Hack to the Future

Building on the success of our previous hackathons – to redefine finance for good and build an unbiased fintech future, we are creating a movement. We are using our position in the market to inspire the fintech space to be open by default for everyone – and we aim to drive engagement beyond our global fintech ecosystem as we strive for financial sustainability, inclusion and empowerment.

To read about the winners of our most recent Global Hackathon please view our press release.

Understanding Blockchains & networks

Join us for a session with IV Yoo focused on understanding the different blockchains and networks.

• IV Yoo, Data Scientists & Computer Engineer, Finastra

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Securities tokens & the capital markets transformation

Join us for a session with Sylvain Prigent focused on security tokens and how they're transforming the capital markets space.

• Sylvain Prigent, Co-founder & CPO, Société Générale Forge

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Connecting DeFi & TradFi
[Ideation Session]

Are you curious about DeFi, and eager to participate in #Hacktothefuture but not sure yet about an idea or who to partner with? Well, this ideation session is meant for you!

• Etienne Royole, Former CEO and Advisor, Defi Pulse
• Alejandro Gutierrez, Operations Lead, Defactor
• Bhairav Patel, Technology Lead, Defactor

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NFT Digital Art

In today's world, when we think of digital art we think of NFTs. In this session, we’ll discuss how to actually create the art behind NFTs.

• Sebastian Vanegas Ruiz, Solutions Consultant, Design Thinking & Innovation, Finastra

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NFT Generation

How are collections of 10,000 NFTs created? In this session, we'll discuss how to programmatically generate NFTs and create large collections.

• Adam Lieberman, Head of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Finastra
• Haylee Alyssa-Lyn Anderson, Data Scientist, Finastra

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Closing the Trade Finance gap with DeFi

Join us for a session with Alejandro Gutierrez, Operations lead at Defactor, as he explores opportunities that Defi can bring to the Trade Finance space to close the existing service gap (1.5 Trillion USD).

• Alejandro Gutierrez, Operations Lead, Defactor

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Closing the Trade Finance Gap with DeFi
[Ideation Session]

During this session, with our partners from Defactor, we will explore the opportunities that Defi can bring to the Trade Finance space to close the existing service gap (1.5 Trillion USD).

• Alejandro Gutierrez, Operations Lead, Defactor
• Bhairav Patel, Technology Lead, Defactor

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NFT Rarity

In this session, we'll discuss 3 different ways to calculate rarity on an NFT collection along with a novel approach that uses machine learning methodology for outlier detection on purely categorical data.

• Adam Lieberman, Head of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Finastra

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DeFi protocols & indices

Join us for a discussion with Etienne Royole, former CEO and advisor at DeFi Pulse, as we explore the DeFi space

• Etienne Royole, Former CEO and Advisor, Defi Pulse

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Data & Privacy
[Ideation Session]

Are you curious about fintech and DeFi but not sure where to get started? Well, this ideation session is meant for you!

• Juan Jose Figueredo, Director, Head of Engineering and Analytics, Digital Banking Perú, Scotia Bank

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How to build a dApp

Have you every wondered how you can create your own decentralized application leveraging blockchain, smart contracts, and web3? In this session, we will dive into the technology that powers a dApp and create our own startup funding marketplace.

• Adam Lieberman, Head of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Finastra
• Haylee Alyssa-Lyn Anderson, Data Scientist, Finastra

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Digital currencies for the wholesale market

Join us for a session with Daniel Maggs, Digital Currencies lead at Lloyds Banking, as he explores the innovations in the digital currencies space, and their applications in the wholesale market.

• Daniel Maggs, Senior Manager, Digital Currency, Lloyds Banking Group

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Women in Fintech with WILLA

Join us for a session with Mariem Mhadhbi & Diane Fernandez as they share their journey in fintech, and their experience as fintech leaders.

• Mariem Mhadhbi, Founder, Valuecometrics
• Diane Fernandez, CEO, Synomen

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Introduction to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

This session will cover and focus on the Sustainable and Inclusive Finance theme of the Hackathon.

• Jay Mukhey, Senior Director of ESG, Purpose & Impact, Finastra
• Clayton Ferrera, Biologist and Executive Director, IDEAS For Us

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Fintech Unique Position to Bridge the Wealth Gap

Join us for a session with Renée Sattiewhite, president of the African American Credit Union Coalition, and Sirita Donaldson, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Finastra, as they discuss how Fintech’s are uniquely positioned to address the wealth gap and help marginalized groups build sustainable wealth that will lead to economic growth and a more green, resilient, and inclusive future.

• Renée Sattiewhite, President, African American Credit Union Coalition
• Sirita Donaldson, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Finastra

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Circular Economy & SDGs

Join us for a session with Jay Mukhey and Dr. Saman Sarbazvatan as they discuss the Circular Economy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Jay Mukhey, Senior Director of ESG, Purpose & Impact, Finastra
• Dr. Saman Sarbazvatan, COO / Deputy Dean - Head of Programs & Instructional Design, École des Ponts Business School

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Climate Risk & Carbon emissions
[Ideation Session]

Are you passionate about Climate challenges, and eager to participate in #Hacktothefuture but not sure about an idea or who to partner with? Well, this ideation session is meant for you! 

• Tom Du, Senior Manager, Climate Change, Scotia Bank

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Sustainability reports & NLP

Join us for a session with Hannah Morgan, data science lead at Finastra. This session will review the concepts of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) and NLP (Natural Language Processing).

• Hannah Morgan, Lead Data Scientist, Finastra

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Bias and fairness in AI

Join us for a session with Dawn Li to learn more about how to improve fairness and reduce bias in your machine learning model with Fairlearn.

• Dawn Li, Data Scientist, Finastra

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Financial Inclusion - Youth focus
[Ideation Session]

Are you passionate about Financial Inclusion, and eager to participate in #Hacktothefuture but not sure about an idea or who to partner with? Well, this ideation session is meant for you! 

• Laurence Bourgeois, Financial Inclusion Stream Leader, BNP Paribas Personal Finance
• Florence Valle, Internet Partnership Head, BNP Paribas Personal Finance

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Disrupting the payday loan market
[Ideation Session]

Are you passionate about Financial Inclusion, and eager to participate in #Hacktothefuture but not sure about an idea or who to partner with? Well, this ideation session is meant for you! During this session, with our partners from Scotia Bank, we will explore how can a traditional bank disrupt the payday loan market.

• Naomi Resnick, Senior Manager, Corporate Sustainability, Scotia Bank
• Sarah Gebretsadik, Manager, Social Impact & Innovation, Scotia Bank

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Circular Economy
[Ideation Session]

Are you passionate about green finance and circular economy, and eager to participate in #Hacktothefuture but not sure about an idea or who to partner with? Well, this ideation session is meant for you!

• Cecile Gauffriau, Circular Economy Stream Leader, BNP Paribas Personal Finance
• Damien Simon, Circular Economy Deputy Stream Leader, BNP Paribas Personal Finance
• Jean-Marie Sarrot, Stratégie Engagement/RSE, BNP Paribas Personal Finance
• Jay Mukhey, Senior Director of ESG, Purpose & Impact, Finastra
• Dr. Saman Sarbazvatan, COO / Deputy Dean - Head of Programs & Instructional Design, École des Ponts Business School
• Madeleine Loveday, Environment Specialist in the ESG, Purpose & Impact Team, Finastra

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AMA on Attijariwafa Bank Wafacash Super App

During this session, we'll have our partners from Attijariwafa Bank Wafacash team, and we will focus on a specific challenge they are submitting to the hackers to solve - Super App, connecting the unbanked/underbanked in Morocco (rural, urban, different revenue levels, etc.) with the local communities of shops, entrepreneurs and businesses; and offering super app-like additional services to all users.

• Mohamed Belahcen – Payment services director at Attijariwafa Bank
• Ghita Benkirane – Head of product marketing at Attijariwafa Bank
• Kenza Hihi Guillouli – Head of external communication at Attijariwafa Bank
• Ahmed El Rheddane – Head of Attijariwafa Bank Welab
• Zakaria Chmirou – Expert at Attijariwafa Bank Welab

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How to bank roommates, LGBTQ2S, co-parents, etc.?
[Ideation Session]

Are you curious about Financial Inclusion but not sure where to get started? Well, this ideation session is meant for you! During this session, with our partners from Scotia Bank, we will explore the following question - How might we extend group benefits to non-traditional groups and configurations of people?

• Anita Ko, Product Design Director, Digital Banking, Scotia Bank
• Christina Doyle, Director, Design Strategy & Community, Scotia Bank
• Juan Jose Figueredo, Director, Head of Engineering and Analytics, Digital Banking Perú, Scotia Bank
• Katrina Simon, Design Thinking specialist, Innovation, Finastra
• Sebastian Vanegas Ruiz, Design Thinking & Innovation, Finastra

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Visualizing Multiplex Relationships in Python

Join us for a session with Vincent Phan to learn more about Visualizing Multiplex Relationships in Python. The session will focus on how to understand and use multiplex data.

• Vincent Phan, Data Scientist, Finastra

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Financial Inclusion, a global challenge

Join us for a session with Laurence Bourgeois, Financial Inclusion lead at BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Rohit Garg, EVP & Head of Business Banking at Emirates NBD.

The session will cover:

• An introduction to Financial Inclusion
• Why is it important?
• Different perspectives and challenges from across the globe
• The role finance, and technology can play to close the gap

• Laurence Bourgeois, Financial Inclusion Stream Leader, BNP Paribas Personal Finance
• Rohit Garg, EVP & Head of Business Banking, Emirates NBD

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Embedding financial services in an ERP application
[Ideation Session]

The Microsoft Power Platform enables individuals of all skill levels to build applications and automate business processes. Through this framework of a low-code development environment, data connectors, and a common identity platform, we challenge the hackers to develop embedded financial services using Power Platform in the context of an ERP application.

• Adeniyi Ogunsua, Senior Director, Industry Digital Strategist, Microsoft
• Remi Popoola, Senior Partner Technology Strategist - Banking, Microsoft
• Tyler Pichach, Executive Director, Worldwide Financial Services, Microsoft

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Lending at Point of Sale
[Ideation Session]

Are you curious about Banking as a Service but not sure where to start? Well, this ideation session is meant for you!

• Sahil Lakdawala, Director, Product Lead - Authentication, Scotia Bank
• Juan Jose Figueredo, Director, Head of Engineering and Analytics, Digital Banking Perú, Scotia Bank

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