MoneyConf
| MoneyConf | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Fintech |
| Venue | RDS, Dublin |
| Location(s) | Dublin, Ireland |
| Country | Ireland |
| Inaugurated | 2015 (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Founders | Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey |
| Attendance | 2,000 (2017) |
| Organized by | Web Summit |
| Website | https://www.moneyconf.com |
MoneyConf is an invite-only fintech conference held annually since 2015. The conference is organised by Web Summit, which was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey. The topic of the conference is centered on fintech and attendees range from global banks to smaller tech companies. This contains a mix of CEOs and founders of tech start ups together with a range of people from across the global financial industry.
Collision is part of Web Summit's global portfolio of events including f.ounders,[1] Web Summit in Lisbon,[2] RISE in Hong Kong,[3] SURGE in India,[4] and Collision in New Orleans.[5]
For its inaugural year, the event was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The following two years MoneyConf was held in Madrid, Spain and in June 2017, Paddy Cosgrave, Web Summit co-founder and CEO, announced that MoneyConf would be held in Web Summit's hometown, Dublin, Ireland from 2018.[6]
2017[edit]
The 2017 iteration of MoneyConf took place from June 6–7 in La N@ve in Madrid, Spain. 1,868 people from 69 countries attended the event in addition to 70 startups.[7]
Over 100 speakers spoke at the event including important figures from global banks, such as BBVA group executive chairman Francisco González, ING Group chief innovation officer Ignacio Juliá Vilar, and Western Union chief technical officer David Thompson, and leading fintech minds, such as Kabbage co-founder, president and COO Kathryn Petralia, TransferWise co-founder and CEO Taavet Hinrikus, and Blockchain co-founder and CEO Peter Smith.
2016[edit]
MoneyConf 2016 was held in La N@ve in Madrid, Spain from June 21–22. 1,855 attendees from 62 countries and 63 startups were present for the two-day event.[8]
Notable speakers include BBVA CEO Carlos Torres, Lloyds Bank director of innovation Claire Calmejane, Atom Bank CEO Mark Mullen, Sberbank COO and first deputy CEO Lev Khasis, Mastercard president Ann Cairns, and NASDAQ CEO Bob Greifeld.
2015[edit]
MoneyConf's first session took place from June 15–16 in T13, in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Over 1,200 people from almost 50 countries were in attendance at the fintech conference.[9]
Stripe co-founder and president John Collison, Keiser Report presenter and economist Max Keiser, Visa Europe CEO Nicolas Huss, and Admiral Group managing director and head of new products Claire-Anne Coriat were just some of the speakers at the event.
MoneyConf at other Web Summit conferences[edit]
MoneyConf is also a track (or conference) within Web Summit itself and RISE in Hong Kong.
References[edit]
- ↑ Rooney, Ben (2011-10-28). "Dublin Hosts World's Technology Elite". WSJ. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ↑ Temperton, James. "Web Summit ditches Dublin for Lisbon". WIRED UK. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ↑ Giancotti, James. "How RISE Is Building A Cult Like Status In Hong Kong". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ↑ "Surge 2016 - Bangalore: where the tech world meets in a big, big way". CatchNews.com. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ↑ "Collision tech summit is moving to New Orleans". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ↑ "Paddy Cosgrave moving MoneyConf to Dublin". RTE.ie. 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ↑ "The Facts and the Figures Behind Fintech's Meeting Place - MONEYCONF | DUBLIN 2018". MONEYCONF | DUBLIN 2018. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ↑ "Adding up MoneyConf: The figures you haven't heard yet". MONEYCONF | DUBLIN 2018. 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ↑ "A Look At MoneyConf 2015 - MONEYCONF | DUBLIN 2018". MONEYCONF | DUBLIN 2018. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
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