Past eventEdition 01

Bled

1 day. 1 city. 1 unique location.

Conversations worth joining.

Location

Bled, Slovenia

Venue

IEDC – Bled School of Management

Programme

10:00 – 19:05

Speakers

The voices shaping the future of FinTech

Panagiotis Kriaris

Director, Head Of Business & Corporate Development, Unzer

Anja Blaj Zajc

Policy Expert at The European Ethereum Institute

Darko Jovišić

CEO & Co-founder at Robotiq.ai

Reinhard Höll

Member of the Management Board and the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO); responsible for transformation, IT and back office at NLB

Vedran Bajer

General Manager for Adriatic, Hungary and Baltics at Wonderful

Una Softić

Managing Director at Intertangible

Mislav Ante Omazić

President of the Board and Acting Dean at IEDC – Bled School of Management

Peter Merc

Managing Partner of Bloctopus Intelligence

Anja Gabrovšek

Legal Advisor within Financial Instruments Market Department at ATVP

Anja Rijavec Uršej

Deputy Director, Bank of Slovenia, Payment and Settlement Systems

Klemen Radosavljević

Partner at Wolf Theiss Slovenia

Barbara Hočevar

Partner, Head of the Regulatory & Compliance team at Šelih & partnerji

Sergej Golubović

Emerging technologies & finance researcher, Writer, Econ Award Winner

Goran Djuratović

Director of Financial Advisory and Sales at Generali Investments

Sašo Knap

Special Advisor for Business‑Technical Solutions at Bankart

Simon Steinman

Advisor to the NLB Management Board for Payment Services and Innovation

Primož Patru

CEO at Dinit

Marko Pavlović

Senior Portfolio Manager Expert at ICONOMI

Jernej Vrčko

CEO & Co-founder of Palmatrix

Nikola Škorić

CEO at Electrocoin, co-founder at Money Motion

Antiša Korljan

Journalist and Editor, Dnevnik

Agenda

How the day ran

10:00 – 11:00

Registration, Coffee & Networking Warm-Up

11:00 – 11:05

Opening Address

Prof. dr. sc. Mislav Ante Omazić, President of the Board and Acting Dean at IEDC – Bled School of Management

11:05 – 11:25

Fireside chat

The Digital Euro – What Does It Mean for Slovenia, Banks and Citizens?

Marko Pahor, The Governing Board of Banka Slovenije, Vice Governor
Moderator: Anja Blaj Zajc, Policy Expert at The European Ethereum Institute, President of the Slovenian Blockchain Think Tank

11:25 – 11:45

Keynote

Tech Sovereignty in a Global Economy: Geopolitics vs. Economics

Boris Martinović, director, Government Affairs & Policy, Europe, Mastercard

11:45 – 12:05

Talk

Technology as Core Infrastructure – The New Age of Fintech

Panagiotis Kriaris, Director, Head of Corporate and Business Development at Unzer

12:05 – 12:20

What Comes Next: Beyond the Current State of MiCA Regulation

Anja Blaj Zajc, Policy Expert at The European Ethereum Institute, President of the Slovenian Blockchain Think Tank

12:20 – 12:55

Panel

Navigating the New Era of FinTech: From Break Things to Building Trust

Peter Merc, Managing Partner of Bloctopus Intelligence
Anja Gabrovšek, Legal Advisor within Financial Instruments Market Department at ATVP
Anja Rijavec Uršej, Deputy Director at the Bank of Slovenia in the Payment and Settlement Systems Department
Klemen Radosavljević, Partner at Wolf Theiss Slovenia
Moderator: Barbara Hočevar, Partner at Šelih & partnerji

12:55 – 13:15

Keynote

AI Bullet Train: No Stops, No Slowdowns, No Waiting

Darko Jovišić, CEO and Co-founder, Robotiq.ai

13:15 – 14:45

Networking Lunch

14:45 – 15:20

Panel

The AI-Driven Bank – Cost-Cutting to Core Transformation

Vedran Bajer, General Manager for Adriatic, Hungary and the Baltics at Wonderful
Reinhard Höll, Member of the Management Board and the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO); responsible for transformation, IT and back office at NLB
Moderator: Una Softić, Managing Director at Intertangible

15:20 – 15:55

Panel

Financial Nihilism vs. The Great Wealth Transfer

Sergej Golubović, Emerging technologies & finance researcher, Writer, Econ Award Winner
Goran Djuratovic, Director of Financial Advisory and Sales at Generali Investments
Moderator: Antiša Korljan, Dnevnik

15:55 – 16:30

Panel

The Payments Powering Slovenia

Nina Strajnar, Co-founder & CEO at FLIQA, Chairman Of The Supervisory Board at Paywiser
Sašo Knap, Special Advisor for Business Technical Solutions, Bankart
Simon Steinman, Advisor to the NLB Management Board for Payment Services and Innovation
Moderator: Primož Patru, CEO at DinitCS

16:30 – 17:05

Panel

From Speculation to Strategy: How Crypto Grew Up

Marko Pavlović, Senior Portfolio Manager Expert, ICONOMI
Jernej Vrčko, CEO & Co-founder of Palmatrix
Moderator: Nikola Škorić, CEO, Electrocoin; Co-founder Money Motion

17:05 – 19:05

Money Talks networking cocktail