"The fintech era"
The aim of this year’s forum was to present the new landscape emerging in the financial sector, affected by developments in the digital technologies sector and by the influx of major players from the digital sector. It also analyzed how banks are responding to existing challenges at a time when consumers and businesses are more digitally mature than ever before.
The 10th Digital Banking Forum #dbfo23 entitled “The fintech era” was held physical at the Divani Caravel Hotel and digital through LiveOn, the integrated platform for Digital Communication and Events, and its innovative 3D exposition and conference center LiveOn Expo Complex. The forum was organized by ethosEVENTS in cooperation with the financial and business portal banks.com.gr and the financial and investment magazine HRIMA.
Coordinator of the forum was Mr. Dimitios Mallas.
The Forum included interactive individual talks, fireside chats and panels covering the following key topics:
- Digital payments – the new ‘players’
- Converting smartphones to POS
- PSD II and the resulting new services
- Changes in bank customer journeys by utilizing digital technologies and digital channels
- Digitizing the internal procedures of Greek banks
- Utilizing AI, big data and the cloud
- Fintech startups & financing of new ventures
- Scale-up companies from the fintech sector
Who Attended
- Top-ranking executives who work in the banking sector and understand digital transformation who are seeking to expand their know-how.
- Executives from the insurance sector who are monitoring developments around new emerging business models and how they can be utilized.
- Executives from digital technology companies seeking to network with executives from the financial sector interested in capitalizing on the tools offered by digital technologies.
- Young entrepreneurs from the rapidly developing fintech sector.
- Executives from businesses in all sectors who want to learn about new trends in the financial sector and about new digital products and services that will improve their operations.
- 09:30Start Time
- 09:35–09:45Institutional Greeting
- 09:45–09:55Institutional Greeting
- 09:55–10:10Keynote Speech
“Digital payment trends”
- 10:10–10:25Keynote Speech
“Digitizing the processes of Greek banks”
- Session 1: "The new landscape in digital payments and transactions"
- 10:25–10:35Speech - Presentation
“Pandemic and Electronic Payments in Greece”
- 11:00–11:10Speech - Presentation
“Pandemic, Ukraine Conflict, Energy Crisis: Can fintech help companies navigate recent geopolitical risks?”
- 11:10-12:10Panel I: Payments are also changing in Greece, the view of old and new "players"
Moderator: Dimitris Mallas, Journalist
Speakers:- Christoforos ChatzopoulosGeneral Manager, NBG Pay
- Ioannis KitixisCEO, Worldline Greece
- Dionysis GrigoratosManaging Director, Nexi Greece
- Spiros ArmeniakosManaging Director, Euronet Merchant Services (epay) Greece, a Euronet Worldwide Company
- Antigonos PapadopoulosCEO, Cardlink a Worldline brand
- Stavroula KampouridouCEO, DIAS S.A.
- Dimitris MallasJournalist, Greece
- 12:10–12:40NETWORKING BREAK - COFFEE BREAK
- Session 2: "AI & Cloud are changing the landscape in the financial sector"
- 12:55-13:05Speech - Presentation
“Business Performance Management (BPM) as a Service"
- 13:05-13:15Speech - Presentation
“Developing fintech as a service”
- Session 3: Changes in bank customer –the new “players”
- 13:15-13:30Speech - Presentation
"Do we really need love at first sight? Global trends and their impact on your UI/UX”
Speakers: - 13:30-13:40Speech - Presentation
“Personalization at scale & Customer Feedback Management”
- 13:40-13:50Speech - Presentation
- 13:50-14:30NETWORKING BREAK - LUNCH BREAK
- 14:30-15:00Panel ΙΙ: Startups and the Fintech ecosystem
Moderator: Dimitris Mallas, Journalist
- 15:00-15:50Panel ΙIΙ: How banks are adapting to the digital age
Moderator: Dimitris Mallas, Journalist
Speakers:- Angelos D. FilippouDirector of IT and Digital Banking, Cooperative Bank of Epirus
- Sofia GalatoulaHead of Projects & Products, tbi bank, Greece
- Effie BitrouDirector, Head of Digital Business, National Bank of Greece
- Konstantinos FridakisChief Retail and Digital Officer, Attica Bank
- Dimitris MallasJournalist, Greece
- 15:50-16:05FIRESIDE CHAT
Mastercard
- 16:05-16:10Conclusions - End of the Conference
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Premium Corporate Participation
Corporate Participations
Under the Auspices of
Communication Sponsors
GOLD SPONSOR (€12,000 + VAT)
- Sponsors will be prominently featured throughout the forum’s promotional material (e-newsletters, e-mail updates, landing pages, reports, etc.).
- The option is provided for the publication of an interview of a high-ranking executive in HRIMA magazine, to be reposted on the virus.com.gr portal.
- One sponsor executive is entitled to a ten-minute (10) speech.
- Sponsors are entitled to have an executive participate in a forum fireside chats (one-on-one 15’ interviews).
- Sponsors are entitled to have an executive participate in a forum panel.
- Sponsors are entitled to have three (3) executives physically present and three (3) executives participate digitally at the Closed (Hybrid) Lobbying Workshop.
- The sponsor’s logo (and/or a design containing it) will be prominently featured on the graphics of the forum’s main website and on the graphics of the LiveOn Expo Complex (signs on the building’s exterior, in the Lobby/Zone Α, in the VIP Lounge, in the Conference Center Lobby, and in the Conference Center (Auditorium) halls where the event will be broadcast live).
- Sponsors are entitled to a Premium 3D Digital Stand at the LiveOn Expo Complex Sponsors Hall. The stand will include the following material (up to 30 MB): 1. Company Logo (area where the Sponsor’s corporate sign and brand name will be presented in a photographic composition), 2. Digital Secretariat (area where visitors will be able to leave their contact details, get information on the company profile (500 words maximum), download the company profile and request a meeting with a Sponsor’s representative), 3. Company Video (area where visitors will have access to a company presentation video – of 5′ maximum duration), 4. Product Promotion Placements (2x) (two placements of photographic material where visitors will be able to get information on the company’s products), 5. Meeting Point (where visitors will have the opportunity to meet with company’s representatives who are present at the stand (their profiles will be visible on pop-ups) and interact with them (through pop-ups) by instant chat, instant or scheduled video call, instant or scheduled B2B meeting) and 6. Product Catalogue Placements (2x).
- At the Digital Stand, up to eight (8) executives of the Sponsor will be able to connect and communicate online. Visitors who request some form of communication with an executive, will automatically be notified of the latter’s contact information (e-business card).
- They are entitled to space to set up a kiosk, maximum dimensions 3m x 3m, in the lobby of the hotel where the forum will be held.
- They are entitled to fifty (50) invitations to attend the forum via the LiveOn electronic platform.
- They are entitled to three (3) eight-person round tables (24 people) in the forum area.
- Sponsors may opt to screen an advertisement spot (20” maximum duration). This ad spot may be played up to three (3) times during the forum’s advertisement slots.
- Sponsors will be promoted via the organizer’s social media (Facebook and LinkedIn) with three (3) “featured” posts.
- They are entitled to include up to (30 MB) of promotional material in the forum’s MyEventXPack (digital tote bag).
- They shall receive an extensive report of the forum.
SILVER SPONSOR (€9,000 + VAT)
- Sponsors will be prominently featured throughout the forum’s promotional material (e-newsletters, e-mail updates, landing pages, reports, etc.).
- The option is provided for the publication of an interview of a high-ranking executive on the banks.com.gr portal.
- One sponsor executive is entitled to a ten-minute (10) speech or to participate in a forum fireside chat (one-on-one 15’ interviews).
- One sponsor executive is entitled to participate in a forum panel.
- The sponsor’s logo (and/or a design containing it) will be prominently featured on the graphics of the forum’s main website and on the graphics of the LiveOn Expo Complex (signs on the building’s exterior, in the Lobby/Zone Α, in the VIP Lounge, in the Conference Center Lobby, and in the Conference Center (Auditorium) halls where the event will be broadcast live).
- Sponsors are entitled to a Premium 3D Digital Stand at the LiveOn Expo Complex Sponsors Hall. The stand will include the following material (up to 20 MB): 1. Company Logo (area where the Sponsor’s corporate sign and brand name will be presented in a photographic composition), 2. Digital Secretariat (area where visitors will be able to leave their contact details, get information on the company profile (500 words maximum), download the company profile and request a meeting with a Sponsor’s representative), 3. Company Video (area where visitors will have access to a company presentation video – of 5′ maximum duration), 4. Product Promotion Placements (2x) (two placements of photographic material where visitors will be able to get information on the company’s products). 5. Meeting Point (where visitors will have the opportunity to meet with company’s representatives who are present at the stand (their profiles will be visible on pop-ups) and interact with them (through pop-ups) by instant chat, instant or scheduled video call, instant or scheduled B2B meeting) and 6. Product Catalogue Placements (2x).
- At the Digital Stand, up to six (6) executives of the Sponsor will be able to connect and communicate online . Visitors who request some form of communication with an executive, will automatically be notified of the latter’s contact information (e-business card).
- They are entitled to space to set up a kiosk, maximum dimensions 3m x 2m, in the lobby of the hotel where the forum will be held.
- They are entitled to forty (40) invitations to attend the forumvia the LiveOn electronic platform.
- They are entitled to two (2) eight-person round tables (16 people) in the forum area.
- Sponsors may opt to screen an advertisement spot (20” maximum duration). This ad spot may be played up to two (2) times during the forum’s advertisement slots.
- Sponsors will be promoted via the organizer’s social media (Facebook and LinkedIn) with two (2) “featured” posts.
- They are entitled to include up to (20 MB) of promotional material in the forum’s MyEventXPack (digital tote bag).
- They shall receive an extensive report of the forum.
BRONZE SPONSOR (€6,000 + VAT)
- Sponsors will be prominently featured throughout the forum’s promotional material (e-newsletters, e-mail updates, landing pages, reports, etc.).
- One sponsor executive is entitled to participate in a forum panel.
- The sponsor’s logo (and/or a design containing it) will be prominently featured on the graphics of the forums main website and on the graphics of the LiveOn Expo Complex (signs in the Lobby/Zone Α, in the Conference Center Lobby — subject to availability — and in the Conference Center (Auditorium) halls where the event will be broadcast live).
- Sponsors are entitled to an Advanced 3D Digital Stand at the LiveOn Expo Complex Sponsors Hall. The stand will include the following material (up to 10 MB): 1. Company Logo (area where the Sponsor’s corporate sign and brand name will be presented in a photographic composition), 2. Digital Secretariat (area where visitors will be able to leave their contact details, get information on the company profile (500 words maximum), download the company profile and request a meeting with a Sponsor’s representative), 3. Company Video (area where visitors will have access to a company presentation video – of 5′ maximum duration), 4. Product Promotion Placement (1x) (one placement of photographic material where visitors could get information on the company’s products), 5. Meeting Point (where visitors will have the opportunity to meet with company’s representatives who are present at the stand (their profiles will be visible on pop-ups) and interact with them (through pop-ups) by instant chat, instant or scheduled video call, instant or scheduled B2B meeting) and 6. Product Catalogue Placement (1x).
- At the Digital Stand, up to four (4) executives of the Sponsor will be able to connect and communicate online. Visitors who request some form of communication with an executive, will automatically be notified of the latter’s contact information (e-business card).
- They are entitled to space to set up a kiosk, maximum dimensions 2m x 2m, in the lobby of the hotel where the forum will be held.
- They are entitled to thirty (30) invitations to attend the forum via the LiveOn electronic platform.
- They are entitled to one (1) eight-person round table (8 people) in the forum area.
- Sponsors may opt to screen an advertisement spot (20” maximum duration). This ad spot may be played once (1) during the forum’s advertisement slots.
- Sponsors will be promoted via the organizer’s social media (Facebook and LinkedIn) with one (1) “featured” post.
- They are entitled to include up to (10 MB) of promotional material in the forum’s MyEventXPack (digital tote bag).
- They shall receive an extensive report of the forum.
PREMIUM CORPORATE PARTICIPATION (€3,000 + VAT)
- Sponsors will be featured throughout the forum’s promotional material. (e-newsletters, e-mail updates, landing pages, reports, etc.).
- The sponsor’s logo (and/or a design containing it) will be featured on the graphics of the forum’s main website and on the graphics of the LiveOn Expo Complex (signs in the Lobby/Zone B — subject to availability —, in the Conference Center lobby — subject to availability —, and in the Conference Center (Auditorium) halls where the event will be broadcast live).
- Sponsors are entitled to a Standard 3D Digital Stand at the LiveOn Expo Complex Sponsors Hall. The stand will include the following material (up to 8MB): 1. Company Logo (area where the Sponsor’s corporate sign and brand name will be presented in a photographic composition), 2. Digital Secretariat (area where visitors could leave their contact details, get information on the company profile (150 words maximum), 3. Company Video (area where visitors will have access to a company presentation video – of 3′ maximum duration), 4. Product Promotion Placement (1x) (one placement of photographic material where visitors could get information on the company’s products).
- They are entitled to display one (1) roll up banner, maximum dimensions 0.85m x 2.00m, in the lobby of the hotel where the forum will be held.
- They are entitled to twenty (20) invitations to attend the forum via the LiveOn electronic platform.
- They are entitled to invite four (4) guests to attend the forum in person.
- They are entitled to include up to (8 MB) of promotional material in the forum’s MyEventXPack (digital tote bag).
- They shall receive an extensive report of the forum.
CORPORATE PARTICIPATION (€1,500 + VAT)
- The sponsor’s logo will be featured on the forum’s graphics. (on the forum main website, the Sponsor section landing page, and the presentation – speech pages).
- They are entitled to ten (10) invitations to attend the forum via the LiveOn electronic platform.
- They are entitled to invite two (2) guests to attend the forumin person.
- They are entitled to include up to (5 MB) of promotional material in the forum’s MyEventXPack (digital tote bag).
- They shall receive an extensive report of the forum.
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION
€290 + 24% VAT – hybrid participation (physically & digitally present via the LiveOn Expo Complex)
€90 + 24% VAT – digital participation (via the LiveOn Expo Complex)
Provisions per individual participations:
- Participation in forum proceedings.
- Full utilization of the advanced digital capabilities of the LiveOn Expo Complex (networking, XPack, video calls & chats).
- Forum attendance certificate (to be sent by e-mail)
- Online exchange of contact details and personal communication with speakers, forum participants, and participating sponsor executives through the event’s Networking Hub.
- All participants will receive a detailed report of the forum(including speaker presentations, videos, and photos).