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Paris Fintech Forum 2020: LHoFT Side Event
2020-01-28 17:00 - 23:30 UTC
Description
Paris Fintech Forum – Meet the Luxembourg Fintech Delegation in Paris
Join us to explore the Luxembourg Fintech ecosystem and meet our members and partners whilst enjoying a glass of wine and some delicious snacks.
3 minutes walking from the Palais Brongniart, this is the perfect Luxembourg – Paris networking event to go, and the opportunity to meet and mingle.
Agenda

5.00pm: Registration
5.30pm: Welcome Note by the LHoFT Team and our host Lingua Custodia
5.45 – 8.00pm: Networking event

Register now and drop us an email should you have any question.
To see more details of Paris Fintech Forum itself, and what else is going on, check out our event page.

Paris Fintech Forum 2020
2020-01-28 - 2020-01-29
Description
The Paris Fintech Forum (PFF) is the most exclusive European annual event on digital finance & Fintech, organized by Altéir Event.
Join the LHoFT Delegation in Paris
The LHoFT is partner of the 5th edition of the ParisFintech Forum that will be held on January 28 and 29 2020.
This edition will bring together 2600+ attendees over 2 days in the heart of Paris to exchange with 250+ international speakers, all CEOs from banks, insurance companies, regulators, investors and of course Fintechs from all over the world who will be on stage. On 6 content stages will be held keynotes, panels and 60+ pitches by Fintechs’ CEOs from all over the world.
Find a number of LHoFT members and Luxembourg ecosystem players on our stand (S10) throughout the course of the event. Meet some of Luxembourg’s leading Fintech and Regtech companies:
Tuesday 28th of January:

10.00-11.00: InReg
13.00-14.00: Aixigo
15.00-16.00: Koosmik

Wednesday 29th of January:

10.00-11.00: Apiax
11.00-12.00: Valuu.io
14.00-15.00: Neterium
15.00-16.00: EBRC
16.00-17.00: Governance.com

Check out the full agenda of Paris Fintech Forum 2020
Frequently asked questions available here.

Crypto 2020
2020-01-22 19:00 - 23:30 UTC
Description
bitFlyer Europe and the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology are proud to present “Crypto 2020” where we will dive into the key industry developments and trends surrounding the blockchain and Fintech industry at the start of a brand new decade. Welcome to 2020!
Agenda:
18:30 – 19:00 – Welcome drinks and registration
19:00-19:20 – “bitFlyer – The Past, Present, and Future” by Andy Bryant, COO bitFlyer Europe
19:20-19:40 – 3 pitches / presentations
– morfin.io by Vlad Centea, CEO & Co-Founder
– Cyberian Mine by Pavel Grachev, Co-Founder
– CopyRage by Aaron Groman, Co-Founder
19:40-20:20 – Fireside chat/ Panel-discussion – “Crypto 2020”
– Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation at Socgen
– Radu State, Head of Sedan
– Andy Bryant, COO of bitFlyer Europe
moderated by Hanna Deleanu, former research fellow on virtual currencies at Yale Law School & Fintech research leader at the University of Utrecht.
20:20-20:35 – Open Q&A
20:35-21:30 – Networking + food/drinks
***Speakers***
Laurent Marochini is Head of Innovation at Societe Generale Securities Services in Luxembourg and Head of the Innovation Lab #LePlateauLux and Blockchain Leader for the Group since 2018. He is also Co-Chairman of the ALFI Working Group Blockchain & Crypto Currencies and Member of the Fintech & Digital Executive Committee.Notable awards: “Top 4 Fintech Leader of the year for Luxembourg by Finance Awards (2017); Top 21 Regtech worldwide Leader by Medici (2018); Twice awarded 2nd Worldwide Best Innovation Maker of Societe Generale [masked]).”
Radu State is the Head of the research group SEDAN (Service and Data Management) at SnT. Radu has been also active in disseminating and promoting science and technology to a larger audience. He has organized several meetups and hackathons in Fintech as a modest contribution within a larger effort to establish Luxembourg as a leading place for innovation in Fintech. As such, he and his team are the technological leaders of the Infrachain project, aiming at operating a distributed ledger (blockchain) over a heterogeneous IT infrastructure.
Andy’s role as bitFlyer’s COO is the natural result of a career and education that has spanned many aspects of finance and technology, including roles as the global COO for M&A advisory firm BDA Partners 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. He studied robotics in Japan and authored prize-winning research relating to decentralization. Andy has lived and worked in 4 countries across 3 continents, and as a Blockchain & Fintech commentator is regularly featured in the media and publications including Financial Times, Business Insider, Coindesk, Wired, Yahoo Finance, Blockchain Insider, and Verdict. For more info, see: https://www.andybryant.me/press-coverage
***Moderator***
Hanna Deleanu is former postdoctoral fellow at Yale Law School and current fellow at Utrecht University where she leads the Regulation of Innovation: FinTech research group at the Faculty of Economics, Law, and Governance. Deleanu’s work focuses on the design of governance mechanisms that reduce financial crime: corruption and money laundering. Deleanu’s research intends to help regulators address the risks generated by novel financial technologies – Blockchain and virtual currencies – without crushing innovation.

Fintech Friday - Welcome to 2020
2020-01-17 17:30 - 19:00 UTC
Description
Dear Innovators, Partners & Friends,
We are excited to invite you to our first Fintech Friday of the year ” Welcome to 2020″, and venture into a new decade of growth! This event is sponsored by Blauhill, Valuu.io and Inreg.
Agenda:
5h30 – Open door to Fintech Friday – Big Bang
6h30 – Welcome Note by Nasir Zubairi, CEO of LHoFT
6h35 – Startup Pitches:

Blauhill (The digital investment platform focused on European real estate market) by Marek Hric, Founder.
Valuu.io (Empowering private investors with easy access to financial data) by Martin Migge, CEO & Co-Founder
Inreg (Keeping you ahead of regulatory changes) by Jean-Louis Catrysse, Managing Partner & Owner

6h50 – Closing Note – 3 years of LHoFT and what lays ahead
6h55 – Epic networking event (as usual drinks and food will be served)
8h00 – Novotel Red Square After-Party (only for Fintech Friday attendees)
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 start of a brand new decade!

Design Thinking Series - UX - Data Informed Design - A Masterclass
2020-01-17 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Description
Design Thinking Series
UX – Data Informed Design
“leveraging your data for outstanding UX Design”
In today’s world where Data is so accessible, we have an incredible opportunity to put it at work in a more productive manner. You probably start your day checking some metrics and often revise your company business strategy based on it. But are you using that Data to its full potential? How can you adopt a different approach to design a service, a product and a business model based on it?
Let’s walk the way of how you can use and design it to guide your creative thoughts.
You will learn (among other things):

What data you can use for a better design
What methods you can easily include in your current process
Difference between data-driven and data-informed design

Bio:
Federico Pizzutto is a self-made User Experience Expert who has been working on the field for the past 20 years, helping startups and enterprises in defining and promoting internal design practices, products, services. Federico is also involved in building and coaching teams on shaping their business strategy. He works as UX expert at DoclerHolding and leads the local chapter for Interaction Design Foundation where he is also a IDF Design League Coach. When not working you can find him struggling learning French and try to understand his kids speaking Luxembourgish

LHoFT Talent Day - A Fintech Immersion
2020-01-17
Description
“LHoFT Talent Day – A Fintech Immersion” sponsored by LuxHub
Friday, January 17

Luxembourg – Your career gateway – Morning session
Your Fintech Innovation Dive – Afternoon session
Welcome to Fintech Friday – Evening session

1. Luxembourg – Your career gateway
11h00 – 11h30 am – Welcome to the LHoFT – The Fintech landscape
11h30 – 12h00 pm – Luxembourg for Finance – Your career gateway
12h00 – 12h30 pm – DoRecruitment – Lux Talent Employment Market
12h30 – 01h00 pm – LuxHub – The future of Payment by Jacques Putz, CEO, University of Trier Alumni
LUNCH BREAK sponsored by LuxHub – The Leading European Open Banking Platform
2. Your Fintech Innovation Dive
A Fintech Discovery
02h00 – 02h30 pm – “New savings ” with Savedroid
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
Dive into Corporate Innovation
Learn how our Financial actors in Luxembourg foster innovation and intrapreneurial culture in 2020. You’ll meet our Founding Partners Innovation or HR teams that will introduce you to their latest innovation strategies, initiatives and learnings.
– KPMG – “The Hub for Entrepreneurship (KHUBE)”
– SocGen, “LePlateau – “Dedicated to open Innovation in startup mode”
– Deloitte – “Meet its HR Department”
3. Welcome to Fintech Friday
5h30 – 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!

Consumer Electronics Show 2020
2020-01-07 - 2020-01-10
Description
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world’s gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years — the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace.
Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, it attracts the world’s business leaders and pioneering thinkers.
Twenty Luxembourg companies will be among the over 4,500 present at the Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada (US) on 7-10 January 2020.
Supported by the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and HP, Luxembourg will have a a 100m2 stand welcoming LHoFT Members Ibisa, Anote Music, Koosmik and Stokr as well as Redscue, Bondweaver, Virtual Rangers, Food4All, Adapti, Mu Design, Aqoona, Roomate, Global Jet Booking, Property Token, Motion-S, Yotako, Tresorio, Art Design Painting, Phoenici and Atis Network.
https://www.ces.tech/

How to think and act like a designer
2019-12-15 14:30 - 17:00 UTC
Description
Even if you don’t consider yourself creative, the design thinking methodologies shared in this workshop will show you that you can easily think and act as a designer that can be used to make your product stand out and solve the most pressing problems first on a creative level you didn’t think you could reach.
Justus Bruns applies his design thinking methodologies to his clients that include Google and Mastercard. He also works together with the Dutch government to tackle big problems like loneliness through functional product design.
Bruns wants to show you how design is more than just making things pretty, it’s about how form should follow function.
Speaker:
Justus Bruns has founded two companies with his co-founder Mingus Vogel. CNVNC, a design agency, helps big corporate clients such as Diageo, ArcelorMittal, Philips, Google and Mastercard get their message across using smarter ways of communicating. His other company, VOUW, works on more conceptual works tackling problems like loneliness but also designing huge light art installations in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. Both businesses are based in Amsterdam but they also deal regularly with clients in Luxembourg.

Fintech Friday - "Celebrating the Holiday Season" sponsored by LuxHub
2019-12-13 17:30 - 19:00 UTC
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
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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.
