8:30 am                Networking

9:00 am                Welcome: Julian Wells, Director, FinTech North & Whitecap Consulting

FinTech Landscape

9:10 am                Chris Sier, FinTech Envoy (England), HM Treasury

9:30 am               Sameer Gulati, Policy & Research Advisor, Innovate Finance

9:50 am               Henri Murison, Chief Executive, Northern Powerhouse Partnership

10:10 am             Panel Session – Chaired by Chris Sier

– Speakers joined by:

– Ross Mumford, Assistant Director Financial Services, CBI

– TBC, Invest Liverpool

10.30 am               Morning Break

Session 2

11.00 am             David Watson, Australian Trade & Investment Commission

11:20 am             Chris Woolnough, Financial Services Digital and Commercial Director, Shop Direct

11:40 am              Stuart Sherman, CEO, IMC

12:00 pm             Tom Kirkham, Hartree Centre

12:20 pm              Peter Smith, Global Head of Policy Liaison, TISA

12:40 pm              Funding Panel Discussion: Chaired by Sara Parker, Director, North Invest

Joined by:

– Nick Horrocks, Director, GP Bullhound

– Jeff Poole, Managing Director, Freedom Finance

1:10 pm                 Lunch & Networking

FinTech Showcase – in partnership with Department for International Trade

2:00 pm              International FinTech Showcase, in partnership with DIT.
DIT Pitches from a selection of UK & international FinTechs (speakers TBC)

– chaired by Jeremy Coupland, Specialist, Financial Services, DIT.

3.55 pm               Closing Remarks

4.00pm                Close