3 December 2020
7 – 11 December
Linklaters will join the world’s largest platform for the global FinTech community for the 5th consecutive year – ‘Singapore FinTech Festival x Switch 2020’
Singapore Fintech Festival is the largest and most inclusive celebration of fintech in the world. Last year, it attracted 60,000 participants from 140 countries, including heads of state, policy makers, financial and technology leaders, fintech founders, and academics.
As with last year, the Singapore Fintech Festival 2020 will be joining forces with Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology ("SWITCH"). to champion technology as a force for good – to advance inclusion, connectivity, and sustainability. This year, the festival introduces a unique hybrid format – bringing together a network of physical events (by-invitation only) held in some 40 cities around the world and a digital platform that will be available 24 hours a day over five days to reach a global audience.
The theme this year also includes “People and Talent” in celebration of people around the world who have harnessed the power of innovation to overcome the unprecedented obstacles posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
What we’ll be doing
We will be attending the Fintech Festival again this year and have some exciting events planned where our fintech lawyers will be talking about the big issues of the day. You can check out the agenda below and contact us to register for any of the sessions.
Tuesday 8 December
13:10 – Can Digital Currencies Birth the Next Generation of World-Class Payment Systems?
Joshua Ashley Klayman, Linklaters’ US Head of Fintech and Blockchain & Digital Assets, moderates a panel discussion on the future of cryptocurrencies alongside industry leaders including Libra Association, Coinbase, Circle and Soramitsu.
15:00 – Blockchain solutions in the financial industry: on their way to 'mainstream'?
In recent years, financial services providers have been experimenting with the blockchain to develop solutions to common pain points in their industries. Once considered ‘anti-establishment’, digital ledger technology is seeing an increase in uptake in the traditional financial world – providing solutions that are possible only on the blockchain.
In our panel, our Financial Regulation Partner, Peiying Chua, will discuss blockchain use cases in digital securities, trade finance, digital payments and cryptocurrencies. We will talk through the following key issues with our panel guests: how have traditional solutions failed to meet consumer demand, and how are blockchain solutions able to provide a competitive alternative? Will their growth impact incumbents in the long term? Going forward, what would it take for them to be considered ‘mainstream’?
Wednesday 9 December
14:00 – Cyber simulation: How crisis prepared are you?
We are seeing an unprecedented increase in the number and cost of cyber security incidents around the world, in particular with organisations shifting their business to remote operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, effective cyber incident prevention and preparedness are quickly becoming a board level issue that is business critical.
Linklaters’ TMT Partner Adrian Fisher and Asia Head of Dispute Resolution Jelita Pandjaitan invite you to participate in a cyber simulation exercise as we go through a fictitious scenario on how you could respond to and investigate the incident.
An ethical hacker, Glenn Wilkinson, will also join the simulation to share his experience through a live hack.
17:40 – Greener Green Bonds via Blockchain-based Bond Indentures
Over the past two years we have seen a quantum increase in the notional of green bonds that have been issued. However the pricing benefit or greenium has been low. One of the solution is to combine the power of smart contracts with green bonds to ensure a sustainably financed future. In this panel, Capital Markets Partner, Jonathan Horan will join leaders from the Academic, development finance, capital markets and legal world to debate how this breakthrough can be created.
For further information, please contact:
Adrian Fisher, Linklaters
adrian.fisher@linklaters.com
