WELCOME COFFEE WITH BREAKFAST & NETWORKING
OPENING REMARKS BY MASTER OF CEREMONIES
KEYNOTE SESSION: GLOBAL INSIGHTS WITH LOCAL CONTEXTS
Fostering Digital Culture – Rethinking the Traditional Banking Business Model
H.E. Sameh Al Qubaisi,
Director General - Economic Affairs, Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development
FIRESIDE CHAT: Navigating the CBDC Matrix: Fostering Innovation across the Region
Florian Akinbiyi,
Master of Ceremonies,
Shu-Pui Li,
Advisor - The Governor Office, Central Bank of the UAE
FIRESIDE CHAT: Leveraging Analytical Capabilities to Drive Revenue in Existing Legacy Banking Models
Basma Rady,
Head of Data Science and Advanced Analytics Hub, Central Bank of Egypt
Ilker Tasdemir,
Director - Intelligent Enterprise, MDSap
Boosting Lending Resiliency and Diversification for Economic Growth
Ankur Aggarwal,
Group Product Manager, Nucleus Software
Exploring Data-Driven Banks – from Embedded Finance to Ecosystems
Ernesto Schmitz,
Banking Transformation Lead Financial Services, SAP
FIRESIDE CHAT: Strategizing for the Future of MENA Retail Banking Leadership
Dinesh Sharma,
CEO of Personal Banking & Wealth Management - Middle East, Citi
Peter Vickery,
EVP & Head of Distribution and Sales - Consumer Banking Group, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Ramkumar Venkataraman,
Senior Partner, Cedar Management Consulting International
The Rise of the Data Cloud: How Financial Services Can Transform to Meet Tomorrow’s Opportunities
Mohamed Zouari,
General Manager META, Snowflake
Rinesh Patel,
Global Industry GTM Lead - Financial Services, Snowflake
Getting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Meet the High Expectations of Today’s Banking Customers
Vishal Soni,
Technical Product Marketing Manager, Alteryx
FIRESIDE CHAT: Next-Generation Core Banking Platforms – Bridging the Gap Between Aspiration & Action to Achieve Mission-Critical Digital Capabilities
Aditya Baswan,
Vice President – Head of Governance, Agile Transformation, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Florian Akinbiyi,
Master of Ceremonies,
Liam Leahy,
Managing Director - EMEA, Thought Machine
NETWORKING BREAK & MEETINGS AT THE BANKING INNOVATION LOUNGE
INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:
CXO PANEL SESSION: Unlocking Asset Potential & Creating Business Value – Exploring the CXO’s Role in Transforming Traditional Banks to Tech-Driven Financial Powerhouses
Jagadeshwaran K.,
Managing Director - Treasury & Trade Solutions, MENA, Citi
Linoy Kidd,
Chief Information Officer - MENAT, HSBC
Mamoun Alhomssey,
Chief Information Officer, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Vikas Sethi,
Group Chief Digital Officer, Gulf International Bank - Bahrain
Zubair Ahmed,
EVP, General Manager MEA, VeriPark
Cloud Banking: The Game Changer for Next Generation Banking Capabilities
Lee Allcorn,
Regional Director - MEA, Temenos
Key Elements for CRM in Business Banking
Omar Faiz,
Financial Services Lead - Middle East, Salesforce
FIRESIDE CHAT: Roadmap to ESG – The New Frontier for Innovation
Poonkodi Vasanthan,
Head Risk, Policy & Governance, Risk Management, ADCB
Yogesh Pathak,
Head - Risk Practice - MEA, SAS
INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:
SMART DATA & ANALYTICS: The New Digital Frontier with RPA, Quantum Computing (QC), Big Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Basma Rady,
Head of Data Science and Advanced Analytics Hub, Central Bank of Egypt
Gyan Prakash Srivastava,
VP, Stream Head - Data Management & Analytics, Mashreq Bank
Mehdi Kerchouni,
Sr. Associate Partner – EMEA, FICO
Mohamed Ghazala,
Head of Data Architecture and Analytics, Banque du Caire
SriLakshmi Bannigol,
VP - Head of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Boosting Efficiency with Fully Automated Financial Spreading
Saikat Gupta,
Spreadsmart Expert - VP Financial Services, Evaluserve
PRIZE DRAW & CLOSING REMARKS BY MASTER OF CEREMONIES
NETWORKING LUNCH WITH COFFEE AT THE BANKING INNOVATION LOUNGE
WELCOME COFFEE WITH BREAKFAST & NETWORKING
OPENING REMARKS BY MASTER OF CEREMONIES
FIRESIDE CHAT:
Digital Corporate Banking – Accelerating Change to Service Lean New Economy Companies
Florian Akinbiyi,
Master of Ceremonies,
Suresh Lalwani,
Managing Director - Head of Coverage, Commercial Banking, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Accelerating Data-Driven Enterprise Transformation with Logical Data Fabric
Financial organizations are globally accelerating their digital journey, making rapid strides with their digitization efforts, and adding key capabilities to adapt and innovate. Many companies find digital transformation challenging as they rely on established systems that are often not only poorly integrated but also highly resistant to modernization without downtime. In this session Denodo will speak on how industry is leveraging data virtualization that facilitates digital transformation via a modern data integration/data delivery approach to gain greater agility, flexibility, and efficiency.
Alexey Sidorov,
Chief Evangelist, Denodo
INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:
Maximizing Potential of Digital Lending Leadership
Sohail Shafque,
Head of Retail and Wealth Products - Islamic Banking, Standard Chartered
Dr. Tarun Sharma,
Senior Business Consultant, Nucleus Software
Naif Alharbi,
Chief Information Officer, Arab National Bank
Noman Rasheed,
Chief Information Officer, Dubai Islamic Bank
Salil Ahuja,
Head of Business Banking - Products, Portfolio & Value Proposition, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Wealth Management 2.0 : The Power of Digital Client Journeys
Nicholas Wright,
Head of MENA Institutional Business, Saxo Bank
Thomas Schornstein,
Head Middle East & Africa, Additiv
INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:
The MENA Open Banking Revolution
Mahesh Nagavalli,
MD and Head of Channels & Innovation, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Matthew Williamson,
Vice President of Global Financial Services, Mobiquity
Mohamad Najmeddine,
Head of TTS Digital Channels MENA, Citi
Naif Alharbi,
Chief Information Officer, Arab National Bank
Vikas Sethi,
Group Chief Digital Officer, Gulf International Bank - Bahrain
NETWORKING BREAK & MEETINGS AT THE BANKING INNOVATION LOUNGE
INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:
Digital Wealth & Asset Management – Using the Right Technology Toolkit to Empower Customers & Prospects to Make Confident Financial Decisions
Alfredo Rubina,
Vice President, Head of Financial Services Industry EMEA, SoftServe
Gustavo Madico,
Head of New Business Models - Strategy & Partnership, Derayah Financial
Vipul Kapur,
Head of Private Banking, Mashreq
Enabling Financial Institutions to Deliver Transformed Experiences through Hyperautomation
Banks are riding the digital acceleration wave. In this foray, they have established the concept of straight-through processing for enhancing customer experience. Furthermore, the institutions need to make the experience complete. The abandonment and rejections need to be closely monitored and converted. Automation in pockets or siloed initiatives often lead to chaos and compliance issues. For financial institutions to stay customer-centric and competitive, they must embrace hyperautomation—a combination of cutting-edge technologies—mobility, analytics, cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and robotic process automation to achieve strategic objectives, enhance customer experience, and attain operational excellence in a continuous manner.
Ritesh Varma,
Global Head & VP for Business Solutions Group, Newgen
Metaverse - The New Frontier in the Digitization of Banking Services
Rajesh Mirjankar,
MD & CEO, Kiya.ai
INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: The Cybersecurity & Resilience Imperative
Ahmed Nabil Mahmoud,
Regional Sr Business Information Security and Risk Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
Charbel Diab,
Senior Director of Sales - METAP, OneSpan
Hariprasad Chede,
CISO, National Bank of Fujairah
Hussain AlKhalsan,
Chief Information Security Officer, ZAND
Parthasarathy P.,
Chief information Security Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Modernizing and Transforming Lending Platform for Unlocking Business Value
Sireesh Patnaik,
Head of Product Management and Engineering, Pennant Technologies
Suchitra Joshi,
Manager, IBM Z ISV Ecosystem
PRIZE DRAW & CLOSING REMARKS BY MASTER OF CEREMONIES
NETWORKING LUNCH WITH COFFEE AT THE BANKING INNOVATION LOUNGE
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