Welcome

Speaker:
Ian Hall
Editor, Global Government Fintech

Opening Keynote

Global Government Fintech related coverage
Irish minister champions fintech’s public policy potential at ‘Lab’ event in Dublin

Speaker:
Dr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Minister of State, Responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance, Department of Finance, Ireland

[Location: Main Hall]

How best should financial authorities explore fintech solutions?

Global Government Fintech – session write-up
Co-ordinating collaboration: financial authorities lean into fintech

Speakers:
Denise Delaney
Head, Policy and Risk Horizontal Function, Central Bank of Ireland
Marine Krasovska
Head of Fintech Supervision Department, Latvijas Banka (Latvia’s central bank), Latvia
Barbara Voelkl
Policy Officer for Digital Financial Technologies, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
Moderator:
Siobhan Benita
Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech

How can financial authorities capitalise on data to improve what they do?

Global Government Fintech – session write-up
Sink or swim: financial authorities dive into data

Speakers:
Gavin Curran
Head, Markets Supervision Division, Central Bank of Ireland
Mari-Liis Kukk
Head, Innovation Department, Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority (Finantsinspektsioon), Estonia
Peter Oakes
Founder, Fintech Ireland
Moderator:
Siobhan Benita,
Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech

Government Payments

Global Government Fintech – session write-up
Open goal for fintech: governments capitalise on open banking for payments

Speakers:
Rachel McLaren
Head, Open Banking Payments, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), United Kingdom
Nazim Gasimzade
Director, State Treasury Agency, Ministry of Finance, Azerbaijan
Moderator:
Siobhan Benita
Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech

SupTech (Supervisory Technology)

Global Government Fintech – session write-up
SupTech on the rise: financial supervisors explore innovative technology

Speakers:
Kristin Tornling
Senior Adviser and Former Head – Digitalisation and Innovation, Financial Supervisory Authority, Norway
Martina Verić
Head, Funds and Investment Firms Supervision Division, Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency, Croatia
Moad Fahmi
Senior Adviser – Supervision (Financial Technology), Bermuda Monetary Authority, Bermuda
Moderator:
Ian Hall
Editor, Global Government Fintech 

Blockchain

Speakers:
Mai Santamaria
Head of Financial Advisory, Shareholding and Financial Advisory Division, Department of Finance, Ireland
Dominik Freudenthaler
Fintech Expert, Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria
Dina Buse
Deputy Director, Financial Market Policy Department & Head Credit Institution and Payment Services Policy Division, Ministry of Finance, Latvia
Moderator:
Siobhan Benita
Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech  

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)

Global Government Fintech – session write-up
Central bank digital currencies: checking out conditions for take-off

Speakers:
Daniel McLean,
Distribution Lead, Digital Euro, European Central Bank
Katie Fortune
Senior Manager – Central Bank Digital Currency Unit, Bank of England, United Kingdom
Valentina Ion,
Director Business Strategy, Microsoft
Moderator:
Ian Hall
Editor, Global Government Fintech

Knowledge Partner

Fraud, Error & Debt

Speakers:
Euan Slack
Head of Grants Digital, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom
Rahav Shalom-Revivo
Head, Financial-Cyber Innovation and International Engagements, Ministry of Finance, Israel
Paul Blackwell
Manager, Public Sector Business – UK & Ireland, Nintex
Moderator:
Siobhan Benita
Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech

Knowledge Partner

Fireside Chat: Driving Fintech Innovation

Global Government Fintech – session write-up
UK fintech’s centre forward: a fireside chat with Ezechi Britton

Speaker:
Ezechi Britton MBE 
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT), United Kingdom
Moderator:
Ian Hall
Editor, Global Government Fintech

Fireside Chat: Green Fintech and Sustainable Finance

Global Government Fintech – session write-up
Fintech and the SDGs: a fireside chat with Aiaze Mitha

Speaker:
Aiaze Mitha
Global Lead – Digital Finance and Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations Development Programme
Moderator:
Siobhan Benita
Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech

Emerging Topics Discussion: Frontiers of Public Fintech

Global Government Fintech – session write-up
Fintech futurology: exploring emerging topics (and risks) for the public sector

Speakers:
Mai Santamaria
Head of Financial Advisory, Shareholding and Financial Advisory Division, Department of Finance, Ireland
José Manuel Marqués Sevillano
Director, Financial Innovation and Market Infrastructures Department, Bank of Spain
Dominik Freudenthaler
Fintech Expert, Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria
Discussants:
Siobhan Benita
Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech
Ian Hall
Editor, Global Government Fintech