Scaleup Opportunities in Fintech – London and Beyond

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Scaleup Opportunities in Fintech – London and Beyond

By EIT Digital & World Trade Center San Diego

Date and time

Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:30 - 17:00 GMT

Location

The Leadenhall Building

122 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 4AB United Kingdom

Description

Register now for Scaleup Opportunities in Fintech - London and Beyond - Monday 28th November 2016

Where: The Leadenhall Building (Cheesegrater)

When: 11:30 - 17:00 (Registration opens from 10:30)

This year’s event will explore how “scaleup” companies are driving Fintech innovations across the finance sector.

The programme will also include the “EIT Digital Challenge” Finals, showcasing 8 of the best Digital Finance scaleups drawn from the UK and Europe. With participation TheCityUK, IBM, Imperial College, and the Mayor of London’s office, this is a great opportunity to network and engage.

Panellists will include Marcus Scott, COO at TheCityUK; Hazel Moore, Co-Founder and Chairman of First Capital; Andrei Kirilenko, Director of the Centre for Global Finance and Technology, Imperial College London; Andra Sonea, Anthemis Group; Bharat Bhushan, Industry Technical Leader, IBM Banking and Financial Markets and others.

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Agenda

11.30pm – 12.30pm Registration and networking lunch (registration opens from 10.30am)

12.30pm -1.05pm Welcome & I Keynote

1.05pm – 1.35pm EIT Digital Challenge* the pitches:Axyon AI Italy; CopSonic France; Cuvva UK; KASKO UK

1.35pm – 2pm Coffee break

2.00pm – 2.30pm EIT Digital Challenge* the pitches:Quantoz Technology B.V. Netherlands; Sedicii Innovations Ireland; Shopbox Denmark; Darwinex UK

2.30pm – 3.30pm Panel Discussion

3.30pm – 3.40pm EIT Digital Challenge awards

3.40pm – 3.45pm Wrap up

3.45pm Networking & drinks

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*Challenge Jury:

  • James Bamford, EIT Digital
  • Howard Elsey, Visa Europe Collab
  • Paul Jenkins, BT
  • Ben Luckett, Aviva Ventures
  • Ben McClure, EIT Digital
  • John Spindler, Capital Enterprise
  • Paulina Sygulska, Grant Tree

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About EIT Digital

As a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, EIT Digital is focused on entrepreneurship and is at the forefront of integrating education, research and business by bringing together students, researchers, engineers, business developers and entrepreneurs. This is done in our pan-European network of Co-Location Centres in Berlin, Eindhoven, Helsinki, London, Paris, Stockholm, Trento, as well as in Budapest and Madrid. We also have a hub in Silicon Valley.

EIT Digital invests in strategic areas to accelerate the market uptake of research-based digital technologies focusing on Europe’s strategic, societal challenges: Digital Industry, Digital Cities, Digital Wellbeing and Digital Infrastructure. EIT Digital delivers breakthrough digital innovations to the market and breeds entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and improved quality of life in Europe. It does this by mobilising a pan-European ecosystem of 150 top European corporations, SMEs, start-ups, universities, and research institutes.

eitdigital.euAbout WTC San Diego World Trade Center San Diego operates as an affiliate of San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation. WTC San Diego works to further San Diego’s global competitiveness by building an export pipeline, attracting and retaining foreign investment and increasing San Diego’s global profile abroad.sandiegobusiness.org/wtcsd

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