Future of Financial Services, Sydney 2023

10 August 8:30 am - 11 August 5:30 pm
ICC Sydney
About the Event

“Pioneering Purpose-Driven Innovation and Sustainability to Reshape the Future of Financial Services”

The Future of Financial Services, Sydney, is the one-stop source for technology and innovation in Australia’s banking and financial services sector. As our flagship event and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, this event is where the market meets.

For almost two decades, FST Media’s Sydney financial services forum has brought together an unrivalled crowd of technology, digital, and business leaders from banks, insurers, and wealth managers from across the country and worldwide.

Held over two days, this unmissable event will host over 1,000 financial services representatives, 60+ technology solution providers, the industry’s best up-and-comers, and leading futurists, strategists, and influencers.

Key Themes:

  • Sustainability – Importance of digital leadership in sustainable performance
  • Reposition for Agility at Scale – Ability to swiftly pivot technologies, cultures, and team structure as required aka composability
  • Financial Literacy – Current and future use of management of money
  • Digital Ecosystem – Increasing competition and innovation through partnerships
  • Generative AI – Advancements in generative AI, its experimentation in FSI, and the need for guardrails
  • Payments Revolution – Macro-trends shaping the Future of Payments from CDBCs, cross-border payments, and open data

Featured Topics:

  • Digital Transformation
  • Payments Revolution
  • Customer Experience (CX)
  • Cloud Transformation
  • Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
  • Process Mining
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Data Analytics
  • Open Banking
  • and much, much more
Speakers
Futurist and Innovator
Psykinetic
Managing Director & Group Head, Consumer Banking
DBS
Chief Information Officer
ING Australia
Chief Information Officer, Personal Bank
NAB
Group Chief Technology Officer
Westpac Group
Chief Technology Officer
ANZ
President & Chief Digital Officer
Kotak Mahindra Bank
General Manager, Group Operations (Global)
Westpac
CEO
The RegTech Association
Chief Risk Officer
Resolution Life
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet)
Chief Technology Officer
Bank of Queensland
Chief Payments & Schemes Officer
Australian Payments Plus (AP+)
Group Chief Information Officer
nib Group
Group Chief Technology Officer
Cover-More Group
Chief Executive Officer
Blockchain Australia
Chief Executive Officer
Finder Australia
General Manager Credit Cards & Personal Lending
ANZ
General Manager (Domain Lead) Cloud, Data & Analytics
ANZ
General Manager of Lending
Lendi Group
General Manager Advice Capability and Research
AIA Financial Wellbeing
General Manager - Technology and Digital
Tokio Marine Group
Executive Director, Client Connect Lead, Customer Science & Segment, Wealth Management
DBS Bank
Chief Design Officer
Macquarie Bank
Country Head, Product Management, Global Payments Solutions
HSBC
Head of Digital, Technology and Communications Coverage
Citi
Director, Corporate Origination & Tech Sector Lead
HSBC
Head of Digital Innovation
QBE
Country Head, Global Payments Solutions
HSBC
Group CIO
Heritage People's Choice
Chief Customer and Digital Innovation Officer
Newcastle Greater Mutual
Chief Strategy Officer
CBHS Health Fund Limited
Chief Technology Officer
Integrity Life
Executive Manager Process Mining & Transformation
Westpac
Head of Commercial Property & Specialty Claims
Suncorp Group
National Manager, Commercial Claims
Suncorp Group
Chief Technology Officer and Founder
IAG ROLLiN’ Insurance
Director of Product
Macquarie Bank
Chief Product Officer
Zip Co
Chief Commercial Officer
Tic:Toc
Senior Manager Compliance Advisory
HSBC
Head of Open Banking
HSBC
International Head of Public Policy
Block
Director for Strategy, Innovation, and Transformation
Conga
Principal Consultant, Global Digital Transformation
FPT Software
VP Sales, APAC
Lucidworks
AI Solutions Lead - APAC
SAS Institute
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Nucleus Software
Master of Ceremonies
(MC)
Managing Director, ANZ
Alteryx
CIO and CTO
Shaype
Chief Product Officer
Shaype
Global Senior Director, Financial Services Industry Solutions
VMware
Co-Founder and CEO
Nano Platform
Vice President
HCLSoftware APAC Geo
Regional Sales Director, Financial Services
Salesforce
Senior Customer Success Manager
WalkMe
Managing Partner, APAC
Fexle
Ecosystem & Business Development Manager
XDC Network
Head of Web
Athena Home Loans
Chief Technology Officer
ServiceNow
Head of Financial Services, APJ
ServiceNow
Regional Sales Director, Australia and New Zealand
Moneythor
Head of Marketing
Atomic.io
Chief Marketing Officer
Fisher Funds
Director of Sales
Whispir
Director of Strategic Alliances
Smart Communications
Area VP, Global Customer Success Leader
BMC Software
Master of Ceremonies
(MC)
Co-Founder and CEO
Curium App
Head Of Digital and CRM
TAL Australia
Chief Customer and Marketing Officer
Wisr
Area Vice President ANZ
Braze
Industry Lead, Financial Services
Intel
CEO and Co-Founder
Realta Logic
Director
Vertex Cyber Security
VP Sales Asia Pacific
Quadient
Regional Director, Australia & New Zealand
Whatfix
Product Owner/Lead Experience Designer
ANZ
Founder and CEO
Cognitivo
CEO
Revealr.ai
Co-Founder | Head of Business Development & Strategy
HumanableCX
Head of Financial Services Sales - APAC
Amdocs
Regional Director, Solution Engineering, APJ
Twilio Segment
Chief Commercial Officer
Beforepay/Carrington Labs
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Cover Genius
Director of Partner Services & Analytics APAC
Cover Genius
Head of Performance
Finder Australia
Event Floorplan
Agenda
  • Reducing 'time to say yes' and shifting the trend of time sensitive needs among home buyers
  • Breaking down challenges like volatile talent markets, and a legacy of inflexible, monolithic platforms
  • How does a company like NAB overcome these challenges? 

The rapid digital transformation within the financial services industry has made the adoption of digital technologies a crucial imperative for success.

  • Hear about real-world user adoption challenges for FSI organisations in Australia and how they are being solved with a digital adoption strategy
  • Find out how a digital adoption platform gets your people behind your technology, to help you drive operational efficiencies and customer loyalty
  • Learn actionable strategies and best practices for implementing digital adoption initiatives within your organisation

In an era of unprecedented disruption and rapidly evolving customer expectations, future-proofing your financial services organisation is not just a choice; it is a necessity. Join our session as our panellists delve into the critical pillars that underpin future-proofing:

  • Optimise operational efficiency, increase productivity and deliver frictionless experiences to your customers and employees
  • Achieve the right balance between innovation and compliance
  • How AI can revolutionise financial services and create new avenues for growth
  • How open and collaborative finance is impacting the industry
  • Importance of leveraging digital innovation to meet the growing demands of consumers
  • How strategies for developing data-driven action plans will help the industry
  • How financial services' IT and digital tools will change the industry in the near future
  • The game-changing impact of generative AI on knowledge work flow, unlocking individual and group productivity
  • How visionary leaders are driving productivity and performance through AI + Data
  • How to make data driven decisions and developing industry leading products that deliver exceptional customer experiences -  all with trust, security and innovation front of mind

Streams Start

STREAM A: ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
11:50Technology Enabled Enterprise Transformation
  • Lessons and insights from enterprise-wide strategic and digital transformations
  • How to optimise value from technology in successful transformations
  • Importance of building a culture and operating model that drives innovation, creativity and diversity
Group CIO
Heritage People's Choice
12:10Digital Banking Requires a Digital+ Approach
  • What is Digital+ and why it’s the key to win
  • What are the must-haves on your digital agenda
  • Fueling your Digital+ journey with real-life customer stories
Vice President
HCLSoftware APAC Geo
12:30On-Stage Interview: How to Deliver on Customer Expectations in a Digital World
  • What will customer expectations look like in the future and what’s driving those changes?
  • How should banks and lenders should respond to that
  • Is Open Banking the future or a distraction?
  • Do we need technology or cultural transformation within our organisations?
Chief Executive Officer
Finder Australia
Head of Performance
Finder Australia
12:50 AI in Practice: How Leading FSI Businesses are Adopting AI Technology and Implementing it in Real-World Scenarios
  • AI promises much in theory, but how is it being used in real life and what guardrails need to be in place for successful implementation?
  • How Generative AI is already helping Financial Services companies increase productivity and deliver better customer experiences and more agile working
VP Sales, APAC
Lucidworks
13:10On-Stage Interview: Business Transformation Strategies: Adapting and Thriving in a Rapidly Evolving Landscape
  • Embracing Digital Innovation: Leveraging technology and data-driven insights for enhanced customer experiences and operational efficiency in the Financial Services Industry
  • Agile Organisational Shift: Cultivating adaptability and flexibility to navigate changing market demands and regulatory landscapes effectively
  • Future-proofing through Diversification: Exploring new business models and investment opportunities to ensure long-term sustainability in the rapidly evolving financial landscape
Chief Executive Officer
Police Bank Ltd
13:30Lunch
14:30 Panel Discussion: Empowering Business: Data-Driven Decisions, Efficiency, and Technological Innovation
  • Exploring how automation and AI can build organisation’s resiliency
  • Usage of hyper-automation to maximise benefits in productivity, customer experience, and compliance
  • Establishing a model based on evidence to achieve transformative cost reduction and scalability using the latest technological advancements
  • Usage of critical skills, tools, and governance to ensure the success of a process intelligence
Director for Strategy, Innovation, and Transformation
Conga
Head of Artificial Intelligence
NEOS
Head of Digital, Technology and Communications Coverage
Citi
Chief Commercial Officer
Tic:Toc
Master of Ceremonies
(MC)
15:00Delighting Customers Digitally by Accelerating Digital Adoption
  • How to ensure business outcomes and measure ROI from your digital investments
  • How to cross the abandonment hurdle by offering  superior digital experiences
  • Empowering employees and customers with digital self-service
Regional Director, Australia & New Zealand
Whatfix
15:20Australian Crypto Landscape: Comparisons and Real-World Asset Tokenisation
  • Overview of crypto landscape in Australia
  • How Australia compares to the ROW
  • Real-world asset tokenisation
Chief Executive Officer
Blockchain Australia
15:40 Building a Composable Financial Services with FPT & Success Stories
  • Implementing Banking as a Service using the Composable Banking approach to address customer demand
  • How is FPT working as a transformation partner to multiple clients?
  • FPT Software’s success story
Principal Consultant, Global Digital Transformation
FPT Software
STREAM B: FSI INNOVATION
11:50Leveraging Agile and Lean Development to Achieve Business Benefits
  • Revolutionising conventional methodologies of technology development through agile work practices
  • Fostering a culture of collaborative innovation and problem-solving by empowering teams to contribute to strategic goals
  • Strategies to avoid recurring setbacks and promoting collective success while avoiding isolated achievements.
Group Chief Technology Officer
Cover-More Group
12:10On-stage Interview: Innovating for a 'Customer-First' Future: Twilio and Athena Home Loans Share Strategies and Technologies in Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Digital Innovation
  • The digital innovation achieved at Athena Home Loans
  • How to reposition for agility – ie ability to swiftly pivot technologies, cultures, and team structure as required
  • Obstacles encountered in the mission to innovate and how to stay the course
  • The importance of digital leadership in sustainable performance
Head of Web
Athena Home Loans
Regional Director, Solution Engineering, APJ
Twilio Segment
12:30The Future of 3rd Party Initiated A2A Payments
  • Where we are today with NPP and PayTo
  • Where we believe we are heading, and the opportunities that enables
  • Importance of leveraging market infrastructure and capability when planning for CDR Payment Initiation
Chief Payments & Schemes Officer
Australian Payments Plus (AP+)
12:50 The Democratisation of Analytics - Scale the Impact of Analytics Across the Organisation
  • The stages of analytics maturity
  • The divide between people and technology
  • A better way to do things – a proven method that helps organisations democratise analytics
Managing Director, ANZ
Alteryx
13:10Payments Ecosystem Innovation – A Fireside Chat
  • What factors are driving innovation in payments, and the wider digital economy?
  • What opportunities is that innovation creating? And what threats?
  • How does the regulation of payments, and open data, need to change to support innovation?
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet)
Co-Founder and CEO
Curium App
13:30Lunch
14:30Future of Innovation Panel
  • Tackling the emerging challenges for financial institutions in the current digital world
  • Understanding the significance of data and identifying the opportunities for innovation and success.
  • How to transition from Open Banking to collaborative ecosystems that connect everyone and everything
  • How to explore and adapt Generative AI in financial services
  • The “Genius of the And” – how to invest in sustainability and technology at the same time  
Executive Director, Client Connect Head, Customer Science & Segment, Wealth Management
DBS
General Manager of Lending
Lendi Group
Executive Team Leader
Software AG
Co-Founder and CEO
Curium App
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Cover Genius
15:00Innovation Beyond PowerPoint
  • Putting innovation back into strategy, the implication of Amara’s law + why innovation fails
  • Don’t be alarmed but driving innovation is not always the right strategy
  • AI will solve my innovation problems + the innovation frontier in Financial Services
Co-Founder and CEO
Nano Platform
15:20On-Stage Interview: HSBC's Technology Roadmap - Conception to Reality
  • Australia’s payments disrupted by NPP, Open Banking, and ISO since 2018
  • Initiatives enrich existing models, create new ones, change payments and data interaction
  • Convergence of developments to create dynamic financial landscape in Australia, plug into global financial ecosystem seamlessly
Country Head, Product Management, Global Payments Solutions
HSBC
Director, Corporate Origination & Tech Sector Lead
HSBC
Country Head, Global Payments Solutions
HSBC
Senior Manager Compliance Advisory
HSBC
Head of Open Banking
HSBC
Co-Founder and CEO
Curium App
15:45On-Stage Interview: Regulation in an Evolving Financial Services Sector
  • Challenges, strategies and compliance with regulation in a rapidly innovating sector
  • Balancing business innovation and growth that meet regulatory requirements
  • Staying ahead of emerging regulatory trends and issues to ensure business sustainability
International Head of Public Policy
Block
Co-Founder and CEO
Curium App
  • Establish your WHY – link to an emotion
  • Worst case scenario goal setting
  • Reverse engineer your way to success
  • Training for the Time Poor
  • Discussing the significance of modernisation and interoperability  
  • How to build guard rails around common pitfalls in the age of hyper-digitising operations 
  • Reimagining cloud operations by enhancing visibility, leverage automation, and foster collaboration for efficient digital management 
  • Leveraging AI capabilities to remove manual processes and drive to next best action 
  • The importance of collaboration with increasing regulatory pressures and fast adoption of technology
  • Three perspectives and commonalities (regulators, institutions and vendors)
  • The role of The RegTech Association
  • Strategies to promote diversity and inclusivity in financial services
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of mentorship and STEM pathways for women in finance 
  • Forge partnerships with community organisations and nonprofits that focus on financial inclusion and empowerment 
  • Exploring emerging technologies like AI can help create more secure, efficient, and inclusive financial systems
  • What just happened?
  • Why AI is the biggest change to hit banking since the internet
  • There are risks, but why we have no choice but to embrace AI
  • Assembling the future-ready bank
  • AI-pair programming: the future of software development
  • AI: behind the headlines
  • Building a more modern, flexible, and scalable technology platform
  • Enabling the bank to deliver an even better mobile-first customer experience now and into the future
  • Human to technology interaction
  • Advancements in AI and utilisation in inclusive technology
  • Opportunities and positive applications with intelligent technologies
  • What he's seen around the world as a presenter with ABC and Discover Channel, from genomics research to space travel

Streams Start

STREAM C: DIGITAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
11:05On-Stage Interview: Designing the Future of Financial Services: The Role of UX in Enhancing CX
  • Human-Centered design in financial services: Empowering customers through innovation
  • From transactions to experiences: How design thinking is reshaping the financial industry
  • Designing for trust: Enhancing user experience and security in financial services
Chief Design Officer
Macquarie Bank
11:25How To Supercharge Your Automation Journey
  • The 2023 Context – What’s different right now
  • Key market trends driving IT investments in automation
  • Stories of businesses succeeding in supercharging automation
Director of Strategic Alliances
Smart Communications
11:45Keynote Presentation by AIA Financial Wellbeing
  • The future of financial advice, perspectives on the Quality of Advice Review and opportunities for the industry
  • Why AIA launched an advice business in the current market and how we are using technology
  • Financial wellbeing – what it is, the connection to overall wellbeing and the role of financial advice in delivering it
General Manager Advice Capability and Research
AIA Financial Wellbeing
12:05Communications Done Right: Aligning to New Priorities and Opportunities in Financial Services
  • #Shifthappens – Key influencers impacting financial services in APAC
  • Why rationalisation, simplification, automation, and employee experience have come to the fore.
  • Communications’ critical role and impact in this changing environment
VP Sales Asia Pacific
Quadient
12:25Banking on the Customer Journey
  • Key customer engagement insights from the annual financial services report
  • Learn how to translate insights into actionable strategies for stronger ROI from customer engagement
  • Leveraging data-driven approaches to enhance customer engagement in the financial services industry
Area Vice President ANZ
Braze
Chief Customer and Marketing Officer
Wisr
12:45Lunch
13:45Panel Discussion: Advancing Customer Experience in the Digital Age
  • Using predictive analytics to gain new customers and enhance user experiences
  • Developing precise and helpful messaging to improve customer satisfaction
  • Implementing omnichannel strategies for seamless customer communication
  • Establishing a strong brand presence in the increasingly social digital landscape
President & Chief Digital Officer
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Chief Executive Officer
Evari
Head of Digital Innovation
QBE
Director of Sales
Whispir
Master of Ceremonies
(MC)
14:15How to Bring People – Customers and Employees – Along on the Journey of Digital CX
  • Ensuring non-digital natives are comfortable and catered for in an environment that demands constant evolution
  • The role empowering employees plays in delivering world-class digital CX
  • How we gave our Digital Home Loans a human core
Chief Customer and Digital Innovation Officer
Newcastle Greater Mutual
STREAM D: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
11:05Operation Excellence in Financial Services - Build Operational Excellence as Competitive Advantage in Future of Financial Services
  • Zero Touch operation – Leveraging AI & Hyper automation
  • Customer experience – Reimagined
  • Managing & mitigating risk in a smarter way
President & Chief Digital Officer
Kotak Mahindra Bank
11:25Digital Transformation: The Journey and its Challenges
  • How to traverse the journey towards digital transformation
  • Why FIs are unable to attain desired outcome of digital transformation
  • Best practices and product architecture for best outcome
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Nucleus Software
11:45On-Stage Interview: Revolutionising Customer-Centricity: Unleashing the Future of Insurance Strategic Innovations
  • Leveraging emerging technologies in the insurance industry
  • Addressing the challenges in the digitally interconnected world
  • Innovating insurance products for evolving customer needs
Chief Strategy Officer
CBHS Health Fund Limited
12:05Fostering a culture of Innovation for a connected digital future.
  • The DevSecOps gap and opportunity to seize
  • The AIOps and Automation approach to Greener IT and happier customers
  • Open, Agile, Scalable, Modular and Multi-Cloud Connectiveness
Area VP, Global Customer Success Leader
BMC Software
12:25Innovate Responsibly through Trustworthy AI
  • Overview of the underlying technological trends underpinning AI
  • Discuss and give insights on key pillars of a Responsible AI strategy
  • Highlight SAS case study with financial regulator in Asia Pacific
AI Solutions Lead - APAC
SAS Institute
12:45Lunch
13:45Panel Discussion: Business Improvisation through Process Excellence
  • Understanding the significance of AI and Data in the digital transformation of financial institutions
  • Enhancing decision-making capabilities to gain a competitive advantage
  • How process excellence can help to achieve transformative outcomes.
  • Overcoming cultural barriers to effectively scale process improvement in financial institutions

 

General Manager - Technology and Digital
Tokio Marine Group
Executive Manager Process Mining & Transformation
Westpac
Chief Technology Officer
Integrity Life
Head of Financial Services Sales - APAC
Amdocs
Director of Partner Services & Analytics APAC
Cover Genius
14:15TAL Digital Transformation - Building our Digital Capability One Brick at a Time
Head Of Digital and CRM
TAL Australia
  • The latest trends leading to a decline in digital trust in common customer channels
  • The power of one-to-one outreach and hyper-personalized messages, delivering the right content at the right time and in order to rejuvenate customer engagement and trust
  • The benefits of choosing ready-made solutions with a Build Vs Buy approach, allowing you to be up and running in weeks, not months, without investing extra hours in tech development
  • Ever wondered how you get the best from your people, processes and systems at the pace of a Fintech start up?
  • Shaun shares his experience of how he harnessed the hustle to launch award winning products to market and what it really takes to do things faster, cheaper, better
  • Impact of the Hybrid Work Model 
  • Investing in leadership capability to help organizations make top choices for employees and achieve performance benefits.
  • Tokenising for Trade and Finance
  • Payments and ISO20022 Standards
  • Discover Shaype's embedded finance platform unlocking agility and scale for financial service providers with control, flexibility, speed, and compliance
  • Revolutionise transactional solutions for financial institutions, enabling them to stay at the forefront of finance, regardless of their infrastructure – new or legacy
  • Banks and Fintech's are uniquely positioned to use customer's data to deliver personalised digital experiences. What are the opportunities that exist?
  • How ANZ leverage the Moneythor 'system of engagement' to drive outcomes for customers and the bank
  • AI promises to many societal and economic benefits, but also new challenges in terms of development methodologies and risk management
  • As we head into the 4th industrial revolution, data risk will need to share the stage with AI risk management and Data Factories turn into AI Factories
  • Digital Twin - Consume content digitally
  • AI - Analyse, explain and act
  • Compliance is a source not a barrier to Innovation
  • Digital Regulatory Infrastructure is a must not a nice to have
  • Regulatory change is an opportunity and can deliver ROI and Value
  • How a cyber attacker impacts a FinTech
  • The steps a FinTech should take immediately
  • Discover how FSIs leverage hyper-personalised AI for enhanced CX and customer retention 
  • Feauturing 2 insurer case studies that demonstrate data-driven CX success, improving ROI and reducing churn
Contact Us
For sponsorship enquiries:
Brigitte Guerin
Commercial Director
T: +61 417 678 632
For event and marketing enquiries:
Jessica Cozanitis
Marketing Executive
T: +61 401 422 928
To participate as a speaker:
Murali Ramesh
Production Director
T: +61 2 8484 0904