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Programme Agenda
Last updated on 24 October 2023
Key Speakers

Ajay Banga Alessandra Anil Wadhwani Bill Winters Hon Caroline D. Chris Young Eric Jing François Villeroy
President, World Perrazzelli Chief Executive Group Chief Pham Executive Vice Chairman & Chief de Galhau*
Bank Deputy Governor, Officer, Prudential Executive, Standard Commissioner, U.S. President, Business Executive Officer, Governor, Banque
Bank of Italy plc Chartered Commodity Futures Development, Ant Group de France
Trading Commission Strategy, & Ventures,
Microsoft *attending virtually

John
Gintare Skaiste Rwangombwa Mairead Nadiem Ravi Menon Dr Serey Chea Sigal Mandelker
Minister of Finance, Governor, National McGuinness Makarim Managing Director, Governor, National Ribbit Capital
Republic of Lithuania Bank of Rwanda Commissioner Minister, Ministry of Monetary Authority Bank of Cambodia
Financial Services, Education, Culture, of Singapore
Financial Stability & Research, and
Capital Markets Technology of the
Union, European Republic of
Commission Indonesia

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Empowering financial inclusion:
Funding entrepreneurs and
changemakers
Festival Stage
Where Heads of State, policymakers, financial services leaders, founders, investors, and technology experts shape the future of finance and the digital economy.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Wednesday, 15 Nov Thursday, 16 Nov Friday, 17 Nov

Time Session Title Time Session Title Time Session Title

10 Artificial intelligence global insights:

9:30am Keynote address 9:30am 9:30am Reflective fireside chat
Productivity polarity in the age of AI

SFF Annual Address: The State of FinTech 10 ESG global insights - An immersive take
9.55am Fireside chat 9:55am 10:00am
2023

Discover the world of ANT: Fireside chat Global VC Dialogue: Resetting investment
10.25am C-Level dialogue: Transformation priorities 10:15am 10:20am
with Eric Jing, Chairman, Ant Group theses

The AI evolution: Hyper-personalised

Global policymakers’ dialogue: CBDC 10:45am Where are the real AI use cases? 11:00am experiences fuelled by Generative AI
11:15am adoption & its impact on financial stability
and financial inclusion Critical assessment: Building the future
11:30am monetary system
Delivering education to millions through
Global interoperability - Trade, finance & 11:15am
12:05pm the power of technology
technology
World Bank of the next decade:
12:00pm Reimagining for an inclusive and
2:00pm AI & existential change: Joint dialogue
Fireside chat with Jack Selby, Managing sustainable world
between an ace banker & Oscar-nominated 11:40am
Director, Thiel Capital LLC
film director
Fighting for diversity: Lessons from ONE
Tech Infrastructure for ESG: Global leaders 12:05pm
2:40pm Championship founder
assessment
Game Changers: The intersection of sport &
12:25pm
3:20pm Financial services for the next billion entrepreneurship

12:45pm Biotech: A force for good

4:20pm Financial Infrastructure for the next decade

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 Insights Stage
Designed to facilitate in-depth discussions that chart the future of specific industry verticals – audience interaction encouraged!

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Wednesday, 15 Nov Thursday, 16 Nov Friday, 17 Nov

Time Session Title Time Session Title Time Session Title

8:00am Wake up with the leaders: With breakfast 8:00am Wake up with the leaders: With breakfast 8.00am Wake up with the leaders: With breakfast

12:35pm Building unicorns: An ASEAN success story 12:30pm An elusive insurtech success story 1:00pm Ask Balaji anything

Empowering financial inclusion: Funding Digital micro-wealth and micro-pensions

1:00pm 1:00pm The future of the financial system 1:30pm
entrepreneurs and changemakers solutions for emerging markets
Accelerate embedded insurance - The future Are investors backing the digital assets Driving digital inclusion with active
1:20pm 1:20pm 2:00pm
of insurance ecosystem? A policy and investor dialogue investment and financing
Unleashing pension tech: Defusing the Will FIs and regulators trust the digital asset The end of global banking or a paradigm
2:00pm retirement time bomb for a sustainable, 2:00pm 2:40pm
transaction network? shift? Banking beyond borders
equitable future world
2:45pm Money at the crossroads 3:10pm Solving the big challenges in digital
2:40pm Charting new frontiers of financial markets financial inclusion: Policies and practices in
Digital Currency Showdown: Stablecoins vs action
Generative AI unleashed: Revolutionising 3:30pm
Tokenised Deposits
3:20pm
finance with pioneering use cases Activating private markets: From
3:50pm
alternative to mainstream
Break the mould vs. Follow the code: The
4:00pm
most consequential debate on the future of
AI

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 Technology Stage
Features in-depth sessions led by prominent experts, who will share their extensive knowledge and expertise, providing attendees with a comprehensive understanding of current and future trends.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Wednesday, 15 Nov Thursday, 16 Nov Friday, 17 Nov

Time Session Title Time Session Title Time Session Title

Transforming finance - practitioners'

1:10pm Evolution of CBDCs 2:00pm
insights Will digital economy semi-fungible tokens
1:05pm change the way MSMEs do financing and
Applying ethical algorithms in the financial trade in the new digital economy?
1:30pm Project Guardian: Mega update 3.05pm
sector – A deep dive

3:00pm Fostering global liquidity with trust anchors 1:35pm Interoperable QR payments

Connecting the dots, exchanging value, Quantum & cloud: Future of financial
3:45pm 2:20pm
bridging ecosystems services

3.00pm Navigating responsible asset tokenisation

in the digital frontier

Technology Zone Highlights

● Technology Lounge
○ Meet with like minded individuals
● Technology Showcase
○ Discover the latest products and services from our partners, with special focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Web3

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 Regulation Stage
Features announcements by international financial policymakers and regulators, and serve as a platform to ink partnership agreements.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Wednesday, 15 Nov Thursday, 16 Nov Friday, 17 Nov

Time Session Title Time Session Title Time Session Title

Creating inclusive policy frameworks Impact of universal trusted credentials and

1:20pm 1:05pm Pitch! Regtech: Winners showcase 1:30pm
LEIs on SMEs
Digital economy: Data-driven financial IOSCO Fintech Task Force Panel: Opening Addressing unfair trading practices in
2:10pm services with trade 1:30pm 2:15pm
address cryptocurrency markets

2:55pm AI & web3: Building consumer protection 1:45pm IOSCO Fintech Task Force Panel:
3:00pm Project Orchid - Digital money in action
Addressing market integrity and investor
Empowering emerging nations in achieving protection risks in crypto and digital assets
3:40pm data sovereignty and financial inclusion as well as DeFi

'It's Not Me' – a book and fireside chat 40

4.10pm 2:15pm Regulatory public infrastructure
years in the making

2:50pm AI use cases in regtech

Building tomorrow’s payments for Europe

4:00pm
and beyond

4:30pm Payments interoperability and regulation

Regulation Zone Highlights

● Regulation Office Hours
○ One to many masterclasses with regulators and central bankers
● RegTech & SupTech Showcase
○ Discover the latest products and services from our partners

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 The Founders Peak Stage
A platform for global entrepreneurial wisdom, including personal founder stories of success and failure.
Exceptional leaders and start-up founders from over 35 countries with collective valuations of over $50Bn have now taken stage across successive editions in Singapore, Africa, Japan and Denmark.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Wednesday, 15 Nov Thursday, 16 Nov Friday, 17 Nov

Time Session Title Time Session Title Time Session Title

1.05pm - 12:20pm - 1.05pm -

Untold stories from 20 exceptional Untold stories from 20 exceptional Untold stories from 20 exceptional
global Founders global Founders global Founders
5.15pm 5.30pm 5.00pm

Founders Zone Highlights

● Investor Hours - taking place at the Investor's Lounge of the Singapore FinTech Festival this year! Our mission is simple yet Co-located at SFF 2023
powerful: to encourage investors to invest and founders to secure capital. Join us at Investor Hours to create connections, spark and hosted in Singapore
collaborations, and fuel your business (or investor) dreams. for the first time:
● Startup Village

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 ESG Stage
Exploring the latest developments in sustainability, with a particular emphasis on technologies, standards, networks, and data that accelerate the transition towards a low carbon future.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Wednesday, 15 Nov Thursday, 16 Nov Friday, 17 Nov

Time Session Title Time Session Title Time Session Title

Pulse of ESG fintech: 2023 takeaways and Unlocking the climate transition in Asia:
1:05pm 1:05pm 2:00pm Empowering SMEs for net zero
key trends for 2024 Markets, data and technology

1:15pm What are investors on the lookout for? 1:30pm Unravelling the global ESG platform - 2:45pm Project Savannah: Leapfrogging green
GreenPrint access for MSMEs worldwide

Powering inclusion: Using tech and data to 3:30pm The great debate: the next trillion will be
2.00pm power global efforts to address the Are global regulations running too far green, but how do we get there?
underserved 2:15pm ahead of tech solutions and economic
realities?
The double helix of tech and data:
2:50pm
Translating synergies into climate solutions Fintech in ASEAN 2023: Seeing the Green
3.00pm
Transition

ESG Zone Highlights

● ESG Lounge
● Greenprint Hub Workshop
● ESG Showcase

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 Talent Stage
A platform that helps participants understand the skills that will be high demand in the future economy, and how they can adapt and thrive in this new landscape.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Wednesday, 15 Nov Thursday, 16 Nov Friday, 17 Nov

Time Session Title Time Session Title Time Session Title

Brave new world: Building a

The FinTech workforce for tomorrow: 12:00pm Demo day: PolyFinTech100 1:30pm
future-proof skill set
12:05pm navigating shifts in changing environments
and expectations SME financial literacy and Ingredients for a thriving AI ecosystem:
2:05pm 2:15pm
talent development Talent, investment and community

1:00pm Demo day: Global FinTech Hackcelerator 2:45pm Skills for success: Bridging the upskilling gap 3:30pm Project showcase: F’ in Tech Innov[ai]te

3:25pm Career opportunities for today's youth 4.15pm Demo day: CODERHACKx 2023

Promoting gender diversity in the FinTech

4:05pm
workplace: Barriers and best practices

4:45pm Financial freedom for platform workers

Talent Zone Highlights

● Mentorship ● Get Certified: ChatGPT and AI in Finance ● Learning Village
● Resume Clinics ● Get Certified: Green and Sustainable Finance 101 ● Pay-It-Forward Lounge
● Career Coaching ● Talent Pavilion ● Lunch & Learn

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