Fintech Summer Meetup powered by Crowdpolicy

18 July 2019 18:30 @The Impact Hub Athens

Are you interested in fintech, open banking & digital transformation? Are you a startup which can produce innovative solutions around fintech? Are you an executive from financial services sector or interested in networking around the fintech area? If your answer is Y E S to one of the above questions, then this Fintech Meetup is the place to be!

Fintech Summer Meetup powered by Crowdpolicy will cover emerging Fintech and digital innovation topics from Greece for finance professionals and enthusiasts, bankers, business owners and those interested in Fintech and startup entrepreneurship! Fintech Summer Meetup will be joined by those who want to gain and share knowledge on FinTech, meet entrepreneurs, investors, executives from financial institutions and other stakeholders. Fintech Summer Meetup is Organised by Crowdpolicy in the centre of Athens, at the Impact Hub Athens.

Who must participate!

  • Businesses, teams and startups with ideas, solutions and services related to fintech

  • Executives working in the banking - financial technologies sector

  • Executives interested in the new trends and the prospect of the new digital economy through the use of disruptive technologies in fintech

  • Anyone interested in Fintech, digital transformation and disrupting technologies!

Main topics to be discussed

  • Latest fintech developments and the fintech startup ecosystem in Greece

  • Μajor technology trends of recent years, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain

  • The new institutional framework of PSD2 directive and open banking and the opportunities and challenges created through the API economy

  • The experience of the the fintech programs organised by Crowdpolicy, the successful case of befinnovative

  • Digital transformation strategies and opportunities for the public and private sector that harness the value and the experience from financial technologies

  • Visa Innovation Program in Greece

Open event - Free tickets

This is an open event. There will be also some tickets distributed in the startup - fintech community , but the tickets available will be first come first served. So, unless you are truly interested in the event, please do not get a ticket :)

Program Fintech Summer Meetup

18:00 - 18:30 Check in

18:30 - 18:45 The Fintech event begins! - Opening

The fintech journey in Greece - Challenges and opportunities, Mr. Georgios Karamanolis, CTO / CIO, Crowdpolicy

18:45 - 19:15 Panel Discussion for Open Banking in Greece. The effort so far

  • Mrs. Kampouridou Stavroula, Head of FinTech Hub, Senior Advisor to the Governor, Bank of Greece
  • Mr. Dimitriadis Giorgos, CIO - Chief Informations Officer, Praxia Bank
  • Mr. Theodoros D. Konstantatos, Deputy Manager IT Applications Division, Alpha Bank
  • Mr. Giorgos Marinos, Head of Digital Transformations Division, NBG - National Bank of Greece
  • Mr. Vangelis Antonopoulos, Digital Platforms & API Manager, Eurobank Ergasias S.A.
  • Mr. Marinos Xynarianos, Digital Innovations & Financial Technologies Expert, Crowdpolicy

19:15 - 19:45 Visa innovation program in Greece

  • Objectives of the Visa Innovation Program in Greece, Mrs. Andreana Pappas, Country Manager Visa Greece

  • Outline, Milestones and Next steps, Mrs. Vicky Foteinou, Program Manager, Crowdpolicy

  • Visa Developers Platform and case studies for added value services, Mr. Georgios Karamanolis, CTO / CIO, Crowdpolicy

19:45–20:00 INFINITECH: EU's flagship initiative for AI in Finance

Dr. John Soldatos, Phd, Advisor, GFT Italia

20:00–20:15 The experience of implementing fintech innovation initiatives in Greece Mr. Kostas Kalogerakis, Vice Chairman of the Hellenic Blockchain Hub

20:15–20:45 Open Discussion

20:45–21:30 Drinks and networking

The event is going to be held in Greek language

Fintech Summer Meetup details

Date: Thursday, 18 July 2019 - Time: 18:30 - 21:00

Place: The Impact Hub Athens (google maps: http://bit.ly/2Ypryls)

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2321326161463111/