GLOBAL DISCUSSIONS, DIVERSE SPEAKERS

Event Schedule

DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24

Breakfast Reception Registration and Check-In
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Opening General Session
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
“Bridgetown Market” Lunch Reception
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Deep Dive #1 Banking Revolution

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Deep Dive #2 Payments Innovation

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Deep Dive #3 Artificial Intelligence

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Afternoon Break

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Sponsored

Meetup #1

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Sponsored

Meetup #2

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Deep Dive #4

Open Finance

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Deep Dive #5

Modernizing

Central Banking

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Deep Dive #6 WEALTH BUILDING

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Night at Ilaro Court The Official Residence of the Prime Minister of Barbados

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Shuttle Buses to Ilaro Court

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Shuttle Buses to Sam Lord’s

9:30 PM – 10:30 PM

DAY 2 - THURSDAY, JANUARY 25

Breakfast Reception Registration and Check-In

7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Morning General Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Morning Break

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Sponsored

Meetup #3

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Sponsored

Meetup #4

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Deep Dive #7 DIGITAL ASSETS & WEB3

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Deep Dive #8
Future of
Commerce

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Deep Dive #9
Climate Fintech

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Grab-N-Go-Lunch

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Shuttle Buses to Tech Tours

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Island Tech

Tour 1

2:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Island Tech

Tour 2

2:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Island Tech

Tour 3

2:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Shuttle buses to Sam Lord’s

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Sunset Cocktails at Sam Lord’s Castle

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

VIP Reception (invite-only)
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

DAY 3 - FRIDAY,
JANUARY 26

Breakfast Reception Registration and Check-In

7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Closing General Session – Part 1, including Startup Pitch Finals

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Morning Break

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Sponsored

Meetup #5

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Sponsored

Meetup #6

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Closing General Session – Part 2, including Startup Pitch Finals

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Shuttle Buses to Catamaran Cruise

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Sunset Catamaran Cruise (optional add-on)
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Shuttle Buses to Sam Lord’s

7:00 PM – 7:30 PM

FIX 2024

DEEP DIVE CONTENT TRACKS!

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

From ChatGPT to robo advice, how is artificial intelligence transforming financial services? And what are the ethical issues we are facing in this AI revolution?

BUILDING TRUST

Building trust is essential for financial services providers. What are the biggest threats? How can fintechs, regulators, and law enforcement mitigate bad actors while allowing financial innovation to thrive?

BANKING (R)EVOLUTION

A new wave of mobile-first banking solutions are providing innovative ways for the previously unbanked or underbanked consumers to access financial services. What’s next for the evolution – or revolution – in banking?

CLIMATE FINTECH

Green Money, Blue Planet: How can fintech powered solutions help protect our fragile planet and provide for those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change?

DIGITAL IDENTITY

Digital identity is foundational to access and trust in the digital financial economy. How do we protect people’s privacy and security while enabling them to access the financial services they need?

FUTURE OF COMMERCE

From the smallest main street storefronts to gig economy marketplaces to global e-commerce giants, how are fintech solutions powering the future of where, when and how people shop?

MODERNIZING CENTRAL BANKING

Central banks around the world are responding to new technologies and increased adoption of digital payments. What are the opportunities for increased financial efficiency and inclusion? Are CBDCs the future of money?

OPEN FINANCE

Banking’s complex and siloed legacy infrastructure hinders innovation but we’re on the cusp of a new horizon where financial data is securely and reliably shared. What is the promise – and what are the perils – of open banking?

PAYMENTS INNOVATION

Powered by cryptocurrency, mobility, social networks and new real-time solutions, the next chapter for digital payments will transform business and change lives.