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- 9:10 am
- Future of Finance is Open
- 9:40 am
- Role of APIs in Insurance Transformation
- 10:10 am
- Networking / Expo
Open Banking - Opportunities and Challenges
How to prepare your bank for Open Banking
Leveraging Global Open Banking Success Stories in the Middle East context
Open Banking - Opportunities and Challenges
10:30 am
Panel : Open Banking - Expectations, Opportunities and Challenges
Abe Karar, Chief Product & Innovation Officer at FinTech GalaxyAlina Beleuta, Growth Officer at Salt EdgeJubran Alshahrani, Co-founder at Mod5rSanjeev Kumar, Founder at Whitesight
11:20 am
The state of Open banking in Saudi Arabia
Jubran Alshahrani, Co-founder at Mod5r
11:45 am
Open Banking and Halal Payments
Faysal Ghauri, Founder & CEO at Halal Payments Network Inc.
How to prepare your bank for Open Banking
10:30 am
API, the next 10 years: Beyond the Interface
Mehdi Medjaoui, Author, Founder and Chairman of apidays conferences
10:55 am
Embedded Finance: Enabling ecosystems to drive financial growth and inclusion
Oluseye Farodoye, Head of Telco Industry Strategy and Platforms at Google Cloud
11:45 am
Does Lipstick work?
Craig Hughes, Vice President of Architecture at ENBD
Leveraging Global Open Banking Success Stories in the Middle East context
1:00 pm
Panel : Open Banking - Learnings and best Practices from UK and Europe
Helen Child, Founder at Open Banking ExcellenceChris Michael, CEO & Co-founder at OzoneAPIDmitrii Barbasura, Chief Operating Officer at Fintech GalaxyKevin Guest, Independent Commercial Advisor at MKG Procurement LtdHuw Davies, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Ozone API
1:50 pm
Open & Embedded Banking - A differentiator in the Middle East
Dr. Matthias Biehl, Digital Evangelist, API & Ecosystem Strategist at Software AG
2:15 pm
Should I Buy or Build Open Banking ?
Kevin Guest, Independent Commercial Advisor at MKG Procurement Ltd
- 12:10 pm
- Networking / Expo
Developer and Customer Experience in the API World
Workshops & Roundtables
Embedded and Open - Future of Finance
API Security and Monetization
Developer and Customer Experience in the API World
1:00 pm
APIs for Business Scalability
Faisal Banaeamah, Senior Solutions Architect at Alexa International
1:25 pm
Approaches to Open Finance
Erkan Dervis, IT Director – Digital Channels at Fibabanka
1:50 pm
How to enable personalised experiences using Conversational AI
Tejus Venkatesh Murthy, Associate Director – Developer Relations at GupShup
2:15 pm
Open Banking Challenges and Hurdles
Maurizio Garzelli, Chief Technology Advisor at APIIDA AG
Workshops & Roundtables
1:50 pm
Increasing Team Productivity with Mock API Servers
Ian Douglas, Sr Developer Advocate at Postman
Embedded and Open - Future of Finance
3:00 pm
Panel : Embedded and Open Finance Serena Sebastiani, Director - Financial Services Advisory at PWC.
Serena Sebastiani, Director – Financial Services Advisory at PWCMohamed Roushdy, Founder at FintechBazaarAamir Janjua, Group Chief Product Officer at Spire TechHelen Child, Founder at Open Banking Excellence
3:50 pm
Journey to Open Finance and Open Data
Prasanth Puthanveedu, Co-organiser at apidays Dubai & Middle East
4:15 pm
Embedded Financial Services & Path to Growth
Dr. Burak Uluocak, CTO at Mikro Group
API Security and Monetization
3:00 pm
Improving API Security Posture - Challenges and Remediation
William Ebenezer, CISO at TEXUBMay Brooks-Kempler, Deputy CISO at WIO Digital Bank
3:25 pm
API Security in Open Banking Context
Yusuf Khan, IAM – Security Tech Leader, Middle East Region at IBM
3:50 pm
Secure your Apps and APIs with strong authentication and Adaptive Access
John Gren, Product Owner at Gravitee
4:15 pm
How to Build & Monetize an Enterprise API Marketplace, a Real-World Case Study.
Jason Cumberland, Chief Product Officer at HyperCurrentRina Sarkar, API Marketplace Product Lead at IQVIA
- 2:40 pm
- Networking / Expo
Workshops & Roundtables
Workshops & Roundtables
3:00 pm
Customer Spotlight with Safaricom
Oluseye Farodoye, Head of Telco Industry Strategy and Platforms at Google CloudGeorge Njuguna, Director of IT at Safaricom
3:50 pm
Poor API design is not sustainable
Nico Balestra, Director, Global Pre-sales Solution Engineers at GraviteeMarkus Muller, Chief Technology Officer at Apiida
- 9:10 am
- Digital Transformation in Governance
- 9:40 am
- Deploying a national Open Finance infrastructure - Accelerating the path to Open Economy
- 10:10 am
- Networking / Expo
Digital Transformation Across Sectors
API First Strategies
Digital Transformation in Aviation
Digital Transformation Across Sectors
10:30 am
Digital Transformation in Law & Order
Ahmad Altarawneh, Senior Transformation Consultant at Dubai Police
10:55 am
Digital Leadership and Digital Ecosystem
Hadis Nazari, Founder & CEO at HAAMI Digital ConsultancyMohammadReza Mahmoodi, Chairman & Co-founder at HAAMI Digital Consultancy
11:20 am
How to scale your business through payments: the fragmented MENA payment landscape & other factors to consider
Mohammed Al Alami, Corporate Business Development Lead at TAP Payments
11:45 am
Modernising mission-critical applications without stopping the bank
Sudhindra Balaji, Senior Vice President, Tribe IT Lead at Danske Bank
API First Strategies
10:30 am
The API-First World is for Non-Developers, too!
Ian Douglas, Sr Developer Advocate at Postman
10:55 am
Automating API Governance
Nauman Ali, Product Manager at Stoplight
11:20 am
How APIs and Event driven architecture are helping digitisation of shipping industry
Chaitanya Kothawade, Integration Architect at Tabadul
11:45 am
Connecting the World/Cities with Events Flows and APIs Interactions
Franklin Antony, Solutions Architect at Smart Dubai
Digital Transformation in Aviation
1:00 pm
Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of NDC
Ann Cederhall, Travel Technology Specailist at ExploreTech
1:25 pm
Leveraging APIs for Aviation
Aslam Mohammed, Managing Director at Netcon Global Technologies
1:50 pm
What are SMART APIs? How to apply them in Travel, Insurance and Banking
Patrick Brosse, Senior Expert: API & Data Modeling Design @ Amadeus
- 12:10 am
- Networking / Expo
Data Strategies for Digital Transformation
API Ecosystem
API Lifecycle
Data Strategies for Digital Transformation
1:00 pm
Better APIs through Better More Timely Data
Amarjit Basra, Data Architect at DataStax
1:25 pm
Data Mesh Architecture in Banking
Mahmoud Yassin, Lead Data Architect at ABN Amro
1:50 pm
Abstraction using APIs
Vikram Vasudevan, Founder at Ekahaa Solutions
API Ecosystem
2:35 pm
The Future of API Security
Vandana Verma, Chair of the Board of Director at OWASP Foundation
3:00 pm
Monitoring the API Ecosystems at Global Scale
Baljeet Malhotra, Founder & CEO of TeejLab
3:25 pm
Digital Transformation: Potential Pitfalls, Protection, and PETs (Privacy Enhancing Techniques)
Sonal Rattan, CTO at eXateDr. Frederick Purcell, Developer Advocate at eXate
API Lifecycle
2:35 pm
Building effective API Marketplace with Federation
Shylaja Sundararajan, Principal Product Manager at Harness
3:00 pm
Building successful API developer programs
Pavan Keshavamurthy, Founder at OpenDevx
- 2:15 pm
- Networking / Expo