Program

8:30-9:00 a.m. Guest Registration

9:00-9:10 a.m. Congress Opening

SHAPING THE FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE - GLOBAL CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND DECISIONS OF THE FUTURE

9:10-9:20 a.m. Official Opening of the Congress

• ➢ Ignacy Niemczycki, Secretary of State, Chancellery of the Prime Minister

9:20-9:35 a.m. Speech by the Chairpersons of the Program Council

• ➢ Marcin Petrykowski, Chairman of the Program Council; CEO & Senior Advisor, Finance and Technology
• ➢ Paulina Skrzypińska, Vice-Chairperson of the Program Council; Chief Innovation Officer, BNP Paribas Bank Polska
• ➢ Jan Kastory, Vice-Chairperson of the Program Council; Founding Partner, astorya.vc

9:35-9:50 a.m. The impact of the global economy on the financial market

Speech:

• How do global economic perspectives, shaped by the changing international situation, influence financial market dynamics and investment decisions?
• The impact of global economic decisions on AI development. What does this mean for the Polish financial services market?

Opening Discussion:

• ➢ Sławomir S. Sikora, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Citi Handlowy
• ➢ Witold Jurasz, Journalist, Publicist, Onet.pl

9:50-10:30 a.m. Shaping the Future of Finance. How to build value in the era of digital revolution?

Debate:

• Adaptation and evolution in finance - how to stay innovative in a dynamic environment?
• From solution providers to creators of new value ecosystems - revolutionizing how technology companies operate
• Are we, as an industry, ready to take more responsibility for the direction of technological development and actively influence what the future will look like?
• Investment in technology and processes to enhance the effectiveness of new business models
• Development of own initiatives. The essence and necessity of Polish companies' active involvement in global trends

Speakers:

• ➢ Ignacy Niemczycki, Secretary of State, Chancellery of the Prime Minister
• ➢ Katarzyna Sobolewska, Director of Business Strategy, Processes, and Bank Transformation, Alior Bank
• ➢ dr Karolina Mitraszewska, Vice President, CIO, COO at Nest Bank (2020–2024)
• ➢ Marcin Mazurek, CTO, Autopay
• ➢ Marcin Żuchowicz, CEO, e-point

Moderator:

• ➢ Paulina Skrzypińska, Vice Chair of the Program Council; Chief Innovation Officer, BNP Paribas Bank Polska

10:30-10:40 a.m. Crypto payments and adoption – where do we stand today?

Case:

• ➢ Piotr Szopa, ZND Marketing Manager, zondacrypto

10:40-11:20 a.m. Digital Assets – how to build the future of financial markets?

Debate:

• Which new technologies will define fintech in the coming years, and how will they change the future of money?
• Growing importance of ETF portfolios as tools to build capital based on the broad market
• Regulatory initiatives for digital assets (MiCa and MiFID II).
• Application of digital assets across the financial services value chain
• Global digital financial system
• How can private stablecoin threaten traditional banks? Are traditional billing systems as effective as DLT-based billing?
• Deposit tokenization as banks' response to the growing popularity of private stablecoin

Speakers:

• ➢ dr hab. Aneta Hryckiewicz-Gontarczyk, Member of The Supervisory Board, ING Bank Śląski, Profesor na Akademii Leona Koźmińskiego
• ➢ Antonina Karwasińska, Head of Operations and Development at Brokerage, Bank Pekao
• ➢ Sandor Hasznyuk, General Manager, Banking Circle
• ➢ Łukasz Pierwienis, General Director, Binance
• ➢ Piotr Szopa, ZND Marketing Manager, zondacrypto
• ➢ Mariusz Ziemba, Head of Technology Innovation Team, Digital Assets, Blockchain, AI, PKO Bank Polski

Moderator:

• ➢ Marcin Petrykowski, Chair of the Program Council; CEO & Senior Advisor in Finance and Technology

11:20-11:40 a.m. The potential of blockchain technology in the financial market

Debate 2+1:

• Digital asset transactions – what is the role of traditional institutions in the crypto market?
• How could the use of blockchain technology improve the functioning of financial market infrastructures? What would be the practical impact for clients?
• From traditional instruments to the trading of decentralized tokens and securities – how could financial institutions implement DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology)? Examples of initiatives.

Speakers:

• ➢ Marcin Opoka, Deputy Director of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, GPW
• ➢ Łukasz Wiśniewski, Product Owner, PKO Bank Polski

Moderator:

• ➢ Sylwia Pużuk, CEO Cryptostudent.io & Member of the Board, cBridge Fund

11:40 a.m. - 12:15 a.m. COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK

UNLOCKING THE FUTURE IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD

12:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Investments as a foundation of further development of the industry

Debate:

• Will the VC market in Poland gain momentum? What are the new prospects and directions for investment in new technologies in the fintech and insurtech industries?
• Activating the venture capital market - or where to find unique funding opportunities?
• Insurers and Asset Managers - what mechanisms could encourage them to become more involved in the VC area?
• The role of public institutions in stimulating the VC market. How can traditional institutions be more involved in innovation?

Speakers:

• ➢ Maciej Balsewicz, Founder & Managing Partner, bValue Fund
• ➢ Bartosz Lipnicki, Managing Director, Endeavor
• ➢ Aleksander Mokrzycki, Vice President, PFR Ventures
• ➢ Nicolas Reynaud, General Partner, Belem Capital

Moderator:

• ➢ Krzysztof Bachta, Managing Partner, 4growth VC

12:45 - 12:55 p.m. Key investment trends in blockchain and digital assets – where to allocate capital?

Introduction to the Debate:

• ➢ Nicolas Reynaud, General Partner, Belem Capital

12:55 - 1:25 p.m. DeFi and decentralized systems in financial services

Debate:

• How are cryptocurrencies changing the financial market? Integrating blockchain with traditional finance - where should banks look for the technology and how to implement it effectively?
• The potential of financial identity management in the area of decentralized finance and insurance
• Challenges of regulating cryptocurrencies and digital assets - need to build dialogue between legislators, financial institutions
• DeFi vs TradFi - what can the traditional market learn from DeFi and where to look for synergies?
• Traditional finance and decentralized systems in lending and asset tokenization
• How is blockchain technology transforming the insurance industry?
• DeFi and ReFi - two forces shaping the future of finance

Speakers:

• ➢ Iwona Kondracka, Managing Director for Technology and Digitalization, SALTUS Ubezpieczenia
• ➢ prof. Krzysztof Piech, Professor at Lazarski University; Director of the Blockchain Technology Center at Lazarski University
• ➢ Grzegorz Pawlicki, CIO, Europa Ubezpieczenia

Moderator:

• ➢ Filip Pawczyński, CEO, President of the Management Board, Polskie Stowarzyszenie Bitcoin

1:25-2:25 p.m. LUNCH

BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION - INNOVATIONS AT THE INTERFACE OF FINANCE AND INSURANCE

2:25 - 2:50 p.m. Digital Financial and Insurance Services vs. Traditional Institutions – Where Are the Opportunities for Collaboration?

Debate:

• What are the biggest needs of banks and insurance companies? What specific solutions do they need? What do they care about? Where to look for gaps?
• What do Polish Fintechs and Insurtechs have at their disposal?
• Where to find common ground for collaboration? How can these partnerships drive digital transformation and innovation in the insurance industry?

Speakers:

• ➢ Wojciech Rybak, Board Member, Bank Millennium
• ➢ Maciej Sadowski, Co-Founder & Lead Expert, Startup Hub Poland
• ➢ Jan Zimowicz, Board Member, PZU

Moderator:

• ➢ Cezary Świerszcz, Chief Executive Officer, Unext

2:50 - 3:05 p.m. Step into the Future: How ePayments in mObywatel are Changing the Face of Administration

Case

• ➢ Nadia Bouacid, Team Leader of Implementation Support, Central IT Center
• ➢ Karolina Matysiak, Director of Payment Services Development, Central IT Center

3:05 - 3:45 p.m. Efficient banking or taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the payments revolution

Debate:

• How are the latest trends and innovations in technology shaping the future of payments?
• Unlocking new revenue streams in a competitive financial landscape
• Embedded finance as an adaptation of traditional industry solutions. How are banks taking advantage of the opportunities offered by embedded finance?
• How is the integration of BNPL with other technologies, changing the shape of the financial sector and perhaps influencing new business models?
• Increasing integration of lending solutions - how can financial institutions take advantage of this opportunity?

Speakers:

• ➢ Joanna Ostrowska-Szajnfeld, Managing Director, BNP Paribas Bank Polska
• ➢ Magdalena Proga-Stępień, Board Member, Santander Bank Polska
• ➢ Kamila Wincenciak, Director of the Department of Innovation and Fintech Partnerships, Alior Bank
• ➢ Jarosław Stefański, CEO, mElements, mBank Group
• ➢ Tomasz Górski, Product Director, InPost Pay

Moderator:

• ➢ Edyta Tararuj, Director of Product Development Office, PKO Bank Polski

3:45 - 4:15 p.m. New insurance market unveiling

Debate:

• Revolution in insurance distribution with customer-centric strategies
• Transforming insurance distribution through artificial intelligence and advanced technology
• Transforming insurance through innovation or how artificial intelligence and automation are changing the rules of the game
• Streamlining opportunity discovery in Insurtech
• Embedded Insurance - i.e. how does embedded insurance address global risks through new products?

Speakers:

• ➢ Katarzyna Wit, Head of Business Strategy and Analytics, ERGO Technology and Services
• ➢ Mirosław Deja, CIO, UNIQA
• ➢ Michał Dworakowski, Partner Zarządzający, Polskie Polisy
• ➢ Marcin Kurczab, Innovation & AI Director, PZU
• ➢ Andrzej Miron, Member of the Management Board for Technology & CIO, Nationale-Nederlanden
• ➢ Arkadiusz Radek, Senior Product Designer, Solutions, ICEYE

Moderator:

• ➢ Piotr Gregorczyk, C-Level manager, ex-CIO Link4

4:15 - 4:25 p.m. Solutions for biometric document security

Case:

• ➢ Jerzy Judycki, Product owner, Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych

4:25 - 4:40 p.m. Effective Analytical Platforms in the Financial Sector – Lessons from Implementations

Case:

• ➢ Grzegorz Czaja, Customer Success Manager, Elitmind

4:40 - 5:10 p.m. Security and data protection in the digital information landscape

Debate:

• Balancing innovation with risk management
• Enhancing data security within sectors and mitigating the risks and growing cyberattacks or how DORA will change the fintech industry.
• From Big Data to intelligent decisions - Will predictive analytics become the standard for risk assessment and fraud detection?
• How does data analytics affect the insurance industry's risk management strategy?
• AI against fraud - discovering detection and prevention strategies

Speakers:

• ➢ Artur Kurcweil, CISO/CSO, Bank Millennium
• ➢ Szymon Sobczak, Deputy Director of Security Department, mBank
• ➢ Wojciech Twaróg, Director of Cybersecurity, Nationale-Nederlanden
• ➢ Przemysław Wolek, Chief Information Security Officer, Santander Bank Polska

Moderation:

• ➢ Michał Pawlik, Warsaw University of Technology Business School

5:10 p.m. The end of the Congress