Review the Latest Blockchain Advancementsfor Financial Service Firms in Europe

WORKSHOP SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Ville Sointu, Head of Emerging Technologies, Nordea

Anthony Macey, Head of Blockchain/DLT, Barclays UK Ventures

Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation & Quality, Société Générale

Mariana Gómez de la Villa, Global Program Manager Blockchain, ING

Roberto Mancone, Chief Operating Officer, we.trade

Ildefonso Olmedo, Head of Innovation, Santander UK

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POC TO PRODUCTION

THE BUSINESS CASE

THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TOKENS

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS

• BLOCKCHAIN BUSINESS CASE: Assess the business case for blockchain adoption and how you can make the jump from POC to commercialisation

• TOKENISATION: Understand how the tokenisation of existing assets and creation of new assets will shape the future of financial services

• FINANCE USE CASES: Visualise what the future holds for DLT and the role it is likely to play in the future of financial services

• INTEROPERABILITY: Discuss common concerns around interoperability to dispel myths and highlight challenges helping to ensure that you’re prepared for blockchain adoption

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Expert Workshop Speakers

Anthony Macey, Head of Blockchain/DLT, Barclays UK Ventures

Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation & Quality, Société Générale

Ildefonso Olmedo, Head of Innovation, Santander UK

Anthony is Barclays Ventures’ Head of Blockchain and DLT and leads the focus to understand and deliver experiments, pilots and new products in the Blockchain area. Acknowledged by the Bank of England for his insight, Anthony has been regularly advising Governments and Regulators globally on the subject of Blockchain and its potential for disruption.

Ildefonso is the Director of Innovation at Santander Technology and is responsible for Research & Development and proofs of concepts as well as delivering high profile innovation programmes – Apple Pay, OnePay FX, the blockchain-based international payments service to retail customers, etc.

Laurent is Head of Innovation & Quality at Société Générale Securities Services in Luxembourg. Laurent was twice 2nd Worldwide Best Innovation Maker of Société Générale, he is also Co Chairman of the Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies Working Group at ALFI and is member of the Fintech & Digital Executive Committee.

Ville Sointu, Head of Emerging Technologies, Nordea

Mariana Gómez de la Villa, Global Program Manager Blockchain, ING

Roberto Mancone, Chief Operating Officer, we.trade

Ville leads Nordea’s emerging technologies research and development team. He has over fifteen years of experience in digital financial services and has held several key positions worldwide in financial services and connected devices industries. Ville is currently a member of the European Commission’s Blockchain Observatory use cases and transition scenarios working group, EBF Blockchain Task Force and EBA’s crypto technologies working group.

Mariana is currently the global head of ING’s Blockchain program, with overall responsibility for driving research and development of DLT as well as capitalizing on its potential to unlock mass-scale value. Under Mariana’s leadership, the Blockchain program has delivered over 30 proofs of concepts in collaboration with business areas including payments, trade finance and working capital solutions, financial markets, post-trade, bank treasury, lending, compliance and identity.

Chief Operating Officer and GM of we.trade Innovation DAC, the Joint Venture owned by 9 European Banks (DB, HSBC, KBC, Natixis, Rabobank, SogGen, Unicredit), developing, executing the strategy, designing the operating model of the company, and licensing the innovative Trade Platform based on Blockchain in 11 countries in Europe.

Workshop AgendaUnlocking Blockchain Potential• Hear how financial services firms are continuing to

respond to the blockchain revolution to benchmark your organisation against your peers

• Assess the business case for blockchain adoption and how you can make the jump from POC to commercialisation to create value adding use cases

• Hear examples of where blockchains and adjacent technologies are delivering value within financial services

Available for Workshop Sponsor

Let’s Get Real: Delivering Usable Blockchain Based Services in the Nordics • Nordea’s blockchain journey 2015-2019 – from PoCs to

production • Are enterprise DLT networks just shared databases

masquerading as blockchains? • What does it take to move a blockchain network into

production in a regulated environment?Ville Sointu, Head of Emerging Technologies, NORDEA

The Financial Industry at the Era of The Internet of Value• Review the blockchain landscape and its evolution from

the Hype to the reality (using studies)• Understand the new ecosystem and key success factors

to succeed in this new environment• Focus on use case in the asset management & asset

servicing Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation & Quality, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

Unlocking Blockchain – Innovation at Santander• Hear examples of where blockchains and adjacent

technologies are delivering value within Santander• Benefit from an overview of one pay FX, the first

blockchain-based international money transfer service to understand how Santander’s new initiative works

• Listen to the journey that Santander have undertaken to move this project from POC to deployment

Ildefonso Olmedo, Head of Innovation, SANTANDER UK

Tokens and The Future of Illiquid Assets• Review the emergence of digitally unique assets such as

Bitcoin and Ether to fully appreciate the current crypto market

• Assess whether ICOs have exposed an untapped liquidity opportunity and what the impact of these innovations could be in the future

• Dive deeper into cultural adaption and adoption of illiquid assets and how the regulation of new business models should be used to protect consumers

Anthony Macey, Head of Blockchain/DLT, BARCLAYS UK VENTURES

Interoperability Challenges• Explore the importance of interoperability for blockchain

technology and how this is integral for its future within the financial services sector

• Discuss common concerns around interoperability to dispel common myths and highlight challenges helping to ensure that you’re prepared for blockchain adoption

• Pinpoint the areas where institutions need support to speed the adoption of blockchain and distributed ledgers whilst maintaining interoperability with existing systems

Mariana Gómez de la Villa, Global Program Manager Blockchain, ING

Building Solutions for Trade Finance• Assess the ways that companies are looking to digitise

documents, speed up trade and improve security through the use of blockchain technology

• Hear how DLT can help reduce fraud, human error and inadvertent delays whilst considerably cutting administrative costs

• Explore some of the live transactions that financial institutions are spearheading and the results from their live pilots

Roberto Mancone, Chief Operating Officer, WE.TRADE

Q&A with Workshop Speakers• Debate whether financial institutions should continue to

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THE PROGRAMME: The BFC Workshop is a programme developed for financial institutions, delivered by financial institutions. We work with a select handful of solution providers to ensure a balanced perspective on each topic - giving sponsors a unique platform alongside senior executives from leading FI’s from across the Europe

THE AUDIENCE: Our audience consists of senior finance executives defining their organisations DLT strategy. Our model puts the right people in the audience, giving you a highly qualified group to build your brand in front of

OUR METHOD: We build each of our sessions around one sponsor, working exclusively with each to ensure theirs is the only voice heard on a given topic. We’ll work with you to ensure you only pay for what you need and ensure added value at every point of your engagement

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIESIf you are launching a product or solution utilising DLT, or have a proven track record in this area with experience to share – we want to hear from you!

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