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14:15 - 15:30 HARNESSING FINTECH FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION:
ENABLING INNOVATION WHILE MITIGATING RISKS
Discuss the role of FinTech and new innovations in the context of financial inclusion, includ-
ing benefits, opportunities, risks and applications being seen around the world. The session
will delve deeper on the specific ways in which Fintech can advance financial inclusion; the
contours of the policy choices and trade-offs; and striking the right balance.
Moderator: Mr Harish Natarajan, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank Group
Panelists:
• Mr Luis Leyva, Regulatory Development Director, Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de
Valores, Mexico
• Mr Aly El Shalakany, President, Middle East Angel Investment Network
• Ms Nadine Chehade, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP
• Mr Vijay Mauree, Programme Coordinator, International Telecommunications Union
15:30 - 15:45 COFFEE BREAK
15:45 - 17:00 GETTING TO ICT AND FINANCIAL REGULATORY COLLABORATION FOR INCLUSIVE DFS:
A GLOBAL SHOWCASE
In an environment where banking and telecom/ICT regulations co-exist, what measures have
countries introduced to ensure cohesion, consistency, and coordination, and avoid overlaps
in terms regulatory issues relating to DFI? Panelists will highlight the respective roles and re-
sponsibilities of the financial and ICT regulators and market players, identify challenges and
opportunities of ICT and financial regulatory collaboration, and discuss how to more effec-
tively build synergies and identify collaborative approaches to address existing challenges,
promote dialogue, and thus enable digital financial inclusion. Findings from the 2016 Global
Dialogue on Digital Financial Inclusion and the recommendations of the ITU Focus Group
Digital Financial Services on this aspect will be shared and compared to highlight recent
developments in FIGI countries and beyond.
Moderator: Dr. Amr Badawi, Professor, University of Cairo
Keynote: Dr. Eun Ju Kim, Chief, IP Department, ITU
Panelists:
• Dr Amr Moussa, Advisor to the Minister of Communications and
Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt
• Mr Yang He, FIGI Project Head, CAICT, China
• Mr Joao Cadete de Matos, Chairman of the Board, ANACOM, Portugal
• Mr Guerguoi Nikolov Popov Karadjov, CEO, FIMPE, Mexico
• Mr Khaled Hegazy, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Etisalat Misr, Egypt
17:00 - 18:00 HACKATHON AWARD CEREMONY
19:00 - 21:00 WELCOME DINNER (SPONSORED BY NTRA)
FIGI Symposium 2019