivel de prioritate guvernamentala acum câțiva ani și de atunci rezultatele nu au întârziat sa apară.

Ambition #1: – To be among the most advanced digital societies in the world, especially in the EU
Ambition #2: – To become a data-driven and sustainable economy
Ambition #3: – To support human-centric AI development

Un număr impresionant de profesioniști români activează azi in Luxembourg cu succes in acest domeniu. In acest eveniment va propunem sa ii întâlnim pe câțiva dintre ei, sa aflam împreuna ce facilitați oferă ecosistemul luxemburghez si nu in cele din urma sa descoperim cat mai mulți antreprenori de succes in domeniu din Romania. In următoarea etapa ne propunem sa facilitam accesul antreprenorilor români cu soluții promițătoare la oportunitățile din Marele Ducat de Luxembourg.
Înscrie-te la webminar ca Vorbitor daca dorești sa prezinți compania ta si soluția pe care o propui. Înscrie-te ca Invitat, daca dorești doar sa urmărești discuțiile si sa interacționezi cu vorbitorii.
Seria de evenimente Rețeaua Antreprenorilor Români din Luxemburg și Marea Regiune (pe scurt REN) este una din inițiativele importante Romlux din ultimii ani. A fost lansată de Romlux în 2013 pentru susținerea antreprenoritalului românesc din Luxembourg și Marea Regiune. Seria de evenimente REN își propune să creeze și să mențină o platformă de comunicare și colaborare pentru antreprenori în vederea susținerii reciproce și a promovării proiectelor care au la bază resurse umane ori capital românesc.
Agenda propusă:

Introducere si set-up Răzvan- Petru Radu (Romlux) & Alex Panican (LhofT)
Keynote AI – Cristian Păun (Forbes Technology Council Official Member)
Keynote SnT si programe de finantare – Radu State (Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust)
Povești de succes din Luxembourg cu antreprenori români: Oxana Turtureanu (digitalUS) / Casius Morea (EmailTree AI)
Invitati – povești de success sau soluții cu potențial din România sau Luxembourg
Concluzii

Under the hood of ESG in Finance: Why Good Governance Matters
2022-03-15 00:00 - 13:30
Join us for the third and final session of the Benelux ESG series as we tackle the “G”: Governance.
Beyond compliance and regulation, we will discuss why Governance is vital to the success of an organization and why it matters when you are a fintech.

Some of the speakers of the event:
Bert Boerman, CEO at Governance.com
Wouter Dhont, Consultant at Lighthouse Compliance
Vincent Defour, CEO at Trensition
Monique Bachner , Board Member at Luxembourg Institute of Administrators
