agenda

17 Finance
Tech Forum
th
Financial Industry
and Digitization:
Movement in a Common Direction
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 Companies
Organizers:
23 April, 2015, Sofia Hotel Balkan, Sofia, Bulgaria
AGENDA
8.30 – 9.00
9.00 – 9.40
Registration
Opening address:
Dimitar Kostov, Member of the Governing Council and a Deputy Governor, Bulgarian National Bank
Vladimir Savov, performing the functions of deputy-chairman of the FSC, managing Investment Activity Supervision
Division
Nedyalka Yolovska, Managing Director, ICT Media
Lazarina Lazarova, Chairwoman, ISACA-Sofia Chapter
Ljubomir Ovcharov, CEO, Adastra Bulgaria
Vasily Volynskiy, Managing Director Europe, BPC Banking Technologies
Olja Dakić, General Manager, First Data SEE
GENERAL SESSION: Digitalization and the new face of the financial industry
MODERATOR: Nedyalka Yolovska, Managing Director, ICT Media
9.40 – 10.00 Digitalization and data analytics - the insider view. Nikola Nyagolov, PMP, CISA, CGEIT, Senior Manager, Performance &
Technology, KPMG in Bulgaria
10.00 –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 Bulgaria
10.20 – 10.40 Efficient card management - key to successful business products launch. Vasily Volynskiy, SVP, Managing Director
Europe, BPC Banking Technologies
10.40 – 11.00 Going Beyond the Transaction. Jon Rutter, Director, Product Management, First Data EMEA
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-11.50
11.50-12.10
12.10-12.30
12.30-12.50
12.50-13.10
13.10-13.30
Royal 3 Hall. SESSION 1.1: Regulations,
Eurointegration and standards
MODERATOR: Irina Kazandjieva, Head of Division
“International exchange and programs”, ABB
The development in the field of payments.
Stefan Antimov, Senior expert, “Payment systems”
division, Bulgarian National Bank
Development of innovative payment systems for small payments in real time. Alexander Stanev, Procurator and
Chief Director of Business Development – Payment, Information and Software Services, BORICA-BANKSERVICE AD
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
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
Platform for success from Salesforce. Orlin Dochev,
managing partner, Next Consult
It starts and ends with the customer. Veronika Tasic
Vusurovic, Manager, PwC Consulting, Serbia
13.30 – 14.20 Lunch
Royal 2 Hall. SESSION 1.2: IT projects, architectures
and systems: with focus on efficiency
MODERATOR: Vasily Volynskiy, Managing Director
Europe, BPC Banking Technologies
Building omnichannel platform. Pepa Koleva, Director IT,
UniCredit Bulbank AD
Customer Centricity – Master Data Management and
Customer Golden Record. Sava Vladov, VP Business
Development, Adastra Bulgaria
Opportunities + Challenges Associated with Delivering a
Digital Payments Strategy. Jon Rutter, Director, Product
Management, First Data EMEA
Securing the Data Center using Check Point Virtualization.
Cezar Varlan, Security Engineer, Check Point Software
Technologies
Software Defined Storage - The future of storage
optimization. Svilen Stanchev, Business Development
Manager, IBS Bulgaria
The race for efficiency - described business processes and
IT solutions for their re-creation. Kiril Petkov, Director
“Information Technology”, Bulstrad Vienna Insurance Group
14.20-14.40
14.40-15.00
15.00-15.20
15.20-15.40
15.40-16.00
Royal 3 Hall. SESSION 2.1. Security: with a new
approach in the digital era
MODERATOR: Victoria Malkanova, Business
Development Manager – Bulgaria, First Data
Data classification – data compliance and security. Daniel
Krekov, manager “IT security”, “Compliance and security”
division, DSK Bank plc
Security for the New Business Paradigm. Dr. Theodoros
Stergiou, Cloud Security Officer, Intracom Telecom
Royal 2 Hall. SESSION 2.2. Optimization with a focus
on business performance
MODERATOR: Georgi Sredkov, Head of Development and
project management, Investbank Bulgaria
Project eAgents – optimizing the activities of insurance
agents. Kiril Kirilov, CIO and Vice-president, Allianz
Bulgaria Holding
The Predictive Imperative: Plan and Forecast Your Business.
Lyubomira Mihaylova, Business Development Manager,
and Krum Daskalov, BI Practice Lead, ScaleFocus
Fraud management: saving your customers money by
SAP HANA and its potential to transform the banking
preventing fraud, not just reporting. Pavel Gubin, Sales
business. George Velchev, manager “IT infrastructure“,
Director Europe, BPC Banking Technologies
BG Business Solutions, Dimitar Draganov, SAP BО/HANA
consultant, BG Business Solutions, and George Robev, SAP
Bulgaria
Regulatory requirements for the security of internet
Mobile solutions for the financial industry – trends,
payments. Antonio Barzashki, Senior expert, Payment
challenges and opportunities. Plamen Koychev, managing
Systems Oversight Division, Bulgarian National Bank
partner, Accedia
(You better) Change Focus. Zdravko Stoychev, Secretary Activities optimization as part of digitized business processes. Ivan
of ISACA-Sofia Chapter
Velkov, Head of Directorate Development and Implementation of
IT Systems, IT and Operations Division, DSK Bank
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-16.50
16.50-17.10
17.10-17.30
17.30-17.50
Royal 3 Hall. SESSION 3.1. The customer in the
focus of digital financial world
MODERATOR: Mariana Petrova, Head of IT
Department, TBI Банк
24-hours selfservice areas at ProCredit Bank. Georgi
Georgiev, Head of Information Technology Department,
and Svetlozara Sirakova, head of Bank services
department, ProCredit Bank
The future of mobile banking is VOICE. Georgi Cholakov,
Team Leader Distribution Channels, Sirma Business
Consulting
The power of user experience in new generation wealth
management. Imre Rokob, Business Development
Director, Dorsum Software Development and Services co.
Ltd.
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
Royal 2 Hall. SESSION 3.2. IT cloud in finance: why,
how and when
MODERATOR: Mihail Arnaudov, Manager Business
development, CrediBul
Mobile payments through bank card in the cloud. Svetoslav
Moldovansky, Member of the Managing Board and
Executive Director, First Investmеnt Bank
The Cloud – trap for talents. Elina Davidkova, Specialist
Sales & Marketing, TBI Info
Information Security and Data Protection in the Cloud –
Striking the Right Balance. Dessislava Fessenko, Counsel,
Kinstellar
How Raiffeisen Bank Masters The User Experience While
Saving Costs - a case study. Elemer Vereb, Regional
Manager, Dynatrace
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