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07:45- 09:00 |
Registration |
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09:15 - 10:15 |
Opening of FIGI Symposium
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Welcome Address:
Bilel Jamoussi, Chief Study Groups Department,TSB, ITU [ Biography I Speech ]
- Welcome Address:
Jean Denis Pesme, Practice Manager, World Bank Group [
Biography ]
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Keynote Address: Mustafa Abdelwahed, Acting Executive President, NTRA, Egypt, on behalf of H.E Dr. Amr Sameh Talaat
Minister of Communications and Information Technology [ Keynote Speech ]
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10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee Break + Group Photo |
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10:45 - 12:00 |
Digital Financial Inclusion in Egypt: Priorities for Accelerating the DFS Ecosystem
Discussion of current state of financial inclusion and access in Egypt, past gaps or challenges which were or can be solved by cohesion between the ICT and Financial Sector authorities. How these institutions complement each other’s efforts. In areas where more cooperation is needed, practices to bridge such gaps and strategies for coordination, opportunity areas and lessons learned.
Moderator: Jean Denis Pesme, Practice Manager, World Bank Group [
Biography I Presentation ]
- Amr Moussa, Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt [ Presentation ]
- Essam El Saghir, Chairman, Egypt Post [
Biography I Presentation ]
- Ehab Nasr, Head of Payment Systems, Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) [ Presentation ]
- Gamal Khalifa, Head of Microfinance, Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) [ Biography ]
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12:00 - 13:15 |
Implementing the Payments Aspects for Financial Inclusion Framework: What we’ve learned and where we’re headed Discussion of current state of financial inclusion and access in Egypt, past gaps or challenges in relation to ensuring a trusted secure ICT infrastructure for DFS which were or can be solved by cohesion between the ICT and Financial Sector authorities. How these institutions complement each other’s efforts to achieve a trusted and secure ICT and payments infrastructure. In areas where more cooperation is needed, practices to bridge such gaps and strategies, opportunity areas and lessons learned .Moderator: Marc Hollanders, Special Adviser , Committee for Payments and Market Infrastructures, BIS [
Biography I Presentation ] -
Luis Leyva, Regulatory Development Director, Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, Mexico
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Maha Bahou, CEO, JOPACC, Jordan
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Nghiem Thanh Son, Senior Deputy Director General, Payment Systems Department & Vice Chairman of Fintech Steering Committee, The State Bank of Vietnam [
Biography ]
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13:15 - 14:15 |
Lunch break |
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14:15 - 15:30 |
Harnessing FinTech for Financial Inclusion: Enabling innovation while mitigating risks
Discuss the role of FinTech and new innovations in the context of financial inclusion, including benefits, opportunities, risks and applications being seen around the world. The session will delve deeper on the specific ways in which Fintech can advance financial inclusion; the contours of the policy choices and trade-offs; and striking the right balance.
Topics may include: (i) typology of key Fintech innovations, the linkages with financial inclusion and how to assess the risks they pose – using a case study approach; (ii) Bali Fintech agenda as a framework for policy makers in developing appropriate policy responses; (iii)the case of Mexico Fintech Law.
Moderator:
Harish Natarajan, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank [ Presentation ]
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Aly El Shalakany, Senior Partner, Shalakany [
Biography ]
- Luis Leyva, Regulatory Development Director, Comisión National Bancaria y de Valores, Mexico
- Nadine Chehade, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
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Vijay Mauree, Programme Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union [
Biography ]
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15:30 - 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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15:45- 17:00 |
Getting to ICT and Financial Regulatory Collaboration for Inclusive DFS: A Global Showcase
In an environment where banking and telecom/ICT regulations co-exist, what measures have countries introduced to ensure cohesion, consistency, and coordination, and avoid overlaps in terms regulatory issues relating to DFI? Panelists will highlight the respective roles and responsibilities of the financial and ICT regulators and market players, identify challenges and opportunities of ICT and financial regulatory collaboration, and discuss how to more effectively build synergies and identify collaborative approaches to address existing challenges, promote dialogue, and thus enable digital financial inclusion. Findings from the 2016 Global Dialogue on Digital Financial Inclusion and the recommendations of the ITU Focus Group Digital Financial Services on this aspect will be shared and compared to highlight recent developments in FIGI countries and beyond.
Moderator: Dr. Amr Badawi, Professor, University of Cairo -
Amr Moussa, Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt [ Presentation ]
- Yang He, FIGI Project Head, CAICT, China [ Presentation ]
- João Cadete de Matos, Chairman, Board of Directors, Autoridade de Comunicações (ANACOM) [ Biography I Presentation ]
- Gueorgui Nikolov Popov Karadjov, CEO, FIMPE, Mexico [ Presentation ]
- Khaled Hegazy, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Etisalat Misr, Egypt [ Biography ]
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Hackathon Award Ceremony |
