LHoFT

The Quantum Insight Executive Briefing
2019-10-04 09:00 - 12:00 UTC
Description
FutureLab and Quantum Advantage LLC present : The Quantum Insight Executive Briefing
Quantum computing is the next computational gold rush, and it’s coming faster than you think. IBM, Google, Microsoft, D-Wave and other tech titans are now betting billions on it. If they are right, then industry leaders need to understand the quantum computing revolution to survive the impact of this profound technological change.
In this half-day event at the LHoFT, join us to see how quantum computing will revolutionize your business, and why it’s vital to begin today.
Witness a live demonstration of the impact on portfolio and asset managers. Learn from presentations and panel discussions featuring leading international subject matter experts.
Innovate, adapt and spring ahead.

When: 4 October 2019, starting at 9.00 am – 12.00 pm
Where: Luxembourg House of Financial Technology – 9, rue du Laboratoire, L-​1911 Luxembourg

​Conference Program

8:00 – 9:00am – Breakfast bar and barista service
9:00 – 9:15am – Introduction and Kickoff, Moderator: Moses Ma
9:15 – 9:35am – Keynote Speech by Nasir Zubair, CEO of the LHoFT
9:35-10:15am – Panel 1: The Quantum Computing Opportunity and future with Nadia Manzari (Schiltz&Schiltz), Ajay Bali (EY) and Moses Ma (FutureLab).

Description: This panel will offer insights from market leaders, expert-led panel discussions, and practical dialogs on the global outlook how quantum computing will revolutionize business models, combined with AI and blockchain technology, and what the current trends and strategies are.

10:20-11am – Panel 2: Quantum Apps and Business Models with Dr. Fred Glover & Dr. Gary Kochenberger, Quantum Bridge Analytics, Prem Viswanathan, Data Scientist, Moses Ma for Quantum Fusion.

Description: This expert-led panel will offer insights and practical dialogs on how to best structure, launch, and sustain a successful quantum computing based applications or services for financial services.

11:10-11:50am – Panel 3: The Quantum Economy with Marc Hemmerling (ABBL), Dr. Po Chi Wu (QuantumAdvantage.io), Fabrice Croiseaux (InTech), Dr. Paolo Tasca (UCL).

Description: This panel will cover issues around investing in quantum computing companies and ventures.

12:00 – 12:15 Closing

For any further questions or requests regarding sponsoring options, please send an email to insight@futurelabconsulting.com

APCAL 2019 BROKERAGE DAY
2019-10-03
Description
L’APCAL organise son évènement annuel autour de thématiques clés du secteur de l’assurance luxembourgeoise.
Le sujet au coeur des discussions cette année sera “Modern Tools for Insurance”
Plus d’informations à venir prochainement
https://apcal.lu/

EU Funding for Fintech Startups
2019-10-02 12:30 - 18:00 UTC
Description
EU funding is complex and hard to navigate through, particularly for small companies.
3 main takeaways:
1. The European Innovation Council (EIC) will be the one-stop-shop for innovators in Horizon Europe (2021-2027) with a foreseen budget of €10 billion.
2. The EIC Accelerator pilot / SME instrument Phase 2 programme has a budget of €1.3 billion for 2019-2020 and targets deep tech startups.
3. If the SME instrument is not for you, you may still try to join a consortium for a collaborative call for proposals (cf H2020 ICT work programme).
Younis Hijazi is the founder of the Luxembourg-based consulting company YouScale Sàrl-S with the mission to help companies succeed in their exponential transformation. I have a scientific and international background (PhD in computer science; lived in six countries). Before starting my own company (in Feb 2019), I was working for the public sector for 7+ years — being employed by the Luxembourg national innovation agency and working very closely with Ministries and EU institutions. Last but not least, my personal project is to “disrupt” the public sector by leveraging the ExO attributes.
YouScale helps companies scaling up by leveraging exponential technologies and provides consulting in EU policy & funding.

THE IMPACT ECOSYSTEM EVENT by LMDF
2019-10-01 18:00 - 23:30 UTC
Description
Building on the successful events celebrating Luxembourg’s Impact Ecosystem during the two last years, the Luxembourg Microfinance and Development Fund (LMDF) in partnership with the Ville de Luxembourg (VdL) and the impact investing players and supporters across the Grand Duchy, will once again turn the spotlight on where business/finance converge with social/environmental impact.
The triple bottom line of People, Planet, Profit is driving new dimensions of value creation.
There is a growing movement of impact finance and social business in Luxembourg, driving both financial and non- financial returns – benefitting investors, customers, employees and greater society.
Join us to celebrate the people and projects that are opening up an entire new field of positive impact through financial instruments and business models!
New this year:

Submit an application to present your business / project at this year’s event by 18th of August
Submit an application to have a stand at the event

The applications will be pre-screened by a jury.
Application webpage is available HERE
Agenda

18h15: Doors open
18h30: Opening and Welcome, Ville de Luxembourg
18h40: Panel interview with the banking sector active in sustainable finance
19h00: Presentations (pre-screened by a jury)
19h30: Closing – Raymond Schadeck, Chairman of LMDF
19h40: Drinks & Networking

Blockchain: (much) more than Crypto
2019-10-01 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
Description
PwC Luxembourg is organising the blockchain-applied series that will bring together inspirational keynotes, panel discussions, blockchain exhibitions, and a host of networking opportunities. Through this series, we intend to discuss the latest developments and insights on the ever-evolving blockchain technology and its applications.
During the session, we will:

look beyond the traditional crypto application of the technology
and explore other use cases with renowned international players, local flagship companies and experts on blockchain.

The event will be kicked off by a keynote speech from Steve Davies, PwC Global Blockchain Leader who leads PwC’s blockchain efforts around the world.
At the very end and after the discussions, the participants will have the unique opportunity to join a blockchain-fair and discuss their business and opportunities.
Agenda

5.00 – 5.30: Registration
5.30 – 5.45: Welcome by John Parkhouse, CEO, PwC Luxembourg
5.45 – 6.05: Blockchain: State of the union by Steve Davies, Partner, Global Blockchain Leader, PwC United Kingdom
6.05 – 6.25: ​Unlocking blockchain potential, what’s in it for Europe? by Alexandre Pólvora, Co-author of #Blockchain4EU and Policy Analyst and Researcher, EU Policy Lab of the Joint Research Centre, European Commission
6.25 – 6.45: Discussion: Blockchain in Europe, where do we stand? What are the opportunities? Moderated by: Thomas Campione, Blockchain & Crypto-assets leader, PwC Luxembourg, with Ken Timsit, CEO, Consensys France & Alexandre Pólvora, Co-author of #Blockchain4EU and Policy Analyst and Researcher, EU Policy Lab of the Joint Research Centre, European Commission
6.45 – 7.15: Panel: Blockchain through the Luxembourgish lense – Moderated by: Koen Maris, Cybersecurity Leader, PwC Luxembourg, with

– Tom Kettels, Operational Lead, Infrachain
– Denis Avrilionis, Founder, Compellio
– Fabrice Hansen, Head of Digital Transformation, Paul Wurth
– Michel Rauchs, Board member, Letzblock ; Founder, Paradigma

7.15 – 7.35: From vision to realization: deep dive into concrete global PwC solutions
7.35 – 7.45: Conclusion and Blockchain Fair by Gilles Vanderweyen, Partner, PwC Luxembourg

READ – PwC to accept payments in Bitcoin

Conférence - L’économie de la blockchain
2019-10-01 09:00 - 12:00 UTC
Description
DESCRIPTIF ET PROGRAMME
Atelier interdisciplinaire visant à donner aux participants des clés d’analyse permettant d’expliquer l’intérêt grandissant pour la technologie « blockchain » et ses applications.
Objectifs

Comprendre, dans un contexte historique, les déterminants socio-politiques ayant abouti à l’apparition de cette technologie, les mécanismes à travers lesquels elle a influencé l’économie pendant ses dix premières années et l’impact possible qu’elle aura à l’avenir.
Acquérir une compréhension suffisante de la technologie blockchain ainsi que de ses applications les plus courantes (« argent décentralisé », « contrats intelligents », etc.).
Identifier les bases théoriques du domaine émergent de la « crypto économie » et ses rapports avec les théories économiques classiques.
Découvrir et expérimenter avec des nouvelles applications de la blockchain dans le domaine du « gouvernement numérique » et de la « régulation financière ».

Agenda

Histoire économique de la blockchain
La technologie et pourquoi elle est importante
Introduction à la « crypto économie »
Exemples pratiques et exercices (facultatifs)

PUBLIC CIBLE
Décideurs, Analystes financiers, Gestionnaires d’actifs, Economistes, Juristes, Auditeurs, Régulateurs
INTERVENANT

Sorin Cristescu a mis en place et dirige le « Centre d’Excellence Blockchain » de la Commission Européenne depuis 2017.
Sorin a obtenu un DEA (Master) en Biologie Moléculaire à l’Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris et à l’Université Paris XI. Il a réorienté sa carrière vers l’informatique en 2000 et a par la suite obtenu un deuxième Master en Intégration des Systèmes d’Entreprise à l’Université Nancy I. Après avoir travaillé dans le secteur bancaire, il a rejoint la Commission Européenne en 2012 comme Architecte d’Entreprise. Il est fasciné par le rôle que joue la confiance dans l’évolution de la société et se passionne pour la technologie blockchain depuis qu’il a découvert ses qualités de « machine à créer de la confiance ».
La société Legitech a obtenu l’agrément du Barreau de Luxembourg.
Prix : 345€ HTVA
Tarif étudiant : 48,55€ HTVA, soit 50€ TTC (à condition d’envoyer une copie de sa carte d’étudiant et une attestation d’inscription)

Global Dialogue on Regulatory Approaches for Inclusive FinTech
2019-09-26 - 2019-09-27, 2019-09-26 00:00 (Europe/Paris)
Description
The Czech National Bank (CNB) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) have the pleasure to co-host a closed-door FinTech peer exchange program for regulators in Prague on 26–27 September 2019.
This event will be the first of its kind as a follow-up to the Sochi Accord on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, which was adopted by the AFI Membership in September 2018.
Senior experts from the AFI’s membership and their counterpart financial regulators from developed economies, international organisations and academia as well as FinTech providers will convene at this high-level event to offer solutions that address financial inclusion challenges. The program will focus on advancing effective regulatory approaches for supervising and developing conducive market conditions that balance financial inclusion, financial integrity and consumer protection.
As a peer exchange, it will also advance the discussion of converging global topics that require novel approaches, enhanced cooperation and regulatory capacity to devise effective and balanced risk mitigation approaches.

ALFI - Global Distribution Conference 2019
2019-09-24 - 2019-09-25
Description
ALFI – Global Distribution Conference 2019
New distribution markets – New distribution products – New distribution technology – New distribution regulation

Data is Big. Intelligence will be Augmented. At the ALFI Global Distribution Conference 2019, data and automation will certainly be a subject for discussion, but not only. In very practical terms, data handling and interpretation will also become app-rehensible. Be curious!
Generational changes impact the fund industry in many ways, perhaps distribution above all. Is it the millennials’ demands that link evolving transparency and responsibility standards, innovative pricing and cutting-edge distribution technology?
Where is the fund shopping app that allows us to sort and filter by social impact and price? Or do institutional investors hold the key to the future after all? What role will pensions play in successful distribution?
NEW: Workshops and break-out sessions will include dedicated portrayals of the geographical hot spots of fund distribution – the expected and the (perhaps) unexpected regions.

Have a look at the 2018 conference video report to experience the atmosphere of the event, sneak a peek backstage and hear testimonials from the participants.
The early bird rate expires on 6 September 2019
More info here!

Sibos 2019 London
2019-09-23 - 2019-09-26
Description
Sibos 2019 will take place at ExCeL London between 23 & 26 September.
For the first time Sibos will be hosted in London, a global financial superpower renowned for its affinity for finance, technology and innovation, and home to many leading figures in the financial services industry.
This year’s conference theme – thriving in a hyper-connected world – recognises the challenges, and opportunities that mass digitisation and data-driven relationships present for the Sibos community.
Sibos 2019 will explore the impact of new technologies on infrastructures, value propositions and business models and identify the culture, skills and working practices that organisations need to maximise the potential of both human and machine capabilities.
Five sub-themes will examine how this critical human and machine collaboration can capitalise on data as the lifeblood of the modern financial services ecosystem:

Enhancing digital ecosystems
Leveraging data
Keeping ahead of cybersecurity threats
Adapting to geopolitical and regulatory priorities
Exploring the human element

Sibos 2019 ‘just the ticket’ for fintechs
Are you an ambitious fintech professional interested in attending Sibos 2019 to connect with major financial services industry players?
Check out the criteria and visit the registration section of Sibos.com and enter FINTEC19 in the ‘Accreditation’ field.

Fintech Friday - Kickstart, sponsored by Stokr & Apollonian
2019-09-20 17:30 - 23:30 UTC
Description
Dear Innovators, Partners and Friends,
To celebrate an exciting new season, we are thrilled to invite you to our special FINTECH FRIDAY – KICKSTART edition, sponsored by Stokr & Apollonian.
With Fintech Friday Kickstart, the LHoFT launches a series of lunch seminars and workshops, dedicated to raising capital in Luxembourg as a lead up to the Global Ventures Summit in November.
We also welcome you to discover our exclusively hosted photography exhibition by Marat Mukhonkin, an award winning photographer from Moscow.
Agenda:

5h30 – Open door
6h30 – Presentation of STOKR – “Invest in programmable securities – STOKR Demo”
6h40 – Presentation of Apollonian – “Guiding companies on their journey from startups to unicorns” & Partnership Announcement – “Crowdfunding meets Venture Capital”
6h50 – Networking (as usual drinks and food will be served)

PS: Don’t forget to take a memorable picture in our Photo Booth corner.

The LHoFT Fintech Friday
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!
This is a private event, for registration please contact us at info@lhoft.lu

How to manage efficiently your product team
2019-09-20 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Description
It’s not enough to hire skilled people, you need to create the environment and lead your team to high performance.
Agile values, principles and practices provide a great framework to achieve that goal.
3 main takeaways
In this workshop provided to you by Agile Partner you will learn:

The basics to setup an agile team;
Tips to work with team members distributed across various locations;
How to manage your team work for maximizing the value creation for your startup.

Speakers Biographies
1. Mathieu Dietrich
Between 2010 and 2016, Mathieu was both IT Project Manager and Technical Architect. During this period, he contributed to a DevOps initiative, aimed at streamlining and improving cooperation between development and production teams. It is also at this time that he fell into the pot of agility, and gradually switched to a role of facilitator and Scrum Master to help the first agile teams freshly created. This role has evolved rapidly to become Agile Coach, with teams working in Scrum or Kanban. Coaching, graphic facilitation, team bootstrap or agile scaling – “Agile @ Scale” – are now his favorite playgrounds.
2. Eric Ferrot
Eric is a senior consultant specialized in Agile Methodologies. He started his career as a software developer in 1999 and moved to agile coaching after working for seven years in an agile team that began with Scrum and then switched to Kanban. He is now an Agile Coach since four years. As a result, Eric is kind of an agile Swiss Knife with facilitation skills as well as software engineering skills, including continuous integration and various testing techniques. He is both fluent in French (mother tongue) and English (10+ years as working language).
Company Description
Agile Partner, the agile software development company. We develop your software and we develop your agility.
Since 2004, Agile Partner has been helping its customers to exploit the innovative potential of software technologies and the human potential of their teams. Thanks to agile principles and practices we can help you be a more efficient and more resilient venture.

25th Anniversary of ATEL (Luxembourg Association of Corporate Treasurers)
2019-09-19 16:30 - 23:30 UTC
Description
Programme:
4:30pm: Welcome of participants​
4:50pm: Introduction by François Masquelier, ATEL Chairman
5.00pm: 1st round of workshops

Value creation with payments – BearingPoint
Treasury & VAT – EY
Capital Calls – ING
Innovations in the Payments Ecosystem – BNP Paribas

6.00pm: 2nd round of workshops

Value creation with payments – BearingPoint
Treasury & VAT – EY
Capital Calls – ING
Innovations in the Payments Ecosystem – BNP Paribas

7.00pm: Plenary conference

Fintech – Intensum
EIB
Refinitiv

7:45pm: Networking cocktail
8:30pm: Seated dinner

Startup Stories Round 3
2019-09-17 18:30 - 23:30 UTC
Description
La série « Start-up Stories » rythmera l’année par 5 événements, chacun parrainé par une personnalité ou un expert de la création d’entreprise.
Pour ce troisième “round”, après une keynote d’ouverture de 20 minutes, 10 entrepreneurs sélectionnés par la LHoFT pitcheront en 3 minutes chacun l’histoire de leur start-up et l’origine de leur idée.
A l’issue de la soirée, les 2 meilleurs pitches seront sélectionnés pour participer au “Start-up Stories Awards”, la grande soirée de remise des prix qui se déroulera le 17 décembre à la Maison du Savoir à Esch-Belval.
Programme

18:30: Accueil
19:00: Keynote Speech by Denise Voss, Chairman of LuxFlag and Conducting Officer at Franklin Templeton Investments.
19:20: 10 PITCHES 3 minutes de pitch par entrepreneur + 1 minute de commentaires du jury
20:30: Networking & Appetizers

STARTUP STORIES – Special Feature

BENOÎT MOULIN – DOMOS FS — “It is essential to learn from your mistakes”
DAVID KIENER – FUNDSQ — “We need to remain agile and lean”
BARBARA TERRA – HACKNOWLEDGE — “Start-up are vulnerable”
GUILLAUME VIEIRA – SMART OVERSIGHT — “Motivation and resilience are key qualities”
VLAD CENTEA – MORFIN — “In the start-up world, we call our mistakes ‘pivoting’”
OLIVIER DEBEUGNY – LINGUA CUSTODIA — “Entrepreneurship requires tenacity and resilience”
GUILLAUME DE VERGNIES – STAMPIFY — “Never give away your values and stay focused”
MATTEO CERNUSCHI – ANOTE MUSIC — “You need to continuously adapt to changes”

Global INSEAD Day - The Human Side of Digitalization
2019-09-17 18:00 - 23:30 UTC
Description
Why do most digital transformation initiatives fail – and how can you make yours succeed?
The INSEAD Alumni association surveyed business leaders currently managing digitization programs and one common theme emerged: digital transformation is not about the technology.
Join us for an interactive discussion and networking evening with experts and business leaders who will share insights on the unspoken part of the journey: taking hard strategic decisions, preparing the workforce for a new way of working, establishing new internal and external processes, and creating an organization that is ready for the future.
Speakers include:

Dr. Theos Evgeniou, Professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management, INSEAD
Mrs Françoise Thoma, Chief Executive Officer of BCEE
Mr Marc Hansen, Luxembourg Minister for Digitisation
Mrs Gwendoline Michaelis, Executive Director at Prisma Media

About INSEAD and Global INSEAD Day
INSEAD is a leading graduate business school with a mission to develop responsible leaders who transform business and society. Every year, the INSEAD Alumni Association in Luxembourg brings together business leaders, government representatives, and academics to share their views, experiences, and strategies on how business can prosper and produce positive societal outcomes.

Open Banking Hackathon
2019-09-14 - 2019-09-15
Description
September 14th 2019 is an historic day for the Open Banking trend in Europe.
To celebrate the beginning of Open Banking in Europe and the PSD2 directive operational start-date (14 September 2019), Finqware will host the first Open Banking dedicated Hackathon in CEE, using financial multibanking data access in sandbox mode.
The participating hackathon teams will have access to Finqware’s single API solution to connect to banking sandboxes for access to account information, payment initiation and financial product distribution.
The challenge will engage teams to ideate and implement products, use cases and applications on top of financial data availability
THE TEAMS

7 to 10 teams of 4 people (on average) to take up the challenge are expected.
The teams can be either ad-hoc teams for the event, early stage startups or teams representing IT Dev companies.
The objective is to maximise the success of the teams in picturing innovative applications and use-cases for Open Banking.

Registration deadline is 1st of September (end of day) >> REGISTER your TEAM
THE CHALLENGE
The teams will be challenges to use the multi banking API testing environment made available by FINQware and partners ( where applicable ) to think of real use-cases implementations in 3 main fields with some proposed but not exclusive subcategories of solutions:
1/ Open Banking for Individuals

Personal finance management applications
Robo-Advisory for increasing financial health
Increase financial inclusiveness
Next level payment solutions

2/ Open Banking for Businesses

Optimising Treasury Management for Corporates
Smart Financial management for SMEs
Cross border FX Hedging for corporates

3/ Open Banking for IoT

Using Wearables to manage financial life
The car and its applications

THE AWARDS
1st place team:

2000 EUR in cash
5000 EUR Google Cloud credit offered by Techcelerator
Shortcut to Techcelerator next batch admission

2nd place team

5000 EUR in Google Cloud credits offered by Techcelerator
Shortcut to Techcelerator next batch admission

3rd place team

5000 EUR in Google Cloud credits offered by Techcelerator
Shortcut to Techcelerator next batch admission
