AGENDA

Under the aegis of: Bulgarian National Bank, Financial Supervision Commission With the support of: The Association of Banks in Bulgaria, The Association of Bulgarian Insurance Companies, The Bulgarian Association of Supplementary Pension Security CompaniesOrganizers:

Financial Industry and Digitization:

Movement in a Common Direction

23 April, 2015, Sofia Hotel Balkan, Sofia, Bulgaria

17th Finance Tech Forum

8.30 – 9.00 Registration9.00 – 9.40 Opening address:

Dimitar Kostov, Member of the Governing Council and a Deputy Governor, Bulgarian National BankVladimir Savov, performing the functions of deputy-chairman of the FSC, managing Investment Activity Supervision DivisionNedyalka Yolovska, Managing Director, ICT MediaLazarina Lazarova, Chairwoman, ISACA-Sofia ChapterLjubomir Ovcharov, CEO, Adastra BulgariaVasily Volynskiy, Managing Director Europe, BPC Banking Technologies Olja Dakić, General Manager, First Data SEE

GENERAL SESSION: Digitalization and the new face of the financial industryMODERATOR: Nedyalka Yolovska, Managing Director, ICT Media9.40 – 10.00 Digitalization and data analytics - the insider view. Nikola Nyagolov, PMP, CISA, CGEIT, Senior Manager, Performance &

Technology, KPMG in Bulgaria10.00 –10.20 Regulatory Reporting Portal in Societe Generale. Philippe Lavallée, head of Assets and Liabilities Management (ALM),

Societe Generale Expressbank, and Ivan Pavlov, Data warehousing and Big data Practice Lead, Adastra Bulgaria10.20 – 10.40 Efficient card management - key to successful business products launch. Vasily Volynskiy, SVP, Managing Director

Europe, BPC Banking Technologies10.40 – 11.00 Going Beyond the Transaction. Jon Rutter, Director, Product Management, First Data EMEA

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

Royal 3 Hall. SESSION 1.1: Regulations, Eurointegration and standardsMODERATOR: Irina Kazandjieva, Head of Division “International exchange and programs”, ABB

Royal 2 Hall. SESSION 1.2: IT projects, architectures and systems: with focus on efficiency MODERATOR: Vasily Volynskiy, Managing Director Europe, BPC Banking Technologies

11.30-11.50 The development in the field of payments. Stefan Antimov, Senior expert, “Payment systems” division, Bulgarian National Bank

Building omnichannel platform. Pepa Koleva, Director IT, UniCredit Bulbank AD

11.50-12.10 Development of innovative payment systems for small pay-ments in real time. Alexander Stanev, Procurator and Chief Director of Business Development – Payment, Infor-mation and Software Services, BORICA-BANKSERVICE AD

Customer Centricity – Master Data Management and Customer Golden Record. Sava Vladov, VP Business Development, Adastra Bulgaria

12.10-12.30 Simplifying Data Center Design/Build: A new approach to deliver speed, cost, and performance (availability, efficiency, scalability). Eduard Lucian Bodor, Data Center BDM Central Europe, APC by Schneider Electric

Opportunities + Challenges Associated with Delivering a Digital Payments Strategy. Jon Rutter, Director, Product Management, First Data EMEA

12.30-12.50 After 40 years of SWIFT in the payments market: The next community revolution in Correspondent Banking is here - The SWIFT KYC Registry for Correspondent Banking. Michael Formann, Head of SWIFT Austria GmbH

Securing the Data Center using Check Point Virtualization. Cezar Varlan, Security Engineer, Check Point Software Technologies

12.50-13.10 Platform for success from Salesforce. Orlin Dochev, managing partner, Next Consult

Software Defined Storage - The future of storage optimization. Svilen Stanchev, Business Development Manager, IBS Bulgaria

13.10-13.30 It starts and ends with the customer. Veronika Tasic Vusurovic, Manager, PwC Consulting, Serbia

The race for efficiency - described business processes and IT solutions for their re-creation. Kiril Petkov, Director “Information Technology”, Bulstrad Vienna Insurance Group

13.30 – 14.20 Lunch

Royal 3 Hall. SESSION 2.1. Security: with a new approach in the digital era MODERATOR: Victoria Malkanova, Business Development Manager – Bulgaria, First Data

Royal 2 Hall. SESSION 2.2. Optimization with a focus on business performanceMODERATOR: Georgi Sredkov, Head of Development and project management, Investbank Bulgaria

14.20-14.40 Data classification – data compliance and security. Daniel Krekov, manager “IT security”, “Compliance and security” division, DSK Bank plc

Project eAgents – optimizing the activities of insurance agents. Kiril Kirilov, CIO and Vice-president, Allianz Bulgaria Holding

14.40-15.00 Security for the New Business Paradigm. Dr. Theodoros Stergiou, Cloud Security Officer, Intracom Telecom

The Predictive Imperative: Plan and Forecast Your Business. Lyubomira Mihaylova, Business Development Manager, and Krum Daskalov, BI Practice Lead, ScaleFocus

15.00-15.20 Fraud management: saving your customers money by preventing fraud, not just reporting. Pavel Gubin, Sales Director Europe, BPC Banking Technologies

SAP HANA and its potential to transform the banking business. George Velchev, manager “IT infrastructure“, BG Business Solutions, Dimitar Draganov, SAP BО/HANA consultant, BG Business Solutions, and George Robev, SAP Bulgaria

15.20-15.40 Regulatory requirements for the security of internet payments. Antonio Barzashki, Senior expert, Payment Systems Oversight Division, Bulgarian National Bank

Mobile solutions for the financial industry – trends, challenges and opportunities. Plamen Koychev, managing partner, Accedia

15.40-16.00 (You better) Change Focus. Zdravko Stoychev, Secretary of ISACA-Sofia Chapter

Activities optimization as part of digitized business processes. Ivan Velkov, Head of Directorate Development and Implementation of IT Systems, IT and Operations Division, DSK Bank

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break

Royal 3 Hall. SESSION 3.1. The customer in the focus of digital financial worldMODERATOR: Mariana Petrova, Head of IT Department, TBI Банк

Royal 2 Hall. SESSION 3.2. IT cloud in finance: why, how and whenMODERATOR: Mihail Arnaudov, Manager Business development, CrediBul

16.30-16.50 24-hours selfservice areas at ProCredit Bank. Georgi Georgiev, Head of Information Technology Department, and Svetlozara Sirakova, head of Bank services department, ProCredit Bank

Mobile payments through bank card in the cloud. Svetoslav Moldovansky, Member of the Managing Board and Executive Director, First Investmеnt Bank

16.50-17.10 The future of mobile banking is VOICE. Georgi Cholakov, Team Leader Distribution Channels, Sirma Business Consulting

The Cloud – trap for talents. Elina Davidkova, Specialist Sales & Marketing, TBI Info

17.10-17.30 The power of user experience in new generation wealth management. Imre Rokob, Business Development Director, Dorsum Software Development and Services co. Ltd.

Information Security and Data Protection in the Cloud – Striking the Right Balance. Dessislava Fessenko, Counsel, Kinstellar

17.30-17.50 UniCredit Bulbank International Center: The next step for the international clients. Michele Amadei, Member of the Management board, Head of Corporate, Investment and Private Banking Division, UniCredit Bulbank

How Raiffeisen Bank Masters The User Experience While Saving Costs - a case study. Elemer Vereb, Regional Manager, Dynatrace

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