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Global Fintech & Blockchain Conference

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Global Fintech & Blockchain Conference

Conference, Workshops, Keynote Speakers & Panels, Careers Fair Booths, Hackathon, Networking Drinks Sessions & Dinner

The Global Fintech & Blockchain Conference is the largest university-led blockchain and financial technology conference in the world. It attracts top-tier university talent in addition to professionals, from all over Europe and beyond and features top founders and leaders from the most pioneering companies, funds, corporates and more. 

To name a few, our keynotes and panellists include the Co-Founders and CEOs of multiple unicorns including OakNorth, Zilch, PPRO, Blockchain.com, Revolut and more, top investors, the most cutting-edge and disruptive startups and scale-ups, major corporate and government figures and many others which you can see below. Our previous speakers have included the co-founders of Monzo, Starling Bank, CEOs of iwoca, R3, AppliedBlockchain, Duedil, Board Members of N26, Curve, Loot and ConsenSys, the Global Head of Digital at Mastercard, Co-launcher of Ethereum and Dubai’s National Blockchain Strategy, Head of Digital Innovation at HSBC, Global Blockchain Lead at Accenture, top investors including from Europe’s largest seed fund SpeedInvest, leaders from Ripple, Hyperledger, eToro, the Emerging Payments Association and many more! 

Overview

The 2024 edition of our trademark Global Fintech & Blockchain Conference will be even larger scale with some of the most exciting companies in the space as well as the brightest and most ambitious students around Europe. It will be held in March 2024 in London, and will focus on developments in Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies and Fintech. The Global Fintech & Blockchain Conference tries to teach, connect and push continuous innovation to the future generation of leaders to achieve a safer and more responsible financial environment. It aims at debunking the myths about the industry and raising awareness about the career opportunities that exist.

We seek to add value so that you come away from the conference having learned a great deal, made excellent contacts and been inspired. We are back and 2024’s edition is bigger and better than ever before!

The conference will reflect on topics such as:

Challenger Banks

Robo-advisory

Alternative Investing

Blockchain Applications

Cryptocurrencies

Smart Contracts

Payments

Regulatory Implications

Starting out your own ventures and the challenges for young entrepreneurs

The day is designed to provide you with a holistic industry overview and through an action-packed series of keynote talks and presentations, panel discussions, workshops, lively debates, a pitching competition and networking sessions you will be exposed to the full Fintech & Blockchain spectrum. Food and refreshments will be provided.

This premier conference and hackathon is brought to you by the following leading UK universities: Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, UCL, LSE, KCL, Warwick and LBS.

Join us for an invaluable opportunity to network with industry leaders, visionaries and talented professionals. This conference is the largest university-led Fintech & Blockchain event in the world and will be a fantastic opportunity to learn, connect and get involved with revolutionary projects and cutting-edge technologies that challenge the way the financial system, as well as many industries, operate today.

Are you looking for a challenge? Do you want to get involved in something that will be as big of an impact as the Internet itself? Interested in getting exposed to the most daunting problem faced by industry and to the brightest challenger solutions?

Do not miss out on the largest Fintech & Blockchain conference for unparalleled discussion with exceptional speakers!

Tickets are incredible value and are expected to sell out soon so do not miss out on this excellent opportunity!

Why attend?

The Revolution of Money has already started and London is one of the places that's leading it!

The Revolution of Money has already started and London is one of the places that’s leading it! As the present boom in Fintech continues to be as much an opportunity as it is a threat for the financial services industry, we are bringing together the people who are making things happen at the very forefront of this powerful and emerging wave of business. They are the pioneering people and companies harnessing the power of these technologies, taking on and shaking up archaic business models, creating innovative and disruptive products and services and traversing borders.

With an increasingly polarised geopolitical world looming on the horizon, continuing predictions for rapid growth in the Fintech space and the seismic shifts taking place in financial services across the planet, the Global Fintech & Blockchain Conference provides an opportunity for the evaluation of the current state of the market, the exchange of ideas and possible solutions to the challenges lying ahead and through much debate, the exploration of what the future of Fintech may hold. We are making a key contribution to this exciting dialogue – join us so you can stay ahead of the game!

After the financial crisis of 2008 and the corresponding onslaught of regulation in the financial services industry, Fintech has enjoyed a meteoric rise, becoming one of the fastest growing and changing sectors worldwide. It plays a dominant role in changing the future world of finance and indeed our planet as a whole.

In this one day extravaganza, we are bringing together and shining a spotlight on the leaders of this revolution and are celebrating the most disruptive players and most groundbreaking companies. Discover those at the forefront of the mass overhaul of traditional businesses models, processes and systems through technology that is currently taking place.

Fintech and Blockchain are today in a state of evolution – the GFBC acts as part crystal ball and part rear view-mirror – you do not want to miss out!

 

2024 speakers

Please see some of the keynotes and panelists below with more announced shortly:

  • Philip

    Belamant

    CEO and Co-Founder, Zilch (fastest European company to become a unicorn)

  • Joel

    Perlman

    Co-Founder, OakNorth

  • Nicolas

    Cary

    Co-Founder, Blockchain.com

  • Motie

    Bring

    CEO, PPRO

  • Charlotte

    Crosswell OBE

    Chair, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) & ex-CEO, Innovate Finance & Chair, Open Banking

  • Nathalie

    Oestmann

    Co-Chair, The Payments Association & ex COO, Curve & Outlier Ventures

  • Daniel

    Seifert

    Managing Director EMEA, Coinbase

  • Richard

    Davies

    CEO, Allica Bank (fastest growing company in the UK over the last 3 years) & ex-COO, Revolut & NED, Zepz

  • Jaidev

    Janardana

    CEO, Zopa & ex-CMO UK, Capital One

  • Lord

    Holmes MBE

    AI and Emerging Technologies Regulatory Specialist

  • Yorick

    Naeff

    CEO & Co-Founder, BUX

  • Monica

    Kalia

    Co-Founder, Nayber & NED, Money & Pensions Service

  • Keith

    Grose

    COO, Sequence & ex-UK and EU Head at Plaid

  • Adi

    Ben-Ari

    Founder & CEO, Applied Blockchain

  • Lisa

    Scott

    CEO Europe, Banked

  • Sabih

    Behzad

    Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank

  • Alexandra

    Wyatt

    Vice-President in Innovation Economy Team (High Growth Tech), J.P. Morgan

  • Kene

    Ezeji-Okoye

    Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Millicent Labs

  • Nasir

    Zubairi

    CEO, LHoFT Foundation (Luxembourg House of Financial Technology)

  • Conrad

    Ford

    Chief Product Officer, Allica Bank & ex-CEO, Funding Options

  • Utkarsh

    Amitabh

    Chief Marketing Officer, 5ire.org (Unicorn) & Founder and CEO, Network Capital

  • Bivu

    Das

    Managing Director UK, Kraken

  • Alexis

    Augier

    Founder and CEO, Vega

  • Vinoth

    Jayakumar

    Partner, Molten Ventures

  • Mary

    Lin

    CO-CEO & Co-Founder, Odin

  • Lloyd

    Wahed

    Founder and CEO, Mana Group

  • Gabriele

    Musella

    Co-Founder and CEO, Coinrule

  • Mohamed

    Ezeldin

    Global Tokenomics Lead, Animoca Brands

  • Anthony

    Rose

    Co-Founder and CEO, SeedLegals

  • Stephen

    Newnham

    UK Lead, Solana Superteam

  • Maurits

    Pots

    Founder and CEO, Tema ETFs

  • Abbas

    Kazmi

    Co-Founding Partner, BlackWood Ventures & Collegiate Capital

  • Professor Yu

    Xiong

    Director, Surrey Academy for Blockchain and Metaverse Applications & Associate VP for External Engagement at the University of Surrey

  • Vlad

    Tropko

    Venture Partner, Launchbay Capital (previously Digital Horizon VC)

  • Julian

    Dowling

    Founder, Launch Club Capital

  • James

    Herbert

    Ex-Head of UK Tech Disruptors Vertical, J.P. Morgan & Exited Founder & CEO, Hastee & Chairman, Brightsparks

 
 

Agenda

Please see the full agenda below!

Previous edition's speakers

Please see the keynotes and panelists below from our previous edition:

  • Stefan

    Klestil

    Head of FinTech and General Partner - SpeedInvest and Board Member - N26, Loot, Curve

  • Jason

    Bates

    Deputy CEO – 11:FS and Co-founder - Monzo & Starling Bank

  • Diana

    Biggs

    Head of Digital Innovation - HSBC

  • Vinay

    Gupta

    CEO - Mattereum and Co-launched Ethereum and Dubai's National Blockchain Strategy

  • Jorn

    Lambert

    President of Digital Solutions (Global Head of Digital) and sits on Management Committee - Mastercard

  • Christoph

    Rieche

    CEO - Iwoca

  • Ajit

    Tripathi

    Partner - ConsenSys and Co-founder - PwC’s UK Blockchain Practice

  • David E

    Rutter

    Founder and Managing Partner - R3

  • John

    Velissarios

    Managing Director, Global Blockchain Lead - Accenture

  • Jeremy

    Light

    Vice President of EU Strategic Accounts - Ripple

  • Neil

    Staunton

    Founder & CEO - Crypton AI

  • Ollie

    Purdue

    Founder & CEO - Loot

  • Marta

    Piekarska

    Director of Ecosystem - Hyperledger

  • Shachar

    Bialick

    Founder & CEO - Curve

  • Tony

    Craddock

    General Director - Emerging Payments Association

  • Iqbal

    Gandham

    CEO (UK) - eToro

  • Ben

    Marrel

    Managing Partner - Breega Capital

  • Richard

    Muirhead

    Partner - Fabric VC

  • Adi

    Ben-Ari

    CEO – AppliedBlockchain

  • Shane

    Kehoe

    Co-founder - SVK Crypto

  • Christer

    Holloman

    CEO - Divido

  • Justin

    Fitzpatrick

    Co-founder & CEO - Duedil

  • Max

    Rofagha

    CEO - Finimize

  • Max

    Laemmle

    Founder & CEO - Fraugster

  • Anna

    Frankowska

    CEO - Distributed Academy and Nitechain

  • Andrea

    Bonaceto

    Founding Partner & CEO - Eterna Capital

  • Marta Diana

    Paredes

    Co-founder & CEO - Suade

  • Andrew

    Robinson

    Business Development - Coinbase

If you would like to speak at the conference as a keynote speaker, judge startup pitches or partake in one of our panels and workshops please get in touch with us by emailing contact@globalfintechandblockchainconference.com.

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BlockHack24 Hackathon

After the success of our last edition, we are aiming to make the conference even more interactive, by organising a big hackathon the weekend before, the winners of which will be awarded monetary prizes and a chance to pitch for support investment from leading venture capitalists on stage of GFBC 2024!

Partners

We are very grateful for the kind support of our partners, without whom the GFBC would not be possible

Partner with us!

If you are interested in partnering with us and being involved with the GFBC please get in touch today by emailing contact@globalfintechandblockchainconference.com.

Sponsoring the Global Fintech & Blockchain Conferece and hackathon will provide your company with unparalleled access to the very brightest students and young people in the UK and Europe. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to expose your company to the brightest young talent, promote career opportunities within your firm and recruit the best minds of tomorrow!

We offer you the chance to promote your brand and opportunities before, during and after the Conference, providing excellent marketing to tens of thousands of students and young people on top of the hundreds in attendance. Catalyse London’s Fintech-community and strengthen your brand among the talents of the future. The fight for the minds of tomorrow is not getting easier – make use of this opportunity to distinguish your company from the competition in London’s finance, tech and consulting sectors.

Leverage the power of our enormous reach for this premier conference!

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This premier conference and hackathon is brought to you by the following leading UK university societies: The Oxford Guild, Imperial College EESoc, UCL Investment Society, Cambridge Guild, UCL Guild and LBS Entrepreneurship

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