ABF Digital & Open Banking Conference 2019
22 October 2019 | Singapore

*Subject to change*

AGENDA

8:30 – 9:00 AM - Registration

9:00 – 9:05 AM - Welcome Remarks

Tim Charlton, Editor-in-Chief, Asian Banking & Finance Magazine

9:05 – 9:25 AM - Speaking Slot 1: Bracing for consolidation in Asia-Pacific banking: The quest for scale

Ervin Ng, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

9:25 – 9:45 AM - Speaking Session 2: What the changes in the banking landscape mean for Asian banks

Charamporn Jotikasathira, Member, Board of Executive Directors, Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited

9:45 – 10:05 AM - Speaking Session 3: The Challenge of Virtual Bank and Open Banking

Chris Wooldridge, Head of BSG Infinity - APAC, Temenos

10:05 – 10:25 AM - Speaking Session 4: How banking evolves in the digital economy

Trevor Cheung, Managing Director, Ecosystems, Group Technology & Operations, DBS Bank

10:25 – 10:45 AM - Speaking Session 5 - Revolut: Scaling a Fintech Unicorn

Jakub Zakrzewski, General Manager, APAC, Revolut

10:45 – 11:15 AM - Panel Discussion 1: The Digital Transformation Agenda

- How to successfully grow and enhance your mobile and online presence
- Enhancing digital payments: The real-time dilemma
- Open banking, APIs and ecosystem partnerships
- Redefining the bank branch
- Commitment to innovation: sandbox and innovation labs

Panelists:

• Ervin Ng, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
• Arapat Sangkharat, Advisor to the President, Head of Transformation, Krung Thai Bank
• Pintuwan Kleijssen, Vice President, Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited

11:15 – 11:30 AM - Morning Tea Break

11:30 – 11:50 AM - Speaking Session 6

Varun Mittal, Associate Partner, Global Emerging Markets FinTech Leader, Ernst & Young

11:50 – 12:10 NN - Speaking Session 7: Innovation to the core: The digital transformation journey so far

Himanshu Shrivastava, Managing Director and Head of Digital Technology, APAC and EMEA, Global Consumer Technology, Citi

12:10 – 12:30 NN - Speaking Session 8: Defining a winning open banking strategy

Anand Chawra, Principal, BCG

12:30 – 12:50 NN - Speaking Session 9: How to forge partnerships with ecosystem players

Rohit Chowdhry, Vice President and Head of Business Development and Channel, OneConnect Financial Technology

12:50 – 1:20 PM - Panel Discussion 2: How digital technologies are expanding the financial inclusion net in unbanked and underbanked countries in Asia

Panelists:

• Jason Loughnane, Head of Digital Credit, Yoma Bank
• Shrikant Patil, Associate Partner, Digital, Technology and Analytics, Asia Pacific, Oliver Wyman
• Charamporn Jotikasathira, Member, Board of Executive Directors, Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited
• Stefano Virgilli, Chief Executive Officer, Pocket Money
• Namita Bhide, Managing Director, Denim Consulting

1:20 – 2:20 PM - Lunch Break

2:20 – 2:40 PM - Speaking Session 10: APIX Your Innovation Lab on Cloud

Manish Diwaan, Managing Director, ASEAN Financial Innovation Network

2:40 – 3:00 PM - Speaking Session 11: Virtual Banking and Customer Onboarding: How to create a fast and seamless onboarding experience for SME customers

Guillaume Rico, Director, Chappuis Halder & Co.

3:00 – 3:20 PM - Speaking Slot 12: Disruptive Data Monetization Technologies: Data Platform, AI, and Self-Serve Analytics in Financial Services

Eiichiro Yanagawa, Senior Analyst, Celent

3:20 – 3:50 PM - Afternoon Tea

3:50 – 4:10 PM - Speaking Session 13: Open Banking - Cornerstone of New Digital Business Models

Shrikant Patil, Associate Partner, Digital, Technology and Analytics, Asia Pacific, Oliver Wyman

4:10 – 4:30 PM - Speaking Slot 14: Open Banking: Relevance, Challenges and Opportunities

Dilip Krishnan, Vice President, Digital Transformation, OCBC Bank Global Consumer Financial Services

4:30 – 5:00 PM - Panel Discussion 3: Digital Banking for SMEs and corporates: Best practices and pitfalls

• Staying ahead of evolving transactional requirements
• Rise of tech players and alternative financing platforms
• Beyond-banking ecosystem offerings: How to thrive in an ecosystem
• Closing the funding gap 

Panelists:

• Guillaume Rico, Director, Chappuis Halder & Co.
• Vasant Chaudhry, Head of Management Consulting, Singapore, BearingPoint
• Eiichiro Yanagawa, Senior Analyst, Celent

5:00 PM Closing Remarks