How FinTechs are shaping the future of the financial system ?
Your association A3 EPFL Alumni Geneva has the pleasure of inviting you to our upcoming conference on Tuesday, March 21st at 6:15 pm in the Coworking & Innovation Space of Impact Hub Geneva (map). The conference will be held in English and followed by a friendly gathering over a drink.
Learning what value AI, Cloud computing, Blockchain or Open banking can provide to banks has become essential to navigate the finance industry's digital transformation. It is equally important to understand how to leverage these technologies from an organizational, business and human perspective.
Curious to learn more? Join our teaser lecture on “How FinTechs are shaping the future of the financial system”. The 45-minute lecture - given by Prof. A. Fuster, Swiss Finance Institute Professor at EPFL - provides an introduction to the challenges that technological innovation for banks, but also discusses how banks may respond.
Program
- 18:15 Welcome
- 18:30 Lecture »How FinTechs are shaping the future of the financial system" Prof. A. Fuster Professor at EPFL and Academic Director of EPFL's Executive Education program on FinTechs
- 19:15 “Why a FinTech program at EPFL?” Dr. K. Vervink, Program Director of EPFL's Executive Education program on FinTechs
- 19:30 Q&A facilitated by Dr. Kim Vervink
- 19:45 Apéritif
Registration
Registration fee is CHF 10 for EPFL Alumni contributing members and CHF 30 for non-contributing members. The registration fee includes an apéritif.
Speakers
 | Andreas Fuster is an Associate Professor of Finance and SFI Senior Chair at Swiss Finance Institute @ EPFL. Previously, he spent a decade in central banking, first at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then at the Swiss National Bank. Andreas's main research interests are in empirical finance, macroeconomics, as well as behavioral economics. His recent work has focused in particular on the effects of technological advances on household credit markets and financial intermediation more broadly. Andreas obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University and also holds an M.Phil. from Oxford University and a B.A. from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), all in economics. |
 | Kim Vervink is the Program Director of EPFL’s Fintech executive education course. She is currently also a Product Manager at Pictet Alternative Advisors, after having created tools for Advisory banking in a Fintech startup, Evooq SA. Prior to that she was the co-head of the Product Management team of Credit Agricole Private Banking Services. She has a Master in Physics from the University of Antwerp and a PhD of Particle Physics from EPFL. She obtained a Research Fellowship at CERN and was the Deputy Director of the College of Management of Technology at EPFL. |
Venue
- Impact Hub Geneva, Rue de Fendt 1, 1201 Geneva (behind the Cornavin train station)
- To make sure you find the venue, please consult the map as well as this image of the entrance to the venue.
We look forward to welcoming you to this event!
Best regards,
