Call for Speakers
Thank you for your interest to become a speaker at the Digital Finance World (DFW) 2018. As a speaker, you play a vital role in the educational, innovational and communicational objectives for the conference. We appreciate your commitment of time and expertise to make DFW 2018 a successful event. Please bookmark the conference homepage and refer to this page to get updates, and also subscribe to the KuppingerCole Twitter Channel.
Digital Finance World 2018 Agenda and Session Formats
Key Topics
DFW (Digital Finance World, Frankfurt, February 28 – March 01, 2018) is the place for finance innovators from traditional players to meet with Fintechs and Start-ups to shape the Future. Here you can interact with a targeted and engaged financial audience, enjoy an unparalleled content depth, and get guidance for critical decisions on the digital transformation of your enterprise.
DFW 2018 Agenda Track Themes:
- Personal Finance Innovation: Better serving the mobile-first customer
- Identity, Privacy, Trust: Where and how blockchain technology really makes sense
- CX – Customer Experience: How to create a world class experience for your connected custome
- PSD2, Open Platforms and delivery models
- Technology: Strong Authentication, API-Security, Customer Identity (CIAM)
Agenda Format
DFW 2018 will consist of 2 parallel session streams and one stream reserved for short track startup presentations. The 2 main session streams are organized into blocks of 1 hour each. Such a block contains up to 3 agenda items ("slots") with similar topics and is guided by 2 moderators. A slot can be an individual presentation, an interview or a panel discussion with up to 5 panelists. Also, are a few 20-minute keynote sessions available through this call.
Share Your Experience. Share Your Thoughts
DFW's concept offers a great choice of in-depth educational offerings. Within this call, you can propose:
- a panel discussion
- an interactive, workshop-type session
- a single presentation
- a keynote
IMPORTANT: If your company is providing solutions and/or services in markets, which are covered by the topics of this conference, then we will consider your proposals through this call only for panel discussions, not for single presentations.
Click here to submit your proposal
Speaker Key Dates |
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| October 10th, 2017 | 1st wave of speaker notifications sent |
| October 20th, 2017 | Draft Agenda published |
| December 15th, 2017 | Call for speakers is closed |
| December 29th, 2017 | Final speaker notifications sent |
| February 1st, 2018 | Final Presentations begin to be transmitted |
| February 14th, 2018 | Final Presentations deadline |
| February 28th, 2018 | DFW 2018 begins |
Speaker Entitlements
In exchange for your contribution, speakers who are selected to deliver a conference session will receive a complimentary conference registration. All speakers get such a complimentary pass. We do not distinct between vendors and users. As a speaker, you do not need to register. If receiving a speaker notification, you will be automatically registered for the whole conference and your conference badge will be available at the checkin desk of the conference.
Speakers must deliver their session at the conference to be eligible for the complimentary registration. This complimentary registration is given to the speaker and not aligned with the session. It covers the whole conference, including all workshops and all pre- and post-conference sessions.
If your organization does not allow you to accept a complimentary pass that the Conference Host may provide, please inform booking@kuppingercole.com
Speaker Preparation Materials
As a confirmed DFW 2018 speaker, you will be added to our speakers mailing list and receive all information you need to prepare and attend through email.
Submitting your Presentation
Final presentations are to be submitted in PDF format and will be made available for conference attendees via download. If you don´t want your presentation to be generally available to attendees, you will have an option to restrict it from download when you submit the presentation for review.
Venue, Hotels, Travel Assistance
We try to help wherever we can, but our resources are limited... Please get in touch with our team if you have difficulty finding a hotel etc. Information on the conference venue and available hotels can be found here.