Program

8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration of Guests

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

9:10-9:30 a.m. Inaugural speech by the Program Council Chairs

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

9:30-9:45 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?

Firechat:

• Witold Jurasz, Journalist, Publicist, Onet.pl
• Representative of the banking sector

9:45-10:00 a.m. Digital assets economy - new dimension of Polish financial infrastructure

Speech:

• How financial assets are changing the Polish financial market.

10:00-10:25 a.m. Shaping the Future of Finance. How to build value in the era of digital revolution?

Opening Discussion:

• 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

Invited Speakers:

• Katarzyna Sobolewska, Director of Business Strategy, Processes, and Bank Transformation, Alior Bank
• Marcin Mazurek, CTO, Autopay
• Marcin Żuchowicz, CEO, e-point
• Representative of the banking sector

Moderator:

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

10:25-11:00 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

Invited Speakers:

• dr hab. Aneta Hryckiewicz, Member of The Supervisory Board, ING Bank Śląski
• Antonina Karwasińska, Head of Operations and Development at Brokerage, Bank Pekao
• Representative of an insurance company
• Representative of a bank
• Representative of Banking Circle*

Moderator:

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

11:00-11:25 a.m. Tokenization of financial instruments

Firechat:

• How a distributed registry ecosystem can work with the WSE
• ETF portfolios - building capital by investing in the broad market
• How tokenized securities are driving market changes

Firechat:

• Marcin Opoka, Deputy Director of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, GPW
• Representative of a bank*

11:25 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK

UNLOCKING THE FUTURE IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD

11:50 a.m. -12:10 p.m. Investments as a foundation of further development of the industry

The 2+1 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? Financing strategies for fintechs and insurtechs in a changing marketplace

Invited Speakers:

• Maciej Balsewicz, Founder & Managing Partner, bValue Fund
• Bartosz Lipnicki, Managing Director, Endeavor
• Representative of the Polish Development Fund*
• Representative of the Financial Supervision Authority*

12:10 -12:20 p.m. New frontiers of decentralized finance (DeFi) and its impact on capital markets

Debate Introduction/Case:

• Melisa Kurtcan, Founder & CEO, Satoshi Twenty One*

12:20 - 12:45 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

Invited Speakers:

• Grzegorz Pawlicki, CIO, Europa Ubezpieczenia
• Representative of InPost*
• Representative of a bank
• Representative of a technology company

12:45-1:45 p.m. LUNCH

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

1:45 - 2:10 p.m. FinTech and InsurTech vs traditional institutions - where are the opportunities for cooperation?

The 2+1 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?

Invited Speakers:

• Wojciech Rybak, Board Member, Bank Millennium
• Jan Zimowicz, Board Member, PZU

Moderator:

• Cezary Świerszcz, Chief Executive Officer, Unext

14:10 - 14:20 Adoption of Technology in Financial Transactions

Case

• Representative of a technology company

14:20 - 14:30 How Do Technological Innovations Shape Financial Processes?

Case

• Representative of a technology company

14:10 - 14:20 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

2:45 - 3:15 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?

Invited Speakers:

• Joanna Ostrowska-Szajnfeld, IT Strategy, Architecture and Governance Line, Managing Director, BNP Paribas Polska
• Magdalena Proga-Stępień, Board Member, Santander Bank Polska
• Kamila Wincenciak, Head of Innovation and Fintech Department, Alior Bank
• Representative of a payment company*
• Representative of a technology company*

3:15 - 3:25 p.m. Robotic process automation (RPA) in financial and insurance services

Case:

3:25 - 3:55 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?

Invited Speakers:

• Marcin Deja, CIO, UNIQA
• Marcin Kurczab, Innovation & AI Director, PZU
• Representative of an insurance company*
• Representative of a technology company*

Moderator:

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

3:55 - 4:10 p.m. Artificial intelligence in advanced financial processes - analysis of real results and potential growth

Case:

• Representative of Elitmind

4:10 - 4:20 p.m. Solutions for Biometric Document Security {TBD}

Case:

• Representative of PWPW*

4:20 - 4:50 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

Invited Speakers:

• Artur Kurcweil, Head of Security Department, Bank Millennium
• Wojciech Twaróg, Director of Cybersecurity, CISO, Nationale-Nederlanden
• Przemysław Wolek, Chief Information Security Officer, Santander Bank Polska

Moderation:

• Michał Pawlik, Warsaw University of Technology Business School

4:50 p.m. The end of the Congress