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Nov 23, 2026

AI governance & model risk

Room A · Main Stage 09:00 to 09:30

Define what trusted AI-driven finance means for banks in 2027–2030.

Rita Gnutti
Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area · Intesa Sanpaolo · Italy
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Nov 23, 2026

AI governance with a special emphasis on Agentic Systems

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 09:00 to 09:30

Move from isolated AI pilots to enterprise-wide architecture and delivery.

Oliver Maspfuhl
Head of Anti Financial Crime Modelling Germany & EMEA · Deutsche Bank · Germany
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Nov 23, 2026

Business intelligence, operations control & data-led risk management in banking

Room A · Main Stage 09:30 to 10:00

Turn business intelligence into practical operational control across banking functions.

Christopher Nason
Director, Global Head of Business Intelligence Unit | Anti-Financial Crime · Deutsche Bank Securities · United Kingdom
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Nov 23, 2026

Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 09:30 to 10:00

Link data enablement, intelligent automation and system integration to operational performance.

Gladson Baby
Vice President & Director of Data & AI Enablement · Fifth Third Bank · United States
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Nov 23, 2026

Scaling AI responsibly: leadership playbook for AI risk & compliance

Room A · Main Stage 10:00 to 10:30

AI is rapidly moving from pilot phase into broad deployment within banks.

Frans Vanbruggen
Werkgebied Lead — Waarden, normen en regelgeving · AI Coalitie 4 Nederland (AIC4NL) · Netherlands
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Nov 23, 2026

AI Governance: mitigating the risks of AI to unlock its true value

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 10:00 to 10:30

Turn AI governance from policy documentation into daily operating practice.

Dr. Paul Dongha
Head of Responsible AI and AI Strategy · NatWest Group · United Kingdom
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Nov 23, 2026

AI-driven banking by 2030: from transformation ambition to measurable execution

Room A · Main Stage 10:30 to 11:00

Translate AI, data and digital transformation strategy into bank-wide execution.

Alina Timofeeva
Strategic Advisor in Data & Technology · Pandoras Analytics / BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT · Saudi Arabia
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Nov 23, 2026

From Process Scans to Scalable Execution: Building Human & Machine Operating Models

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 10:30 to 11:00

Re-imagine key processes according to future needs.

Zsofia Kovacs
Efficiency Advisor, Group Organisation & Operations · KBC Bank & Verzekering · Belgium
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Nov 23, 2026

Case study: AI & machine learning in operations and fraud detection

Room A · Main Stage 12:00 to 12:30

Explain where AI and machine learning create value across operations and fraud detection.

Hassan Omidi Firouzi
VP, Applied AI ML Lead · JPMorgan Chase & Co. · United States
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Nov 23, 2026

AI-at-scale banking leadership: board priorities, execution discipline and measurable value

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 12:00 to 12:30

Set board-level priorities for scaling AI beyond pilots.

Przemysław Gdański
President of the Management Board / CEO · BNP Paribas Bank Polska · Poland
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Nov 23, 2026

Human resilience in AI-driven banking

Room A · Main Stage 12:30 to 13:00

Explore why human resilience becomes critical as banks adopt AI-driven operating models.

Dilek Süzal
Licensed Self-Mastery, Career, Leadership & Business Coach · Dilek Süzal Coaching & Training · Austria
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Nov 23, 2026

Credit risk management, related modelling and stress testing in an era of trade wars: the AI solution

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 12:30 to 13:00

Convert fragmented data into reusable business data products.

Ramesh Gopal
Chief Risk Officer, UAE & Saudi; Head of Credit, CIB CEEMEA · Deutsche Bank · United Arab Emirates
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Nov 24, 2026

Corporate digital identity management

Room A · Main Stage 09:00 to 09:30

Position digital identity as core banking infrastructure, not a back-office utility.

Stephan Wolf
Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide · LEI Worldwide / Verifiable Trade Foundation · Germany
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Nov 24, 2026

Digital identity wallets · practical applications and ecosystem readiness

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 09:00 to 09:30

Translate the EU Digital Identity Wallet into practical bank requirements.

Xiaodi Wang
Senior Business Analyst · Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) · Germany
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Nov 24, 2026

Digital trust in AI-led banking · risk, audit and cyber oversight at board level

Room A · Main Stage 09:30 to 10:00

Link AI-led banking with board-level risk, audit, compliance and cyber oversight.

Dr. Björn Lenzmann
Chief Risk Officer; Member of the Board of Directors · DenizBank · Turkey
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Nov 24, 2026

User centricity in cybersecurity · UX research and behavioural science

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 09:30 to 10:00

Examine deepfakes, synthetic identities and evolving scam typologies.

Nazima Kadir
Global Head of UX: Cybersecurity · JPMorgan Chase & Co. · United Kingdom
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Nov 24, 2026

Custody, governance and operational controls for digital assets

Room A · Main Stage 10:00 to 10:30

Define the custody and control requirements for regulated digital-asset operations.

Lubin Reyes
Founder and CEO · Custodial Management Solutions Ltd · United Kingdom
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Nov 24, 2026

Continuous identity assurance

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 10:00 to 10:30

Scale passkeys and phishing-resistant authentication across channels.

Zafer Ergezen
Head of Business Support Services · GarantiBank International NV · Netherlands
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Nov 24, 2026

Cloud resilience and concentration risk in regulated banking

Room A · Main Stage 11:00 to 11:30

Assess cloud resilience as a board-level operational-risk priority.

Eran Goldman Malka
Cloud Security Manager · European Depositary Bank SA · Luxembourg
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Nov 24, 2026

Navigating AI, Operational Resilience and Regulatory Evolution (DORA)

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 11:00 to 11:30

Address DORA-driven resilience challenges, third-party dependencies and concentration risk.

Ricardo Galvao
ICT Risk, Processes & Quality — Head of Unit · NOVO BANCO · Portugal
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Nov 24, 2026

Board-level fraud prevention

Room A · Main Stage 11:30 to 12:00

Treat fraud and scams as a board-level business risk.

Dr. Veronica Ann Williams
Executive Director - President · ACT Inc. / FinFix · United States
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Nov 24, 2026

Fraud accountability: governance, liability and customer-protection controls

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 11:30 to 12:00

Clarify fraud accountability across business, operations, compliance and technology.

Ezra Dulberg
Senior Manager, Tax Dispute Resolution · BDO · United Kingdom
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Nov 24, 2026

Case study: Board-level fraud strategy

Room A · Main Stage 12:00 to 12:30

Translate fraud and financial-crime exposure into board-level decision criteria.

Erin Loughlin
Senior Director of Training · Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS) · United States
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Nov 24, 2026

From compliance cost to competitive advantage: trusted organisational identity

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 12:00 to 12:30

Move from periodic checks to persistent identity confidence.

Alexandre Kech
Executive · Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) · Germany
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Nov 24, 2026

From compliance cost to competitive advantage · in practice

Room A · Main Stage 12:30 to 13:00

Show how organisational identity can become a business enabler.

Ines Gensinger
Head of Global Corporate Communications · Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) · Germany
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Nov 24, 2026

Case study: DLT and its influence on payments and bank operating models

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 12:30 to 13:00

Assess how DLT can change settlement, reconciliation and payment operating models.

Ishtiaq Ahmed
Senior Manager, Strategic Revenue Development, Chief Commercial Office · HSBC · United Kingdom
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Nov 25, 2026

Instant payments and interoperability

Room A · Main Stage 09:00 to 09:30

Frame the payments, wallets and digital-assets agenda.

Domenico Scaffidi
CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice · DS Payments Ltd · United Kingdom
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Nov 25, 2026

The new payments landscape · instant, interoperable, invisible and built on trust

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 09:00 to 09:30

Assess instant payments, ISO 20022 richness and real-time expectations.

Paul Walvik-Joynt
Vice President, Commercialization Real-Time Payments · Mastercard · Norway
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Nov 25, 2026

Instant payments readiness · value creation and operational implications

Room A · Main Stage 09:30 to 10:00

Assess how instant payments change liquidity, customer expectations and operational processes.

Saibee Motiani
Digital Cross Sell / Marketing & Business · Kotak Mahindra Bank · India
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Nov 25, 2026

Digital wallets and biometric payments · customer experience and secure authentication

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 09:30 to 10:00

Evaluate wallet orchestration and acceptance strategies.

Mihai Draghici
Founder/CEO · PayByFace · Romania
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Nov 25, 2026

Digital wallets customer adoption · embedded experiences and market uptake

Room A · Main Stage 10:00 to 10:30

Translate biometric payment innovation into usable customer journeys.

Alexandra Nicolau
Head of Growth · PayByFace · Romania
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Nov 25, 2026

Moving Money — how banks think · the new role of the Chief Payment Officer

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 10:00 to 10:30

Move beyond compliance APIs toward commercial Open Finance value.

Viktoria Soltesz
Founder & CEO · PSP Angels · Cyprus
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Nov 25, 2026

Open Finance and financial-institution growth · emerging markets, innovation and scale

Room A · Main Stage 10:30 to 11:00

Explore how Open Finance can support growth for banks and financial institutions.

Ara Sargsyan
Director of Digital Banking · Ameriabank CJSC · Armenia
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Nov 25, 2026

Case study: Open Finance · practical lessons and implementation insights

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 10:30 to 11:00

Move beyond Open Banking APIs toward broader Open Finance value creation.

Kazim Oguz
Senior Vice President, Digital Channels and Open Banking · DenizBank · Turkey
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Nov 25, 2026

Open Finance strategy · data access and commercial ecosystem design

Room A · Main Stage 11:30 to 12:00

Position Open Finance as a growth strategy rather than a compliance project.

JP Fabri
Founding Partner · Seed · Malta
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Nov 25, 2026

Retail Digital Euro · tokenisation or not? Policy, interoperability and market design

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 11:30 to 12:00

Compare tokenised deposits, wholesale CBDCs and retail digital euro models.

Cyril Vignet
Blockchain Coordination, Digital & Payments / EACB retail Digital Euro representative · Agence EDEP Conseil · France
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Nov 25, 2026

Corporate payment business: PSD3 · instant payments and fraud accountability

Room A · Main Stage 12:00 to 12:30

Translate PSD3 and PSR developments into bank priorities.

Ulrich Loof
Senior Expert, Transaction Management · DZ BANK AG · Germany
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Nov 25, 2026

A2A payments and European scale · growth, adoption and cross-border reach

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 12:00 to 12:30

Explain how Wero and A2A payments reshape European scale.

Arash Marandi
Business and Operations Analyst · Zaver · Sweden
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Nov 25, 2026

Future of digital wallets · bank readiness and customer expectations

Room A · Main Stage 12:15 to 12:45

Assess how digital wallets are changing product strategy and customer engagement.

Sadik Bas
Deputy General Manager, Marketing Portfolio Management · Garanti BBVA · Turkey
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Nov 25, 2026

Digital wallets · product design, use cases and ecosystem integration

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 12:15 to 12:45

Assess where digital wallets can support inclusion and everyday payment adoption.

Yodaly Sierra
Founder · Eco2wallet · United Kingdom
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Nov 25, 2026

Wallet risk, payment controls and customer trust at scale

Room A · Main Stage 13:45 to 14:15

Map wallet risk across onboarding, authentication and transaction flows.

Vaida Saltenyte
Founder · CXM / ifindbanks.com · Cyprus
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Nov 25, 2026

Future payments landscape · European finance — market outlook and ecosystem implications

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 13:45 to 14:15

Frame the payment trends shaping European finance through 2030.

Victor Rivera
Partner · Aluna Partners Ltd · United Kingdom
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Nov 25, 2026

Future payments landscape · investor and operations view

Room A · Main Stage 14:15 to 14:45

Look at payment innovation from an investor and market-readiness perspective.

Jennifer Newbould
Remote Operations Consultant & Specialist · Aluna Partners · Italy
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Nov 25, 2026

Tokenization infrastructure · architecture, rails and future payments landscape

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 14:15 to 14:45

Explain the infrastructure layer required for tokenized finance.

Thomas Langbein
Chief Commercial Officer · Trever · Germany
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Nov 25, 2026

Case study: Future payments landscape · regional insights and commercial adoption

Room A · Main Stage 14:45 to 15:15

Explore how new payment rails and digital assets can reshape customer access.

Peculiar Ibeabuchi
Communications and Events Manager · Yellow Card · Nigeria
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Nov 25, 2026

Tokenized market infrastructure · regulated FMI and operating models

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 14:45 to 15:15

Move from tokenization pilots to business-grade infrastructure.

Kathrin Fortmann
Strategic Partnerships Management · BX Digital · Switzerland
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Nov 26, 2026

Human-AI banking experience

Room A · Main Stage 09:00 to 09:30

Show how AI changes service, sales, operations and advice journeys.

Rudolf Stefanich
Senior Manager - Product Insights · Bitpanda / New Design University · Austria
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Nov 26, 2026

Present and Future of Digital Transformation in Islamic Banking

Room A · Main Stage 09:30 to 10:00

Link digital transformation with customer experience and trust.

Wan Halim
Head of Global Shariah Governance · Crédit Agricole CIB · United Arab Emirates
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Nov 26, 2026

Omnichannel banking leadership and customer growth in Czech and regional banking

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 09:30 to 10:00

Define the role of omnichannel leadership in customer acquisition and retention.

Tomas Reytt
Chief Sales Officer CZ & SK · mBank CZ · Czech Republic
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Nov 26, 2026

Lithuanian credit union model: data analysis plus human touch in lending

Room A · Main Stage 10:00 to 10:30

Reassess the role of physical presence in digital-first banking.

Mantas Janavicius
Board Member · Investuotoju asociacija · Lithuania
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Nov 26, 2026

No-touch banking and mesh-up finance for non-financial customer pools

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 10:00 to 10:30

Shift from reactive support to proactive customer care.

Wolfgang Strobel
Chief Transformation Officer · Anadi Bank / Independent digital banking advisor · Germany
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Nov 26, 2026

Micro-SME growth, digital SME banking and financial inclusion

Room A · Main Stage 11:00 to 11:30

Treat Micro-SME banking as a growth and inclusion opportunity.

Mohammad Jakirul Islam
EVP, Head of Strategy, Innovation and New Business, SME Banking Division · BRAC Bank PLC · Bangladesh
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Nov 26, 2026

Micro-SME banking growth and digital onboarding for entrepreneurs

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 11:00 to 11:30

Show how banks can scale small-business portfolios without losing service quality.

Istvan Fetter
Head of Small Business Segment Management, Retail Division · CIB Bank · Hungary
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Nov 26, 2026

Impact investing, sustainable finance and customer value in the next banking cycle

Room A · Main Stage 11:30 to 12:00

Link impact investing with customer value, trust and long-term relationship growth.

Caroline Philippe
Senior Investment Manager — Stellar Impact · BNP Paribas · Belgium
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Nov 26, 2026

The AI-Native Bank: Building Intelligent Financial Ecosystems for the Age of AI Agents

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 11:30 to 12:00

Explain how banks are evolving toward platform-scale business models.

Itir Aydogan
Strategic Business Development and Innovation Director · Yapı Kredi · Turkey
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Nov 26, 2026

Case study: Open Banking 2.0 and SME digital transformation through Z-Transformation

Room A · Main Stage 12:00 to 12:30

Use Open Banking 2.0 to improve SME access, service and embedded finance.

Ender Aydin
Digital Solutions Manager · Ziraat Bankası · Turkey
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Nov 26, 2026

How European banks are retooling for platform scale

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 12:00 to 12:30

Link modular architecture, core modernization and ecosystem design.

Margus Simson
Member of the Board of Directors · Komerční banka · Czechia
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Nov 26, 2026

Stress-aware banking journeys

Room A · Main Stage 13:45 to 14:15

Apply behavioural insight to debt, savings and financial wellbeing.

Justin Pesch
Senior Sales Manager · PAIR Finance · Netherlands
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Nov 26, 2026

Credit risk management and stress testing in an era of trade wars · the AI solution

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 13:45 to 14:15

Strengthen credit-risk management with AI-enabled modelling.

Ramesh Gopal
Chief Risk Officer, UAE & Saudi; Head of Credit, CIB CEEMEA · Deutsche Bank · United Arab Emirates
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Nov 26, 2026

Case study: AI in compliance, AI governance and Digital Fraud

Room A · Main Stage 14:15 to 14:45

Explore how AI can support compliance and what are the limitations.

Stefan Moser
Head Group Investment Compliance; Deputy Head Group Compliance · VP Bank AG · Austria
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Nov 26, 2026

Case study: Agile banking transformation

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 14:15 to 14:45

Explain how agile delivery changes bank transformation execution.

Davor Gašparac
Senior Program Manager & BA Chapter Lead · Erste Digital · Austria
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Nov 26, 2026

Case study: Platform-scale banking

Room A · Main Stage 14:45 to 15:15

Define what platform-scale banking means for incumbents and financial groups.

Fabio Turel
Information Technology Strategy Manager · Generali · Switzerland
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Nov 27, 2026

Systemic Risk in European Banking 2027–2030: Geopolitics, AI and Structural Vulnerabilities

Room A · Main Stage 09:00 to 09:30

Assess geopolitical fragmentation and structural vulnerabilities in banking.

Ulf Holmberg
Functional Lead and Senior Analyst · Swedbank · Sweden
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Nov 27, 2026

Preparing banks for systemic threats: cyber, geopolitical disruption and operational concentration risk

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 09:00 to 09:30

Bring a supervisory-facing perspective on geopolitical disruption and cyber-attack overlays.

Naji Freiha
Managing Partner / Gérant · Konsilium · France
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Nov 27, 2026

Systemic threats and stress testing · post-quantum readiness

Room A · Main Stage 09:30 to 10:00

Translate post-quantum awareness into migration planning.

Christoffer Kok
Head of Division, Stress Test Experts — Horizontal Line Supervision · European Central Bank · Germany
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Nov 27, 2026

Payment systems regulation, consumer protection and future payment rails

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 09:30 to 10:00

Frame the regulatory priorities shaping payment systems and customer protection.

Jayne Godfrey
Payment Systems Regulator · Payment Systems Regulator · United Kingdom
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Nov 27, 2026

2027 regulatory radar: AML, supervisory readiness, governance and EU regulatory developments

Room A · Main Stage 10:00 to 10:30

Prepare for AMLA ramp-up, AMLR and crypto compliance developments.

Xenia Neofytou
Founder & Managing Director · CX Financia · Cyprus
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Nov 27, 2026

PSD3, PSR and sanctions compliance in the corporate banking environment

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 10:00 to 10:30

Link sanctions compliance with PSD3, PSR and corporate payment obligations.

Mariusz Nowaczek
Compliance Specialist · DZ BANK AG · Germany
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Nov 27, 2026

Tokenization pathways from experimentation to institutional adoption

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 11:00 to 11:30

Frame tokenization opportunities that can move from concept to bank adoption.

Alex McMahon
Senior Vice President (DLT Investment Blockchain Architect) · Citi · Ireland
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Nov 27, 2026

Institutional adoption of tokenised money: stablecoins, tokenised deposits and new settlement models

Room A · Main Stage 11:30 to 12:00

Compare the roles of stablecoins, tokenised deposits and other forms of regulated digital money.

Ivy Schuhmacher
Vice President – Digital Assets Product Manager · Deutsche Bank AG · Germany
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Nov 27, 2026

Moving Money · payment education and market adoption in the next payments cycle

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 11:30 to 12:00

Use education and market communication to support payment innovation adoption.

Manuela Zuluaga
Marketing & Digital Specialist · The Soltesz Institute · Italy
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Nov 27, 2026

Evolution of regulatory framework in the digital asset industry: VASPs, crypto AML and cross-border risk

Room A · Main Stage 12:00 to 12:30

Navigate digital-asset regulation, VASP obligations and crypto AML.

Jese Medina Gutierrez
CDD Onboarding Lead · Tether.to · Spain
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Nov 27, 2026

Open finance, AI transformation and digital assets · tech radar

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 12:00 to 12:30

Explore the technologies shaping banking through 2030.

Tanja Imamovic
Digital Transformation & Technology Strategist · Raiffeisen Bank International AG · Austria
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Nov 27, 2026

Future payments and cards: real-time access, transaction handling and service design

Room A · Main Stage 13:30 to 14:00

Explore how payment and card services are being redesigned around real-time access.

Michał Niwiński
Co-founder and Head of Technology · Computershare · Poland
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Nov 27, 2026

Payment innovation through an investment and market-readiness lens

Room B · Innovation & Implementation 13:30 to 14:00

Assess payment innovation through an investment and market-readiness lens.

Stefano Sciacca
Managing Director · Aluna Partners · United Kingdom
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