17th BANKING INNOVATION FORUM & EXPO
21-22 April 2026
IN-PERSON
Prague, Czech Republic
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Topics
- Core Banking Transformation
- Modernizing Enterprise Architecture for Agility and Growth
- Reimagining Customer Experience in a Hyper-Digital World
- From Pilot to Plateau: Why AI Still Isn’t Scaling in Banking
- Future-Proofing AML & KYC
- The Future of Banking Leadership
- Quantum-Ready Banking
- Launching Green Products That Sell
- Products That Resonate with Digital Natives
- Tokenization, Digital Assets & CBDCs – What’s Real Today?
- Payments Innovation in Real Time
- Cyber Resilience and Operational Risk
Speakers
Jermaine Frue
Vice President for AML Operations
Bank of America, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Bouke Hoving
Global CIO Wholesale Banking
ING
Netherlands
Catalina Porojan
Managing Director, Global Head of Special Exposures Management
Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Austria
Kilian Thalhammer
Managing Director, Global Head of Merchant Solutions - Fintech & Platform Sales
Deutsche Bank
Germany
Christian Wolf
Head of Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystems | Group Strategy & Innovation
Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Austria
Tobias Tenner
Director, Head of Digital Finance
Association of German Banks
Germany
Guillermo Vieira de Santiago
Executive Director, Global AI Adoption
BBVA
Spain
Vedrana Jelusic Kasic
Management Board Member
Privredna banka Zagreb d. d.
Croatia
Dr. Martin Sládeček
Associate Director of Customer & Digital Advisory
KPMG
Czech Republic
Danijela Vuksanović
Member of Management Board (CMO)
Addiko Bank AD Podgorica
Montenegro
Alessia Tortato
Specialist in Market Monitoring,
Digital Finance Unit
European Banking Authority
Paul Sweeney
Senior Solution Architect
Engine by Starling
UK
Tomas Stegura
Executive Director - Commercial Banking Design & Solutions
ČSOB
Czech Republic
Kartik Taneja
Executive Vice President, Head of Payments & Consumer lending
Mashreq Bank
UAE
Swagatam Sen
Head of Tech Advisory, Global FCC
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
UK
Alexander Paál
Country Managing Director
SOFTEC
Czech Republic
Margus Simson
Chief Digital Officer, Member of the Board
Komerční banka
Czech Republic
Cristian Cengher
Head of Payments Operations and Clearing
Erste Group
Austria
Karin Van Hoecke
Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Director for Innovations & Daily Banking
ČSOB
Czech Republic
Łukasz Gradowski
COO | Managing Director | Head of Strategy and Transformation Department | Retail & Private Bank Division
Bank Pekao
Poland
Mari Mois
Chief Compliance Officer
Luminor Bank
Estonia
Marek Ditz
Chief Executive Officer
Partners Banka, a.s.
Czech Republic
Patrick Agopian
Compliance by Design and Innovation Manager
Crédit Agricole S.A.
France
Petr Zíma
Leader of Clients security
Česká spořitelna
Czech Republic
Anton Baranenko
Product Manager
Guardsquare
Belgium
Hana Rolles
Chief Commercial Officer
Bank of London
UK
Václav Mladěnka
Head of Business Unit
MONET+
Czech Republic
Jakub Čumpelík
Key Account Manager
Monet+
Czech Republic
Ishtiaq Ahmed Mohammed
Senior Manager - Strategic Revenue Development | Chief Commercial Office | CIB
HSBC
UK
Adil Nurmukhambetov
Global KYC and KYB SME & Project Manager, KYC Operations
N26
Germany
Ernest Lachowski
Chief Product Owner, Director of Mobile Banking
Bank Millenium
Poland
Levent Kazim Oguz
Senior Vice President, Digital and Open Banking
DenizBank
Turkey
Tomáš Reytt
Chief Sales Officer CZ & SK
mBank
Czech Republic
Spyros Ntallas
CFO, Member of the Management Board
OTP Banka
Slovenia
Jakob Aarup Petersen
Group Executive Vice President
AL Sydbank
Denmark
Marin Tomičić
Director of Business Development
Vestigo Cards & Payments
Croatia
Alessio Colantonio
Chief Executive Officer
S&O Capital
Czech Republic
Piotr Jan Pietrzak
New Markets Lead
European Payment Initiative (EPI)
Poland
Miloš Miketić
Chief Executive Officer
Lovcen banka
Montenegro
Michał Szymański
New Market Strategy Director/Member of the Management Board
BLIK
Poland/Slovakia
Gulcin Uysal
Country Manager - Turkey, Southeastern Europe and Southern Caucasus
Provenir
Turkey
Peter Matuš
Board Member
Tatra banka
Slovakia
Krzysztof Uchman
Senior Business Development Manager - Financial Services CEE
Comarch
Poland
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17th BANKING INNOVATION FORUM & EXPO
21-22 April 2026
CUBEX Centre Prague
Na Strži 2097/63, 140 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Directors and Managers from following bank departments:
- Innovation
- Experimentation
- User/Customer Experience
- Business Development
- FinTech Partnerships
- Payments
- Retail Banking
- Open Banking
- Multichannel, Omnichannel, Digital Channel, E-Channel
- IT & Security, Cyber Security
- Product Development, Product Innovation, Production Strategy
- Data Management, Big Data Specialists
- Service Management, Service Quality, Service Improvement
- Digital, Mobile, Internet banking, e-banking
- Digital officers
- Operations, Process Automation, Process Simplification
- Fintech, Blockchain Professionals
- CEO
- CIO / CTO
- CFO
- Credit cards, Card Products
- Transactions
- Fintech accelerator, Fintech Program, Startup Accelerator
- Business Development, Business Strategy
- Sustainability Officers
- Digital Euro Project Supervisors
- Tribe Leaders