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Jinhong is a highly skilled cloud and platform architect, with a strong passion for DevSecOps practice and cloud-native technologies. She holds an MSc. in Software Development and Technology, and is certified as a Kubernetes application developer, administrator, and security specialist. Currently serving as the Chief Cloud Architect & Global Head of Cloud and Container Platform Engineering at Saxo Bank, Jinhong works to bridge the gap between platform and application teams, with a focus on strengthening infrastructure platform offerings, improving the developer experience and maximizing productivity. She is a strong advocate for sustainable and secure ways of developing and managing applications and integrations. Jinhong’s passion for open source technology and community building has led her to become the organizer for the Kubernetes Community Days and Cloud Native Copenhagen groups, where she helps to spread awareness of open source technologies and grow the cloud-native community in Denmark.

Kåre Kjelstrøm has a Master’s degree in Computer Science and +25 years of industry experience working in Denmark, Canada, and the United States as a software engineer and manager. His resume includes work at Uber, Cloud Kitchens, Concordium, and at the consulting company Silverbullet which he co-founded and where he helped digitize the Danish Public Sector for 10 years.

Saira Khan is the Head of Innovation and Partnerships for First Direct Bank(HSBC), was recognised in Innovate Finance ‘Women in FinTech Powerlist 2023 & 2022’. Having led the creation of innovation teams and centres in the United Kingdom, Asia, and the United States, while building and testing data management and open banking through global hackathons, she has developed a unique vision and reputation for being a catalyst for transformation around the world on leading deliveries with commercial impact. She is known as a key connector and championing moves towards a digital-first culture, enabling greater collaboration and connectivity between startups and corporations with proven results. While her passion and advocacy for change sets her apart from her peers in the finance sector, it is her work mentoring and supporting global talent in Africa, Asia, and the United States that drives Saira as she focuses and champions efforts around diversity, inclusion, education, and sustainability.

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.

I had the chance to work in different industries (Retail, Manufacturing, Banking and Insurance mainly), coping with several challenges of complex IT transformation programs as Executive and Advisory. Since 2016 I’m sharing my experience and vision on Cloud Computing, helping Medium and Large Enterprises on their journey. Strongly convinced that IT should enable business, enhancing the potential of the underlying technology stack that must be a commodity.

Originally a Commercial Banker, Helene is an Associate Director with the Centre for Digital Banking and Finance in LIBF, an experienced FinTech Programme Director, exited entrepreneur, educator and author. Her career boasts a number of ‘firsts’, including the creation of the FinTech Scale Colab Programme for Rainmaking, the Inaugural Programme of Education and Events for Innovate Finance, the FinTech on the Entrepreneurship Masters’ for UCL. Board and advisory roles include the Spanish digital identity scale up, Biid, the UK safeguarding RegTech, Kalgera, and the SME payments company, TomatoPay.  Helene was named on the Computer Weekly 100 Women in Tech Award, the Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Power List, and the Fintech Magazine 100 Women in Fintech list. She was also part of the FCA 2020 Data Sprint on SME Lending, and the recipient of the FT/Google Digital Pioneer Award. Her new book ‘Reinventing Banking & Finance: Frameworks to navigate global fintech innovation’ (Kogan) came out in November 2020, and was named the number one banking book for 2021 by Investopedia.