AGENDA

9 March 2023
8:30 - 9:45​Registration and Networking 
9:45 - 10:00Welcome & Opening Session
Samer Naguib, Country Manager, SAS
Abed Hamandi, Senior Director, Professional Services, South East Europe, Middle East and Africa, SAS
10:00 - 10:30Banking in 2035: Three possible Futures "Results of The Economist Global survey"
This session will share important insights of the in-dept global survey from Economist Impact on  how leaders view the trends that will increasingly reshape banking.
Katherine Stewart, Principal & Team Lead - Policy & Insights- Economist Impact
10:30 - 11:15Data Driven Real Time Decisions & Future-Fit Data Governance: Strategies for Success
Casper Pedersen, Head of Technology Partners EMEA, SAS
11:15 - 11:50Showcase Session - Pioneers in action    
Banking’s future in a digital economy demands better insights. In this session,  Financial Institutions  which are ahead of their game in embracing AI will showcase their digital journey
Manolis Syllignakis - Head of Analytics Center of Excellence, National Bank of Greece
VP IT, Emirates NBD (speaker TBD)
11:50 - 12:20Coffee Break​
12:30 - 13:00Executive Panel Discussion: Banking in times of uncertainty - navigating difficult macroeconomic conditions while making the optimum data-driven outcomes
Katherine Stewart, Head of Policies, The Economist (Panel Moderator)
Mohamed Afifi, Chief Compliance Officer, Banque Misr
Emad Shawky, Chief Digital Officer, Banque Misr
Karim Tawfik, CO-Founder and CTO, Sympl
Casper Pedersen, Head of Technology Partners EMEA, SAS
13:00 - 13:45Parallel sessions - Vision, Trends & Customers
Fraud & AMLManaging Fraud in a Digital World 
Over recent years, many financial institutions have accelerated digital transformation programs. Customers have moved their financial to digital – applying for the loan via online channels or buying goods online. Criminals focused to digital channels as well and there is a significant rise of fraud there, learn how SAS technology and advanced analytics can help to fight fraud.
Grozdana Maric, Head of Fraud & Security Intelligence  (EMEAP), SAS
Risk ManagementEmerging areas in Risk Management for Egypt and SAS experience from international banks 
Integrated stress testing and recovery plans & ESG reporting and climate stress tests & Unified risk modelling & decisioning
Peter Magdy, Chief Risk Officer, Tanmeyah
Gamal Hassan, Credit Scoring and Analytics Senior Manager, The Egyptian Credit Bureau i-Score
Yogesh Pathak, Head of Risk Practice - Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and Central Asia, SAS
Ahmet Cenk, Senior Risk Business Solution Manager, SAS
Analytics & CI Banking Use Cases and Trends on Ai and Analytics enabled CXP
Badshah Mukherjee, AI & Analytics practice, SAS
13:45Closing Note and Lunch