The new era in banking: the digital revolution - CEO's Perspective

„Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.” Bill Gates

The Digital Revolution, also called the Third Industrial Revolution is the advancement of technology from analog electronic and mechanical devices to the digital technology available today. The Digital Revolution marks the beginning of the “Information Era”, a time when building a successful business means possessing all the relevant information, otherwise it is doomed to failure.

This is why, on May 6^th, the Romanian Banking Institute (RBI), the leading training provider for the financial services industry, in partnership with ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), kindly invite you to attend the conference on: “The new era in banking: the digital revolution – CEO’s perspective”.

The half-day event will include two sessions: Part 1 – Bank CEOs Round Table: Bank of the future (9:30 – 11:30) and

Part 2 – IT banking service providers – CEOs Round Table: Banking digitalisation (11:45 – 13:45). Welcome speech: Ms. Gabriela Hârţescu, CEO, Romanian Banking Institute

The first panel gathers highly appreciated top executives in the banking industry:

Keynote speaker: Mr. Florin Georgescu, First Vice-Governor, National Bank of Romania.

On behalf of ACCA and moderator: Mr. Jamie Lyon, Head of the Corporate Sector

Panel I speakers:

Florin Dănescu, President Executive, Romanian Banking Association, Ms. Gabriela Nistor, Deputy CEO, Head of Retail, Banca Transilvania, Mr. George Kefals, Executive Director, Bancpost, Ms. Dana Demetrian, Vice President Retail, BCR Erste, Mr. Claudiu Cercel, Deputy CEO, BRD GSG, Ms. Mădălina Teodorescu, Deputy CEO, Piraeus Bank, Mr. Ionuţ Umbreş, Director, Division Operations, Raiffeisen Bank and Mr. Cosmin Vladimirescu, Country Manager, Mastercard.

Panel II speakers:

Mr. Les Klein, Director of Field Engineering EMEA for Pivotal, EMC2, Mr Eliante Andrei, Senior Manager, BearingPoint, Mr Andrei Neagu, Business Development Manager, Bitdefender and Mr. Sorin Visan, Executive Director, Banking Business Unit, Asseco SEE.

The discussions will address topics such as: banks today – becoming a digital enterprise, serving the digitally savvy customer, financial regulation in the digital age, the new strategic role of banks in the digital era, empowering employees, the need for expert bankers beyond the digital interface and cutting-edge software for bank digitalization.

The Agenda .

Panel I presentation

Florin Georgescu

Gabriela Nistor – The future of banking is engagement banking

George Kefalas – Serving the digitally savvy customer

Dana Demetrian– Digital banking: a trend or a necessity

Claudiu Cercel– Banks today: becomimng a digital enterprise

Madalina Teodorescu– Digitalizing banking loyalty

Ionut Umbres – The role of Big Data in digital banking

Panel II presentation

Les Klein – Welcome to a new age

Andrei Neagu – Bitdefender GravityZone – unfollow the traditional!