Digital Finance Summit (DFS 21) 2021 | FinTech Belgium | 30 November 2021 | Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, Brussels Airport, 1930 Brussel, Belgium

This year's main theme will be Sustaining the Economic Recovery. The pandemic brought widespread and devastating disruption to our lives. The need for accelerated digitalisation became immediate. Now is the time for bright reconstruction and redevelopment.

Themes
Sustaining Economic Recovery
• Finance
• Insurance
• Regulation
• Relaunch

This event is a platform for global innovators looking to boost and inspire the European fintech ecosystem. It is also one of the few places that allows large financials, startups and technology experts to connect their potential while understanding the regulatory dimension. European fintech growth, valuable partnerships and regulatory insights, all in one place!

Digital Finance Summit, the highly renowned conference focusing on the ever-increasing digitalisation of the financial industry, is back again this year to set the path for a bright and more dynamic future at the heart of Europe.

Digital Finance Summit is at the crossroads between Tech Talent, Regtech, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Blockchain, Crypto-assets, Artificial Intelligence, Crowdfunding, Cybersecurity and Banking. It gathers global innovators looking to get inspired by a unique blend of industry leaders and turboboost the whole European FinTech ecosystem!

2021 Speakers

Mr. Jean Louis Van Houwe
Co-Founder & Product, Monizze

Mr. Karel Baert
CEO, Febelfin

Mrs. Audrey Chabin
Head of Business Development France Belgium Luxembourg, Visa

Mr. Steve Butcher
Global Industry Architect, Microsoft

Ms. Victoria Bunyard
CTO IBM Banking & Financial Markets EMEA, IBM

Mr. Marc Lainez
VP API Marketplace, Isabel Group

Ms. Gabriela Homolova
Founder, BYRSSA

Mr. Marc Toledo
Managing Director, BAx

Mrs. Selin Suntay
Lead Analyst, BCG FinTech Control Tower

Mr. Gauthier van der Elst
Gauthier, ScaleFund

Mr. Filip Cuypers
Principal, Volta Ventures

Mr. Frederic Stallaert
Co-founder, Paperbox

Mr. Dylan Van Tornhaut
Co-founder & Business development, Cashplannr

Mr. David Cunningham
Chief Commercial Officer, Lextego

Mr. David Suetens
Non-Executive Director, SOPIAD

Mr. François-Guillaume de Lichtervelde
CFO, Greenomy

Ms. Louise Karlander
Financial Services Industry Advisor, Salesforce

Mr. David Lambermont
Head of Finance & Regulatory, b-fine

Mr. Frederik Rosseel
CEO, Docbyte

Mr. Freddy van den Spiegel
Professor, Febelfin Academy

Mr. Jonathan Goderis
Co-Founder & Managing director, Keypoint bv

Mr. Pietjan Vandooren
CEO & Co-founder, Rock.estate

Mr. Patrice AMANN
EMEA Regional Business Lead - WW Financial Services, Microsoft

Mrs. Patricia Boydens
Innovation Consultant, DATASSUR & Assuralia

Mr. Bernard Soens
General Manager, Independer.be NV

Mr. Philippe Van Belle
Chief Information & Technology Officer, AG

Dr. Lode Vermeersch
Head, AREA42

Mr. Tom Deprins
Global Director Financial Services Compliance, Microsoft

Mrs. Agnieszka Bruyère
Vice-President IBM Cloud EMEA, IBM

Ms. Gabriela Homolova
Founder, BYRSSA

Ms. Maria Staszkiewicz
President, European Digital Finance Association

Mr. Tom Van den Berghe
Director Sustainable Finance, Febelfin vzw

Dr. Henri Vanhomwegen
Head of Product, Greenomy

Mrs. Solenne Niedercorn-Desouches
Non/Executive Director and Senior Advisor in FinTech/VC, Finscale

Mrs. Nadia Manzari
Partner and Avocat à la Cour, Schiltz&Schiltz S.A.

Mr. David Dab
National Technology Officer, Microsoft

Mr. Wouter Vandenbussche
Solution Lead Cybersecurity, Proximus

Mr. Kevin Françoisse
CEO, Sagacify

Mrs. Beatrice de Mahieu
CEO, CoStation

Mr. Alessandro Drappa
CEO, Recovr

Mr. Patrick Dalle
Product Marketing Manager, Isabel Group

Mr. Didier Ongena
General Manager, Microsoft

Prof. Bruno Colmant
CEO, Degroof Petercam

Dr. Oriol Caudevilla
FinTech Advisor, Global Impact FinTech Forum (GIFT)

Mr. Joris Lochy
Product Manager Payments, Monizze

Mrs. Caroline Lanslots
Senior Business Development Manager, Tink

Miss. Alexia Martinel
Adoption & Strategy Manager - BeLux, Nomadic Labs

Mr. Laurent Deheyer
Director, APPROACH BELGIUM S.A

Mr. Nico Sienaert
Business Group Lead Security, Microsoft

Mr. Wido Beekman
Director Mobile Identity - Continental Europe, Signicat

Mr. Alex Panican
Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem, Luxembourg House of Financial Technologies

Mr. Xavier Gomez
Directeur General, INVYO

Mr. Jo Cijnsmans
Business Development Manager, Metamaze

Ms. Ann Winten
HR Director IBM Belgium and Luxembourg, IBM

Ms. Joan Carette
Partner in Fintech, Payments and Financial Regulations, Simont Braun

Mrs. Adina Grigoriu
Founder & CEO, Active Asset Allocation

Mr. Toon Vanagt
Managing Partner, data.be - FinTech Belgium

2021 Partners

MAIN PARTNER:
• Microsoft

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Febelfin
• Hub Brussels

PLATINUM:
• IBM
• Proximus Enterprise
• Visa

COUNTRY PAVILION:
• the LHoFT

GOLD:
• b.fine
• docbute
• isabel group
• Metamaze
• Nomadic Labs
• Transmit Security

SILVER:
• Aividens
• Approach
• Area 42
• Bancontact Payconiq
• Byrssa
• Digiteal
• ElysianNxt
• Gambit Financial Solutions
• Greenomy
• Indexa Capital
• Invest Northern Ireland
• LuxHub
• Moneytrans
• Monizze
• Paperbox
• Pulse Consult
• Recovr
• Rockestate
• Sagacify
• Signicat
• Simont Braun
• Sopiad
• Thales
• Tink
• Treezor

BRONZE:
• A352
• Docify
• Febelfin Academy
• Fund Process
• Neterium
• Paynovate
• Scorechain
• The Hokus Platform
• Timelex
• Vivium Insurance

MEDIA:
• AFRICA FINTECH FORUM
• AIFIn - The Financial Innovation Think Tank
• Crypto News
• Emerging Payments Association
• FinDec
• FinTech Consult
• FINTECH DISTRICT
• FinTech Open Innovation
• FinTech Scotland
• France FinTech
• Holland FinTech
• India FinTech Forum
• iPaidThat
• MARK COM EVENT
• MMC Polska
• RoFin.Tech
• Swiss Insurtech Hub
• VDI Summit
• Venn Innovation
• White Paper Summit LLC

JURY OF EUROPEAN FINTECH PITCH BATTLE:
• ScaleFund
• Volta Ventures

COLLABORATIVE:
• Be Display
• Bernard De Keyzer
• Bizzabo
• Global Charger
• Hotel Brussels Motel One
• Mixx
• Not Human
• Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel
• Visit Brussels