Empire Startups Fintech Conference – Toronto

Hear from those forging new trails in payments, blockchain, lending, robo-advisors, insurance tech, real estate and more. In addition to attracting hundreds of Fintech entrepreneurs, this conference also plays host to the investors and service providers that help accelerate startups. The audience can also look forward to keynotes, panels and demo updates from some of the top Fintech startups in the world.

AGENDA

8:00 am Registration & Breakfast

9:00 am  Chairman’s Welcome and Opening Keynote

9:30 am Disrupting User Behavior
Can Fintech overcome inertia to change user-behavior? Learn how user-experience, educational content, and science are converging to disrupt user-behavior in banking.

10:10 am Hot Startups Demo

11:10 am The Mobile-Only FinTech Strategy
68% of us have smart phones, with 34% as our primary internet source according to Pew Research. Not only has a mobile-first product strategy risen to popularity, a mobile-only strategy is now fathomable. What’s beyond check-deposits and mobile wallets?

12:50 pm Afternoon Keynote

1:15 pm Ahead by a Century
Canadian FinTech (and the Hip) were both ‘Ahead by a Century’. Toronto has been a tech powerhouse for as long as we can remember. How can Toronto continue its reign as the FinTech capital of Canada and beyond?

1:55 pm Hot Startups Demo

2:55 pm Smarter Than We Were. Not as Smart As We Will Be.
Canadian engineering schools are churning out the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Are these technologies starting to materially affect FinTech and where are the current limitations?

3:35 pm Hot Startups Demo

4:35 pm Can Blockchain De-risk the Bank?
Blockchain is often associated with speculative currency trading, however, the technology offers significant opportunities to de-risk the bank.

5:15 pm Reception & Hors d’oeuvres