#CFS2025 Agenda

SCHEDULE DETAILS Agenda of Event

9:00 - 10:00

Welcome Coffee, Registrations, Networking

10:00 - 10:05

Opening Speech by the CEOs of XValley Technologies & novusalpha (Organizers)

Andreas Livadiotis

Andreas Orphanos

10:05 - 10:10

Opening Remarks by the Deputy British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus

Adam Sambrook

10:10 - 10:30

Keynote Presentation - The Changing Fintech and Payments Landscape: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities

Panagiotis Kriaris

10:30 - 10:40

Keynote Presentation - Inside the Fast Lane: How Professional Racing Drivers Build, Manage, and Activate Global Brand Partnerships On and Off the Track

Robin Rogalski

10:40 - 10:50

Keynote Presentation - CYPRUS: A Regional Hub for Fintech and Innovation Excellence.

Theodoros Loukaidis

10:50 -11:00

Keynote Presentation - Fuel innovation with Generative AI on AWS

How AWS is powering financial institutions to adopt increasingly complex use cases for generative AI, leveraging agentic workflows and integrating generative AI into customer-facing applications.

Thanasis Patsakas

11:00 - 12:00

Panel 1: AI and the Trust Economy: The Future of Fintech Marketing.

Ron Gilo - Moderator

Garen Meserlian

Andys Said

12:00 - 12:30

Panel 2: AI at Market Speed: How Boltzmann Research Uses AWS to Predict the Future of Finance

This panel brings together Boltzmann Research, Parsectix, and AWS to explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping quantitative finance. From day one, Boltzmann built its platform entirely on AWS, leveraging the cloud’s GPU-powered infrastructure, AI and ML services, and low-latency global network to run predictive models close to major stock exchanges, where every millisecond counts. As an AWS Advanced Tier Partner, Parsectix has been the trusted enabler behind this journey, designing and optimizing the architecture that empowers Boltzmann to transform massive datasets into real-time market intelligence and a competitive edge in financial innovation.

Pavlos Kleanthous

Thanasis Patsakas

Chariton Christou

Anna Gurina - Moderator

12:30 - 12:45

Keynote Presentation - Secure your Fintech organization at every layer with an adaptive cloud approach

How can you build and scale securely in an industry where data protection, regulatory compliance and reputation are so critical? Explore successful cloud and security strategies utilizing AI-powered tools by award-winning vendors.

Kyriacos Aristodemou

12:45 - 14:00

Break for Networking & Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Panel 3: Europe’s Fintech Landscape in 2025: Regulatory Pulse & Innovation Trajectory

Explore the evolving regulatory frameworks shaping the European fintech scene, including MiCA, PSD3, and AI regulations. How can Cyprus position itself as a compliant yet agile hub? 

Katerina Malioti - Moderator

Nassos Paltayian

Nikolas Xenofontos

Antonia Michail

Andreas Roussos

George Agathangelou

15:00 - 16:00

Panel 4: Fintech Meets AI: Disruption or Evolution?

AI is not just a tool—it’s reshaping financial services. From underwriting to fraud detection to robo-advisors, where does the synergy between fintech and AI lead? 

Samee Zafar

Marios Anastasiou

Sherine Kabesh

Dimitris Litsikakis

Monica Ioannidou Polemitis

Marina Shartdinova - Moderator

9:15 - 10:15

Welcome Coffee, Registrations, Networking

10:15 - 10:30

Keynote Presentation - The Future of Digital Assets Under MiCA: From Regulation to Innovation

Andreas Mathikolonis

10:30 - 11:30

Panel 5: Embedded Finance & Open Banking: The Next Phase of Financial Integration

After a turbulent funding winter, VCs are cautiously returning to fintech. This panel explores funding trends, investor sentiment, and what startups must do to stand out in 2025.

Anna Maj

Theodosis Mourouzis

Isidoros Mezopoulos

Chrysovalantis Koutsoumpos

Maria Stylianou - Moderator

Yiannis Menelaou

11:30 - 12:30

Panel 6: Marketing Copywriting AI or Not? 

Alexis Lontos Leonidou

Céline Khattar

Alex Rohloff

Helen Astaniou

Elena Panagiotou - Moderator

Raluca-Ioana Man

12:30-13:00

Fire Chat: AI and the Future We Are Building

Monica Ioannidou Polemitis

Andreas Livadiotis - Moderator

13:00 - 14:00

Break for Networking & Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Panel 7: Digital Assets, DeFi, and the Institutional On-Ramp

Digital assets are transitioning from speculation to structured finance. Institutions are testing the waters in tokenization, custody, and DeFi integrations.

Daniel Elsawey

David Kimberley

Stanislav Galandzovskyi

Andrey Kostyuk

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