Turkish Arab Financial Forum

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Turkish Arab Financial Forum 13 Mar 2023

09:30 - 10:30

Registration

Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

10:30 - 11:00

Opening Session: “A New Era for Turkish-Arab Financial Partnership”

Walid Abou Zaki

Executive Director
Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group

Ufuk Bilgetekin

Chairman of the Board of Directors
TÖDEB

Ahmet Burak Dağlıoğlu

President
Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

H.E. Dr. Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Minister of State for Foreign Trade
UAE

11:00 - 11:45

Networking Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:30

Panel 1: The Future Outlook of Banking in Türkiye

How Turkish Banks are navigating the Economic Landscape?
How innovation is shaping the future of financial services?
Opportunities for Arab Banks in Türkiye
Payment and Digital Money in Türkiye

Serkan Turan

General Manager
Fastpay

Ayşe Özden

Head of Economic Research
A&T Bank

Dr. Yusuf Varlı

Strategy and Business Development Director
Istanbul Financial Center

Bilgün Gürkan

President - TÜSİAD Gulf Working Group
Chief Representative Officer - Bank of Bahrain, Kuwait and Türkiye

Adnan Ahmed Yousif

Chairman
Bahrain Association of Banks

Erkan Kork

Chief Executive Officer
Payfix

12:30 - 13:00

Fire Chat: Use of private equity and venture capital to promote economic growth in Turkey and the Arab world

Saleem Ahmed

Digital and Fintech Leader | Ex Chairman
UAE Banks Federation Digital Committee

Ihsan Sancay

Executive Director of Private Equity
Kamco Invest

13:00 - 13:15

Presentation: Overview of Turkish Capital Markets and Borsa İstanbul

13:15 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 15:30

Panel 2: A New landscape for Fintech in Türkiye and the Arab Countries?

The Role of Fintech startups in Driving innovation in Banking
Fintech and Regulations: Balancing Innovation and Compliance in the Evolving Digital Banking Landscape
Fintech trends in the Turkish and Arab markets
How the Fintech ecosystem is evolving?
Fintech from VCs perspective

Gozde Demir Celen

Partner
Wings Capital & Advisory

Mohammed Ali Yusuf

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Fuze

Olivier Crespin

General Partner
True Global Ventures

Kokila Alagh

Founder
KARM Legal Consultants

15:30 - 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 - 17:00

Panel 3: How DeFi and Tokenization are Shaping the Future.

Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies: Opportunities and Challenges for Banks in the Digital Age
Who is embracing decentralized finance?
How DeFi regulations are shaping up in the GCC?
Can digital assets regain their appeal in 2023?