Next May 15th and 16th, more than 100 experts will share their knowledge and discuss the latest Digital, FinTech and Space trends during a new edition of ICT Spring. The tech summit, organized since 2007, will take place at the European Conference Center Luxembourg, at the very heart of Europe. Today, the organizers are announcing an impressive list of international speakers, companies and innovative startups, who will participate to the event. Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg Prime Minster, and Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance, will also participate and share the government strategy and Luxembourg's ambitions in today's digital Europe.
Digital Summit: from the development of eSkills to new customer experiences
In today's hyper connected world, constant development and training have become crucial. And so is attracting and retaining talents. Therefore, HR, marketing, communications and digital combine on a daily basis are have become inseparable. The rise of Artificial Intelligence is also re-shaping several industries as it undeniably creates never-seen-before customer experiences. As a matter of fact, it even allows entrepreneurs to develop new services as well as entire new business models.
Dan Kersch (Luxembourg Minister of State Administration and Administrative Reform), Hanns Koehler-Kruener (Managing VP of Gartner), Sergio Coronado (Lead Coach at Luxembourg Tech School), Francisco Garcia-Moran (Chief IT Advisor at European Commission), Romain Martin (Professor at University of Luxembourg), Jack Parsons (CEO of Big Youth Group), Ben Towers, Filip Nuytemans (General Manager for Western Europe and Central Eastern Europe of UBER Eats), Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz (Managing Partner at Expon Capital), Nicolas Princen (CEO of Glose), Javier Juncadella (CEO of Nektria) and Axel Schmiegelow, CEO of itravel) have already confirmed their participation.
FinTech Summit: Innovations to shape the future of the financial industry
The last ten years have seen incredible innovations hit, disrupt and transform the banking, funds and insurance industries, just to name a few. From mobile banking to robo-advisory, technology has become central for any financial institutions who are now facing competition from innovate startups but also from tech giants. What does the future hold for the financial industry? Do banks need to collaborate with startups? What are the main customer pain points that need to be transformed into opportunities?
With the participation of Ghela Boskovich (Head of Fintech and Regtech Partnerships, Startupbootcamp), Adina Gregoriu (Founder & CEO of Active Asset Allocation), Carlo Thelen (General Director, Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg), Nick Wakefield (Managing Director of Bambu Life), Marie-Hélène Massard (CEO of AXA Wealth Europe & AXA Luxembourg), Jonathan Prince (Co-Founder of Finologee), Florian Graillot (Partner at Astorya.vc), Ronan Van Der Elst (Partner | Technology & Enterprise Applications at Deloitte Luxembourg), Gal Bar-Dea (Founding Member & VP Product of Pepper, Leumi Group’s Digital Bank) and many more.
Space Forum: connectivity through efficient satellite data management
With Luxembourg becoming a major player in the new space race through the willingness to mine asteroids, but also through its leading satellite industries and ever-growing ICT sector, the organizers have brought together space experts from all over the world to discuss the latest trends, from infrastructures to data management and IoT.
The experts that will share their knowledge: Sam Scimemi (Director for International Space Station), Peter Platzer (Co-Founder & CEO of Spire), Rainer Horn (Managing Partner of SpaceTech Partners), Jean-Yves Le Gall (President of CNES), Jason Crusan (Director Advanced Exploration Systems at the NASA), Omar Valdes (Market Development Officer at the European GNSS Agency), Daniela Dobreva-Nielsen (Business Develoment Manager at AZO Space), Yasrine Ibnyahya (Principal, Advanced Concepts at Inmarsat), Masao Fukushima (Engineering Director at Nissan Motor Co., LTD), and more.
ICT Spring Gala Dinner: rewarding the best practices in the field of ICT
After an insightful day of conference (May 15th), the 500 members of international ICT community will attend the ICT Spring Gala Dinner and witness the 2018 edition of the European ICT Awards. The ceremony aims at rewarding the best practices in the ICT field and more generally to encourage emulation and networking between CIOs, innovation managers, startups, researchers and venture capitalists on a European scale.
