Join us for an exciting line-up of panels at this year’s Singapore Fintech Festival Venture Lab Crawl, where cutting-edge innovation meets real-world impact. Over a series of focused discussions, gain insights into how we are unlocking new avenues for growth, and building and driving innovative solutions that bridge financial institutions with society’s ever-evolving needs. From reshaping world trade to advancing digital assets and conservation financing, discover how our venture leads and founders are transforming industries and building resilience in today’s increasingly interconnected world. This is where innovation meets execution, pushing the boundaries of what finance can achieve.
Details:
- 5 November 2024
- 9:00am - 7:00pm SGT
- WeWork, 21 Collyer Quay, Auditorium (Level 1) Singapore 049320
- (Lunch will be provided)
Agenda
- 9:00 – 9:45am | Panel 1 | Enabling a Circular Innovation Ecosystem from Ideas to Impact (Learn more and register here)
- Organized by SC Ventures: the ventures building, investment and innovation arm of Standard Chartered.
- Margaret King, SVP, Franklin Strategic Ventures, Franklin Templeton
- Jonathan Chan, Head, Global Innovation, Julius Baer
- Caroline Guyot, Managing Director, ENGIE Factory
- Harald Eltvedt, Venture Building, SC Ventures
- Priya Venkat, SC Ventures (Moderator)
- 10:00 – 10:45am | Panel 2 | Beyond Banking: Harnessing the Potential of Open Banking (Learn more and register here)
- Organized by audax: our digital banking technology solutions provider.
- Mike Breen, Chief Commercial Officer, audax
- Ben Gilbey, SVP & Group Head Digital Payments & Labs, Mastercard
- Manoj Bhojwani Group CIO, ADIB
- Mansi Singh, Partner, PwC Southeast Asia Consulting (Moderator)
- 11:00 - 11:45am | Panel 3 | Innovation Partnerships: How to Leverage the Wider Ecosystem to Build New Innovation Opportunities (Learn more and register here)
- Organized by SC Ventures Client Engagement Team.
- Luke Wu, Managing Director, The GEAR by Kajima
- Sidne Yeo, Asia Head, Lufthansa Innovation Hub
- Santosh Patel, Fintech Engagement, SC Ventures
- Wei Soon Lum, Client Engagement, SC Ventures (Moderator)
- 12:00 - 12:45pm | Lunch Break (F&B will be provided)
- 1:00 – 1:45pm | Panel 4 | The Institutional Imperative: Catalysing the Next Wave of Digital Asset Innovation (Learn more and register here)
- Organized by Libeara, our tokenisation platform, and Zodia Custody, our institutional-grade digital asset custody solution.
- Aaron Gwak, CEO, Libeara
- Stacey-Ann Pearson, General Manager, SG, Zodia Custody
- Rania Rahardja, Director of Sales, APAC, Ondo Finance
- Kenneth Bok, SC Ventures (Moderator)
- 2:00 – 2:45pm | Panel 5 | Shaping Trade Finance & Supply Chain in the New Trade Order (Learn more and register here)
- Organized by TASConnect, our bank agnostic supply chain finance platform.
- Kingshuk Ghoshal, Co-Founder & CEO, TASConnect
- Wendy Ang, CEO, SOLV Malaysia
- Huilyna Ngadiman, Financial Controller, Unilever
- Apurv Suri, Client Engagement, SC Ventures (Moderator)
- 3:00 – 3:45pm | Panel 6 | From Trade to Entrepreneurship: Bridging the Financial Divide (Learn more and register here)
- Organized by Olea, our fully-digitised trade finance origination and distribution platform, and Labamu, our all-in-one digitization platform empowering small businesses to streamline operations, reach more customers, and access financial services seamlessly.
- Emmanuel Van De Geer, CEO & Founder, Labamu
- Amelia Ng, CEO, Olea
- Xie Wen, Global Head, Business Banking, Standard Chartered
- 4:00 – 4:45pm | Panel 7 | GenAI and Compliance: A Balancing Act for Startups and Enterprises (Learn more and register here)
- Organized by letsbloom, our compliance automation platform for secure & rapid GenAI & SaaS adoption.
- Ramneek Khurana, Principal Architect FSI, Google Cloud
- Madhukar Makhija, Global Head of Data & Analytics, Securities Services, HSBC
- Mauro Sauco, Founder & CTO, Transparently.AI
- Neha Rehani, Head of Sales & Partnerships, APAC, letsbloom (Moderator)
- 5:00 – 5:45pm | Panel 8 | Investing in Web 2.0 vs Web 3.0: Is There a Difference in Approach? (Learn more and register here)
- Organized by SC Ventures’ Investment Team.
- Charles Kok, Director, UOB Venture Management
- Gakim Solomons, Investments, SC Ventures
- Alex Toh, Investments, SC Ventures
- Elisabeth Zhang, Investments, SC Ventures (Moderator)
- 6:00 – 6:45pm | Panel 9 | Infrastructure, Integrity and Innovation: Accelerating the Path to Net-Zero (Learn more and register here)
- Organized by Project Qatalyst, our investor-centric project due diligence platform that radically improves the way investors identify, evaluate, and invest in the full range of carbon offset projects, allowing them to invest faster and at scale; and Project PointSource, our cloud platform empowering FIs of all sizes to scale their sustainable lending, addressing key challenges across the funding cycle.
- Poyan Rajamand, Venture Lead, Project Qatalyst, SC Ventures
- Amandeep Singh, ESG, SC Ventures (Project PointSource)
- Michael Cutler, Technology, SC Ventures
- Kopal Agarwal, SC Ventures (Moderator)
We look forward to seeing you there!