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
Elma Saric
Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystems, Group Strategy, Innovation & Executive Office
Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Austria
Tobias Tenner
Head of Digital Finance & Innovation
Association of German Banks
Germany
Monika Govender
Chief Digital Innovation and Client Experience Officer
MONETA Money Bank
Czech Republic
Vedrana Jelušić Kašić
Advisor for Corporate banking
VUB Banka
Slovakia
Dr. Martin Sládeček
Associate Director of Customer & Digital Advisory
KPMG
Czech Republic
Tomas Stegura
Executive Director - Commercial Banking Design & Solutions
ČSOB
Czech Republic
Alessia Tortato
Specialist in Market Monitoring,
Digital Finance Unit
European Banking Authority
Paul Sweeney
Senior Solution Architect
Engine by Starling
UK
Margus Simson
Chief Digital Officer, Member of the Board
Komerční banka
Czech Republic
Swagatam Sen
Head of FCC Tech Advisory
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
UK
Alexander Paál
Country Managing Director
SOFTEC
Czech Republic
Łukasz Gradowski
COO, Head of Strategy and Transformation Department
Bank Pekao
Poland
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
Petr Zíma
Leader of Clients security
Česká spořitelna
Czech Republic
Mari Mois
Chief Compliance Officer
Luminor Bank
Estonia
Marek Ditz
Founder and ExCEO
Partners Banka, a.s.
Czech Republic
Václav Mladěnka
Head of Business Unit
MONET+
Czech Republic
Anton Baranenko
Product Manager
Guardsquare
Belgium
Hana Rolles
Former Chief Commercial Officer
Independent Expert
UK
Levent Kazim Oguz
Senior Vice President, Digital and Open Banking
DenizBank
Turkey
Jakub Čumpelík
Key Account Manager
Monet+
Czech Republic
Ishtiaq Ahmed Mohammed
Senior Manager - Strategic Revenue Development | Chief Commercial Office | CIB
HSBC
UK
Alessio Colantonio
Chief Executive Officer
S&O Capital
Czech Republic
Tomáš Reytt
Chief Sales Officer CZ & SK
mBank
Czech Republic
Marin Tomičić
Director of Business Development
Vestigo Cards & Payments
Croatia
Michał Szymański
New Market Strategy Director/Member of the Management Board
BLIK
Poland/Slovakia
Piotr Jan Pietrzak
New Markets Lead
European Payment Initiative (EPI)
Poland
Miloš Miketić
Chief Executive Officer
Lovcen banka
Montenegro
Maciej Sałata
Business Banking Consulting Director
Comarch
Poland
Frederic Dubout
Principal Consultant
Provenir
Turkey
Jozef Gálik
Distribution Network Support & Development Division Director
Tatra banka
Slovakia
Corstiaan Kuijvenhoven
Sales Director
Meniga
UK
Andras Kis-Benedek
Account Manager
Verint Financial Compliance
Hungary
Adorján Bortnyák
Managing Director EEMEA
Geomant
Hungary
Yucel Erbilgic
Chief Business Officer
Commencis
Turkey
Raj Soni
CEO
Meniga
UK
Bridget Meijer
Manager New Markets
SurePay B.V.
Netherlands
Christian Schlaeger
Vice President, Integration & Strategic Leadership
OneSpan NV
Belgium
Dorota Sikorska
Loan Origination Product Manager
Comarch
Poland
Brana Nikolajevic
Territory Account Manager – CEE
OneSpan NV
Belgium
Robert Błaszczyk
CEE Fintech & Banking Transformation Consultant
Comarch
Poland
David Zydron
Solutions Engineer
OneSpan NV
Belgium
Vladislav Vasilev
Sales & Business Development Manager
Evrotrust
Bulgaria
Jarosław Szczepankiewicz
Head of Architecture, Senior Cloud Solutions Architect
GFT Technologies
Poland
Roman Knapp
Senior Account Executive
OpenText
Czech Republic
Egill Ingolfsson
Head of Pre-Sales
Meniga
UK
Paulo Barbosa
COO
Banfico
Germany
Ernest Püspök
Business Development Director, CEE
Worldline Financial Services
Hungary
Jakub Barburski
Senior Banking Solutions Specialist
FIS
Poland
Wolf Kunisch
Senior Payments Innovation Specialist
FIS
Germany
Natasha Lauer
VP Marketing
SurePay
Netherlands
Janusz Mieloszyk
First Deputy CEO | CCO
Nest Bank S.A.
Poland
Alex Jakuba
Lead Solutions Consultant
OpenText
Czech Republic
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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