Singapore Fintech Festival Agenda & Speakers

This year’s Singapore Fintech Festival is just around the corner, and we couldn’t be more excited! While the festival gathers the industry’s top minds and more than +50,000 attendees, it can sometimes be overwhelming to understand how all the sessions work. We simplified it for you. 

What is the theme of this year?

This year’s SFF will reflect the current conditions of the global economy following a surge in global inflation, and will see industry experts explore key questions regarding the viability, responsibility and inclusivity of organisations and their strategies. During the festival, speakers and partners will discuss and share insights in order to make financial services resilient.

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Innovation Lab Crawl

Innovation Labs across Singapore will be opening their doors and showcasing their up-and-coming FinTech innovations and projects.

1 November 2022, Tuesday

This is a unique opportunity to catch a glimpse into the future of the FinTech industry.

Highlighted sessions

SHIME Framework: How to assess the skills for the new finance​

 2 Nov at 2:15 PM, Product Announcements, Hall 3

Finding good, high paying, digital-resilient jobs is a valuable option for individuals, and a priority for governments. But how can they make the transition?

Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-founder of CFTE, will share her insights on how to access the skills for the new finance, introduce CFTE’s SHIME Skills Framework and announce 3 newest products of CFTE during Singapore Fintech Festival 2022

The Undiscussable : Why is Tech Cost Rising? – Exploring the Optimal Path to Transformation

2 Nov at 10:35AM-11:05AM, Global Plenary, Hall 1

Despite the tremendous progress in technology and Financial Institutions’ desire to adopt new tech stacks – the total cost of technology has not been optimised; it keeps growing. This session invites technology leaders to get insights on how they navigate these cost challenges and stay invested in technology. The session will also examine the disruption to the traditional tech implementation industry by integrating with third-party B2B Fintechs for faster and more optimised implementation.

Navigating the Winds of Change in Digital Finance

2 Nov at 11:55AM-12:35PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1

How to navigate these choppy waters and guide the financial system through to fulfil its potential of becoming more efficient, more open, more accessible and cheaper? Our session on ‘Surviving Crisis: Handling Headwinds for Digital Finance’ delves into this question.

FinTech For Good

2 Nov at 01:05PM-01:35PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1

– FinTech and the fight against child exploitation online
– Uplifting communities through microfinancing of the women of India
– Breaking chronic poverty through innovative agricultural microfinancing models

Highlighted sessions

The Arc of Blockchain: A Q&A

4 Nov at 10:40AM-11:00AM, Global Plenary, Hall 1

From the origins of blockchain to the future of web3, join this q&a session to explore how blockchain has developed and where it will go in the future. This session will also explore what we can collectively do to get the ideas in papers to see the light of day, especially in tech. What are the social, economic, and policy constructs that work best?

Crypto Assets Built to Last

4 Nov at 11:20AM-11:45AM, Global Plenary, Hall 1

This session will look at the relative role and value different types of cryptocurrencies can fulfil in the financial system and provide outlooks for each. A session well worth attending for investors and financial service practitioners.

The Next 10 Years: Building the Crypto Economy, Scaling Web3 Innovation, and Weathering Storms

4 Nov at 12:15PM-12:35PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1

This session will explore how we transition to the future marketplace running on native Web3 Internet with Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Join Brian and Sopnendu to dissect the new form of money (digital currencies), the new tech stack, consumer adoption and regulatory imperatives.

Meet Ups: Crypto & Blockchain

4 Nov at 01:30PM-01:50PM, Meet Ups, Hall 3

Join this meetup to learn everything happening related to Crypto and Blockchain at SFF. Led by SFF ambassadors and industry experts, the meet up is meant to give you a quick grasp of must-see activities and to form new connections in the industry.
No registration needed. Located in Hall 3, beside the Plenary Lounge

Highlighted sessions

FinTech Fireside – My Journey from Student to FinTech Founder​

3 Nov at 10:00 AM SGT, Fireside chat

Do you dream to be a FinTech Founder? Then this is the session for you! Successful FinTech Founders will share their journeys from graduation to creating their own FinTech company.

A Hard Look at ESG Finance

3 Nov at 11:10AM-11:45AM, Global Plenary, Hall 1

What is the moral dimension of green finance? How do you weigh up the impact of withdrawing funding from fossil fuels versus providing energy to people who need it most in Asia? This session will discuss climate wreckers, greenwashing hogwash and the path to net zero emissions

Policy Dialogue: Directing ESG Governance for the Financial Industry

3 Nov at 11:45AM-12:25PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1

In our policy dialogue session on ‘Directing ESG governance for the financial services industry’, a panel of global policymakers will elucidate what robust and effective governance looks like and discuss the operational challenges to implementing it.

Who said Financing Climate Change was Going to be Profitable?

3 Nov at 12:25PM-01:05PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1

In a world dominated by quarterly results, investing for the long-term can be hard to stomach, especially where it incurs short-term harm to the balance sheet. This session will dig into the challenges and the solutions involved in transitioning to a more sustainable business model.

Elevandi Roundtables

Addressing the New Skills Gap in Financial Services

2 Nov at 12:30PM - 02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum

In a changing world that challenges governments, organisations and individuals, there is a widening skills gap for those who cannot adapt to the new digital world. Identifying the skills gap in financial services to develop digital-resilient and a future-enabled workforce is a priority for the industry. 

But how can the fintech and financial services players be at the core of this progress? 

Building Cross-border Payments for an Interconnected World

2 Nov at 12:30PM - 02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum

The roundtable will discuss:
1. ASEAN’s vision for cross-border payments interoperability by 2025 – including the near and long-term priorities, challenges and opportunities.
2. Developing the optimal model for inter-region connectivity
3. Leveraging Web3 technology (e.g. DLT, CBDCs etc.) to build more efficient, cheaper and safer payment rails for the future

Elevandi Roundtables

Our Shared Responsibility: Technologies Accelerating the Path to Green Financing

3 Nov at 12:30PM-02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum

Technology’s role in accelerating Green Finance has never been more paramount. As the ESG and sustainability-linked investments sectors boom, so too has the demand for authentic, measurable, quality data and analytical tools to better enable meaningful capital deployment. In this private session, a continuation of a series of private discussions starting at the Point Zero Forum in Switzerland and the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore, we gather Chief Sustainability Officers, global investors and asset managers, progressive financial regulators, and leading digital solutions providers to discuss Green Financing opportunities premised on deeper digitalization and new analytical solutions that would generate returns on capital, provide risk protection, and ensure greater sustainability and environmental protection.

Open Banking & Finance Ecosystems: Fostering International Compatibility

3 Nov at 12:30PM-02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum

The purpose of the meeting is to take stock of regulated open finance initiatives and identify the issues that industry and policy makers should address to enhance regional and international compatibility and integration of open finance arrangements and providers across markets. The discussion will focus on governance, licensing regimes, legal issues on cross-border activity and the operational and technical standards that underpin the security and efficiency of open finance.

Elevandi Roundtables

Overcoming the Talent Shortage: AIDA Talent Development for the Financial Sector

4 Nov at 12:30PM-02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum, Room 2

In a recent survey, over 40% of financial institutions identified lack of talent as their top challenge in implementing AI.
The roundtable aims to deliver the following outcomes: 
1. Assess if current efforts to re-skill and upskill professionals are sufficient are sufficient to meet the financial sector’s demands and identify key areas of improvement for current interventions
2. Discover what the financial sector needs to contribute to nurture AI talent
3. Identify areas where policy changes may be required to increase upskilling opportunities

Rules to Power a Stablecoin Driven Future Economy

4 Nov at 12:30PM-02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum, Room 1

The roundtable aims to address the following questions:
1. What does the future hold for digital currencies? How can CBDCs, stablecoins and tokenised deposits best co-exist, or will there be a clear winner?
2. How are the benefits of digital assets in terms of utility and value exemplified through their current use cases, and how much of these benefits are hyperbole?
3. Beyond regulation, what can and should the industry do better to build trust and transparency?
4. What kind of regulatory frameworks does the industry feel would help to separate the good actors from the bad and what kind of landscape can we envision for digital private currencies down the road?

CFTE FIVE YEARS in Singapore

4th of November at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm SGT

The last 5 years have been an extraordinary journey, and we would love to celebrate this milestone with all of those who are important to us and CFTE.

“CFTE 2022: A Touch of Gold” is a private event where we expect many of our friends and partners to join from around the world, in Singapore where CFTE the idea of CFTE started!

The reception will take place at the National Service Resort and Country Club, on the last day of the Singapore Fintech Festival.

If you have not received an invite, please send an email to sff@cfte.education.

CFTE - Official Knowledge partner of #SFF2022

CFTE is an education platform in Digital Finance and Fintech. We are giving individuals, companies and governments the skills and knowledge to be part of the new era of Finance.

Featured Speakers by theme

Theme

Celebrity

Stuart Haber

DR STUART HABER
Principal
Stuart Haber Crypto, LLC
Co-inventor of the blockchain

 

KAROLINA BIELAWSKA
Miss World 2021

 

 

 

MELINDA FRENCH GATES
Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 

 

CHANGPENG ZHAO
Founder & CEO
Binance

 

 

Blockchain

Brian Armstrong
Chief Executive Officer
Coinbase


RICHMOND TEO
Co-founder, CEO
Asia
Paxos


KRIS MARSZALEK
CEO
Crypto.com


MICHAEL SHAULOV
Co-founder & CEO
Fireblocks

Investors

MELISSA GUZY
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Arbor Ventures


DENG CHAO
CEO
HashKey Capital


HUEY LIN
Venture Partner
GGV Capital


TAN YINGLAN
CEO & Founding Managing Partner
Insignia Ventures Partners

Fintechs


BRAD GARLINGHOUSE
CEO
Ripple


JEREMY ALLAIRE
Co-founder, Chairman & CEO
Circle


JULIAN TEICKE
Founder & CEO
Wefox


KRISTO KÄÄRMANN
Co-founder & CEO
Wise

Banks, Insurance & Government


TOH SU MEI
CEO
ANEXT Bank


ADRIENNE A. HARRIS
Superintendent
New York Department of Financial Services


JONATHAN LARSEN
Chief Innovation Officer 
Ping An Group


Brad Carr
Executive, Digital Governance
National Australia Bank

Day-by-day Agenda

Wed, 2nd Nov

Time Section Format Session Speakers
10:00am – 10:05am
Global Plenary
Video
Opening of SFF 2022
Undefined
10:05am – 10:25am
Global Plenary
Keynote
Welcome Address
Undefined
10:25am - 10:35am
Global Plenary
Keynote
The State of the Global Economy: Top 10 Market Insights
Undefined
10:35am - 11:25am
Global Plenary
Panel
The Industry Response to the Crisis
Undefined
11:25am - 12:05pm
Global Plenary
Panel
The Regional Perspective: Building Resilient Business Models
Undefined
12:05pm - 12:35pm
Global Plenary
Panel
The CTOs Dialogue: Technology as a Competitive Advantage
Undefined
12:35pm - Lunch
Global Plenary
Panel
Governors Dialogue: Purposeful Digital Asset Innovations
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panels and Firesides
Digital Assets & Web3
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Applying and adapting IOSCO principles to digital assets markets
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Unlocking TradFi with DeFi
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Digital SGD
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Fireside
StraitsX Stablecoin Showcase
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Web2 + Web3 = ? / Web3: Are we there yet?
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Fireside
Inspirational Closing Address
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Keynote and Panels
ESG & Sustainable Finance
undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Keynote
The Future of Sustainable Living
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
The Half-Century Sprint: Key Challenges for Net Zero by 2050
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
FinTech's Role in the Just and Sustainable Transition
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
The World's Greenest Blockchain
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
The Green Machine: AI and the Future
Undefined
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
ESG Panel Discussion
Undefined

Thu, 3rd Nov

Time Section Format Session Speakers
10:00am–10:30am
Global Plenary
Keynote
The State of FinTech: Opening Address
Undefined
10:30am–10:40am
Global Plenary
Keynote
The State of ESG: Top 10 Market Insights
Undefined
10:40am-11:00am
Global Plenary
Keynote
Digital Public Goods: Building Sustainable Infrastructure
Undefined
11:00am-11:20am
Global Plenary
Fireside
Sustainable Finance: The Contrarian View
Undefined
11:20am-12:00pm
Global Plenary
Fireside
The ESG Dialogue
Undefined
12:00pm-12:20pm
Global Plenary
Keynote
Inspirational Talk
Undefined
12:20pm-Lunch
Global Plenary
Panel
CEOs Critical Take: The Promise of Digital Transformation
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Fireside and Panels
Banking for Businesses
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Policy imperative for developing digital initiatives in developing countries
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Do regulators need to have a new set of credit models for SME financing?
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Profitable Digital Bank: Key products for successful SME lending
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Fireside
The Missing Big Market Opportunity for FinTechs: The Africa Story
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Did AI solve the business banking challenge?
Ant, Sequoia & Advance AI
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panels
Insurance & Pensions
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
MicroPensions: The new $15 trillion opportunity
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
AI & Insurance
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Embedded Insurance
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Wealth Management
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Wealthtech: High net worth expectations / the consumer view
Undefined
13:30pm-17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Asset Management: ESG / B2C / Investment
Undefined

Fri, 4th Nov

Time Section Format Session Speakers
10:00am – 10:20am
Global Plenary
Keynote
Global Address
Undefined
10:20am – 10:30am
Global Plenary
Keynote
The State of Web3: Top 10 Market Insights
Undefined
10:30am - 10:50am
Global Plenary
Keynote
Inspirational Talk
Undefined
10:50am - 11:20am
Global Plenary
Panel
Web3 & Building Utility for the Real Economy
Undefined
11:20am - 11:50am
Global Plenary
Panel
The Industry Meets Policy Dialogue
Undefined
11:50am - 12:15pm
Global Plenary
Fireside
The Next 10 Years: Crypto Economy, Web3
Undefined
12:15pm - 12:55pm
Global Plenary
Panel
Building New Business Models for a Web3 World
Undefined
12:55pm - Lunch
Global Plenary
Keynote
Inspirational Closing
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Keynotes & Panels
International Growth Markets
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Keynote
Leader's Keynote
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
CBDC Panel Discussion
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Keynote
Leader's Keynote
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Venture Capital Investments in Growth Markets - An Asia Focus
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Keynote
Leader's Keynote
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Spotlight on FinTech Founders from Emerging Markets
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Spotlight on FIs in Emerging Markets
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panels
FinTech Regulation
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Buy Now, Pay Later; Regulate Soon?
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Reg: Innovative Digital Assets & Restrict Speculative Cryptocurrencies?
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Is Doubling Down on Cyber Regulation Enough?
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
CBDC Panel Discussion
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Is Open Finance Dead? Regulatory Versus Market View
Undefined
13:30pm - 17:00pm
Knowledge Plenary
Panel
Are Financial Institutions Ready for ESG Regulation?
Undefined

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