Day 1
Site Visits - Abu Dhabi
Sun, 17 March 2019
- Welcome and briefing
- Initiatives and developments in UAE’s financial services industry that continues to shape its role as a world-known innovation hub
- Site Visit to uBank by Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank - The new smart way to bank
- Site Visit to startAD – Accelerating Startup Success
- Welcome Dinner
Day 2
Site Visits - Abu Dhabi
Mon, 18 March 2019
- Site visit to 2getthere Automated People Movers – The transportation of the future
- Site visit to Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) – The Financial Centre of the Year
- Site visit to Plug and Play Tech Center - From Silicon Valley to Abu Dhabi
- Transfer to Dubai
- Dinner
Day 3
Site Visits - Dubai
Tue, 19 March 2019
- Site visit to Fintech Hive DIFC – Where Fintech and financial institutions are housed under one roof
- Site visit to in5 Tech Innovation Center – From idea to reality
- Site visit to Emirates NBD Future Lab TM – The new customer experience for the connected age
- Site visit to The Dubai Mall - The second-largest mall in the world
- Dinner
Day 4
Site Visits - Dubai
Wed, 20 March 2019
- Site visit to Dubai Future Accelerators – Preparing for the future is a necessity, not a luxury
- Site visit to AstroLabs – Enabling tech entrepreneurship in MENA
- Feedback and concluding session
- Closing dinner & end of programme
Day 5
The Excellence in Retail Financial Services 2019, Dubai
Thu, 21 March 2019
- Chairman’s Opening Remarks. Opening Keynote: Disruptive Technologies - Challenges and opportunities for the financial services industry by Spiros Margaris. Embracing disruption and preparing for the future
- The International Heads of Retail Annual Dialogue
- Key Findings from the Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards Programme 2019
- Case studies in dealing with the latest threats and challenges in cybersecurity, privacy and frictionless in finance. Presentation: Major data breaches every day. How can we prevent the next privacy Titanic? By Ayden Férdeline, Tech Policy Fellow, Mozilla
- Fulfilling the Promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Finance. Presentation: Artificial vs Intelligence by Steve Monaghan, Chairman & CEO, GenLife & former Chief Innovation Officer, DBS
- Reviewing the Payments and Remittance Revolution in the Digital World
- From Baby Boomers to Gen-Z in the digital world: Redefining expectations and behavior
- End of Conference