JAPAN FINTECH FESTIVAL™

About

Japan Fintech Festival 2023 symbolizes the sunrise in the post pandemic Fintech world: rise from the pandemic and economic downturn, rise into a new, digital society, rise in the east, and the rise of breakthrough technologies!

In partnership with Financial Services Agency, Singapore Fintech Festival (Elevandi), FINOLAB and Fintech Association of Japan, #JFF23 promises to bring engaged and curated discussions across the Fintech universum bringing leadership from Japan, Asia and the world together, with an emphasis on technology and thought leadership.

The Conference
March 27th (Mon) 13:00~17:20
@FINE Tokyo

5th Floor, South Tower, Otemachi Financial City,
1-9-7 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Panels and Firesides by Fintech thought leaders

APAC Startup PitchFest
March 28th (Tue) 17:00~20:00
@FINOLAB

Otemachi Bldg 4F
1-6-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Showcasing APAC Fintech startups

In Partnership with

The Roundtable
March 30th (Thu) 10:00~17:00
@Kanda Myojin Shrine

2-16-2 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

In-depth discussion on Data & Open Finance and Regulatory Sandbox

By Invitation Only

Networking
Throughout the Week
@Downtown Tokyo

How to Make Japan
as a Global Financial Hub

March 27th (Mon),17:30~19:00
@Plug and Play Japan

3F Shibuya Center Place 1-16-3 Dogenzaka, Shibuy-ku, Tokyo

Hong Kong - Asia’s Booming
Web3 and Virtual Asset Hub

March 28th (Tue),12:00~13:30
@GARB Tokyo

1F Marunouchi Nakadori Bldg.,
2-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Fintech Networking & Dreams:
Digital Assets and web3

March 29th (Wed),17:30~19:30
@Royal Danish Embassy of Japan

29-6 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

By Invitation Only

Unlocking Sustainable Finance
in Japan

March 30th (Thu), 10:00~12:00
@FINOLAB

Otemachi Bldg 4F
1-6-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Speakers

Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief Fintech Officer
Monetary Authority of Singapore

Alan Lim
Head, FinTech Infrastructure Office
Monetary Authority of Singapore

Mamoru Yanase
Deputy Director-General
Financial Services Agency

Sandra Tobler
Co-Founder & CEO
Futurae

Masaki Bessho
Head of FinTech Center
Bank of Japan

Joi Ito
Co-founder, board member, and chief architect
Digital Garage

Amor Maclang
Convenor
Digital Pilipinas

Ryosuke Ushida
Chief Fintech Officer
Financial Services Agency

Thomas Krogh Jensen
CEO
Copenhagen Fintech

Mio Takaoka
Partner
DNX Ventures

Khaled Albasias
Director, Financial Sector Development Saudi Central Bank

Oki Matsumoto
Chairman of the Board
Monex Group

Yasmeen Janahi
Senior Analyst , FinTech & Innovation Unit
Central Bank of Bahrain

Ivan Mortimer-Schutts
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
International Finance Corporation

Robert Wardrop
Executive Director
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

King Leung
Head of Fintech
InvestHK

Dee Allen
Head of Capacity Building and Education
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

Morten Rongaard
Co-Founder & CEO
Reality+

Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
CEO
SBI Digital Asset Holdings

Yumi Baba
Representative in Silicon Valley
Financial Services Agency

Moaffak Ahmed
Founder
Cooler Future

Jessica Robinson
Minister-Counsellor (Economic)
Australian Embassy in Tokyo

Liam McCance
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Habitto

Mukul Chawla
Partner
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Dan Bertoli
Partner
Quona Capital

Hunter Sims
Associate Director of Business & Operations
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

Kate Lin
Deputy Managing Director
FinTechSpace

Sung Kyun Son
Head of International Business
Fintech Center Korea

Paul Li
President
Hong Kong Fintech Industry Association

Linardo Martinčević
Advisor to the Governor & FinTech Coordinator
Croatian National Bank

Bradley Busetto
Co-CEO
SDG Impact Japan

Maiko Meguro
Director of International Digital Strategy
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Simoun Ung
Director, President & CEO
OmniPay

Midori Kanemitsu
Head of Crypto Strategy
bitFlyer

Nikola Pavesic
Director
Infobip

Yee Lee
VP, Growth & Capital Markets
Terraformation

Takakazu Nakamura
Co-Founder & CEO
FamilyTech

Scott Farrell
Strategic Counsel
King & Wood Mallesons

Tomonori Yuyama
Visiting Scholar
Georgetown University

Amit Ranjan
Customer Transformation Leader
Microsoft

Yo Okada
Counselor
Cabinet Secretariat

Mamoru Taniya
Chairman
SDG Impact Japan

Mark Makdad
Co-Founder and Chief of Platform
Moneytree

Hiroshi Nakatake
Managing Director
Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation

Teruka Sumiya
Project Specialist, Agile Governance
World Economic Forum C4IR Japan

Kelvin Lee
Co-Founder & CEO
Alta

Willie Chang
COO & Head of Exchange
Alta

Yusuke Iino
Director for Global Cooperation on Governance Strategy
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Rebecca Martin
Head of Strategy
Elevandi

Pieter Franken
Board Member & Advisor
Elevandi

Makoto Shibata
Head of FINOLAB/Chief Community Officer
FINOLAB

Takeshi Kito
Vice-chair
Fintech Association of Japan

Agenda - The Conference

March 27th (Mon) 13:00~17:20
@FINE Tokyo, In-person

Time (JST)	Session	Speakers
12:45-13:00	Registration and Networking
13:00-13:10	HostWelcome to Japan Fintech Festival	Mamoru Yanase Deputy Director-General Financial Services Agency Amor Maclang Convenor Digital Pilipinas Organizing Committee Members
13:10-13:45	PanelPolicy - Technology Dialogue Part 1: AI is Back Various technologies have been driving the financial industry forward, and now Generative AI is back and poised to permeate society with significant advancements. What impact will this major change have on the financial industry, its governance systems, and their futures? How will this technology be commercialized and what are the anticipated practical use cases for it? Our expert panelists from each field, along with ChatGPT, will discuss and debate these questions.	Sandra Tobler (Moderator) Co-Founder & CEO Futurae Alan Lim Head, FinTech Infrastructure Office Monetary Authority of Singapore Joi Ito Co-founder, Board Member and Chief Architect Digital Garage Robert Wardrop Executive Director Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Amit Ranjan Customer Transformation Leader Microsoft
13:45-14:15	FiresideWhere ESG & Technology Meet As the financial industry takes on the significant responsibility of supporting and promoting companies that address environmental and social issues, as well as improve governance across stakeholders, what are the challenges to ensure these objectives are met over many generations to come? We will discuss how technology can be used to fulfill the responsibility of supporting and empowering companies that are guided by ESG values, while avoiding the risks of “greenwashing”. Along with a panel of experts who have implemented practical measures and achieved results in various regions, we will share specific initiatives and use cases to discuss future prospects for a sustainable future.	Bradley Busetto (Moderator) Co-CEO SDG Impact Japan Thomas Krogh Jensen CEO Copenhagen Fintech Yee Lee VP, Growth & Capital Markets Terraformation Mamoru Taniya Chairman SDG Impact Japan
14:15-14:50	PanelDigital Assets: What’s new Our expert panelists will discuss the latest opportunities and projects in blockchain and decentralised finance. From the current market volatility and managing risks, to assessing regulatory challenges, this session will explore what we can expect from the digital assets space in 2023.	Nikola Pavesic (Moderator) Director Infobip Oki Matsumoto Chairman of the Board Monex Group Midori Kanemitsu Head of Crypto Strategy bitFlyer Morten Rongaard Co-Founder & CEO Reality+ Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao CEO SBI Digital Asset Holdings
14:50-15:05	Coffee Break
15:05-15:15	HostWelcome Back	Sopnendu Mohanty Chief Fintech Officer Monetary Authority of Singapore Amor Maclang Convenor Digital Pilipinas
15:15-15:50	Panel Policy - Technology Dialogue Part 2: Data and Open Finance Can Data and Fintech become more free to cross boundaries? What are the hurdles faced by Fintechs today? How can we build trust around cross border data exchange and enable Open Finance, so new services can be created to empower B2C and B2B Fintechs. In each respective area of policy, technology, and community, expert panelists who have worked on implementing free and open Fintech infrastructures will discuss future prospects while sharing their experiences of success and failure.	Pieter Franken (Moderator) Board Member & Advisor Elevandi Scott Farrell Strategic Counsel King & Wood Mallesons Jessica Robinson Minister-Counsellor (Economic) Australian Embassy in Tokyo Ryosuke Ushida Chief Fintech Officer Financial Services Agency Mark Makdad Founder and Chief of Platform Moneytree
15:50-16:25	Panel The curious case of capital deployment It has been a shaky start to 2023 and we are yet to feel the full repercussions of current events for the Fintech ecosystem. Which investors are still spending? Which verticals or new segments are they doubling down on and which are they weary of? Join us as we bring together leading investors to share their insights in a format with a twist! Each investor will be asked to pitch the vertical or segment in Fintech which they are doubling down on while the rest have to provide the counter argument to the pitch. This promises to be an insightful, competitive and animated session in which only one investor can be crowned a winner.	Rebecca Martin (Moderator) Head of Strategy Elevandi Dan Bertoli Partner Quona Capital Mio Takaoka Partner DNX Ventures Moaffak Ahmed Founder Cooler Future Mukul Chawla Partner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
16:25-17:10	Panel Regional Outlook and Reflection Against the backdrop of various factors such as the pandemic and geopolitical risks that drive decoupling, how is the Asia-Pacific region changing and where is it headed? Ecosystem builders from various countries will discuss the potential for future cross-border and cross-regional cooperation in areas such as financial transactions and data transfers, in this diverse Asia-Pacific region, while also hearing about each country's current situation and future prospects from different angles such as technology and the international social and economic environment.	Makoto Shibata (Moderator) Head of FINOLAB/ Chief Community Officer FINOLAB King Leung (Hong Kong) Head of Fintech InvestHK Sung Kyun Son (Korea) Head of International Business Fintech Center Korea Kate Lin (Taiwan) Deputy Managing Director FinTechSpace Amor Maclang (Philippines) Convenor Digital Pilipinas Willie Chang (Singapore) COO & Head of Exchange Alta Masaki Bessho (Japan) Head of FinTech Center Bank of Japan
17:10-17:20	HostClosing Remarks	Organizing Committee Members

Agenda - The Roundtable

March 30th (Thu) 10:00~17:00
@Kanda Myojin Shrine, Hybrid

Time (JST)	Topic	Speakers
10:00-10:05	Data & Open FinanceWelcome & House Keeping by Co-moderators	Ivan Mortimer-Schutts Senior Financial Sector Specialist International Finance Corporation Maiko Meguro Director, International Digital Strategy and International Affairs Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
10:05-10:20	Data & Open Finance Opening Address: Context and Narrative in Japan Share the context that forms the basis for our discussions, such as the G7 agenda ・Data Free Flow with Trust & Institutional Arrangement for Partnership ・Open Finance and Data Exchange	Maiko Meguro Director, International Digital Strategy and International Affairs Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Tomonori Yuyama Visiting Scholar Georgetown University
10:20-10:50	Data & Open Finance Policy Discussion Share status quo and challenges faced by each jurisdiction and discuss how to collaborate across borders and implement specific policy frameworks	Scott Farrell (Australia) Strategic Counsel King & Wood Mallesons Jessica Robinson (Australia) Minister-Counsellor (Economic) Australian Embassy in Tokyo Paul Li (Hong Kong / China) President Hong Kong Fintech Industry Association Sandra Tobler (Switzerland) Co-Founder & CEO Futurae Linardo Martinčević (Croatia / EU) Advisor and FinTech coordinator Croatian National Bank Yee Lee (USA) VP, Growth & Capital Markets Terraformation Hunter Sims (UK) Associate Director of Business & Operations Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Dan Bertoli (Singapore) Partner Quona Capital
10:50-11:20	Data & Open Finance Technology Discussion Discuss on technologies that can serve as a guide for ensuring privacy and security when transferring data to third countries, as well as standards for the implementation of such technologies	Simoun Ung Director, President & CEO OmniPay Liam McCance Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer Habitto Hiroshi Nakatake Managing Director Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation Takakazu Nakamura Co-Founder & CEO FamilyTech
11:20-11:35	Coffee Break
11:35-12:15	Data & Open Finance Open Discussion ・Discussion for further international cooperation and implementation Policy/regulatory options that can improve the situation on cross-border data and financial transactions ・Options that can ensure "interoperability", including existing certification systems based on the ・premise that national domestic systems may differ considerably	All Speakers
12:15-12:30	Data & Open Finance Closing Summarize the discussion and make suggestions to the G7 summit	Ivan Mortimer-Schutts Senior Financial Sector Specialist International Finance Corporation Maiko Meguro Director, International Digital Strategy and International Affairs Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
12:30-14:00	“Hanami” Lunch Break
14:00-14:30	Experience Praying in the sanctum of the Shrine
14:30-14:35	Regulatory Sandbox Welcome & House Keeping by Co-moderators	Robert Wardrop Executive Director Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Dee Allen Head of Capacity Building and Education Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
14:35-15:00	Regulatory Sandbox Opening Address: Introduction of initiatives that are open for international collaborations Share use cases that serve as the basis for discussion, such as initiatives led by each organization ・Cambridge Suptech Lab ・Government of Japan’s Regulatory Sandbox ・Agile Governance / Agile Nations ・Fintech PoC Hub	Hunter Sims Associate Director of Business & Operations Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Yo Okada Counselor, Secretariat of New Form of Capitalism Realization Headquarters Cabinet Secretariat Yusuke Iino Director for Global Cooperation on Governance Strategy Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Teruka Sumiya Project Specialist, Agile Governance World Economic Forum C4IR Japan Yumi Baba Representative in Silicon Valley Financial Services Agency
15:00-15:30	Regulatory Sandbox Technology Discussion Discuss on technologies that can promote governance systems’ transformation such as Regtech/Suptech	Pieter Franken Advisor / Founding Member Synfindo / APIX Platform Ivan Mortimer-Schutts Senior Financial Sector Specialist International Finance Corporation
15:30-16:00	Regulatory Sandbox Policy Discussion Share lessons learned through experience - Looking back on the past 5 years’ regulatory sandbox development in each jurisdiction and international cooperation	Takeshi Kito (Japan) Committee Member, Government of Japan’s Regulatory Sandbox Cabinet Office Sung Kyun Son (Korea) Head of International Business Fintech Center Korea Paul Li (Hong Kong / China) President Hong Kong Fintech Industry Association Khaled Albasias (Saudi Arabia) Director, Financial Sector Development Saudi Central Bank Kelvin Lee (Singapore) Co-Founder & CEO Alta Yasmeen Janahi (Bahrain) Senior Analyst , FinTech & Innovation Unit Central Bank of Bahrain
16:00-16:15	Coffee Break
16:15-16:45	Regulatory Sandbox Open Discussion Discussion for further international cooperation and implementation Options to implement cross-border testing environments, etc.	All Speakers
16:45-17:00	Regulatory Sandbox Closing Summarize the discussion make suggestions to the G7/Agile Governance summits	Robert Wardrop Executive Director Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Dee Allen Head of Capacity Building and Education Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance