
Early Confirmed Speakers
Meet the diverse lineup of speakers who are leaders, innovators, and disruptors in the payments industry. Gain insights from their expertise and be inspired by their vision for the future.


Saif Malik


Divya Bhardwaj


Frank Jan Risseeuw


Joshua Ting


Laurens Schretlen


Jeroen Kok


Ngan Nguyen


Dmitry Olerinskiy


Simone Löfgen


Kilian Thalhammer


Alexandre Stervinou


Bart Gijde

Ville Sointu
Ville Sointu is the Chief Strategist for digital currencies at Nordea Bank. With a career spanning since 2002 in fintech, Ville has held pivotal roles globally, innovating in financial services and connected devices. His expertise is recognized in influential circles, including the European Central Bank’s former Digital Euro Market Advisory Group, the board of Mobey Forum and the advisory board of GSMA’s Inclusive Tech Lab. Ville has also contributed to a number of key industry and policy organizations like the EBF, OECD and EBA and in his free time enjoys co-hosting the ‘Fintech Daydreaming’ podcast, sharing his insights into fintech’s evolving landscape.


Andreas Zodhiates


Arjan Bol


Hetal Popat


Nadine Kari


Ben Ashwell


William Olgiati


Malik Zeeshan Akram


Julian Martin Capote


Mithun Dig


Tobias Tenner


Hanui Ye


Isabelle Bouille


Stephen Ratcliffe


David Kershaw


James Harwood


Simone Poon


Ekaterina Kozhevatova


Andrzej Ochocki


Baard Slaattelid

Vinita Ramtri


Jit Ng


Anurag Chitlangia


Michael Knetsch


Jens Holeczek


Romain Berthome


Koen Vierendeels


Mindaugas Kutkaitis


Floor Meeuwis


Dan Maggs


Joris Dekker


Jonathan Leslie


Olivier Jolyon


Frenkel Tel

Bono Van Nijnatten

Annet Steenbergen
Bio Annet Steenbergen After many years working in international border management Annet co-founded/co-initiated the Aruba Happy Flow project in 2013 that created the world’s first seamless passenger facilitation uniting the public and private stakeholder at the airport in one identity management system using a single biometric token. Ever since digital Identity and innovation for the travel eco-system have been at the centre of her work. She is currently a consultant for the travel and tourism industry and works on projects with focus on implementing digital identity and digital travel credentials to create true Seamless Travel while preserving data privacy and data protection. She is a participant in the EU Digital Identity Wallet Consortium. Annet has been actively involved in IATA OneID working groups and task forces and in 2020 she was awarded the Women in Biometrics Award. She is also often asked as a public speaker and moderator.

