LHoFT

ALFI Rentrée: The virtual reunion of the Fund Industry
2020-09-14 - 2020-09-18
Description
At ALFI, we have been working hard over these past months to adapt our event calendar to the continued uncertainty around physical gatherings. We are now proud to announce that we have created a brand-new event concept to reconnect the fund industry.
It’s back to school and back to the investment funds community in the week of 14-18 September 2020.
An innovative WEEK of webinars will combine European asset management themes with global distribution topics. It will allow the fund community to come together again, exchange ideas, learn, and re-kindle business relationships in virtual form.
ALFI is organising a whole week of different activities for Luxembourg and the global fund industry that each individual can tailor to his/her interests and needs with a special focus on:

Sustainable investing: case studies, the taxonomy and compliance matters
Impact investing: build back better
An economist’s perspective on the “new normal”

Registration is opening soon
Please contact events@alfi.lu if you have any questions

ICT Spring Europe 2020
2020-09-15 - 2020-09-16
Description
ICT Spring Europe 20/20 – The place where Digital, Tech & Science converge
Organizers have taken up the challenge to design an online experience offering a unique opportunity for visitors, exhibitors and sponsors to boost their business in these uncertain times.
ICT Spring remains the place to foster innovation and leverage international contacts. Take part in an unprecedented experience combining live conferences, virtual exhibitions, remote networking and targeted side events.
LHoFT is pround to sponsor this year ICT Special Edition
Ask for your free entry ticket to the LHoFT Team
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
Walk Down the aisles of this first online edition and enjoy privileged interactions with exhibitors
by sharing their latest news, videos. Exchange views with representatives and meet in one place all the main players of your industry.
LIVESTREAMING
Enjoy a 2-day conference broadcasted online to follow the presentations of international guest speakers, all committed to inspiring the public on the major trends in their respective sectors.
SIDE EVENTS
Discover the first line-up of partners and side’s events in the frame of the digital week by ICT Spring.
NETWORKING
Meet with the professionals of your industry randomly by using a brand new tool developed by
the organisers. It connects people internationally and is launched during ICT Spring. Check out the agenda imagined for the occasion!
WEBINARS
Attend insightful presentations during the 2-day event. Seize this opportunity to advance industry knowledge with experts.

ICT Spring Europe 2020
2020-09-15 08:00 - 2020-09-16 17:00 UTC
ICT Spring Europe 20/20 – The place where Digital, Tech & Science converge
Organizers have taken up the challenge to design an online experience offering a unique opportunity for visitors, exhibitors and sponsors to boost their business in these uncertain times.
ICT Spring remains the place to foster innovation and leverage international contacts. Take part in an unprecedented experience combining live conferences, virtual exhibitions, remote networking and targeted side events.
LHoFT is pround to sponsor this year ICT Special Edition
Ask for your free entry ticket to the LHoFT Team
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
Walk Down the aisles of this first online edition and enjoy privileged interactions with exhibitors
by sharing their latest news, videos. Exchange views with representatives and meet in one place all the main players of your industry.
LIVESTREAMING
Enjoy a 2-day conference broadcasted online to follow the presentations of international guest speakers, all committed to inspiring the public on the major trends in their respective sectors.
SIDE EVENTS
Discover the first line-up of partners and side’s events in the frame of the digital week by ICT Spring.
NETWORKING
Meet with the professionals of your industry randomly by using a brand new tool developed by
the organisers. It connects people internationally and is launched during ICT Spring. Check out the agenda imagined for the occasion!
WEBINARS
Attend insightful presentations during the 2-day event. Seize this opportunity to advance industry knowledge with experts.

Fintech Abu Dhabi: The Search - Germany/Luxembourg
2020-09-16 14:00
Description
Welcome to The Search, Germany/Luxembourg – the tenth stop on FinTech Abu Dhabi’s global tour.
Between June and November, FinTech Abu Dhabi invites you to join its digital tour of 23 countries – scouting for, and hearing from, the founders of the world’s most exciting early stage FinTech startups.
The very best of these startups will be invited to join the prestigious FinTech100 programme, within the FinTech Abu Dhabi Festival, 2020. So, if you are leading a disruptive startup in the financial technology space, make sure you apply to present at the tour stop closest to you. See you there!
FinTech Abu Dhabi 2020 is co-hosted by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and powered by Unbound.
Startups shortlisted:

IBISA – Index based insurance marketplace with satellite adoption.
NDGIT – NDGIT provides the API platform for banking and insurance
NECT – The Self-Service Future of Identity Verification as a Service
OWNLY – The digital family office OWNLY brings together the total assets in one place and allows the aggregation of accounts and deposits with different banks.
Tokeny Solutions – The end-to-end compliant platform to issue, manage and transfer securities on the blockchain.

Judging Panel:

Vishal Sacheendran, Manager – Capital Markets Authorisation Financial Services Regulatory Authority, ADGM
Shu Pui Li, Advisor – Central Bank of UAE
Mark Hudson, Managing Director – Unbound

Register here!

Hacknowledge Webinar - Discover Hacknowledge Software Factory
2020-09-17 11:00
Description
Hacknowledge Webinar – Discover Hacknowledge Software Factory
The expansion of Hacknowledge, and the growing need for new features and tools, has set the necessity of producing more software and improved quality.
Their Software-Factory (SoFa) is the answer to these challenges.
The webinar will answer the following questions:

How does SoFa work?
Why Agile?
How are customer requests handled?

Please join the presentation and bring your questions.Register: use our contact form, subject : webinar

Focus on Switzerland by Luxembourg For Finance
2020-09-22 10:30 - 12:00
Description
Focus on Switzerland by Luxembourg For Finance
Luxembourg for Finance will livestream its digital event Focus on Switzerland on Tuesday, 22 September 2020 from 10h30 to 12h00, honoured by a welcome address by HE Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Minister of Finance.
Please follow our experts online as they discuss topics ranging from Luxembourg solutions for Swiss wealth managers to life insurance and trends in wealth structuration.
Interactive tools such as Q&A and polls will be integrated. A replay video of the panel discussions will be made available on the LFF communications channels.
Online registration will open on Monday, 10 August 2020.
For sponsorship opportunities please contact the LFF events team:

Caroline Hoeltgen
Tatjana Schaefer
Aurélie Zambeaux

Strategy of Innovation: How To Define a Clear Strategy in Uncertain Times
2020-09-25 16:00 - 17:00
Description
In a world in constant (r)evolution, from technological disruptions to economic uncertainty, companies need more than ever to have a clear vision and an adapted strategic approach for their innovation effort in such a turbulent context.
But most classical models for strategy making become irrelevant and don’t provide sufficient “agility” for a company to adapt to its highly turbulent and uncertain environments, even more, important to be ahead of the game. So, what are the tools and proven approaches to defining a clear and winning strategy nowadays? How to identify and seize the right opportunities in a world of technological acceleration, social changes, environmental concerns, economic uncertainties, and global health issues where there are many noises and less clear signals?
Professor in Business Strategy, author and international lecturer, Kamal Bouzinab will share the best strategy frameworks and the best practices from today’s business leaders. He will share his view on the importance of Dynamic capabilities, Foresight, and scenario planning in the innovation process.
Beyond the frameworks and the discussion of various cases, it will be a fascinating session where participants can interact with an international expert in business strategy.
Agenda

Introduction to Strategy in times of uncertainty and turbulence
Frameworks and use cases
Q&A

Speaker’s Biography
Doctor in Business Strategy, Kamal Bouzinab is a full professor of Strategy at the University of Quebec in Montreal, since 2009. He’s also the Director of the Executive MBA Program (EMBA) and former Director of the department of Strategy, Social and Environmental Responsibility. Expert in Corporate Strategy, Governance, Dynamic capabilities and strategic scenario planning, his research focuses on the role of boards of directors in the formation of the strategy, the impact of dynamic capacities and their micro-foundations on strategic innovation and value creation.
He is a co-founder and executive committee member of the Research Group on Strategic Innovation and Governance (GRISG). In 2006, he received the 1st prize in Quebec for his work on innovative practices in corporate governance in the 21 st century, awarded by the consulting firm Mckinsey and Company and the Institute of Corporate Directors (IAS). Before joining the academic world, he worked for more than 15 years for international groups as Vice President of Business Development, director of finance or senior consultant. His experiences have allowed him to develop in-depth knowledge in different industries such as transport, logistics, agri-food, biotechnology, health services and financial services.
Beside teaching Business Strategy and Strategic Intelligence to the Executive MBA and Ph. D. programs at ESG-UQAM, Kamal is a visiting professor in Business Strategy at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, in Peru, at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, in Mexico, at the Bucharest business School in Romania and at La Rochelle Business School, in France.
Upcoming

Wednesday, September 30th – Narrative Strategy: From “Communication Big Idea”, To Pillars and Touchpoints Experience12h00 PM – 1h00 PM (CET)
Wednesdy, October 7th – The Art of Digital Recruitment: How to hire the right talent, online12h00 PM – 1h00 PM (CET)
Wednesday, October 14th – LinkedIn Lead Generation To Exceed Your Sales and Marketing Goals10h00 AM – 11h15 AM (CET)

Fourth edition of the Global Green Finance Index
2020-09-27 11:30 - 17:00
Description
Sponsored by the Mava Foundation, and delivered in partnership by Z/Yen and Finance Watch, the fourth edition of the Global Green Finance Index provides the world’s most authoritative measure of the performance of financial centres in delivering green finance services.
The report, assembled by combining the views of financial professionals from around the world, with quantitative data commissioned and curated from over 130 sources, uses advanced statistical techniques to map the global spread of green finance.
Programme

11:30 : Registration
11:45: Welcome and Introduction (Nicolas Mackel, CEO Luxembourg For Finance)
11:50: Keynote speech
12:00: GGFI 4 Results (Mike Wardle, Head of Indices, Z/Yen)
12:30: Focus On Data (Finance Watch)
12:40: Questions
12:55: Concluding Remarks (Nicolas Mackel)
13:00: Reception And Refreshments
14:15: Close

Narrative Strategy: From “Communication Big Idea”, To Pillars and Touchpoints Experience
2020-09-30 12:00
Description
Narrative Strategy: From “Communication Big Idea”, to Pillars and Touchpoints Experience
In this learning experience, we will link the Brand Positioning with the Narrative Strategy. It has the critical role to deploy the intended brand into the right consumer space, through well-articulated experiences.
Agenda
1. Recap Brand Architecture:
The architecture shows the way a brand connects with the outside world through a mix of performance and promises. We will highlight how the leading brands are built through a clear ambition, values, beliefs, benefits, arguments, personality, and design elements. In successful cases, a brand becomes a magnetic artifact, able to attract a loyal “tribe” of customers
2. Intended target group:
Pen Portrait
3. Narrative Strategy – transforms Positioning into “Communication Big Idea”, Communication pillars and touchpoints experience:

Communication Archetypes: the mix of pure symbols
Communication Big Idea: the organizing narrative umbrella.
Communication Pillars
Narrative Arcs and Touchpoints Experience
We will discuss various examples and will dive into Red Bull and James Bond cases.

Limitation note:
We will highlight the best in class models, which are notorious and successful. Our objective is to study the pre-eminent examples. In communication usually, the best practices come from storytelling industries (like Hollywood) or from FMCG or Service companies. These entities put a huge effort in developing their communication and interaction with their clients and later became a competitive advantage. B2B Organisations usually fail in this aspect, lacking a proper communication focus, at least from the time being. Second, our objective is to learn new ideas, not to solve specific business issues.
Meet Mihai:
Mihai Bonca is a Senior Consultant at Brand Architects. He has an extensive experience involving brand repositioning and renovations. The local and international brands lead by Mihai repeatedly achieved market leadership, while he received more than 25 industry awards for marketing contribution. He helps Boards and CEOs of local and multinational organizations redefining strategies, transforming brands and marketing approach, building roadmaps. In the past, Mihai held Board Member positions and managed four countries as a Group Marketing Director. His expertise ranges from traditional FMCG to B2B and e-Commerce. Mihai holds an MBA degree from Oxford University and contributes towards the new generation of professionals by teaching Marketing Strategy as a Lecturer/ Clinical Expert in different business schools. When not in office, with clients, in conferences or with students, Mihai can be spotted on the basketball court.

Trends and Investment Summit Luxembourg 2020
2020-10-02 12:00 - 17:00
Description

Trends and Investment Summit Luxembourg 2020

Wealth & Investment Management after Covid-19
Exclusive Insights from Luxembourg’s renown specialists
5 Days digital conference during lunch hours
5 Themes that dominate the Wealth & Investment Management after Covid-19.
5 Live keynotes from Luxembourg experts and partners’ specialists
As nothing in our lives will ever be the same after Covid-19, also our generally accepted approach and fundamentals of investing and asset management will have to be reviewed. One thing remains certain anyhow. The Luxembourg community will remain the financial center for all investments and investment professionals, the place where all investment types and flavors are developed.
How do Luxembourg’s experts react and act to a finance world after Covid-19?
What can we, Benelux finance professionals, learn from their insights in how to invest and how to organize investing and asset management in post-Corona times?
The second edition of Trends Investment Summit Luxembourg brings together Luxembourg experts and partners’ specialists in a digital conference around 5 themes that will dominate the Wealth and Investment Management Industry, from Monday, September 28th until Friday, October 2nd during lunch hours.
Check the Full Programm HERE

6th Luxembourg Fintech Conference
2020-10-07 09:00 - 17:00
Description
6th Luxembourg Fintech Conference
Supported by BIL and the LHoFT

AGENDA
9.00: Log in and Welcome: Dirk A. ZETZSCHE, University of Luxembourg
1st Session: Digital Finance Platforms
Moderator: Mark D. COLE, University of Luxembourg
09:15 – 09:35 – Presentation 1: Digital Finance Platforms in Asset Management – Towards a new regulatory paradigm
Ross P. BUCKLEY, UNSW Sydney – Working Paper
09:35 – 09:55 – Presentation 2: Responsible A.I. Credit Scoring
Katja LANGENBUCHER, Goethe University Frankfurt a.M. – Working Paper
09:55 – 10:15 – Presentation 3: Open Banking – the initiatives of the Basel Committee & future trends
Linda JENG, Georgetown University Law Center, Institute for International Economic Law – Report available at https://www.bis.org/bcbs/publ/d486.pdf
10:15 – 10:45: Discussion
Break
11:00: Log in and Welcome, Dirk A. ZETZSCHE, University of Luxembourg
2nd Session: Blockchain, Private and Public Cryptocurrencies – CBDCs
Moderator: Jean-Louis SCHILTZ, University of Luxembourg and Schiltz & Schiltz
11:15 – 11:35 – Presentation 1: From Bitcoin via Libra to the Digital Yuan
Douglas W. ARNER, University of Hong Kong – Working Paper
11:35 – 11:55 – Presentation 2: Central Bank Digital Currencies – the European Perspective Linn C. ANKER-SØRENSEN, University of Oslo and Ernst & Young Norway
11:55 – 12:15 – Presentation 3: Regulating Global Stable Coins Dirk A. ZETZSCHE, University of Luxembourg
12:15 – 12:45 – Discussion
12:45 – 13:00 – Summary and Closing Remarks: Mark D. COLE, University of Luxembourg
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ONLINE CONFERENCE – Free of charge Registration is compulsory
Email to: fintech@uni.lu
More information: meike.philipp-ries@uni.lu

The Art of Digital Recruitment: How to hire the right talent, online
2020-10-07 12:00
Description
Since social distancing, self-isolating, and working from home has become the new norm, recruiting and hiring has brought new make-or-break challenges. The steps HR and hiring managers take today to avoid losing out on top talent and bolstering their employer brand will determine the future of most businesses.
During an exceptional panel with three different employers’ perspectives, you will learn about the recruitment best-practices and some unique strategies to run online hiring. This will give you a hedge in the war for talent and will help you recruit the right people for your organization.
Agenda
In less than 60 minutes, we’ll discuss how companies need to pivot their recruitment strategies, from the initial job advertising, processing application, candidate pre-selection, interviews to the final hiring-processes.

12:00 Introduction
12:05 Online Job Advertisement and Employer Branding
12:20 Application process and pre-selection
12:30 Onboarding and Online interview
12:45 Q&A

During the interactive discussion, all participants are encouraged to drop their questions in the chat box.
Andy currently leads bitFlyer in Europe, Japan’s No.1 cryptocurrency exchange. His career and education has spanned many aspects of finance and technology, including roles as the COO for a global M&A advisory firm and as the CEO of his own A.I. tech start-up. Andy is a Japanese speaker and has a passion for all things crypto and blockchain-related, regularly writing on the topic. He studied robotics in Japan and authored prize-winning research relating to decentralization.
DO Recruitment Advisors is an undisputed award-winning Recruitment boutique lead by both Nathalie Delebois and Sinéad O‘Donnell. The company was created back in 2008 in the midst of the financial services crisis. Sinead O’Donnell is an expert in identifying and attracting the finest candidate talent available from both local and international sources by using her extensive and detailed knowledge of the Luxembourg employment market, knowledge that she has built up from working in the Grand Duchy for over two decades. Nathalie experience resumes in holding leading positions in hiring and recruitment and also acts as co-President of the Federation for Recruitment, Search & Selection (fr2s), an entitiy that she co-founded in 2017.
Hande Gungor is the leader of Executive Recruitment for Amazon Web Services for EMEA since September 2019, based out of Luxembourg. Previously, she was responsible for executive recruitment efforts across all Amazon businesses ranging from Consumer and Ops to AWS, Device and Digital in the region. Throughout her five year in the company, she also headed critical diversity initiatives, trainings and organizational structuring efforts. Prior to joining Amazon, Hande was one of the three founding consultants of Spencer Stuart in Turkey. She delivered Executive Search and Leadership Advisory services to a variety of clients from Tech, Consumer, Pharma and Financial services industries across Turkey, CEE and Middle East. Hande started her career at Heidrick & Struggles where she worked for 13 years based out of Turkey, Switzerland and UAE. Hande earned a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of Oxford – Said Business School, an MBA and Bachelor’s in Psychology degrees from Bogazici University in Istanbul.

Game Of Code 2020 - Open Banking Hackathon
2020-10-09 - 2020-10-11
Description
Game of Code 2020 goes online
Join us for this unique hackathon in Luxembourg. Create your team, choose among the 3 challenges proposed to develop an innovative digital product in 36 hours and exchange with other coding enthusiasts.

Open Banking Challenge by LuxHub
Take on our Open Banking challenge?
Our Open Banking challenge provides competitors with the unique opportunity to test their skills within a real and functional environment.
Hackathon participants will have access to the LUXHUB One API, which enables payment initiation and the retrieval of bank account information from multiple banks via a single integration.
For the purpose of the hackathon, LUXHUB will create mock bank accounts to enable each team to ideate and develop apps that will be of real benefit to the end user.
What’s in it for me?
Participating in this hackathon enables teams to showcase their abilities to our highly esteemed judging panel, while gaining visibility across our extensive European network.
We also have some great prizes on offer for the Top 3 teams.
Register your team here and join the coders NOW
The Awards

1st place team: 5 Samsung Note 20s (courtesy of POST)
2nd place team: 5 Apple Watches (from System Solutions)
3rd place team: 5 tickets to the Fintech Entrepreneurship Program (powered by LHoFT and CFTE)

The dos and don't when dealing with journalists
2020-10-09 13:00 - 14:00
Description
In a world where news turned into a consumer good, the distinction between journalism, news, communication, information, and opinion has become blurred.
Internet, social media, and other platforms give people access to a wider range of sources but also “alternative facts”, some of which are at odds with official advice, misleading, or simply false.
During this session, we will discuss with Thierry:

about the difference between communication and journalism,
about information processing,
but also how to speak to a journalist,
and how do you stand out in the media as a Fintech company in this very busy world

The objective of the session is to create interaction between you and Thierry to answer all your questions and help you be more effective and assertive with your PR actions. Please prepare and ask all your questions!
Agenda

Introduction to today’s media world
What is a journalist?
Learn about Thierry’s day to day
Dos and Don’ts : How to stand out to be noticed by journalists & what fintech journalists are looking out for?
Q&A

Speaker’s Biography
Currently a journalist for Paperjam covering mainly, but not only, technology subjects, Thierry Labro started with RFM radio before joining the Republican Lorrain to serve as a sports journalist for seven years. In 2000, he moved from sport to international and European politics, then to economics for the Luxemburger Wort, before joining Paperjam. Curious about all subjects, Thierry always tries to find new ways to tell.
More on Paperjam Business Guide
Upcoming Sessions

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 at 10:00: LinkedIn Lead Generation To Exceed Your Sales and Marketing Goals
Friday, 16 October 2020 at 12:00: Global Leaders Series with Nigel Verdon, CEO of Railsbank
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 at 12:00: The Bulletproof Elevator Pitch: Get an Investor’s Meeting in 30 Seconds

LinkedIn Lead Generation To Exceed Your Sales and Marketing Goals
2020-10-14 10:00 - 12:00
Description
MasterClass for LinkedIn Lead Generation
To exceed your sales and marketing goals
Do you know over 78% B2B leads are coming from LinkedIn? From branding awareness to nurturing to lead generation, LinkedIn is the B2B marketing powerhouse. That being said, you’re not guaranteed leads by virtue of just being on the platform.
Join us for an on-demand LinkedIn Masterclass where LinkedIn Coach Salina will share a combined set of winning strategies to capture leads on LinkedIn – poise your personal and company profiles to maximize visibility and get in front of the audience that matters to your business.
After attending this Masterclass, you’ll understand:

How to optimize your professional profile and company page for sales
LinkedIn InMail Best Practices
How to leverage LinkedIn Analytics and Lead Gen Forms

Speaker’s bio
Salina Yeung – LinkedIn Certified Coach, TEDx Keynote Speaker, 2018 LinkedIn Power Profile and Chairperson for several International Women@Tech Groups. Over 8 years of experience in B2B marketing and sales, specializing in solving complex business problems via marketing and sales alignment, innovative sales strategies, and breakthrough content marketing. Her true passion lies in connecting with people and her best work comes from helping clients express their best selves and really letting them shine. During her tenure at LinkedIn these past few years, she has trained over 8,000 execs from around the world and consulted for Fortune 500 brands in multiple markets (UK, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, and Singapore) about the power of digital marketing and personal branding.
Her recent venture, LinkedIn-Pro, a go-to platform empowering brands and individuals to maximize their results on LinkedIn.
Follow her profile and #InItWithSalina to stay abreast of the latest marketing innovations and LinkedIn updates.
Connect with Salina on Linkedin and everywhere else. Check below
LinkedIn (LinkedIn-Pro.com) ; Facebook ; Youtube ; Twitter ; Pinterest

LuxCMA Webinar | Blockchain (Part 2) - Digitalization vs. tokenization
2020-10-14 14:00 - 15:00
Description
LuxCMA invites you to join on Wednesday, October 14th from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. CET for its second webinar dedicated to Blockchain.
This webinar will focus on practical aspects of digitalization and tokenization in the public capital market landscape.
We will:

Look at what digitalization and tokenization can bring to capital markets;
Look whether they should be considered as compatible or, on the contrary, competing tools to make financial markets more efficient, and
Look at what are the opportunities on which the Luxembourg capital market should focus on.

If you have any questions that you would like to see answered during the session, feel free to send your questions to events@luxcma.lu in the lead up to the event.
Please note that this session will be recorded. The recording will be used for the LuxCMA YouTube channel.
