Atlanta-Israel FinTech Innovation Conference
May 22-23, 2017 – Atlanta, GA
Agenda Speakers US Companies Israeli Companies Apply for the conference (some restrictions apply) Register for the Reception
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3333 Piedmont Rd NE #2500 Atlanta, GA 30305
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The Conference will be a remarkable opportunity to match Atlanta based international FinTech corporations with cutting-edge-technology Israeli companies in that field, from card processing, electronic billing and multi-channel solutions to the banking industry to personal financial planning, data and risk analytics and anti-fraud. You will be amazed when you view a map of the ecosystem (http://tinyurl.com/GAFinTech) to learn that Georgia FinTech companies generate over $72 Billion of annual revenues!
Israel is home to over 400 FinTech companies ranging from startups to mature companies some having already been acquired by major multinationals. The industry map below illustrates some of the areas Israeli companies excel.
Monday May 22nd 8:00 Registration, Refreshments, and Networking 8:30 Welcome – Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer, Israel Consul General to the Southeast – David Schulman, Greenberg Traurig 8:45 Keynote Speaker: Yoav Tzruya – Partner – Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) 9:30 Israeli Company Presentations (Round 1) 11:00 One-on-one Meetings (Round 1) 12:15 Lunch Keynote: Tommy Marshall, Accenture – The Future of Fintech and Banking: Digitally Disrupted or Reimagined 12:30 Panel: How corporations are Adopting Disruptive Fintech Technologies Moderator: Scott Meyerhoff – Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer – Incomm Esther Pigg – Senior Vice President of Product Strategy – FIS Brian Mahony – Chief Strategy Officer – Elavon Haim Pinto– Managing Director, Head of Fintech and Business Development Innovation Division – Bank Hapoalim, Israel Mike Duke – Chief Innovation Architect – Wells Fargo Janet Eakes – Business Owner, Financial Services & Mortgage – Sapiens DECISION 1:30 Israeli Companies Presentations (Round 2) 2:15 One-on-One Meetings (Round 2) 4:00 Panel: BigData Analytics in Fintech Moderator: Trey Loughran – Chief Marketing Officer – Equifax Don Campbell – Managing Principal – RightCourse Bob Skiba – Executive Vice President – Incomm Professor Sudheer Chava – Professor of Finance – Georgia Institute of Technology Mark Pearson– Consultant – FinTech Strategy and Technology Transformation 5:30 – 7:30 FinTech Conference Reception |
Tuesday May 23rd 8:00 Refreshments and Networking 8:20 Greetings – Inon Elroy, Israel Economic Minister to North America 8:20 Why Atlanta? – Jorge Fernandez, Metro Atlanta Chamber; Mitchell Kopelman, Aprio 8:35 Georgia for Financial Technology – E. Jane Caraway, Director, Life Sciences and Corporate Solutions (a division of Global Commerce) at GDEcD 8:40 BIRD Foundation – Guy Tessler 8:45 Keynote Speaker: Barry McCarthy – Executive Vice President, Network and Security Solutions – First Data Corporation 9:30 Panel: The Fintech Regulatory Landscape -Moderator – Sam Taussig – Head of Government Relations & Community Banking – Kabbage Mary Kopczynski – CEO – 8of9 Bob Mark – CEO & Managing Partner– Black Diamond Bill Forsyth – Chief Executive Officer – AppPax Carl Fornaris – Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig 10:30 One-on-One meetings (Round 3) 12:00 Lunch 12:15 Keynote Speaker -Consumer’s Role in Payments Transformation – Claire Greene, Consumer Payments Research Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 12:45 Panel: Cyber Security in Fintech –Moderator – Julie Talbot-Hubbard – Head of Information Security Operations – SunTrust Jessica Trundley Washington – Payments Risk Expert-Federal Reserve Kevin Greenfield – Director for Bank Information Technology – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Yoav Tzruya – Partner – JVP Cyber Labs Glen Sarvady – Managing Principal – 154 Advisors Dan Schroeder – Partner-in-Charge, Information Assurance Services – Aprio 1:30 Transfer to ATDC 3:00 Tour and discussions at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at GA Tech |
Agenda Speakers US Companies Israeli Companies Apply for the conference (some restrictions apply) Register for the Reception
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Tommy Marshall FinTech Lead North America Accenture | Barry C. McCarthy Executive Vice President Network & Security Solutions First Data | Claire Greene Consumer Payments Research Center Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Yoav Tzruya Partner Jerusalem Venture Partners |
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David Schulman Partner Greenberg Traurig | Ambassador Judith Varnai-Shorer Consul General Consulate General of Israel in Atlanta | Jorge Fernandez VP Global Commerce Metro Atlanta Chamber | Esther Pigg Senior Vice President of Product Strategy FIS |
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Don Campbell Managing Principal RightCourse | Bob Skiba Executive Vice President Incomm | Jessica Trundley Washington Payments Risk Expert Federal Reserve | Scott Meyerhoff Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Incomm |
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Brian Mahony Chief Strategy Officer Elavon | Prof. Sudheer Chava Professor of Finance Georgia Institute of Technology | Mark Pearson Consultant – FinTech Strategy and Technology Transformation | Trey Loughran Chief Marketing Officer Equifax |
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H. West Richards Executive Director ATPC | Sam Taussig Head of Government Relations & Community Banking Kabbage | Bill Forsyth Chief Executive Officer AppPax | Mitchell Kopelman Partner Aprio |
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Dr. Bob Mark CEO & Managing Partner Black Diamond | Glen Sarvady Managing Principal 154 Advisors | Dan Schroeder Partner-in-Charge Aprio | Haim Pinto Managing Director, Fintech & Business Development Innovation Bank Hapoalim, Israel |
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Guy Tessler President Conexx: America Israel Business Connector | Mike Duke Chief Innovation Architect Wells Fargo | Carl A. Fornaris Shareholder Greenberg Traurig | Julie Talbot-Hubbard Head of Information Security Operations SunTrust |
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Janet Eakes Business Owner, Financial Services & Mortgage Sapiens DECISION | Mary Kopczynski CEO & Founder 80f9 |
Keving Greenfield Director for Bank Information Technology OCC |
Inon Elroy Israel Economic Minister to North America |
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