The second edition of the Transformace conference brought record numbers of participants and included five lively panel discussions and seven best-practice presentations featuring thirty leading experts from across the Financial Services and FinTech industry ecosystem. We would like to thank all of the Speakers, Moderators, Panelists and Sponsors who made this such a successful event.
The next edition of the Transformace conference will be held in early 2021.

Albert Piet van Veen
COO & Board Member
MONETA Money Bank
Maurick Schellekens
CEO
NN Životní pojišťovna
Margus Simson
Chief Digital Officer, Member of the Board
Komerční banka
Martin Vurm
COO
ING
Filip Zeman
Digital Banking Director
Česká spořitelna
Dušan Slimák
Head of Retail Loans Implementation
Tatra banka
Massimiliano Facchini
Senior Technology Consulting Executive
Accenture
Jakub Sechter
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Spendee
Vladimír Šimek
Senior Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Michal Vodrážka
Director of Financial Market Regulation Division III
Czech National Bank
Peter Pénzeš
Head of Resolution Section
Národná banka Slovenska
Michaela Lhotková
Executive Director Consumer Finance, Payments, Cards, Open Bankinsurance and Innovation
ČSOB
Josef Donát
Partner
ROWAN LEGAL
Martin Sládeček
Open Banking Leader
Komerční banka
Martin Medek
Head of Open Banking
Česká spořitelna
Jan Blažek
Programme Manager
ČSOB
Pavel Riegger
Partner & Head of Advisory & Transaction Advisory Services in Central Europe
EY
Pavel Novák
CEO
Zonky
Štěpán Húsek
Partner
Deloitte
Adam Šoukal
CEO and Co-Founder
Roger
Jan Šovar
Partner and Lawyer
FINREG PARTNERS
Kateřina Coops
Manager, Customer & Strategy
KPMG
Jan Václavík
System Engineer
Fortinet
Petr Ložek
Partner
PwC
Filip Haering
Head Of Digital Identity Services
Česká spořitelna
Marek Smilovský
Manager/Financial Services Advisory
EY
Filip Hanzlík
Leading Lawyer
Czech Banking Association
Marek Ditz
Managing Director
SUPERNIUS
Dominik Stroukal
Chief Economist
Roklen
Lucia Tóthová
FinTech Consultant
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All sessions in Czech unless otherwise stated in the programme.
- Czech vs. Slovak digital transformation - what new developments has the market experienced in the last year? What can we learn from each other and where can we find inspiration?
- How do European regulations, led by PSD2, transform the digitisation of financial services? Are market players sufficiently open and ready for full implementation?
- What does the introduction of the banking identity mean for the Czech market and are banks ready to use its full potential? What is the situation in Slovakia?
- What impact will the simplification of the on-boarding process as a result of BankID have on customer loyalty? How to survive customer churn and the battle to retain clients?
- How is digitisation changing the insurance industry and insurance products? Is the market ready to open itself to new FinTechs and InsurTechs?
- Key benefits of the Banking Law Amendment Act
- Main impact of the change in AML Law
- Key opportunities for banks, the financial market and bank clients
- How will bank identity transform the financial services sector? Is the market prepared and ready?
- Is there good communication between all players across the entire financial industry? How fast will full implementation be?
- Are Czech clients ready to use BankID? Does the Czech market have the potential for blanket employment of digital identity?
- How do banks prepare for the consequences? Can BankID lead to loss of client loyalty and ultimately, transformation of traditional banks?
- Building digital team or digital transformation?
- What is next now all your products are on line?
- MONETA and next generation of financial services
- Does the Czech financial services market already believe in the power and necessity of digital transformation, or is it perceived as an inconvenient must?
- Where are the opportunities for significant cost reduction?
- What, if any, has been the real impact of a shift towards agile management?
- Are traditional financial services institutions still maintaining their position as the most active players in the market, or is the FinTech scene already catching up?
- How can the banking ecosystem be improved and upgraded?
- Key operational aspects of the illimity Challenger Bank model
- How can a bank be run without legacy systems?
- How does one of the world’s largest threat research laboratories work and what are the key benefits?
- How to fight large scales of malicious code?
- The role of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in cyber security
- Why do Financial Services companies use AWS?
- How can AI/ML cloud services be used to innovate?
- Successful Case Studies: from FinTech start-ups to incumbents
- Receiving AISP authorisation - licencing procedure, initial experience, biggest tasks
- Main challenges after AISP registration - connecting to bank accounts, degree of banking openness, EU passport, impact of regulation on start-ups
- AML – issues with the specificity of Czech regulations and the rationale of AML/CFT requirements
- What do customers really want and what do they think about CX KPMG data?
- Is the main issue privacy and what can Financial Services companies do to build customer trust?
- What are the key trends and developments expected in the next 12 months?
- How open is Czech banking and is it perceived as an opportunity or as an unwanted breach of personal space?
- Is there good communication between FinTechs, banks and the Regulators? Can we expect a unification of API interfaces and the data provided by banks?
- What is the main benefit of open banking market players? Should financial services open beyond their responsibilities?
- How open is the Czech client? Are they willing to share their data with a non-banking company for an interesting product?
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