LHoFT

Fintech Friday - "Celebrating the Holiday Season" sponsored by LuxHub
2019-12-13 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Luxembourg
Description
Dear Innovators, Partners & Friends,
We are excited to invite you to our very last Fintech Friday of the year – “Celebrating the Holiday Season” sponsored by LuxHub, to conclude what has been an excellent year for Fintech in Luxembourg.
As usual, a few specials await!
Agenda:

5h30 – Open door to Fintech Friday – Big Bang
6h30 – Presentation of LuxHub by Jacques Putz, CEO – Open Banking Predictions 2020.
6h45 – Presentation of the Uni.lu Incubator by Pranjul Shah, Head of Incubator – Fostering student entrepreneurship at Uni.lu
6h50 – Paperjam Club – It’s time – “Get your access for free in 1 click” by Virginie Laurent & Manon Loison.
6h55 – Epic Networking – As usual food and drinks will be served.
9h00 – 10h30 Novotel Red Square After-Party (only for Fintech Friday attendees)

For this special occasion, we invite you to make your “best” Christmas Jumper shine and win the competition for the ugliest one.
Don’t blink to take a memorable picture in our Fintech Friday photo booth run by our beloved Eric Devillet.
Fintech Friday is Luxembourg’s fastest growing (and coolest) Fintech networking event, bringing together Fintech entrepreneurs, executives, VCs, Fintech enthusiasts and business angels.
Join us for an epic end of the year celebration!
This is a private event, for registration please contact us at info@lhoft.lu

The opportunities of Open Banking in 2020
2019-12-13 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Description
Following Open Banking principles in line with PSD2, European banks and fintechs are embracing new digital strategies in an ongoing process of innovation.
During the interactive workshop you will learn about:

High-end workflow processes and state-of-the-art development tools;
How customers can develop innovative services on secure and standardized platforms;
And Open Banking Opportunities to seize in 2020.

Meet the speaker
Anne-Sophie is in charge of the business development of the LuxHub API Marketplace, a meeting point for Fin/RegTechs & Financial Institutions. Before joining LuxHub, Anne-Sophie has been practicing as a lawyer in the IT/data protection and regulatory fields and has in this context been working with the different stakeholders of the Open Banking ecosystem.
Meet our innovator
LuxHub is born by putting together the banking knowledge with the agility of a start-up. Its purpose is to help the entire digital ecosystem to take advantage of the challenges and opportunities of Open Banking related initiatives. To do so, LUXHUB first developed an XS2A interface to help banks and e-money institutions in their PSD2 compliance journey and became in this context one of the leading European Open Banking Hub. Followed closely the launch of LUXHUB One API, which is an integration layer giving access to any bank via a unified API for aggregation purposes. Last, but not least, LUXHUB is building a one-stop-shop financial API Marketplace.

Disrupted or Disrupter Conference – 4th edition
2019-12-12 17:15 - 18:30 UTC
Description
Disrupted or Disrupter Conference – 4th edition
Deloitte Luxembourg is pleased to announce the fourth edition of our Disrupted or Disrupter conference on Digital Innovation and the opportunities ahead, which will take place on Thursday, 12 December 2019.
As digital technology is rapidly evolving, it shakes up the way businesses operate and seek competitive advantage. New players emerge on the market with innovative solutions that are able to fundamentally change organisations’ DNA and value propositions. The Disrupted or Disrupter conference sheds light on some of the most disruptive technologies, so you can discover the latest ideas and aspects of Digital evolution, with the encountered challenges and adopted solutions.
This dynamic conference, featuring international experts, will give you the necessary insights to navigate this rapidly shifting landscape and develop new ways of thinking.
Across the digital lifecycle — from defining a strategy to designing and building innovative solutions — the digital concepts form the reality of your organisation tomorrow.
AGENDA
17:00 – 17:15: Registration
17:15 – 17:25: Introduction
Nasir Zubairi, Luxembourg House of Financial Technology
17:25 – 17:55: The future of food production
Mark Post, SingularityU
17:55 – 18:25: Fintech is dead! Long live Fintech: How Financial Services look beyond their industry to transform
Gabrielle Inzirillo, Plug and Play Tech Center
18:25 – 18:55: Improve the quality of your decisions with Neuroscience
Dr. Roeland Dietvorst, SingularityU
18:55 – 20:15: Networking cocktail
THE SPEAKERS
Mark Post

Mark Post has a medical degree and a PhD in Pulmonary Pharmacology. He has been an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Vascular Physiology at Maastricht University and Professor of Angiogenesis in Tissue Engineering at the TU/e. He soon became involved in a Dutch government-funded program investigating “in vitro meat”, which resulted in the world’s first lab-grown burger in 2013. In October 2015, Post and food technologist Peter Verstrate announced the launch of their company Mosa Meat, which seeks to bring cultured meat on the market in 2020.
Gabrielle Inzirillo
Gabrielle is an investor at Plug And Play and an expert in POC-to-Production processes within financial institutions.
Her responsibilities include identifying high-priority fintech solutions, accelerating pilots and following their subsequent integration within banks and FIs across Plug And Play’s EMEA presence in Paris, Frankfurt and Abu Dhabi. In parallel she provides VC funding to early-stage fintech and insurtech startups in the European space along with expertise in scaling and access to new markets.
Prior to this she designed and executed the open innovation process at Citi FinTech launching high-impact programs to crowdsource fintech and regtech solutions and built financial products at Bloomberg.
She is a frequent speaker at leading conferences (Finovate, Money2020 among others) and has authored a number of whitepapers and articles on innovation in the financial industry.
Dr. Roeland Dietvorst
Dr. Roeland Dietvorst has a background in biological and cognitive psychology and obtained a PhD in neuroscience. He is founder and responsible for research & development at Alpha.One, a neuroscience research and strategy firm. Roeland uses insights and techniques adopted from neuroscience to better understand how we reconstruct reality inside our minds and how this process influences our day-to-day decision-making. In addition, he and the team at Alpha.One are applying Artificial Intelligence and deep learning in particular, to read the mind from neuroimaging data and build models that simulate human responses such as visual attention. Roeland works for the government and international brands such as Uber, IKEA, and TomTom to help them understand how people derive value from communication and value propositions. His central focus is on how the brain processes information and how this leads to value perception and behavior change.
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The conference will be held in English and will be moderated by Nasir Zubairi, CEO, Luxembourg House of Financial Technology.
Attendance to this event is by invitation only.
Should you have any questions, please send an email to our Events Department at luevents@deloitte.lu

ALFI - PE & RE Conference
2019-11-26 - 2019-11-27
Description
ALFI – PE & RE Conference
The annual meeting of the world’s leading alternative investments community
The alternative fund industry is currently experiencing a huge growth and is set to double in size by 2023, with private equity being the main driver of this rapid acceleration. On 26 and 27 November 2019, join ALFI in Luxembourg to meet hundreds of private assets specialists from all over Europe and beyond. Be ahead of the curve and maximise business opportunities.
The ALFI PE & RE Conference is an annual event where leading Private Equity and Real Estate fund professionals – finance, compliance and operations experts – get together to discuss an ever-changing business environment, the impact of regulatory developments, operational considerations and industry best practices.
Highlights of the agenda

Luxembourg as hub for private equity and real estate: growth is here to stay
How to achieve maximum administrative and operational efficiency
Tax and regulation – tutorial and case studies
Market developments and trends: what to watch out for
Is there a secondary market for PE?
ESG as a RE risk management tool
Substance requirements in a cross-border context

More than 600 participants attended the 2018 edition of the conference to get key insights into the current hot topics and used the opportunity to network and socialise with peers.
PE and RE fund businesses rely on administration and operations teams that can react fast. Luxembourg’s reputation as a reliable hub from which to serve the European alternative fund market has gone global. Many local expert practitioners and service providers work together seamlessly to ensure the best outcome for deals in any market. Now, increasing numbers of players are building new innovative solutions on this solid foundation.
So while your asset management team is rushing to perfect the deal in Frankfurt, Madrid or Copenhagen, Luxembourg’s responsive, competent and multilingual workforce will have your back throughout busy transactions and see the deal through.
Check out the full agenda HERE

BANKING 4.0 Summit - Bucharest
2019-11-25 - 2019-11-26, 2019-11-25 00:00 (Europe/Paris)
Description
BANKING 4.0 – COMPLIANCE ALONE IS A LOSING STRATEGY
At the heart of the event is the two-day FinTech Conference and Exhibition that is graced by international and local dignitaries, with keynote speakers from international and local banking community, from fintech community active locally and regionally and last but not less important honored by 10 regulatory bodies representatives from banking and fintech.
Highlights of the conference Banking 4.0 includes transformation cases about moving forward beyond PSD2. Empowered by emerging technologies, such as AI, blockchain, and machine learning, FinTech companies are introducing new product offerings, increasing market access, and enhancing the customer experience across different financial services sectors and our aim is to present you the most significant ones.
Banking 4.0 powered by Nocash Events continues to be one of the biggest FinTech event in the CEE, and provides a regional platform for Banking and Finteh community to connect, collaborate, and co-create.
BANKING 4.0 in a nutshell

500 attendees expert level
60 speakers ( 30 international ones)
10 regulatory bodies and professional associations

(European Banking Authority, European Payments Council, European Fintech Alliance, National Bank of Romania, Romanian Banking Association, European Banking Federation, Competition Council, National Authority for Consumer Protection, Ministry for Communication and Information Society, Romanian Agency for Digital Agenda (AADR), etc

125 companies

( Fintechs, banks, telecom, consulting, law houses, infrastructure providers, cyber security, payment processors, e-commerce integrators)

20 partners

Check out the Speakers Lineup
Check out the Full Agenda

DATA NATIVES 2019 Conference
2019-11-25 - 2019-11-26
Description
“WE ARE ALL DATA NATIVES”
Data is part of our new cultural identity, transforming the way we communicate, learn and interact.
Data Natives conference brings together a global community of data-driven pioneers to explore the technologies that are shaping our world.
Join the “biggest and coolest audience” from the tech scene in Berlin & beyond to learn, be inspired, and meet leading data science thinkers across industries.
Check out the AGENDA
Check out the SPEAKERS

Global Ventures Summit Luxembourg
2019-11-20 08:00 - 2019-11-21 17:00 UTC
Description
Global Ventures Summit | Luxembourg 2019
The Luxembourg edition will be the first GVS event in Europe consolidating Luxembourg’s position as a leading start up nation, and as a key player for venture capital and private equity.
Wed, Nov 20, 2019 8:00 AM – Thu, Nov 21, 2019 11:00 PM PST
REGISTER NOW
BOOK Your HOTEL NOW

What is the Global Ventures Summit?
The Global Venture Summit (GVS) is focused on empowering scalable technologies in high growth markets by bringing a large cohort of more than 100 Silicon Valley VCs, 200 International Business Angels, corporate leaders, policy makers to meet and be exposed to the best and most innovative local start-up companies. Because good ideas don’t just come out of Silicon Valley, GVS seeks to provide global and support the best business ideas, start-ups and entrepreneurs coming out of innovative emerging markets across the planet.
See the full list of speakers here.

STARTUPS

Meet hundreds of powerful investors from around the world.
Enter the GVS Pitch Battle and compete for your chance to win $50,000 in investment and a trip to Silicon Valley to meet with investors.
Pitch your startup directly to investors and gain funding, investment and mentoring support.
Exhibit your startup, refine your elevator pitch and get the word out about what you’re working on.
Network and share ideas with fellow startup founders.

INVESTORS

Gain access to hundreds of early stage, exclusive deals before anyone knows about them.
Meet hundreds of startups under one roof and find your next investment.
Meet with regulatory, policy and government leaders from around SE Asia and start the dialogue for global investment partnerships.
Discover the reason behind the trending investment interest in Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, IOT (Internet of Things), Big Data, Blockchain, & Drone Technologies.

CORPORATE LEADERS

Learn how to create an entrepreneurial environment inside your own company.
Connect with successful corporate VCs and learn best practices.
Meet with leaders from around SE Asia and start the dialogue for global business partnerships.
Sponsor GVS and get your brand in front of 1,000’s of attendees.

POLICY MAKERS

Learn how to support a startup ecosystem in your region.
Meet with potential investors and entrepreneurs
Understand why economic growth for your city, state or country is reliant on investment in the startup community.

REGISTER NOW
See the full list of speakers here.

FINTECH FRIDAY – "Countdown to the Global Ventures Summit" edition, sponsored by LendInvest.
2019-11-15 17:30 - 18:30 UTC
Description
We are thrilled to invite you to our special FINTECH FRIDAY – “Countdown to the Global Ventures Summit Europe 2019″ edition, sponsored by LendInvest.
Agenda:

5h30 – Open door to Fintech Friday – Big Bang
6h30 – Presentation of LendInvest by Christian Faes, CEO & Co-Founder;
6h45 – Countdown to the Global Ventures Summit – Learn about its agenda, investors and speakers by Nasir Zubairi, CEO of LHoFT and representatives of Parkpine Capital.
6h55 – Presentation of the EBSPreneurship Student Forum (most influential student entrepreneurship forum in Germany).
7h00 – Epic Networking (As usual food and drinks will be served. This time, we bring you Anne’s Kitchen ‘s exquisite cuisine. Anne Faber is a TV chef and cookbook author from Luxembourg, known for her well-traveled food with a Luxembourgish twist)
9h00 – 10h30 Novotel Red Square After-Party (only for Fintech Friday attendees)

PS: Don’t forget to take a memorable picture in our Photo Booth corner.
Fintech Friday is Luxembourg’s fastest growing Fintech networking event, bringing together Fintech entrepreneurs, executives, VCs, Fintech enthusiasts, and business angels. You will also get to meet our newly joined members and celebrate the growth of Luxembourg’s ecosystem with us!
This is a private event, for registration please contact us at info@lhoft.lu

Back to work: From Pitch to Startup Growth
2019-11-15 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Description
Back to work: From Pitch to Startup Growth
with Nicolas Van Beek, serial entrepreneur, international advisor and expert mentor on scaling, Founder of Vayton (leading digital communication agency in Luxembourg).
Pitching sessions are very popular nowadays, they help entrepreneurs synthesize their ideas and check the interest for their concept. But what about doing the job and making real money? I will try to answer this question by sharing my experience developing startups in Luxembourg and far away.
We will particularly address these 3 takeaways:

What’s the plan: Boring financial plans could save your company;
Strategy: Follow your vision but help your team catch opportunities: Napoleon did it;
What ‘s next: Great, investors love you… and it has a price.

Bio: Nicolas van Beek is an entrepreneur & business development specialist. During the last 15 years, Nicolas created and developed 4 companies working in the field of digital marketing, Intellectual Property, healthcare and cosmetics. He brings with him a great deal of experience related to developing brands and businesses in Europe and Asia.
His current startup: JNSLABS
JNSLABS is a Cosmetics & Healthcare startup headquartered in Luxembourg and operating in France and Uzbekistan. Its specialty is to elaborate high quality French cosmetics made accessible to emerging markets.

LHoFT Talent Day - A Fintech Immersion
2019-11-15 11:00 - 15:00 UTC
Description
LHoFT Talent Day – A Fintech Immersion
The LHoFT welcomes students from EBS (European Business School) for an entire Fintech immersion day
Fintech Talent Day – Agenda

Luxembourg – Your career gateway
Dive into Fintech Innovation
Welcome to Fintech Friday

1. Luxembourg – Your career gateway – Morning session

11h00 – 11h30 am – Welcome to the LHoFT – The Fintech landscape
11h30 – 12h00 pm – Luxembourg for Finance – Luxembourg: Your career gateway
12h00 – 12h30 pm – DoRecruitment – Lux Talent Employment Market by
12h30 – 01h00 pm – Deloitte Digital with EBS Alumni and HR team

LUNCH BREAK sponsored by Deloitte Digital Luxembourg
2. Your Fintech Innovation Dive – Afternoon session – A Fintech Discovery

02h00 – 02h30 pm – A Crypto Experience with bitFlyer
02h30 – 03h00 pm – New digital assets: Welcome to the Token Economy with Tokeny
03h00 – 03h30 pm – New Funding: Alternative and Crowd-financing – A funding love story with Stokr

03h30 – 03h45 – Break
Dive into Corporate Innovation
3h45 – 5h45 pm – Learn how our Financial actors in Luxembourg foster
innovation and intrapreneurial culture in 2020. You’ll meet our Founding
Partners Innovation teams and learn about their latest initiatives and learnings.

3h45 – 4h15: KPMG Khube
4h15 – 4h45: SocGen, LePlateau
4h45 – 5h15: Pwc Experience Center

3. Welcome to Fintech Friday – Evening session
5h45 – 9h00 pm – Fintech Friday is Luxembourg’s fastest growing (and coolest) Fintech networking event, bringing together Fintech entrepreneurs, executives, VCs, Fintech enthusiasts, and business angels. You will also get to meet our newly joined members and celebrate the growth of Luxembourg’s ecosystem with us!
9h00 – 10h30 pm – Privatized “Red Square Bar” at Novotel 4 Stars Hotel.

Open banking : great opportunities for Luxembourg
2019-11-14 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Description
The annual conference “Open banking: great opportunities for Luxembourg” under the patronage of the Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna.
The conference will be held on Thursday 14 November 2019 at BIL’s headquarters, route d’Esch.
The participation to the conference is free of charges. As the number of seats is being limited, registration will be on a first come first serve basis.
In the meantime, should you need any further information on the agenda or your participation, feel free to contact Céline Tarraube (celine.tarraube@fedil.lu).
AGENDA:
4.00pm Welcome and registration of participants
4.30pm Welcome words, Jean-François Terminaux, Chairman, FTL
4.40pm Address by Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance
5.00pm Keynote 1 : Golden Age of Cross-border Payments – between Asia & Europe
Lu Shuai, Ping Pong Europe S.A.
5.20pm Keynote 2 : Brave new Open Banking / Open Finance world
Success Factors for a profitable Open Finance Strategy
Thomas Rappold, Numbrs Personal Finance
5.40pm Panel discussion
Moderated by Charles-Louis Machuron, CEO, Silicon Luxembourg
With the participation of
Nathalie Knops, Head of Business Transformation, BIL
Thomas Rappold, Co-founder, Numbrs Personal Finance
Lu Shuai, Co-CEO, Ping Pong Europe S.A.
Remy Els, CIO, Foyer Insurance
6.25pm Closing remarks, Denis Stoz, Vice-Chairman, FTL
6.30pm Networking Drink
8.00pm End of conference
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Date : Thursday 14 November 2019
Time : 4.00pm – 6.30pm followed by a networking cocktail
Location : 69, route d’Esch – L-2953, Luxembourg
Participation : free
Parking : As part of FTL’s green initiative, we strongly suggest that you make use of public transport otherwise, you can park at P+R Bouillon and take the shuttle N°17 platform 1A/2A.
Hosted and sponsored by :
BIL

"Get financial support & grow internationally"
2019-11-13 12:00 - 15:00 UTC
Description
Funding Round 360° – Workshop 4
Finding funding is stressful and raising capital can be a full-time job. At the LHoFT, we want to help you all the way. That’s the reason why we put together a series of workshops dedicated to funding with the insights of the best experts and practitioners.
Date: November 13th
Title: Get financial support and grow internationally
Speaker: Enterprise Europe Network
The Enterprise Europe Network helps business innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises with international ambitions. The Network is active in more than 60 countries worldwide. It brings together 3000 experts from more than 600 member organisations – all renowned for their excellence in business support.
Created in 1961, the Ducroire is a public institution with legal entity, designed to support Luxembourg exporters while trading internationally, mainly by providing credit insurance schemes for exports, imports and investments abroad. Since the cooperation agreement of 29 April 2002 between the Ducroire and the Luxembourg Government, establishing the COPEL (« Comité pour la promotion des exportations luxembourgeoises »), the Ducroire supports Luxembourg exports by means of a partial contribution in the promotion, exhibition and export training expenses. Furthermore the Ducroire performs its assignment of supporting Luxembourg exports in participating in external trade instruments such as « Luxembourg for Business ».
If you want to know more, keep an eye on our events section or send a email to info@lhoft.lu

Singapore FinTech Festival 2019
2019-11-11 - 2019-11-15
Description
Join the Luxembourg Fintech Delegation to Singapore Fintech Festival 2019
organised with
Singapore FinTech Festival is the world’s largest Fintech Festival and global platform for the Fintech community, comprising Fintech players, technopreneurs, policy makers, financial industry leaders, investors including private equity players and venture capitalits, and academics.
The multi-format conference and exhibition will showcase latest technologies and trends.
Why attend?

48sqm country pavillon that you can use to showcase the best of Luxembourg Fintech solutions and community to over the 45,000 attendees
Explore a new market
Meet investors, clients, partners and others players in the ecosystem to kickstart operations

About Southeast Asia’s FinTech Sector

Among highest population growth in the world. (e.g., Indonesia will = US By 2035, young consumers)
Southeast Asia’s fintech sector is among the fastest-growing in the world, with expected market growth to reach between $70 billion and $100 billion by 2020.
Southeast Asia is particularly primed for the rise of payment technologies, as three-quarters of the adult population remains unbanked.
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) customers rank among the most willing to use fintech products, with 82% open to the idea in comparison to 77% in North America and 76% in Europe.
Singapore is at the forefront of the digital payment market, as it has long been a leader in smart cities, hyper-connectivity, and all things tech.

Luxembourg Institutions attending (confirmed):

CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du SecteurFinancier) – head of FinTech
Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
ALFI Singapore WG
Belgian Luxembourg Business Group

Search Inside Yourself Program (SIY) - The HOW Institute
2019-11-07 09:00 - 2019-11-08 23:30 UTC
Description
Join the Search Inside Yourself Program (SIY) in Luxembourg for 2 days of Personal and Professional development focused on building healthy mental habits for sustained high performance and wellbeing.
Developed at Google and based on the latest in neuroscience research, Search Inside Yourself Program (SIY) teaches attention and mindfulness training that build the core emotional intelligence skillsneeded for effective leadership.
Get a sneak preview of SIY fundamentals and some hard facts about its effectiveness for individuals & organisations in this 40 min free introductory webinar with our 2 SIY certified teachers.
WHEN – November 7th and 8th, 2019
WHERE – Alvisse Parc Hotel, Luxembourg
PRICE – 990€ VAT excluded (Price for 2 days including food and non-alcoholic beverage)
Who should attend this training ?

Managers and leaders that want to improve organisation wide teamwork & cohesion
Existing teams that want to improve their cohesion, develop a common language and navigate common challenges successfully
Members of highly diverse teams (positions, roles, skills, nationalities..)
Workers & individuals that want to be more serene and mindful at work and in their life
Workers & individuals that experienced engagement & motivation challenges at their workplace or in their life
More generally, workers, managers, leaders and individuals that want to increase their wellbeing and thus their overall performance

And what do you get out of it?
Whether you are coming for personal or professional development or to check out the SIY program for your organisation, you will learn foundational skills to:

Enhance mental fitness and clarity
Develop agile and adaptive mindsets
Reduce stress responses
Increase resilience
Improve access to creativity
Develop greater self awareness
Enhance emotion regulation
Improve communication skills
Develop better decision-making skills
Develop greater emotional intelligence
Experience greater overall wellbeing, thrive!

Discover the agenda HERE

#HKFinTechWeek - 'Meet the LHoFT' Side Event
2019-11-06 18:00 - 23:30 UTC
Description
‘Meet the LHoFT’ at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2019
A side event as a part of #HKFinTechWeek
Join us to explore the Luxembourg Fintech ecosystem and meet our fintech investors whilst enjoying a glass of wine! This is the perfect Luxembourg – Hong Kong networking event to go, also an opportunity to meet the LHoFT team and Luxembourg for Finance (LFF) – the Agency for the Development of the Financial Centre.
We’ll also be joined by LHoFT members Apla, Cambridge Blockchain, PrimeiroPay, and Tokeny Solutions!
Light refreshments will be served.
To register just drop us an email, here!
To see more details of Hong Kong Fintech Week itself, and what else is going on, check out our main event post.
