Fintech Dragons Day 2017

On June 29th, Fintech Trend will organize another edition of the Fintech Dragons Day. A full day conference built around a startup contest with the opportunity to meet fintech experts, attend workshops and plenty of other networking opportunities. Apply here

Agenda

9:20 Registration and networking

10:00 Welcome Address : Piotr Serwin & Radek Wierzbicki, Fintech Trends Organisers

10:20 “Predicting customer transaction habits with Analytics — Predictive Data Analytics Case Study.” Rudradeb Mitra.

10:40 “GDPR — what it means for your business” Maciej M. Karczewski

11:00 “Collaboration between financial institutions and startups after the introduction of PSD2” Mariusz Ożga

11:15 Debate — Will the big 5 tech giants take over financial services? How should fintechs compete?

• Panelists: Anna Maj, Michał Miszułowicz, Rudradeb Mitra, Mariusz Ożga, Ahmad Piraiee

>>> FINTECH DRAGONS CONTEST BEGINS <<<

12:00 Dragons Introduction

• Dragons: Marzena Bielecka, Michael Mellinghoff, Piotr Smoleń, Adam Jerusalimcew

12:05 Contestants’ start pitching — if you are brave startup knight with armor and weapons (i.e.: have interesting fintech startup) and the prospect of facing Dragons does not make your blood freeze — send information about your startup and the stage of development to [masked]

13:30 Lunch Break

14:30 Winners Announcement (e.g. Mentoring Program with Hard Gamma Ventures, 5000 PLN credit on marketing campaign with BeesFund)

14:40 “Initial Coin Offering, how to raise money without giving out a single share — Case Study ” Kacper Wikieł

14:55 “Learn how to pitch — workshop” Piotr Boulangé

Speakers

Rudradeb Mitra, Cambridge-educated, AI researcher turned serial entrepreneur. Startup mentor at various institutes including Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP)

Maciej M. Karczewski, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, IT professional, manager, and consultant since 1995. Struggling to implement Personal Data Protection in various Polish organizations for the better part of last two decades. After hours: traveler, scuba diving instructor, underwater photographer, slow food gourmand, and cook.

Mariusz Ożga, Open Banking strategist, believer in partnership between banks & fintech. Experienced executive linking the worlds of business, finance & technology. Innovation & simplification hunter motivated by change and new challenges. Technology geek and fan of everything digital. Coach, mentor, speaker.

Anna Maj, CEO, payments expert, Country Manager Poland at PayTech Consulting, and fintech mentor at PwC Startup Collider

Michał Miszułowicz, Startup & Innovation Ecosystem Manager at BGŻ BNP Paribas

Ahmad Piraiee, CEO at ITKeyMedia, Board member at Polish-Iranian Chamber of Commerce. He has a bachelor in computer engineering, Master of Strategic Administration, MBA in Marketing, Socioeconomics. He is an entrepreneur and startup enthusiast with in-depth sales and marketing experience. Onalytica recognized him among top 100 InsurTech influencers.

Marzena Bielecka, a Founder and Managing Partner at Experior Venture Fund I (EVF) which backs motivated teams with experience in their particular business area. EVF’s focus is in Poland and the CEE region. It invests up to EUR 3m into fast growing, scalable early stage companies with high potential.

Michael Mellinghoff, Managing Director at TechFluence, an award-winning research and advisory boutique based in Frankfurt and London, at the intersection of startups, investors, and corporates. Michael is also a Senior Advisor at FinTech Forum, the first and largest hub for FinTech in Continental Europe.

Piotr Smoleń, CEO & Managing Partner at Data Ventures, a boutique venture capital firm focused on big data technologies, concentrated on AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Fintech, HRTech, IoT and SaaS sectors.

Adam Jerusalimcew, Investment Director at HardGamma Ventures, at the forefront of technology investments since its establishment in 2011. HGV look for and invest in startups within the software, hardware, IoT and mobile environments which already have an existing product or a service and are proven to gain the initial customer or revenue traction.

Kacper Wikieł, a physicist turned fintech entrepreneur, Founder at Getline and Boson.

Piotr Boulangé, Cowork Expert, Founder Institute Warsaw Director, Operations Manager at Taxify.eu Worked for and advised both corporate business and startups. Helps, trains and mentors others. A sociologist by birth and education, Executive MBA, Quality Process Management. Writes Ph.D. thesis on benefits of working in the coworking spaces. Enjoys ultra-marathons.