FINTECHNORTH
EVENTS
Manchester Conference 2024
November 21st, 8am
Whitworth Hall
FinTech North is thrilled to announce its seventh-annual Manchester Conference, hosted in partnership with Mastercard, University of Manchester, Rise, created by Barclays, Intercash, GFT, RSM and AccessPay.
The conference is set to take place at the iconic Whitworth Hall at the University of Manchester, a FinTech North favourite with a rich history that continues to lie at the heart of academia, innovation and industry, aligning with FinTech North’s skills mission.
Join us to hear all about what’s happening in the Greater Manchester ecosystem, a thriving hub of FinTech innovation that grows each year. You can expect to hear from some of the region’s biggest and brightest names, as well as from startups making their FinTech North debut.
Some themes to expect:
– Payments
– Skills/ Industry and Academica
– Data and AI
– Diversity, Accessibility and Inclusion
Our Manchester Conference in 2023 was our best and most attended one yet, and this year we’re setting out to smash the record again. Super Early Bird Tickets are on sale – secure yours now!
Please see our *working* agenda below:
Event Schedule
Breakfast Networking
Welcome from FinTech North
Joe Roche, General Manager, FinTech North
Welcome from the University of Manchester
speaker tbc, University of Manchester
Increasing diversity, accessibility, and inclusion in FinTech
speaker tbc
Keynote from Innovate Finance: UK FinTech Sector Update
Peter Cunnane, Director of National & International Initiatives, Innovate Finance
Ksenia Grant, Director of Ecosystem and Partnerships, CFIT
Fireside Chat: Research into gender in FinTech
Chloe Fox Robertson, Researcher University of Manchester
Rachel England, Events Coordinator, FinTech North
Coffee & Networking Break
The Road to Profitability and How to Scale Successfully
speaker tbc, Mastercard
Scaling successes in Manchester: Anish Kapoor's story from Telecom to FinTech
Anish Kapoor, CEO AccessPay
Keynote from Barclays
speaker tbc, Rise, Created by Barclays
Keynote tbc
Speaker tbc
AI and the Future of Financial Services
speakers tbc
Lunch & Networking Break
FinTech Skills fireside chat and interactive audience Q&A
speakers tbc
An Award-Winning Neobank on their Expansion into the North
speaker tbc
The Future of Payments 2025-2028
speakers tbc
Coffee and Networking Break
Manchester FinTech Showcase
Free Slot
Networking Reception
Event to close
