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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)




















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