The Conference will start on November 29 (pre-conference day) at 15.00 CET with several workshops designed for the participants interested in learning specific topics in detail.
Workshops will be available only for participants registered for in-person attendance (if you haven’t registered yet, please register here).
All workshops will be held in parallel sessions and will last till 18.30 CET.
All the workshops will take place in the Conference venue:
ICE Kraków Congress Center (address: Marii Konopnickiej 17, 30-302 Kraków).
At 19.00 CET, we will welcome all attendees at the Manggha restaurant for the Networking Dinner located in the Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha, with a great view of Wawel Castle.
The restaurant is 8 min walking distance from the conference venue.
The Main Conference Day – November 30 – will start at 9.00 CET with the Registration and Welcome coffee in the Conference venue – ICE Kraków Congress Center
(address: Marii Konopnickiej 17, 30-302 Kraków).
The very first panel will be devoted to the topic of How Artificial Intelligence changes the Financial Industry. It is the 4th year this topic is discussed during CEE SME Banking Conferences. This year Klaudia Archimowicz (Head of Operations at Verita HR & Magazyn Rekruter, Poland-UK) will moderate the discussion, looking into the case studies from the banks and AI future. Bartlomiej Wegner (Director of the Office of Transformation Projects and Programs at Bank Pekao, Poland), Philippe De Brouwer (Head of Model Risk in the service center at HSBC) and Michał Poliszkiewicz(Account Technology Strategist at Microsoft) will share their practices and thoughts during that discussion.
Awards banks and fintechs
Every year SME Banking Club awards banks and fintechs for the best digital solutions for Micro and SME customers in the following categories:
Also, this year you will choose The Best Tech Solutions in the CEE region in the following categories:
09:00
CEE24 SME Banking Conference
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CEE24 SME Banking & Tech Awards
18:00
Cocktail Reception
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SME Banking Club is an association of business bankers aimed to provide relevant information on what banks and financial companies are offering for entrepreneurs, micro-, small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
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With nearly 30 years banking technology experience, i.e. transaction and payment processing, credit card personalization, payment and other transaction terminals, Artificial Intelligence applications in finance, cryptography, Distributed Ledger Technology and factoring solutions in different “C” positions in Business Planning, Finance, M&A, R&D, Marketing & Sales, Operations and After-Sales with World Card International, DataCard Corporation, Gemplus/Gemalto, FidelioNetworks, FirstData Corporation, Postbank POS Transact, Tech4Fin Deutschland and Factoring Blockchain Solutions, Federico is the strategic architect and now executer for efcom’s new global marketing & sales approach.
Federico is also Senior Partner at the Amontis Consulting Group, Executive Board Member at Sevar AG, Board Member at Meshed Systems, Sales Partner at Asteria AB and holds an MS from Technische Universität Berlin, MBA Visiting Scholarship from University of Illinois and lectures Entrepreneurship at the Computer Science Department at University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt. He has lived and worked in the Americas, EMEA, Mainland China and speaks Spanish, English and German.
Katalin Kauzli is a co-founder of Partner HUB Ltd, the developer of a white label digital invoice management solution for banks. Charlie-India is the core IT platform for the BUPA and OTP eBIZ solutions.
Klaudia has been leading teams delivering projects for banking clients at Verita HR since 2017. Her particular focus is on delivering human resources solutions to financial services and technology clients within Poland. Working mainly with Polish, Chinese, British, and U.S. clients with businesses and teams based in Warsaw and Krakow. Klaudia and her teams are also located in these financial and technological hubs. Klaudia attends and speaks at some of the leading Fintech and Banking events in Europe and the U.S., both in person and online. She is a specialist in all things blockchain, Web3 and digital assets. As well as specializing in working with quantitative and fixed income professionals within investment banking. Additionally, Klaudia works as the Digital Lead at Disruption Banking and Magazyn Rekruter. Ensuring that clients receive the most important stories affecting financial services and organizational development. These stories are driven by data. And they use the most effective storytelling and the most engaging visuals.
Nelson Wootton is the co-founder and CEO of SaaScada. Nelson has held many senior technology and business roles over the last 20 years, including several CTO and CIO roles delivering global projects.
Nelson is a cloud evangelist, having worked on and in cloud (and nothing but cloud) since 2006. His extensive experience and huge passion for technology and its ability to transform business processes, coupled with a track record of delivery, has enabled transformational changes in numerous businesses over the years. He has led, scaled and exited two technology businesses. As a huge technology enthusiast, Nelson still gets excited by the possibilities!
Jan is disrupting the funding market for eCommerce & Omnichannel companies as the Founder & CEO at Lemonero.
Experienced entrepreneur, skilled in eCommerce, Fintech, and entrepreneurship.
* Founder & CEO at MonkeyData – an eCommerce analytics company with 30,000 customers in 30+ countries.
* International speaker focused on Fintech, eCommerce, Data and AI (spoken at events in Austin (USA), Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Athens, Prague)
* AYLP alumnus and member of The Aspen Institute Central Europe.
* Founder of “Future Education Initiative”, the educational platform which helps teachers in the Czech Republic gain access to the world‘s best courses and teaching methods.
* Volunteer and Member of the Board of Centre PANT – NGO with a focus on Modern History and Politics.
Wiktor leads the Central Eastern Europe region at FacePhi, working with clients across various
verticals on streamlining eKYC processes, applying biometrics in different use cases and fighting
fraud.
He has been involved in the digital finance and banking for almost 7 years. Prior to FacePhi, Wiktor
was at LexisNexis Risk Solutions as the main expert at EMEA level helping banks and fintechs in
automating cross-border payments. During this time, he was able to share his knowledge to the
wider audience on banking and fintech events in Zurich, Riga, and Tashkent.
With a strong background fintech, digital transformation and UX, Wiktor focuses on securing
compliance and anti-fraud systems with simultaneous attention on improving customer experience in front-end channels.
Wiktor is a strong advocate of co-creating the product with customers and enjoys working on
projects that require inter-team cooperation in order to deliver value for the project.
Marcin Woch, CEO of Algolytics Technologies, is an experienced expert, practitioner, and Data Science manager with twenty years of experience gained in consulting and implementation projects for leading telecommunications, financial, and e-commerce companies.
He is also a co-creator of the DSML platform, focusing on machine learning and MLOps. Since 2018, he has been developing Algolytics Technologies – a company providing a comprehensive DS/ML platform equipped with generic models for managing the risk of consumer and company insolvency, as well as for fraud detection.
Visionary AI-tech entrepreneur. Diederick advises the board of directors and leadership teams on digital business development, digitalization, and automated, machine learning-based, financial decision-making.
Big behavioral data & AI for FinTech, Banking, Smart Building, PropTech, E-commerce, Mobile telecom
Olena Gryniuk is responsible for the development of the SME Banking Club in the CEE region. Before getting involved in the SME Banking Club activities, Olena was in charge of SME products and sales in Raiffeisen Bank and Eurobank groups.
About SME Banking Club
The SME Banking Club was established by a team of former SME bankers in 2010 as a professional network of bankers to exchange information and experiences in the segments of micro, small and medium-sized businesses. The SME Banking Club organizes regional SME banking conferences and webinars that bring together financial institutions, technology companies, and development finance institutions to share knowledge, spur innovation and promote the growth of SMEs in the region. Moreover, it provides its members with access to detailed analytical market reports and annual studies. SME Banking Club’s main activities are concentrated in Central and Eastern Europe.
Enrique Caballero works at Aware Inc, as Sales Director EMEA, for the Biometrics division. His areas of function include evangelizing Aware’s Biometrics and Digital Identity solutions and their impact on transforming the government and private sectors landscape.
An executive, manager, product owner, and technology enthusiast with over 12 years of experience. In my work, I leverage technology, data, and user research to create and implement business strategies that enhance product adoption, conversion, sales, and customer satisfaction.
I have successfully completed over 60 projects in the field of mobile applications, SaaS, and digital transformations for companies such as Microsoft, Nokia, Eurobank, BZWBK, PFR, Poczta Polska (Envelo), RWE / Innogy, IKEA, mBank, VISA, STS, Play, Virgin Mobile, AMS, Agora, Wirtualna Polska, Hypermedia, K2, Qpony.
Currently, COO at Algolytics Technologies.
An expert in modern IT solutions for banking and a manager with many years of experience associated with the company for over 22 years. I manage the Banking Area Development Division.
I am responsible for acquiring new customers and cultivating relationships with existing ones, developing products, and creating innovative banking solutions. Privately, I am a technical diver, runner, and amateur high-altitude climber. In my free time, I let off steam on a punching bag.
Sergii Demchuk is the CEO and co-founder of NOVALEND – a Polish fintech for SME lending.
Sergii has 18 years of experience in fintech, banking, and microfinance. He has successfully led several lending startups in Poland, the Baltics, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Sergii has held a senior role in the international lending group, driving business growth and innovation in emerging markets across Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Sergii shares his expertise on fintech innovations and alternative lending solutions for SMEs. He holds a Diploma in Finance and is fluent in English, Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish.
In his role, Jürgen Krenn is responsible for Financial Sales at CRIF Austria sind 2011. In close cooperation with Austrian banks and leasing companies, he develops solution fields in credit risk management and the digital application process.
Krenn studied technical mathematics and general management and has many years of experience in the IT and finance world. He worked for the Raiffeisen Banking Group for seven years and previously gained a wide range of experience in management consulting.