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Singapore FinTech Festival 2021
2021-11-08 08:00 - 2021-11-12 17:00 (Europe/Luxembourg)
The SFF is organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in partnership with The Association of Banks in Singapore and in collaboration with Constellar Holdings.Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF), organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), is the world’s largest FinTech festival and a global platform for the FinTech community to foster an open dialogue between the public and private sectors to advance FinTech in the digital economy. SFF2021 will take place from 8 to 12 November 2021.

SFF is the world’s largest FinTech event and a global platform for the FinTech community comprising FinTech players, technopreneurs, policy makers, financial industry leaders, investors including private equity players and venture capitalists, and academics.
In 2020, SFF and SWITCH saw 60,000 participants from over 160 countries with more than 2,000 speakers, over 1,300 exhibitors, 27 international pavilions, and 45 satellite events hosted by partner cities across the world during the 5-day round-the-clock event.

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The Blockchain Spotlight Series: The Road to NFTs
2021-11-05 12:00 - 13:15
Welcome to the Blockchain Spotlight Series shedding light on everything Crypto, Defi and NFTs out of Luxembourg and beyond.
12h00 – 12h45 PM – THE INSIGHTS PANEL – The Road to NFTs

Where are NFTs headed? Are they transforming global business models?
Applications of NFTs in finance, art, defi & non-bankable assets
Regulatory implications & challenges of adoption
Shall we buy the hype?

wIth

Manuel Machado, Global Head of Blockchain Solutions at Worldline (Barcelona)
Vsevolod Michalevsky, CEO at OnGrid Systems (Moscow)
George Wong, CEO & Founder at Reactive Lab (Malaysia)
Surya Elango, Director of Growth at Venly (Berlin)
Aurélien Hollard, Partner, CMS (Luxembourg)

moderated by Jesus Pena Garcia, Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies Leader at Deloitte Luxembourg
12h45 PM – 1h15 PM – 3 WORKSHOPS TO CHOOSE FROM
Take the workshops:

Understanding Community Value in NFTs and Why That’s Important – The Malaysian Experience / with George Wong, CEO & Founder
The legal aspects to NFTs and the challenges to overcome – Use – case / with Aurélia Viemont, Senior Counsel & Aurélien Hollard, Partner at CMS
The Digital Twin – What if… & the public sector on NFTs / with Thomas Kallstenius, CEO at of the LIST & Younis Hijazi, Founder at YouScale

Accompanied visit to Web Summit 2021
2021-11-01 08:00 - 2021-11-04 17:00
The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and its Enterprise Europe Network in collaboration with Startup Luxembourg will propose an accompanied visit to the Web Summit 2021.
Web Summit is a leading global event that brings together renowned speakers, tech’s biggest companies, and top media outlets. The event is the ideal place for entrepreneurs, investors and innovative startups to initiate new business relationships, access new markets, conclude promising business partnerships or seek funding from potential investors.
When? 2 – 4 November 2021
Where? Altice Arena & Fil, Lisbon (P)
A collective visit is proposed which includes the following services: entrance ticket, recommendation for flight and accommodation, transfers from the fair to the recommended hotel and invitation to the Luxembourg Networking Event.
Participation conditions
Participation in the Web Summit is paid. As the number of tickets are limited, the “first come, first served” rule will apply.
Ticket price: 450 euros/ticket
Participation in the accompanied visit is only reserved for companies registered in Luxembourg.
The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce will not reserve the flight and hotels for participants. All participants have to take care of their own flight and hotel bookings.
Deadline: 14th October 2021
The visit and tickets are only offered to companies registered in Luxembourg.
More info and full program
Register Here

Under The Hood Of ESG Investing : Social Aspects Of Financial Services
2021-10-28 16:00 - 17:30
About This Event

LHoFT, Holland FinTech, and FinTech Belgium have joined forces to share essential insights on ESG developments and the relevance for fintech in the Benelux. Register today !
How Do You Measure And Steer Your Social Impact?
The social side (S) of ESG in financial services has many aspects, including Financial Inclusion (making sure people have access to essential financial services, regardless of wealth, age, education + gender), Accessibility (in terms of cost and friction, but also understandability), Diversity & Inclusion (moving towards a more diverse and inclusive industry, Financial Literacy (often going hand in hand with Digital Literacy: can all people harness the power of digital financial services?).
At the highest level, how do you responsibly run a profitable, sustainable business that does not deplete natural resources or actually repletes harm that has been done in the past? How can the abstract world of financial services become a catalyst for good in the physical world? The social aspects are key when it comes to investing, financing, and providing services to any kind of party.
During this session, we’ll share insights and address the following questions:

What is driving financial service companies to do good (and no harm)?
How do they measure effects and influence the outcome of their involvement?
How can they live up to the changing demands of society?
How does technology support this movement?
And how can we build a responsible environment where everyone belongs and people feel welcome, valued, and respected?

Preliminary Agenda
The session will be moderated by Patricia Boydens, Vice-President of FinTech Belgium.
The following speakers are confirmed:

Claire Godding, Senior Expert on Inclusion at Febelfin
Eline Talboom, Partner at We are Jane
Liesbeth van der Kruit, CSR Director at Achmea
Sara Kaiser from Luxembourg Tech School
Annette Houtekamer, Co-Founder of IBISA
Astrid Bruinsma-Eggink, CEO Sofie

Please register free of charge for this online Zoom event.

PwC Cybersecurity & Privacy Days
2021-10-28, 2021-10-27
From IT security to digital trust: how to help CISOs, DPOs and CEOs ensure they keep their organisation secure in a digital society.
Cybersecurity and digital transformation are top of CEOs minds for 2021, according to the latest PwC Global CEO Survey. Cyber moved up the threat list, and is now the second highest concern among CEOs – topped only by their anxiety about pandemics.
In the meantime, CISOs are facing an unlimited number of various attacks and risks everyday. DPOs see their mission evolve to ensure data security and privacy are respected, in a complex environment.
This 4-days event welcomes distinguished speakers from all over the world, representing a rich panel of thought leaders. They share the stage with companies engaging in a pitch competition of their innovative solutions and present how they meet cybersecurity or privacy challenges.
Participants are also able to participate in business matchmaking, join interactive breakout sessions and take part in a networking forum with their peers and industry leaders.
20 October: Under the patronage of PwC Cybersecurity and Privacy Days – a special PwC DPO Meet Up will be held.
21 October: Under the patronage of PwC Cybersecurity and Privacy Days – a special PwC Cybersecurity Community Call will be held.
27 October: CEO Corner
28 October: CISO Corner & DPO Corner

Sustainable Finance Forum 2021
2021-10-26 10:00 - 2021-10-27 12:00
Climate change and social issues are high on the agenda of governments across the globe. As finance moves to a more central role in powering a sustainable future, it is coming under increasing scrutiny and is process of transition. It is in this context that Luxembourg for Finance will host its 4th annual Sustainable Finance Forum, bringing together experts from across the globe to discuss the need to implement global sustainability goals and finance a sustainable future.
The livestreamed event will be held across two days, the 26th and 27th of October from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST, and will include a keynote speech from EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, as well as an interview with Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna.
The first day sees us taking a high-level view, examining overarching investment trends and participants will discuss whether we are heading towards a global convergence or fragmentation. While day two dives into the EU taxonomy and disclosure regulations, examining how these work in practice and their impacts on financial services thus far.
For the full agenda, including speakers and their biographies, please see here.

Cybersecurity Week - "Hackers meet developers" by Hacknowledge
2021-10-22 17:00 - 21:00
October is the month of cybersecurity enthusiasts.
LHoFT Member, Hacknowledge, is organizing an event on Friday, October 22nd at the Big Bang (HoST) around the topic of Application Security.
“Hackers meet developers”
For this event, Hacknowledge wants to bring developers and security experts together so they can learn from each other and debate around various topics of interest.
With the new OWASP Top 10 which just came out, it would be the perfect opportunity to talk about AppSec and have each other’s view on the subject.
The discussion is open to all developers (front, back, fullstack, any stack!) and security experts as well.
Hacknowledge will do a presentation of the new OWASP Top 10 2021, focusing on the hotest topics: SSRF being voted 1# application security vulnerability, the new category insecure design, the not-so-new security misconfigurations category and more!
Following the presentation, it will be the chance to exchange freely on the subjects that have been introduced and have your opinion.
And of course share a drink together!
Agenda

5.00PM: Registration and Welcome
5.30PM: Conference
7:00PM: Get-together Drink

Register HERE

The Blockchain Spotlight Series: DeFi - Beyond Crypto
2021-10-22 12:00 - 13:15
Welcome to the Blockchain Spotlight Series shedding light on everything Crypto, Defi and NFTs out of Luxembourg and beyond.

In our 2nd episode we’ll explore

The evolution of blockchain technology and the future of decentralised finance
How Defi is becoming a driving force behind Asset & Wealth Management
Ways to secure & insure for massive scalability and adoption

And explore use-cases you don’t want to miss out on
with

Petra Krizan, Managing Director & Software Engineer at The Blockhouse Technology
Philipp Sandner, Head of Frankfurt School Blockchain Center
Victoria Gago, CEO & Co-Founder of the European Blockchain Convention
Alexia Martinel, Blockchain / Product / Strategy at Normadic Lab

12h00 – 12h40 PM – PANEL DISCUSSION– DeFi

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 – 1h15 PM Workshops to choose from (you’ll be able to chose between W1 or W2)

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