Opening of the reception desk

7:30 am

Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00 am

VoPay Lounge

Opening of the 11th CanadaFintech Forum

9:00 - 9:30 AM

WELCOMING WORDS

Sebastian Boisjoly, Vice-president, FinTech and Technological Innovation, Finance Montréal

OPENING ADDRESS

Phil Murphy, Governor, State of New Jersey

THANKED BY

Jacques Deforges, CEO, Finance Montréal

DAY INTRODUCTION

Dave Henderson, President, Intelligent Solutions and Innovation, CGI

Plenary session 1

From Legacy Systems to AI Integration : Strategies for Thriving in the New Era of Finance

9:30 - 10:20 AM

PANEL

Shelby Austin, Co-Founder and CEO, Arteria AI

Yannick Lallement, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Scotiabank

Kevin Levitt, Director, Global Industry Business Development – Financial Services, NVIDIA

Mara Reiff, CEO (Interim) and Chief Customer Officer, Freshbooks

MODERATOR

Kris Hansen, Chief Technolgy Officer, Sagard

Panel 1

Developing and Implementing Concrete Gen AI Applications in Finance

10:30 - 11:20 AM

PANEL

Antoine Amend, Senior Technical Director, Financial Services, Databricks

Yannick Lallement, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Scotiabank

Parinaz Sobhani, Managing Director & Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sagard

MODERATOR

Yara Elias, Canada Senior Manager, AI Risk, Risk Consulting, EY

Panel 2

Building an Agile Workforce for a Rapidly Evolving Technological Landscape

11:30 AM - 12:20 PM

PANEL

Simona Gandrabur, Principal Director, Conversational AI Lead, Cloud Contact Center, National Bank of Canada

Bill Johnston, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

David Ouellet, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology, Data and Operations Officer, PSP Investments

MODERATOR

Conor Delanbanque, CEO and Founder, Strategio

Lunch break

12:20 - 1:30 PM

Fintech Review

Canada Fintech - 2024 and Beyond

1:30 - 2:00 PM

INTRODUCTION

Balinder Ahluwalia, Senior Vice President & Group Head, Market Development, Mastercard

SPEAKER

Jeet Bhatti, Co-Founder and CEO, Fathom4Sight

Panel 3

AI REVOLUTIONIZING THE INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE: STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCED DECISION MAKING AND PERFORMANCE

2:00 - 2:50 PM

PANEL

Jonathan Durocher, President, National Bank Financial Wealth Management (NBFWM)

Vincent Fraser, President and CEO, Croesus

Simon Leroux, Founder, Optionality, Founder & CEO, Optionality

Rheia Khalaf, Director of Partnerships, MILA

MODERATOR

Saloua Benkhouya, VP, Private Equity and Impact Investing, Fonds de solidarité FTQ

Panel 4

Building Bank-Fintech Successful Partnerships

3:00 - 3:50 PM

PANEL

Philippe Daoust, Vice-President and Managing Director, NA Ventures, National Bank of Canada

Ioan Iacob, Cofounder and CEO, FlowX.AI

Jeri Larsen, Chief Customer Officer, LoanPro

MODERATOR

Debby Cordeiro, Senior Vice-President, Communications, Public Affairs and ESG, National Bank of Canada

Keynote 1

4:00 - 5:00 PM

PART I - BUILDING DIGITAL ASSETS

SPEAKER

Roham Gharegozlou, Co-Founder and CEO, Dapper Labs

MODERATOR

Steph Choo, Partner, Portage
 

PART II - THE CHALLENGE: BUILDING TRUSTWORTHY, SCALABLE GENERATIVE AI

SPEAKER

Julie Lévesque, EVP, Technology & Operations, National Bank of Canada

Johanne Duhaime, Executive Vice-President, Technology and Projects, Desjardins

MODERATOR

Jean-Philippe Desbioles, Managing Director Financial Services & Generative AI EMEA Leader, IBM

Networking Cocktail

5:00 - 7:00 PM

Annual Dinner

7:00 - 9:00 PM

OPENING WORDS

Jacques Deforges, CEO, Finance Montréal

WELCOMING WORDS

Eric Girard, Minister of Finance, Québec

INTRODUCTION

Hamed Harbabi, Founder and CEO, VoPay

GUEST SPEAKER 1

Dax Dasilva, Founder and CEO, Lightspeed 

INTRODUCTION

Humayun Jafrani, Managing Partner, Financial Services, EY Canada

GUEST SPEAKER 2

Darryl White, CEO, BMO

CHAIR

Paul Desmarais III, Chairman and CEO, Sagard

Opening of the reception desk

7:30 am

Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00 am

VoPay Lounge

Opening of Day 2

9:15 - 9:30 AM

OPENING WORDS

André Gagné, CEO, GFT

Plenary session 2

Strategies for Monetizing Embedded Finance

9:30 - 10:20 AM

PANEL

Hannah Melton, Responsable Banque et Expansion, Amérique du Nord, Wise

Jil Macdonald, Chief Operating Officer, Walnut Insurance

Andrew Moor, President and CEO, EQ Bank

Mathieu Staniulis, VP Products, Solutions and Digital platforms and Chief Transformation Officer, Personal Services, Desjardins

MODERATOR

Edith Hitt, Partner, Advisory Services, KPMG

Panel 5

INNOVATING IN CANADA'S PAYMENT ECOSYSTEM

10:30 - 11:20 AM

PANEL

Chris Ferron, Head of Digital Partnerships & Fintech, Visa Canada

Hanna Zaidi, Vice President, Payments Strategy & Chief Compliance Officer, Wealthsimple

MODERATOR

Alex Vronces, Executive Director, Fintechs Canada

Panel 6

Canada’s Unique Open Banking Model

11:30 AM - 12:20 PM

INTRODUCTION

Abraham A. Tachjian, Director - Financial Services - Head of Open Banking, PwC

PANEL

Franck Descubes, Vice-President, Business Consulting, Digital transformation and strategy, CGI

Saba Shariff, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy, Product & Innovation Officer, Symcor

MODERATOR

Corey B. Davis, Managing Director, Investment & Corporate Banking Technology Group - Head of Fintech, BMO Capital Markets

Lunch break

12:20 - 1:30 PM

Lunch & Learn

From Vision to Venture: Crafting a Compelling Fintech Pitch

12:40 - 1:00 PM

CONFÉRENCIER

Peter Misek, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Framework

ElleFintech Demo Day

SPOTLIGHT ON 7 WOMEN LEADERS IN FINTECH

1:00 - 1:50 PM

INTRODUCTION

Alexie Amyotte, Associate, Fasken

PITCHES

Géraldine Jippé, Co-Founder, COO-CMO, Assets Waves

Khushboo Jha, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO, Buy Properly

Jennifer Schell, CEO, Finliti

Elham Kheradmand, CEO, Lucid Axon

Laura McDonald, Co-Founder & CEO, Flora

Daria Subach, Co-Founder & CEO, Argentium

Emmanuelle Tavernier, Founder & CEO, Oxia Initiative

MODERATOR

Elsa Vande Voorde, Innovations and Technologies Specialist, Finance Montréal

Panel 7

Vertical Fintech to the Service of SMEs

2:00 - 2:50 PM

PANEL

Shane Murphy, CEO, Ownr

Andrea Kando, Chief Payments & Strategy Officer, Touch Bistro

Chris Poshni, Head of Sales, Wix POS, Wix

MODERATOR

Marc Hollenberg, Chief Operations Officer, Moneris

Panel 8

Pioneering Healthcare: How Insurtech is Shaping the Future

3:00 - 3:50 PM

PANEL

Sean Merat, Co-Founder and CEO, Owl.co

Melisa Muraca, Vice President Technology Product, Sun Life USA

Alexis Smirnov, Co-Founder & CTO, Dialogue

MODERATOR

Laviva Mazhar, Principal, Luge Capital

Keynote 2

BUILDING A GLOBAL POWERHOUSE: INSIGHTS FROM SHOPIFY’S EVOLUTION

4:00 - 4:45 PM

SPEAKER

Harley Finkelstein, President, Shopify

INTERVIEWED BY

Talia Abramowitz, Managing Partner, Deloitte Ventures, Deloitte

Closing Cocktail Reception

5:00 - 7:00 PM

CLOSING WORDS

Jacques Deforges, Chief Executive Officer, Finance Montréal