The 2024 Landscape and How to Prepare for a New Era 2023 | Pro-Manchester | 20 November 2023 | Shoosmiths, The XYZ Building, 2 Hardman Boulevard, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3AZ, UK

As we prepare for 2024, the financial technology industry is getting ready for another transformation. We’re heralding in a new, more mature era in Fintech and proactivity will be imperative to success.

With this in mind, our Fintech committee has pulled together a panel of leading experts from the Fintech industry to discuss the cornerstones of change we are facing and ways in which the Fintech industry can respond. Headed up by pro-manchester's Fintech chair Kimberley Waldron the panel will cover:

• Fintech regulation and what to look out for now – With the government getting involved with new regulations and guidelines, and the need for more online security what does this mean for Fintech.
• Finding funding – no one said it should be easy, but things got really hard. What does Fintech funding 2.0 mean for Manchester businesses?
• Tackling decentralised finance – it’s a huge part of Fintech, how will new organisations like CFIT help us find a role for DeFi in Fintech?
• How we remain focused on getting innovation to market and into the hand of end users and consumers with so many distractions.
2024 and future predictions

2023 Speakers

Luke Stubbs
Partner, Shoosmiths LLP

Sarah Kocianski
Fintech and Insurtech Strategist, Analyst, and Researcher

Kimberley Waldron
Managing Director, SkyParlour

Manish Vara
Co-Founder, Ekko

Suzanne Taylor
Partner, Shoosmiths LLP

Sam Royle
Co-Founder & CEO, SoSquared