Why Open Banking MENA Digi-Conference?
The banking sector has been impacted in its earnings due to the global pandemic. Coupled with increased competition from financial technology companies who are increasingly expanding products and financial services to banking customers in ways traditional banks are not able to due to regulations.
This has made the adoption of open banking a very important strategy for banks to venture in and leverage its potentials in this new normal as the future of banking and payments post pandemic has to be open for the sector to survive and compete. With open banking, banks will be able to increase revenues, attract new customers, open themselves up to new collaborations and stand out from competition. To ensure they will be disruptors rather than disrupted, banks must act now.
Many countries in the world have gone ahead with open banking initiatives. An estimated global revenue opportunity of $9.3 billion is expected to be created by Open Banking by 2022. A study recently conducted by Finastra revealed that 86% of banks surveyed are looking to use open APIs and enable Open Banking capabilities in the next 12 months. In the Middle East, Bahrain is leading the way where the draft regulations were issued in November 2018, and the first set of solutions were launched by December 2019. Saudi Arabia is also progressing fast on the adoption of Open Banking. In the near future, the Middle East will soon have a matured Open Banking ecosystem where financial institutions and Fintech companies will come together to create superior banking experiences.
To discuss this and more, the Open Banking MENA Digi-Conference will bring together senior decision makers from central banks, leading banking and financial institutions in the MENA region to discuss the potentials of Open Banking in the region’s financial services market as well as the opportunities it creates for the banking industry in the MENA region.
220+
Attendees
50+
Decision makers from Regional Central Banks and BFSI Sector
15+
Speakers & Panellists
3
Leaders Panel Sessions
3
Innovation Session with Tech Experts
5+
Media Partners
Meet the Advisory Committee
Steven Monaghan
EVP & Chief Digital Officer, Riyadh Bank
Yuri Misnik
Group Chief Information, Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Ahmed Naeemi
Head of Digital Transformation & Project Management, Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance
Noman Rasheed
Head of Information Technology, Dubai Islamic Bank
Hariprasad Chede
Chief Information Security Officer, National Bank Fujairah
Meet the Speakers
Dr Erdal Ozkaya
Regional Chief Information Officer & Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank
Maisa J Shunnar
Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Bahrain Islamic Bank
Steve Monaghan
EVP & Chief Digital Officer, Riyadh Bank
Yuri Misnik
Group Chief Information, Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Noman Rasheed
Head of Information Technology, Dubai Islamic Bank
Hariprasad Chede
Chief Information Security Officer, National Bank Fujairah
Ahmed Naeemi
Head of Digital Transformation & Project Management, Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance
Ray Lockwood
Strategic Solution Consulting Director, ACI Worldwide
Bharat Raigangar
Head & Business Partner – Cybersecurity (IMEA),
Wipro
Anmol Grover
Global Practice Head – Open Banking,
Wipro
David Hunt
Chief Architect, iDEAS Group,
Wipro
Enrique Ortega
Managing Director, Gellify Middle East
Neha Punater
Vice President, Banking and Technology Transformation practice, Capgemini
Alfonso Navío
FSI EMEA Business Strategist,
Red Hat
Vijay Jaswal
CTO, Middle East & Turkey –
Software AG
Jasmeet Walia
Sales Director – Financial Services Industry, Oracle
Biju Suresh Babu
Managing Director, Banking & Financial Services,
Fiorano Software
Francis Mac Aonghus
EMEA Director Industry and Strategy Transformation,
Oracle
Seshika Fernando
VP & GM for Open Banking,
WSO2
Lakhwinder Singh
Pre-Sales Manager META,
Thales
Dr. Alexey Sidorov
Data Management Director & Chief Evangelist,
Denodo
Kannan Rasappan
Chief Executive Officer,
Banfico
Waqar Ahmed
Director Cloud Sales & Strategy, EMEA & LATAM,
Informatica
Who will Attend Open Banking MENA Digi-Conference?
Regional C-suite executives from central banks, leading banks, and financial services institutions from across the MENA region involved in the development and implementation of digital innovation:
- CEO
- VPs
- COO
- Chief Digital Officer
- CFOs
- COOs
- CIOs/CTOs
- CISO
- Chief Security Officers
- Directors of Cloud
- Directors of IT Operations
- Directors of IT
- Director of Digital Transformation
- Heads of Digital Transformation
- Heads of IT/ IT Directors
- Head of Digital Banking
- Head of Mobile Banking
- Heads of Data Centre
- Heads of Information Security
- Management consultants and Advisors
Why get involved?
Discover
series of available advanced digital and disruptive open banking technology solutions in the market that you can implement and test quickly allowing you and your business to stay connected and ahead of competition
Learn
about APIs and open banking and how they can transform the BFSI sector in the region and how it will create opportunities for your bank to be an industry leader in your market
Get inspired in the time of uncertainty
Engage in valuable conversations with peers from other organisations, large, medium and small, in an intimate environment and learn how they are planning to implementing new API technology to drive their open banking strategy
Build industry partnerships
Meet and build relationships with innovative business executives and sharp skilled digital technology solution providers who can support with your urgent business requirements
Who Should Exhibit & Sponsor?
API Technology Solution Providers
Core Digital Banking
Network and Application Security
Data Integration and Analytics Service Providers
Conference Program
| TIME | CONFERENCE PROGRAM |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | Meeting Room Opens & Welcome Remarks from Great Mind’s representative |
| 10:05 | Opening remarks from Chairman |
| 10:10 | The Shift to Open Banking: Accelerating the Development of Open Banking Ecosystem in the MENA Region & it’s Impact of the Region’s BFSI Sector Panellists:
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| 10:50 | Presentation: Open Banking – an opportunity or threat? If Open Banking is to drive competitiveness in the Financial Services market, where will the future of customers and banking relationships lie?
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| 11:05 | Innovation session by Seshika Fernando, VP & GM for Open Banking, WSO2 |
| 11:20 | Presentation by David Hunt, Chief Architect, iDEAS Group, Wipro |
| 11:35 |
BANKING LEADERS PANEL SESSION: Leveraging API Technology and Open Banking to Transform the Future of Banking and Payments in The MENA Region
Panellists: Yuri Misnik, Group Chief Information, Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank Noman Rasheed, Head of Information Technology, Dubai Islamic Bank Maisa J Shunnar, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Bahrain Islamic Bank |
| 12:25 | Innovation session by Kannan Rasappan, Chief Executive Officer, Banfico |
| 12:35 | Innovation session by Alfonso Navio, FSI EMEA Business Strategist, Red Hat |
| 12:45 | Presentation: Platform models and collaboration driving the Open X economy Neha Punater, Vice President, Banking and Technology Transformation practice, Capgemini |
| 13:00 |
Innovation Session by Software AG
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| 13:10 |
SECURITY LEADERS PANEL: Assessing the Cybersecurity Challenges and Implications for Open Banking Examining challenges and security risk of data sharing over APIs and how banks can manage threats in an open banking era How the financial services value chain has changed, and what that means for information technology and security? Panellists: Hariprasad Chede, Chief Information Security Officer, National Bank Fujairah Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, Regional Chief Information Officer and Managing, Standard Chartered Bank |
| 13:40 | Innovation Session by Lakhwinder Singh, Pre-Sales Manager META, Thales |
| 13:50 | Innovation Session by Ray Lockwood, Strategic Solution Consulting Director, ACI Worldwide |
| 14:05 | Topic: What banks in MENA can learn from Open Banking experiences of UK and Europe Innovation Session by Biju Suresh Babu, Managing Director, Banking & Financial Services, Fiorano Software |
| 14:15 | Untangle Governance & Digital Integration Spaghetti for a Successful role out of Open Banking Programs Waqar Ahmed, EMEA LATAM Cloud Sales & Strategy Head at Informatica |
| 14:20 | CLOSING REMARK BY CHAIRMAN AND END OF DIGI-CONFERENCE |
Conference Format
Sponsorship Opportunities
We have a diverse range of sponsorship opportunities available. A member of the sponsorship team will work with you to create a bespoke package to suit your business objectives. For more information email partnerships@gmevents.ae or call +971 (0) 4 568 7800
| Primary | Free of charge |
|---|---|
| Solution Provider | 200 USD + 5% Tax 210 USD |