Best Startups

This is where you will meet the best startups

A real Arena where the best startups will face off. During the two days of the congress, over 60 companies from the fintech industry will present their projects.

In addition to startups, the Startup Arena will also see representations of the best Fintech Hubs from Europe and around the world. Most interesting Polish financial technology startups, such as BLIK, are introduced.

The audience will be able to select the best performances in each of 5 categories: AI, cybersecurity, insurance, e-commerce and fintech.

Insurtech, big data, blockchain, cybersecurity e-commerce, mobile apps & more.

7:30

Registration opening

MAIN STAGE
10:00 – 10:08
GENERAL SESSION

Welcome and opening remarks

Daniel Ramamoorthy, MC
MAIN STAGE
10:08 – 10:10
GENERAL SESSION

Opening video

MAIN STAGE
10:10 – 10:15
GENERAL SESSION

VR intro

Dave Allen
Daniel Ramamoorthy, MC
MAIN STAGE
10:15 – 10:30
GENERAL SESSION

Keynote: How AI revolution forces you to rethink your business?

David Rowan, Founding editor of WIRED
AI, data & algorithm-based innovation
MAIN STAGE
10:30 – 10:55
GENERAL SESSION

Moderated discussion: And now we rocket to the year 2030: banks – do we still need them?

Cezary Stypułkowski, mBank
Przemysław Gdański, BGŻ BNP Paribas
Szymon Wałach, PKO Bank Polski
Michał Bolesławski, ING Bank Śląski
mod: David Rowan, Founding editor of WIRED** Q&A via slido

Banking revolution
MAIN STAGE
10:55 – 11:10
GENERAL SESSION

Keynote: The next 3 big things in fintech

Pat Patel, Money 20/20
Banking revolution
MAIN STAGE
11:10 – 11:25
GENERAL SESSION

Live demo: Polish flavor of global trends

Bartosz Ciołkowski, Mastercard
Payments
MAIN STAGE
11:25 – 11:40
GENERAL SESSION

Keynote: Poland as a regional financial innovation centre

Marek Chrzanowski, KNF Polish Financial Supervision Authority
Legal & regulatory
MAIN STAGE
11:40 – 11:55
GENERAL SESSION

Keynote: Development of fintech sector in Poland

Jadwiga Emilewicz, Ministry of Economic Development
Legal & regulatory
MAIN STAGE
11:55 – 12:05
GENERAL SESSION

Keynote: Strategic Investing. Maintaining Growth Momentum Via Select Inorganic Transactions

Robert Luton, Mastercard
Investment / Payments
MAIN STAGE
12:05 – 12:25
GENERAL SESSION

Moderated discussion: Insurtech: the next big thing? Why and when insurtech will be bigger than fintech?

Małgorzata Kostecka, Nationale-Nederlanden
Marat Nevretdinov, TU Europa
Michał Biedzki, ProService Finteco
mod: Paweł Wajda, Baker McKenzie
Insurtech
MAIN STAGE
12:25 – 12:35

MC is taking the stage

Daniel Ramamoorthy, MC
MAIN STAGE
12:35 – 12:55
Moderated discussion: Do they smell money here? Is fintech the CEE thing?
Jacek Levernes, ABSL/ Finteco Holding
Tomasz Czechowicz, MCI Capital SA
Wojciech Fedorowicz, TDJPitango Ventures
mod: John Biggs, TechCrunch
Investments
MAIN STAGE
12:55 – 13:05

Keynote: FinTech Hub Poland – How to build a new generation financial innovation centre

Paweł Widawski, Fintech Poland
Karol Mazurek, Accenture** In Polish

Banking revolution / Legal & regulatory
MAIN STAGE
13:05 – 13:20

Q&A; session: Next steps for fintech. The floor is yours

Paweł Widawski, Fintech Poland
Tomasz Piwowarski, KNF Polish Financial
Supervisory Authority Office
Paweł Bułgaryn, Ministry of Finance
mod: Magdalena Borowik, Ministry of Digital Affairs** In Polish
** Q&A via slido

Banking revolution / Legal & regulatory
MAIN STAGE
13:20 – 13:35

Fireside chat: Investments in new technologies. How stock markets invest in new technologies?

Adam Kostyal, Nasdaq
mod: James Shotter, Financial Times
Investments
MAIN STAGE
13:35 – 13:55

Moderated discussion: How global stock exchanges make money from fintech?

Adam Kostyal, Nasdaq
Axel Kalinowski, London Stock Exchange
Agnieszka Filip, Warsaw Stock Exchange
mod: James Shotter, Financial Times** Q&A via slido

Investments
MAIN STAGE
13:55 – 14:10

Keynote: Cockroach approach to fintech

Matiss Ansviesulis, Creamfinance
Alternative finance & lending
MAIN STAGE
14:10 – 14:20

Keynote: Lessons learned from the bank data breaches

Dave Allen, Palo Alto Networks
Cybersecurity
MAIN STAGE
14:20 – 14:45

Moderated discussion: Innovation: a new world for banking or a new bank for the world?

Laurent Herbillon, BNP Paribas
Moran Levinovitz, HSBC
Michał Hojowski, Raiffeisen
Szymon Mitoraj, ING Bank Śląski
mod: Radzym Wójcik, Baker McKenzie
Banking revolution
MAIN STAGE
14:45 – 15:00

Fireside chat: Hacked or NOT Hacked. What exactly is the question?

Ralph Echemendia, Seguru.io
John Biggs, TechCrunch** Q&A via slido

Cybersecurity
MAIN STAGE
15:00 – 15:20

Moderated discussion: The catalyst of innovation: a meeting of fintech hubs from around the world

Thomas Krogh Jensen, Copenhagen Fintech
Shirabe Ogino, Fintech Association of Japan
Akaradej Disyadej, Thai Fintech Association
mod: Beata Niemczuk, Fintech Poland
Investments
MAIN STAGE
15:20 – 15:30

Keynote: FinAi – A digital platform that makes lending simple for banks & customers

Rafał Czernik, FinAI
Alternative finance & lending
MAIN STAGE
15:30 – 15:40

Keynote: Are telcos going to take over the business of banks?

Martin Koppel, Fortumo
Banking revolution
MAIN STAGE
15:40 – 15:50
MC is taking the stage
Daniel Ramamoorthy, MC
MAIN STAGE
15:50 – 16:00

Keynote: Telcos – why needed in smart banking?

Joanna Bruździak, Orange
Marcin Chruściel, Orange
Banking revolution
MAIN STAGE
16:00 – 16:10

Keynote: Payments innovations in emerging markets

Anna Kuzmina, Yandex.Money
Payments
MAIN STAGE
16:10 – 16:20

MC is taking the stage

Daniel Ramamoorthy, MC
MAIN STAGE
16:20 – 16:45

Moderated discussion: Digital commerce – reinventing relationship with a truly connected customer

Maciej Biniek, Allegro
Dariusz Mazurkiewicz, Polish Payment Standard (BLIK)
mod: Karol Chymosz, Bain & Company** In Polish
** Q&A via slido

E-commerce
MAIN STAGE
16:45 – 16:55

Keynote: It is not just the money. Creating market for innovation

Maciej Chorowski, NCBR
Investments
MAIN STAGE
16:55 – 17:15

Moderated discussion: How fintech solutions can succeed with big data analytics?

Piotr Widacki, BGŻ BNP Paribas
Jakub Falkowski, Baker McKenzie
Maciej Chorowski, NCBR
mod: Wojciech Zatorski, Braintri** In Polish

AI, data & algorithm-based innovation
MAIN STAGE
17:15 – 17:30

Keynote: PFR Ventures. We make it

Małgorzata Walczak, PFR Ventures
MAIN STAGE
17:30 – 17:40

Keynote: Invest like never before! Can fintechs change the distribution of investment products

Maciej Witkowski, Ailleron
Payments
MAIN STAGE
17:40 – 17:50

Keynote: Lending API – instant business loans at internet platforms

Mariusz Zabrocki, Iwoca
Alternative finance & lending
MAIN STAGE
17:50 – 18:10

MC is taking the stage

Daniel Ramamoorthy, MC
MAIN STAGE
18:10 – 18:30

Moderated discussion: PL-ID: are we there yet?

Tomasz Zdzikot, Ministry of the Interior and Administration
Robert Malicki, PWPW
mod: Roman Młodkowski, Forbes Poland** In Polish

Legal & regulatory
MAIN STAGE
18:30 – 18:40

Keynote: E-Residency – Technology for global financial inclusion

Varun Sharma, e-Residency
MAIN STAGE
18:40 – 18:50

Keynote: Israeli Fintech Innovation – what is all the fuss about?

Tal Sharon, Fintech Aviv/Equitech
Investments
MAIN STAGE
18:50 – 19:00

MC is taking the stage

Daniel Ramamoorthy, MC
MAIN STAGE
19:00 – 20:00
Startup4Export
Jury:
Małgorzata Walczak, PFR Ventures
Alix Brunet, Finch Capital
Laurent Herbillon, BNP Paribas
Bogy Skowrońska, MIT Enterprise Forum Poland
Konrad Jakubiec, mAcceleratorStartups:
Yehuda Yehudai, DOV-E (Israel)
Rik Krieger, SONECT (Switzerland)
Iulia Martinenco, Salt Edge (Canada)
Maria Nemogai, GiniMachine (Belarus)
Yuval Porat, KAZUAR (Israel)
Michał Jędraszak, Straal (Poland)
Natalia Ciosek, Runvido (Poland)

20.00 – 22.00

Networking Cocktail