Baltic FinReg Summit’ 23

Date: 2023 - 05 - 31

Time: 08:00 - 19:00

Location: LVIVO business centre

Tickets and more information
www.balticfinreg.eu

Explore Trends and Examine Legal Challenges Faced by the Financial Industry

The annual financial and regulatory conference – Baltic FinReg Summit – will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 31 May 2023. It is the leading think tank, knowledge sharing, and networking event for the financial sector in the Baltic market and beyond – a forum where we explore trends, examine legal challenges and arrive at specific actions that will secure business prospects.
The Baltic FinReg Summit is organised, inspired and powered by COBALT, a leading pan-Baltic law firm operating in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in collaboration with the European Investment Bank.

Industry in Its Full Spectrum & Networking at Its Finest

The Baltic FinReg Summit brings together the industry in its full spectrum with representatives on all levels of expertise and experience, decision-making and legislative power:

Providers of financial services, including traditional banks, insurance companies, investment funds, alternative financial services, payment providers, FinTech companies, and related industries
Government and supervising institutions along with government officials, ministries of finance and economics, and national banks
Opinion leaders from finance associations, NGOs, academic institutions, and media

The Summit offers high quality networking – a great combination of gaining new contacts, discussing hot topics, sharing experience or strengthening your reputation. A must-attend event to stay on top of the news and build your narrative.

Hands-on Insights from Prominent Experts

The programme of Baltic FinReg Summit brings valuable and hands-on insights into the industry’s most relevant topics. We have assembled a truly impressive line-up of international and local speakers, who are prominent experts on their subject matter. The Summit programme will include a number of presentations and panel discussions where insights will be shared by the representatives of the financial service providers operating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the European Investment Bank, the European Commission and supervising institutions, other local and international market participants, international law firms Simmons & Simmons and Bird & Bird, etc.

Here are a few of the hot topics that will be discussed:

• Global financial landscape
• Future of fintech
• Debt funds and the rush of venture debt
• Combating fraud from a RegTech perspective
• AI and machine learning as the future of finance
• Cross-border provision of services

Programme

8:00
Registration & morning coffee

Opening session

09:00
Introduction and opening address

Dr Irmantas Norkus, Managing Partner, COBALT (LT)
Marco Francini, Head of the European Investment Bank Group Office for the Baltic States (IT)

Exploring the world and home turf

09:10
Global financial landscape: current trends and major shifts

Indrė Genytė-Pikčienė, Chief Economist, INVL Asset Management (LT)

09:45
Expert panel
The Future of Fintech: what do we need for success in the Baltics?

Lukas Jakubonis, Head of Financial Market Development, Lietuvos bankas / Bank of Lithuania (LT)
Mari-Liis Kukk, Head of the Innovation Department, Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution
Authority (EE)
Marine Krasovska, Head of FinTech Supervision Separtment, Bank of Latvia (LV)
Marius Galdikas, Chief Executive Officer, ConnectPay (LT)
Juozas Kaminskas, Vice President of Banking & Issuing and Managing Director, Nuvei (NASDAQ:NVEI)
(TSX:NVEI) (LT)

Moderator – Monika Koolmeister, Partner, COBALT (EE)

10:35-10:55
Coffee break

Sneak peak into new products

11:00
What do future generations expect from financial products?

Laura Leon, Lead Product Designer, Lightyear (EE)

11:35
PPPs in the Baltics: challenges and opportunities

Diarmaid Kehoe, PPP Principal Advisor within the European PPP Expertise Centre, European Investment Bank (LUX)

11:50
Rush of venture debt: why now and why in Europe?

Joana Lisboa Tiago, Senior Investment Officer (Equity, Growth Capital & Innovation Finance), European Investment Bank (LUX)

12:10-13:00
Lunch break

Navigating regulations and technologies

13:00
How DORA will strengthen the digital operational resilience of the EU financial sector

Boris Augustinov, Policy Office, Digital Finance Unit, DG FISMA (RO)

13:35
Expert panel:
Combating fraud from RegTech perspective

Rita Balogh, Group Head of AML and Fraud Prevention, IPF Digital (EE)
Mindaugas Petrauskas, Head of Financial Crime Prevention, AMLYZE (LT)
Taavi Tamkivi, Founder & CEO, Salv (EE)

14:10
AI and machine learning as future of finance: overview from regulatory perspective

Kuba Ruiz, Senior Counsel in Commercial team, Bird & Bird (PL)

14:40-15:00
Coffee break

Crossing the borders

15:00
Expert panel:
Cross-border provision of services: thin lines between reverse solicitation, passporting and branch and other challenges

John Paul Zammit, Managing Associate, Simmons & Simmons (UK)
Vytautas Danta, Chief Compliance Officer Europe, Revolut (LT)
Medeia Japaridze, Legal Counsel, Monese (EE)

Moderators – Eva Suduiko and Akvilė Bosaitė, Partners and Co-Heads of the Banking and Finance Practice Group, COBALT (LT)

15:50
Closing remarks

Eva Suduiko and Akvilė Bosaitė, Partners and Co-Heads of the Banking and Finance Practice Group,
COBALT (LT)
Monika Koolmeister, Partner, COBALT (EE)

16:10-19:00
Reception/networking
You will enjoy networking surrounded by amazing live music, together with Evelina Sašenko-Statulevičienė, Lithuanian jazz singer.