LHoFT

Fintech Friday Summer Sunset
2021-08-20 17:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Luxembourg)
Summer Sunset Fun at the LHoFT !
We are thrilled to invite you to our August Fintech Friday.
Barbecue, drinks, friends and associates – a perfect place for those of you who are missing their time away on vacation or building up to go away!
Join us for what will be a highly enjoyable gathering of the Luxembourg Finance and Fintech community
Your safety is paramount, so please be advised of the following :
1) Entry is strictly limited to the guest list, no exceptions granted. If you have not signed up on eventbrite, you will not get in.
2) You must present your certificate of full vaccination (2 jabs), or

A negative Antigen test performed within the previous 48 hours
A negative PCR test performed within the previous 72 hours

3) For those without test results, we will be available at the event to administer a test.
4) The list of attendees and their contact details will also be kept for up to 15 days after the event, and will be available to the various health services that may need in the event of any positive cases.
As you know, organising an event has a price and places are limited. If you register to attend and decide not to or cannot, please cancel your ticket asap by sending an email to info@lhoft.lu , so we may offer it to others. The event has limited space and demand to attend is usually high. If you do not cancel and then do not attend, we will blacklist you from future events and you will not have the pleasure of our company !
The LHoFT Team

THE VC SCHOLAR SUMMER PROGRAM - BECOME THE NEXT VC SCHOLAR
2021-08-30 08:00 - 2021-09-18 17:00

ICT Spring 2021
2021-09-14 - 2021-09-15
The LHoFT is pleased to sponsor the ICT Spring 2021, a Global Tech Conference hosting an array of international professionals.
ICT Spring offers the participants a unique opportunity to deepen their digital knowledge, capture the Value of the fast-growing Fintech, drive innovation in the Supply Chain industry, pierce the secrets of IT Security and explore the impact of Space Technologies on Terrestrial Businesses.

All this through high level conferences, exhibitions and demonstrations of the latest Tech Trends and Innovations.
The LHoFT Team will welcome you on our dedicated stand gathering the amazing Fintech community.
Dive into a unique experience, and join us. You can take your ticket using the LHoFT Code: LHOFT21
For any question, send an email to marketing@lhoft.lu

HoST Garden Party and LHoFT Fintech Friday
2021-09-17 18:00 - 23:00
It feels like a sweet “Indian Summer” in this September month … and another good reason to celebrate with our Fintech and Startup community here in Luxembourg.
The House of Startups and The LHoFT have joined forces, alongside the Luxembourg-City Incubator and Le Village By CA for a very special House of Startups Garden Party & LHoFT Fintech Friday
Join us in the HoST Garden on Friday 17 September, starting at 6.00PM
On the program: Grill, Fine Food & Drinks, for a casual chill-out atmosphere in the garden area.

6.00PM: Opening
7.00PM: Welcome Words
7.05PM: VC Scholar Winner Announcement & Awards
7.30PM: Summer Barbecue and Nice Music with our DJ in residence Ben Leo

Where? : 9, rue du Laboratoire, L-1911 Luxembourg
Upon prior reservation only, to comply with sanitary rules.
Please reserve you place before September 14,2021
To keep you safe and to freely enjoy this convivial networking moment, sanitary provisions will be guaranteed at the entrance.
How to be compliant? Bring your CovidCheck certificate or do a self-test on the spot.
We are looking forward to seeing you all there!
This is an event on invitation only. To request your invitation, please send an email to info@lhoft.lu

The LHoFT at Money 2020
2021-09-21 - 2021-09-23
The LHoFT is attending Money 2020 Europe.
With over 4,000 people, (with 1 in 4 Exec Team or Board level), from 1,500+ companies, get back to business IN REAL LIFE with the who’s who of Payments, Banking, Fintech and Financial Services.
PANEL
Our CEO, Nasir Zubairi, will moderate a panel on Wednesday 22, 11:40 – 12:20 alongside Nigel Verdon, CEO of Railsbank and Shachar Bialick, CEO of Curve dedicated to quite a disruptive topic: “Does your brand need to exist?”

With the arrival of open finance and de-monopolisation of financial data, which all result in more and more financial services companies becoming aggregators/connectors/platforms/one-stop-shops, does company-specific branding matters at all? Do today’s consumer fintech darlings’ brands matter at all in the eyes of the end user if they become just one of 10+ accounts the user aggregates into one card and one app?
European Social Gathering
Are you participating in Money20/20 or just happen to be in Amsterdam? Join us on invitation
FINTECH BELGIUM, Holland FinTech and The LHoFT – Luxembourg House of Financial Technology are inviting you to a fabulous Fintech #networking night!
📌 September 21, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Send us an email on info@lhoft.lu for registration

ALFI Global Distribution Conference
2021-09-21 - 2021-09-22
ALFI Global Distribution Conference
A standing item in many a fund professional’s agendas, the Global Distribution Conference focuses on global distribution, Luxembourg’s core specialism. Hosted in partnership with Nicsa, the US National Investment Company Service Association, and HKIFA, the Hong Kong Investment Fund Association, it brings together major fund distributors and asset managers from around the globe.
This year the virtual edition of the event will be held on 21 & 22 September.
CALL FOR STARTUP
To fuel the growth of the start-up ecosystem, ALFI has an exclusive offer for start-ups active in the financial sector.
Increase visibility and raise awareness about the services to your potential new clients and partners within the fund industry.
We are looking for startups based in Luxembourg with less than 3 years experience and no more than 10 employees. Your startup also must make no more than EUR 2 million annually.
If this description fits your startup, then apply today.

Money 2020 - European Social Gathering
2021-09-21 18:00 - 21:00
Money 2020 – European Social Gathering
Fintech Belgium, Holland Fintech and The LHoFT Foundation are inviting you to a fabulous Fintech networking night – like Covid never happened…

Are you participating in Money2020 or just happen to be in Amsterdam, join us on invitation.
We are looking forward to spending the evening with you.
As a special theme, we are discussing ESG in Fintech… Bring us your thoughts!

To register, send an email to info@lhoft.lu

THE 360° OF MARKETING SERIES
2021-09-22 11:55 - 2021-10-06 13:15
The 360° of Marketing Masterclass series introduces you to how top Marketers and Fintech brands set new standards to resonate, compete and lead.

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THE PARTICLES OF BRANDS - THE EMPLOYER BRANDING PLAYBOOK
2021-09-22 12:00 - 13:15
Welcome to the 360° of Marketing Masterclass series introducing you to how top Marketers and Fintech brands set new standards to resonate, compete and lead in a marketplace of divided attention.
For our 1st episode we’ll cover the topic:
CREATING UNICORN BRANDS THROUGH PEOPLE & CULTURE – SPECIAL FOCUS ON EMPLOYER BRANDING, moderated by Troy Bishop, Head of Marketing & Communications at KPMG Luxembourg
We’ll learn and take away:

How to build and transform your employer branding from early-stage to scale-up and unicorn
How to embed and practice culture in your branding competitive advantage
Mindsets and tools to transform and evolve

Agenda:
12h00 – 12h40 PM – PANEL DISCUSSION– THE PARTICLES OF BRANDS
12h40 – 12h45 PM – QUIZ – Have you paid attention? score what you know and win your exclusive circular sneakers from ONECHOICE.ECO
Take part in the live quiz and score. The best scores and names will be displayed and be able to introduce themselves to the audience.
12h45 PM – 1h10 PM (Two workshops to chose from)
WORKSHOP 1: The Unicorn Employer Branding Playbook with Katarzyna Dyrcz

Ingredient X – a special element that will make your Employer Brand unique
EB Campaigns stripped bare
Real life case studies of world top employers and why their offers are so sexy for candidates
Tips and tricks that will help you survive and succeed on the market

WORKSHOP 2: The Power of Brands – with the guys from Foxy Nerds

What are the key metrics to measure the power of your brand
Use case: impact of a strong brand on sales efficiency
Steps to define and implement your strategy to empower your brand one milestone at a time

1h10 PM – 1h15 PM – Closing words

UPCOMING

Horizon Conference - Making an impact since 2011
2021-09-28 09:00 - 13:00
Horizon Conference goes phygital
Breaking the Horizon

The Horizon Conference is tailored to offer attendees innovative and cutting-edge insight into current concerns and opportunities within the context of the evolving financial industry landscape. The Horizon Conference gathers industry professionals from around the world to discuss the future of the financial sector, and present key trends affecting the market today and tomorrow. Positioned as an ideal platform for industry professional and experts alike to immerse themselves into key debates, the Horizon Conference highlights critical and decisive subjects and their effect on the market.

For this 10th edition of our Horizon conference, which will be a phygital event, we are proud to have crafted a highly engaging and topical agenda this year! It is an opportunity to analyse the future of the financial sector by challenging the status quo and getting insights from industry leaders. What topics will affect the market? What technologies can we imagine using? Where should we focus our resources?
Agenda

09:00 – 09:30
Welcome & Introduction
John Psaila – Deloitte Luxembourg

09:30 – 10:05
Technology, Innovation & Sustainability
Avanti & Leo Sharma – Workshop 4 me

10:05 – 10:40
Future of Money
Bruno Colmant – Degroof Petercam

10:40 – 11:15
Customer centricity for FSI
Nancy Rademaker – Nexxworks

11:15 – 11:50
Motivational speaker
Rainer Hersch & Orchestra

11:50 – 12:25
Future of the Luxembourg financial place
Nicolas Mackel – Luxembourg for finance

Moderator
Sarah Khabirpour

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.

THE CONTENT MARKETING DILEMMA
2021-10-06 12:00 - 13:15
Welcome to the 360° of Marketing Masterclass series introducing you to how top Marketers and Fintech brands set new standards to resonate, compete and lead in a marketplace of divided attention.
THE CONTENT MARKETING DILEMMA
with

Charles-Louis Machuron, CEO & Founder of Silicon Luxembourg
Raoul Mulheims, CEO & Co-Founder of Finologee
Carmen Dixon, PR & Comms Advisor, Ex – Lendinvest
Kamel Amroune, CEO of The Dots

moderated by Bénédicte SCHULER, Head of Marketing & Communications at Deloitte Luxembourg
Learn

How to define good, distinct, tailored content
How to distribution according to your content strategy
How to balance quality of contant with quantity of distribution and stand out

Agenda:
12h00 – 12h35 PM – Panel Discussion – THE CONTENT MARKETING DILEMMA
12h35 – 12h40 PM – Quiz – Have you paid attention?
Score the quiz and win your tailor-made our choice circular sneakers.
12h40 PM – 1h10 PM (two workshops to choose from)
Workshop 1: Connect the Dots of Content Marketing – Kamel AMROUNE, CEO of The Dots
When your consumers are your content creators / Collect, analyze, distribute your consumers’ content / Create empathy between your consumers and your employees”Collect, analyze, distribute
Consumers are content creator, so brands must be able to collect this content in real time, analyze it and make it available to all employees.
Collect consumer content to understand consumer expectations, analyze it to extract insights that will feed marketing or communication, and distribute it to all levels of the organization to create empathy with the consumer.
Workshop 2: The Content Distribution Roadmap – Charles-Louis MACHURON, CEO & Founder of Silicon Luxembourg
During the workshop, Charles-Louis will introduce you to the Content Distribution Roadmap based on his personal experience and proven teachings. You’ll learn how to balance consistent content creation with systematic multi-channel distribution; how to work cohesively with your content creators, journalists and writers and how to remain attuned to your customers and clients’ needs.

The Blockchain Spotlight Series - Cryptomania
2021-10-08 12:00 - 13:15
Welcome to the Blockchain Spotlight Series shedding light on everything Crypto, Defi and NFTs out of Luxembourg and beyond.
For our first episode, we’ll focus on the evolution and adoption of cryptocurrencies as the future of payments.
We decrypt:

Crypto as a mainstream payment and investment tool (for institutional investors & fund managers)
The adoption of banks and the financial services industry of crypto
To which extent are financial regulators on board

And explore use-cases you don’t want to miss out on
12h00 – 12h40 PM – PANEL DISCUSSION – Q&A – CRYPTOMANIA
with

Rikiya Masuda, Managing Director, Europe at bitFlyer
Robert Machado, General Manager at Cybavo
JB Graftieux, Managing Director Europe at Bitstamp
Nadia Manzari, Partner at Schiltz & Schiltz

moderated & led by Thomas Campione, Crypto Leader at PwC Luxemobourg
12h40 – 12h45 PM – QUIZ – Have you paid attention?
Take part in the live quiz and score. The best scores and names will be displayed and be able to introduce themselves to the audience.
12h45 PM – 1h10 PM (two workshops to choose from)
W1 with Nadia Manzari – How to set up a regulated crypto business! – Use-Case
W2 with Robert Machado – How secure is your Crypto? – Walkthrough & Use-Case
1h10 – 1h15 – Closing Words

LFF - FOCUS ON SOUTH-EAST ASIA
2021-10-12 09:00 - 10:30
FOCUS ON SOUTH-EAST ASIA
Connecting South-East Asian businesses and investors with global markets
ASEAN markets are poised for rapid growth, especially given large growth opportunities relating to sustainable finance and global investors search for yield and long-term growth. With strong ties with various South-East Asian markets, built over many years, Luxembourg offers an ideal platform for financial firms in South-East Asia looking to do business in Europe.
Our Focus on South-East Asia will explore this connection, with two panels delving into financing sustainable projects and taking South-East Asian finance to the world via digitalisation. For these panels, we’ll be joined by a number of financial experts from both Luxembourg and various South-East Asian markets. We’re also joined by His Excellency, Jean-Paul Senninger, Ambassador of Luxembourg in Thailand, also covering the following territories: Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam. His Excellency will close the event discussing the close ties between Europe and South-East Asia.
Discover the agenda
