NEW YORK CITY
EMPIRE FINTECH CONFERENCE
APRIL 26, 2023
Early-bird Sale Ends...
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WE WATCHED FROM MISSION CONTROL AS FINTECH LEFT EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE IN 2021, ON AN UNCHARTED COURSE WITH ASTRONOMICAL NUMBERS. NOW THAT VALUATIONS HAVE TOUCHED ON SOLID GROUND, WE ARE EXCITED FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND WHAT’S TO COME, BOTH FOR 2023 AND BEYOND.
PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
Kurt Lin
Co-Founder & CEO, Pinwheel
Flori Marquez
Co-Founder & SVP of Operations, BlockFi
Craig J. Lewis
Founder & CEO, Gig Wage
Anabel Pérez
Co-founder & CEO, NovoPayment
Ron Shevlin
Chief Research Officer / Senior Contributor, Cornerstone Advisors / Forbes
Christa Williams-Collett
SVP, Citi Impact Fund
Simon Taylor
Co-founder & Blockchain Practice Lead, 11:FS
Cuy Sheffield
Head Of Crypto, Visa
Tanaya Macheel
Markets And Fintech Reporter, Cnbc
Sheel Mohnot
Founding Partner, Better Tomorrow Ventures
Carmelle Cadet
Founder & CEO, EMTECH
Bo Jiang
Co-founder & CEO, Lithic
TICKETS
This ticket provides access to all aspects of the single-day, Empire FinTech Conference, Apr 26
Early-Stage
FinTech Startup
FinTech Startup
$225
Full-time employee of an Early-stage FinTech startup. Early-stage = Less than $5m in funding, <$500k in annual revenue, and <3yrs old.
A technology product must be your primary business. Service providers do not qualify.
General Admission (Early-bird)
Late stage startups, corporate execs, investors, all service providers, consultants, FinTech enthusiasts, vendors, etc.
More than the startup pass, but hey, still half what the other guys charge.
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$1181.50
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Cancellation & Substitution Policy
**Registration fees are nonrefundable.**
Transfers: Tickets can be transferred to another delegate if we are notified in writing at least 72hrs prior to the event.
Credit towards a future conference: Fees for this event can be applied towards a future Empire Startups FinTech Conference within one year if notified in writing at least 10 days prior to the event.
A PREMIER EVENT OF NY FINTECH WEEK 2023
2023 AGENDA
8:00 am
Registration & Breakfast
8:45 am
Welcome
8:50 am
FIRESIDE CHAT
Trends Stage
9:15 am
Live Gameshow: Family Feud - FinTech Edition
Trends Stage
Who doesn't just love a great episode of Family Feud? This daytime game show in which five members of one family are pitted against five members of another family. Each team's goal is to guess the results of audience survey questions. A player from each team initially faces off, answering the question to earn the chance to either pass or play. The winning family gets a chance to earn extra cash in a bonus round. The only question - who's going to be our Steve Harvey?!
PANEL: Open Banking Rocket Fuel: Rule 1033
Innovation Stage
Some argue the U.S. has made more progress towards open banking than most for 3 reasons: Plaid, Quovo, and Yodlee. But the U.S. is the global leader in FinTech in spite of regulators not because of them. Are we on the cusp of a new horizon, or simply buttoning up what is already in our orbit?
9:55 am
DEMOS: Hot Startups 
Conference demos are hand-selected by a panel of experts and there's no way to apply. They feature the latest technology, often still in the lab, from some of the top late-stage FinTech companies. Best of all.. unlike some conferences, these slots are based on pure merit and cannot be sponsored.
Conference demos are hand-selected by a panel of experts and there's no way to apply. They feature the latest technology, often still in the lab, from some of the top late-stage FinTech companies. Best of all.. unlike some conferences, these slots are based on pure merit and cannot be sponsored.
Trends Stage
MASTERCLASS
Innovation Stage
11:00 am
FIRESIDE CHAT
Trends Stage
MASTERCLASS
Innovation Stage
11:25 am
PANEL: Launch Delayed Indefinitely: Consumer FinTech
Trends Stage
Direct to consumer FinTech vs enterprise or marketplace models have grown out of popularity as of late. Instead of setting our sights on what's trending now, how can we chart our course of success for the next decade? Let’s unpack the state of DTC, and when founders and investors predict the end of B2C winter.
PANEL & LIVE PODCAST: What did the Astronaut VC say to Web3? I just need some space.
Innovation Stage
I dare you to find us a 2022 FinTech prediction blog that didn't include Web3. In a galaxy in which fraud is the top Web3 use-case, what does the future hold as top leaders in the space continue to crash? Houston, do we have a problem?
1:05 pm
DEMOS: Hot Startups Conference demos are hand-selected by a panel of experts and there's no way to apply. They feature the latest technology, often still in the lab, from some of the top late-stage FinTech companies. Best of all.. unlike some conferences, these slots are based on pure merit and cannot be sponsored.
Conference demos are hand-selected by a panel of experts and there's no way to apply. They feature the latest technology, often still in the lab, from some of the top late-stage FinTech companies. Best of all.. unlike some conferences, these slots are based on pure merit and cannot be sponsored.Trends Stage
MASTERCLASS
Innovation Stage
1:50 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT
Trends Stage
MASTERCLASS
Innovation Stage
2:15 pm
PANEL: Your Rocket Booster is Backordered. FinTech's Role in Supply Chain Woes
Trends Stage
There’s only one reason the Suez Canal trends on Twitter, and it’s never a good one. Global supply chain delays continue to affect our day-to-day, leaving everything from MacBooks to pickup trucks on backorder. What role is FinTech playing to bolster these efforts – from payments, to capital, to traceability?
PANEL & LIVE PODCAST: To Infinity & Beyond: Future of Alt Payments
Innovation Stage
Are alt payments keeping up in the digital world, or is mass adoption still lightyears away? It’s hard to map exactly what will strike popularity next, as consumer convenience continues to drive innovation. From QR codes to chrome plugins and digital wallets, what should we be setting our sights on?
3:20 pm
PANEL: VC Views From Space - What We Had Right and Wrong
Trends Stage
Entrepreneurs and investors alike must constantly learn and iterate from their experiences. What does it take to land your North Star? We found a panel of straight-shooting FinTech venture veterans to share what they had right, and for each of those instances, the many things they had wrong. After all, in venture, it’s all about outliers.
4:00 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT
Trends Stage
MASTERCLASS
Innovation Stage
4:25 pm
Closing Remarks
Trends Stage
4:30 pm
Reception - Top FinTech Deserves Top Shelf
2023 SPEAKER SNEAK PREVEW
Stuart Sopp
Founder & CEO, Current
Stephany Kirkpatrick
Founder & CEO, Orum
Mo Shaikh
Co-founder & CEO, Aptos
Meg Nakamura
Co-founder & CEO, Apto Payments
João-Pierre Ruth
Senior Writer, InformationWeek
Nami Baral
Founder & CEO, Niural
Trisha Kothari
Co-founder & CEO, Unit21
Ron Shevlin
Chief Research Officer, Cornerstone Advisors
Emily Man
Investor, Redpoint
Asia Martin
Finance Reporter, Insider
Miguel Armaza
Co-founder & GP, Gilgamesh Ventures
Fabricio Pezente
Co-founder & CEO, Traive
2023 WINNER TBA
AGETECH PITCH DAY
Rohit Mittal
SVP, Lending, JG Wentworth
Sophia Goldberg
Co-Founder & CEO, Ansa
Sheel Mohnot
Founding Partner, Better Tomorrow Ventures
Jason Mikula
Publisher, Fintech Business Weekly
Soups Ranjan
Founder & CEO, Sardine
Jill Malandrino
Global Markets Reporter, Nasdaq
Stephanie Choo
Partner, Portage
Brian Luciani
Head of Rise New York, Barclays
Natasha Vernier
Co-founder & CEO, Cable
Nicole Casperson
Founder, Fintech Is Femme
