SFF 2022 will focus on ‘Building Resilient Business Models amid Volatility and Change’, with industry events and the annual Innovation Lab Crawl being held on 31 October and 1 November, as a prelude to the main festival. The event will be held at the Singapore EXPO.
SFF 2022 theme
With the global economy seeing a surge in inflation and facing risks of a significant slowdown in growth, the prospects for the FinTech industry has become challenging, with many FinTech firms striving to stay resilient and viable amid the crisis. SFF 2022 will thus focus on discussing ways to build a resilient business model in today’s challenging market environment.
Key stakeholders comprising global Heads of State, policymakers, regulators, financial services leaders, founders, investors, and technology leaders will take stock of the drivers of change and share how organisations can design resilient business models that are able to navigate the current and future challenges. In particular, the conference will examine three key questions:
- Viable: How are organisations building and redefining business models that can be more resilient to volatile market conditions?
- Responsible: How are organisations balancing corporate responsibility and profitability in order to achieve greater stakeholder satisfaction and engagement?
- Inclusive: How are organisations designing inclusive business models that cater to the needs of both the unbanked and underbanked?
Summits
The conference will comprise a series of Global and Knowledge Plenary sessions, and an Elevandi Insights Forum is organised in the format of roundtable sessions.
- Global Plenary sessions will focus on leaders and organisations addressing the core construct of Resilient Business Models.
- Knowledge Plenary sessions will feature breakout sessions on Web3 and Payments; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Banking for Businesses; Insurance & Pensions; International Growth Markets powered by World FinTech Festival; and FinTech Regulation.
- Elevandi Insights Forum will consist of private, deep-dive roundtables which bring the public and private sector together to address challenges faced by the financial sector and drive key actionable outcomes.
Exhibition
SFF will also see the return of a physical exhibition featuring over 500 leading organisations, including global financial institutions, regulators and FinTechs, showcasing the latest innovations and developments in the FinTech space.
The exhibition will include free-to-access Ecosystem Stages for attendees to get up close with the newest technologies, products and launches from industry players. These stages will feature Product Announcements and Product Showcases from exhibitors; a specially curated ESG Impact Zone; country and sector deep-dives in the World FinTech Festival1; and finalists’ showcases from the MAS Global FinTech Hackcelerator2 and Polyfintech100 API Hackathon3.
Other highlights
Debuting at SFF is the Elevandi Global Founders Network, an exclusive global influencer programme that identifies exceptional founders, on an annual basis, who are building sustainable and resilient businesses, with a positive impact on the world. The global founders will be chosen through a nomination process, honoured at the SFF and share their 10-minute insights at the Founders Peak.
Participants can also look forward to the winners’ showcase at the SFF Global FinTech Awards4 and curated networking sessions including a new FinTech Marketeers Meetup and an Investors Summit powered by Elevandi Connects.
Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer, MAS and Chairman of Elevandi Board, said, “As the leading global knowledge platform for FinTech, SFF 2022 will focus on bringing best-in-class experts to share industry insights to build business models that remain viable and resilient amid the crisis. The format this year has been enhanced to add numerous intimate and interactive sessions, to foster deeper discussion between the public and private sector stakeholders. The return of an in-person SFF will energise all stakeholders in the FinTech community to stay strong and purposeful despite the strong headwinds ahead of us.”
Jean-François Quentin, Group Chief Executive Officer of Constellar, said, “We are delighted to bring the global FinTech community together in Singapore, home to world-class events including SFF. The SFF community is a special one, that has continued to connect and collaborate on our hybrid event platforms in the past two years. With live events back in full capacity, the return of SFF in-person will enable personalised and immersive event experiences to catalyse new innovations, strengthen networks and build impactful partnerships.”
SFF 2022 is organised in partnership with Constellar and in collaboration with the Association of Banks in Singapore. Since its inception in 2016, SFF has become the premier platform for the global FinTech community to engage, connect, and collaborate on issues relating to the development of financial services, public policy, and technology.
Last year, SFF featured global leaders such as Ben Horowitz, Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank; Christopher Young, Executive Vice President Business Development, Strategy and Ventures, Microsoft; François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Banque de France; Marc Benioff, Chair, Co-CEO, and Co-Founder, Salesforce; and Dr Marian Croak, Vice President of Engineering, Google.
Last year’s edition brought together 60,000 participants from over 160 countries. Elevandi and Constellar are proud to jointly deliver this year’s SFF. Visit www.fintechfestival.sg to register for SFF 2022 and receive updates.