RegFact 2019 Agenda

Conference Day | Monday, 25th February 2019

08.00am - 09.00am

Registration & Coffee

09.15am - 09.30am

Welcoming Remarks

Master of Ceremonies: Jonathan Dunsmoor, Founder, Dunsmoor Law, P.C.
Speakers: David Parker, Executive Director, Financial Services, Bahrain Economic Development Board Khalid Saad, CEO, Bahrain FinTech Bay

09.35am - 09.55am

Keynote: Regulation Transformation: Bahrain’s Regulatory Landscape

Khalid Hamad, Executive Director of Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Bahrain

10.00am - 10.20am

Keynote: RegTech: An overview – Streamlining the Compliance Process

Avere Hill, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Cynopsis Solutions

10.25am - 10.45am

Keynote: Open Banking and Technology

Kannan Rasappan, Founder & CEO, Banfico

10.50am - 11.30am

Panel: Banks, Regulators and Industry Dialogue: The Way Banks Work with FinTechs

​

Moderator: Abdulla Almoayed, CEO, Almoayed Technologies

Panelist: Yasmeen Al-Sharaf, Head of FinTech & Innovation, Central Bank of Bahrain

Steve Kirsch, CEO, Token

11.35am - 11.55am

Keynote: The Importance of Data Protection in the Digital Age

Buthaina Amin, Director, Legal Affairs, Bahrain Economic Development Board

12.00pm - 12.20pm

Keynote: Why Cybercrime and Identity Theft are so Relevant to Financial Institutions Today

Charles Julien, International Business Development, JenID Solutions GmbH

Panel: Governance: The Growing Role of RegTech

​

Moderator: Karan Ponnudurai, Group Chief Digital Officer, Batelco Group

Panelist: Jehanzeb Awan, Founder & CEO, Azakaw
Chia Tek Yew, Partner, Financial Services Consulting, KPMG Singapore

Henri-Christian Hartloff, VP Sales, TAIGER

Shaikh Salman Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Deputy CE, Operations & Governance, IGA

12.25pm - 01.05pm

01.10pm - 01.30pm

Closing: The Future of RegTech

​

Chia Tek Yew, Partner, Financial Services Consulting, KPMG Singapore

​

Followed by Lunch

Executive Track

02.00pm - 03.30pm

Workshop: Executive Training on AI & Automation

​

Conducted by: Henri-Christian Hartloff, VP Sales, TAIGER

​

Course Outline:

​

• Introduction to AI

• Value of AI

• Knowledge Work Automation

• Demos and Case Studies