Opening cocktail

PRESENTED BY THE CANADIAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION (CBA)

5:00 PM - 6:45 PM

Room Place du Canada (1st floor), Fairmont Queen Elizabeth

Opening dinner

PRESENTED BY EY CANADA

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Room Place du Canada (1st floor), Fairmont Queen Elizabeth

OPENING WORDS
Jacques Deforges, Chief Executive Officer, Finance Montréal

WELCOMING WORDS
Anthony G. Ostler, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Bankers Association

INTRODUCTION
Alexander Mohelsky, Tech Strategy Leader and Chief Innovation Officer | Financial Services Consulting, EY Canada

GUEST SPEAKER 1
Deborah Orida, President and Chief Executive Officer, PSP Investments

GUEST SPEAKER 2
Frank Bisignano, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiserv

CHAIR
Paul Desmarais III, Chairman and Chief Executifve Officer, Sagard

Opening of reception desk and breakfast 

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Salon VoPay (Groundfloor) 

Opening of the FinTech Forum

PRESENTED BY FLINKS

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

OPENING WORDS
Sebastian Boisjoly, Vice-President, Fintech and Technological Innovation, Finance Montréal

WELCOMING WORDS
Éric Caire, Minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Technology, Government of Quebec

DAY OPENING
Dominique Samson, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Flinks

Plenary session 1

The Rise of Vertical Fintech

Presented by RoyNat Capital/Scotiabank

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

JD St-Martin, President, Lightspeed Commerce
Jordan Huck, Chief Executive Officer, Notch
Kathryn Petralia, Co-Founder and Chief Keeper, Keep Financial
Steph Choo, Partner, Portage 

MODERATOR

Matthew Parker-Jones, Senior Vice-President and Head of Products and Operations, Global Business Payments, Scotiabank

Panel 1

Unleashing Open Banking: Beyond Reading Data

Presented by National Bank of Canada

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Krista Broughton, Open Banking Lead, Mastercard Canada
Peter Hazlehurst, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Synctera
Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Flinks
Patrick Raimondi, Managing Director, Strategy and Consulting and Banking Lead, Canada, Accenture

MODERATOR

Philippe Daoust, Vice-President and Managing Director, NA Ventures, National Bank of Canada

Panel 2

Winning Strategies for Embedded Insurance

Presented by Sun Life

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Hélène Falchier, Partner, Portage 
Mélisa Muraca, Vice-President, Technology Product, SunLife USA
David Nault, Co-Founder and General Partner, Luge Capital
Renée Walkom, Chief Operating Officer, Foxquilt

MODERATOR

Félix Deschatelets, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Emma

Lunch break

12:00 PM- 1:30 PM

Start-up event

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Salon VoPay (Rez-de-chaussée)

CONFÉRENCIERS

Krista Broughton, Lead, Open Banking, Mastercard Canada
Mathieu Desrosiers, Senior Director, Omnicanal Solutions, Desjardins Group
Franck Descubes, Vice-president, Business Consulting, CGI Expert 
Stéphane Bousquet, Leader, Open Banking and Digital ID, National Bank of Canada

Fintech review

Canada Fintech - 2023 and Beyond

By Fathom4Sight and presented by Symcor

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

OPENING WORDS

Saba Shariff, Senior Vice-President and Chief Strategy, Product and Innovation, Symcor

GUEST SPEAKER

Surinderjit (Jeet) Kaur Bhatti, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Fathom4sight

Panel 3

A New Era of Innovation in Payments

Presented by Visa

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Rob Khazzam, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Float
Alice Reimer, Chief Executive Officer, Fillip
Mahima Poddar, Senior Vice-President and Group Head, Personal Banking, EQ Bank

MODERATOR

Chris Ferron, Head of Digital Partnerships and Fintech, Visa

Panel 4

Navigating the Fintech Investment Landscape

Presented by CFA Montreal

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Nayla Chebli, Investment Director, VC and Technologies, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
Devon Kirk, Partner, Portage and Co-head, Portage Capital Solutions
Anne No Delaide, Managing Director, RBCx, Royal Bank of Canada
David Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer, Nuvei

MODERATOR

Laviva Mazhar, Principal, Luge Capital

Keynote interview 1

Fintech Front-Runners: Nuvei’s Strategies for Success

Presented by CDPQ

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

OPENING REMARKS

Jacques Marchand, Managing Director, Private Large Capitalizations, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Phil Fayer, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuvei

INTERVIEWER

David Nault, Co-founder and General Partner, Luge Capital

Networking cocktail

Presented by iA Financial Group

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Salon VoPay (Groundfloor)

Opening of reception desk and breakfast

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Salon VoPay (Groundfloor)

Day Opening 3

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Charles Richard, Vice-President, Consulting Services, CGI
Vanessa Taddei, Vice-President, Consulting Services, CGI

Plenary session 2

Leveraging Technology to Build Operational
Excellence in Financial Services

Presented by KPMG

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Christine Day, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Questrade 
Julie Lévesque, Executive Vice-President, Technology and Operations, National Bank of Canada
Malik Yacoubi, Co-Founder and Chief executive officer, Nesto

MODERATOR

David Marotte, Quebec Leader, Data and Artificial Intelligence, KPMG

Panel 5

From Recruitment to Retention: How to Secure Top
Talent

Presented by Morgan Stanley

10:15 AM- 11:00 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Sophia Bennaceur, Regional and Technology head, Morgan Stanley
Valérie Bergeron, Vice-President and Managing Director, Business Solutions and Technology, PSP Investments
Simon De Baene, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Workleap
Nathalie Francisci, Executive Regional President - Eastern Canada, Gallagher

MODERATOR

Alexandre Hovette, Vice-President, Capgemini Invent

*This session is presented in French (Simultaneous translation towards English is provided)*

Panel 6

The ESG Revolution: How Fintech is Driving
Sustainable Finance

Presented by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Caroline Bergeron, Global Head, ESG and Impact Solutions, Innocap
Damien Charbonneau, Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer, Nesto
Émilie Hamel, Senior Vice-President, Operations, GhGSat

MODERATOR

Stephan Marois, Director, Private Equity and Impact Investments, Services - Technologies, Fonds de solidarité FTQ

*This session is presented in French (Simultaneous translation towards English is provided)*

Lunch break

12:00 PM- 1:00 PM

LUNCH AND LEARN - Beyond Fintech? Web3 and the Future of Finance 

12:15 PM- 12:45 PM

GUEST SPEAKER

Alex Tapscott, Entrepreuneur and Business Author

Panel 7

Cracking Down on Payment Fraud: Strategies for
Secure Transactions

Presented by the Bank of Montreal

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Melissa Bernardino, Head of Risk and Compliance, Finix
Rachel Jolicoeur, Director, Fraud Mitigation and Strategy, Interac
Manoj Verma, Founder and Chief Revenue Officer, Tabapay
Mark Hines, Canada Connectivity Lead, Plaid

MODERATOR

Corey B. Davis, Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets

Panel 8

The Future of Finance: Harnessing the Power of
Generative AI

Presented by IBM

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

GUEST SPEAKERS

Jean-François Bérubé, Vice-President, Quantitative Strategies and Data Science, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
Alain Bergeron, Senior Vice-President, Information Technology (CIO), iA Groupe Financier
Daniel Grossi, Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Desjardins Group
 

MODERATOR

Zlata Huddleston, Partner, Practice Leader, IBM Consulting Sustainability Services Canada

Keynote interview 2

From Concept to Reality: Generative AI in Financial Services

Presented by Deloitte

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Espace C2 (21st floor)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Malcolm deMayo, Global Vice-President, Financial Services Industry, NVIDIA
Diederik Van Liere, Chief Technology Officer, Wealthsimple

MODERATOR

Ravy Por, Partner and Leader, Omnia, Deloitte

Closing reception

Presented by Ivanhoe Cambridge

4:15 PM - 6:00 PM

Salon VoPay (Groundfloor)

GUEST SPEAKER

Sarah Mjidou, Senior Director, Digital Transformation, Ivanhoé Cambridge