Canada – A Global Review

9:00 AM

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance presents lessons and insights from 2018. CCAF is partnered with the CLA to drive world-class innovative lending analysis and policy nationally and globally.

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Tania Ziegler Head of Global Benchmarking Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) Keynote

Event Details

2018 Lenders Summit

Date: Nov 21, 2018 • 7:15am

Location: Toronto, Ontario

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A Voice from the Future

9:20AM

The opening keynote by Mark Ruddock will set the stage for the day. Mark has over 20 years experience building mobile-first, customer focused businesses. Mark was CEO of…

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Mini Keynote by Microsoft on innovative strategies to reduce Customer Acquisition Cost and then sit down to discuss strategies, learnings and successes with Linkedin, Progressa, Lendified and Thinking Capital.

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The Lending Blockchain: Case Studies & Insights

11:00 AM

Going beyond blockchain 101, Plaza Corp, CORL, MortageBlox, SVBS and SwiftSale deep dive into lending use cases. The panel is moderated by Soumak Chatterjee, Blockchain Lead at…

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KEYNOTE & PANEL: The ROI in Lending AI

11:45 AM

Mini Keynote by Google on the "ROI in AI" Panel: Frank Currie, Head of Customer Engineering for Financial Services joins Norm Cappell from Savvyy, Nick Seelert from Senso.AI…

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ROUNDTABLE 1: New Lending Tools & Capital Strategies

1:30 PM

Choose between one of the following topics: ROUNDTABLE A: Tips on Mid-Market Lenders Seeking Capital ROUNDTABLE B: Leveraging Machine Learning and Data to Drive Results

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ROUNDTABLE 2: Legal Deep-Dive

2:00 PM

Choose between one of the following sessions with Ana Badour from McCarthy and Elizabeth Sales from Blakes. Both explore regulation, the changing landscape of the law…

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AWARDS: Innovation Announcements & Award Presentation

2:45 PM

Amar Ahluwalia, VP Partnerships & Capital Markets, OnDeck Capital sets the stage with a mini-keynote on the role of innovation in lending. Sue Britton, head of the…

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KEYNOTE & PANEL: Capturing the Consumer

3:15 PM

Mini Keynote by Snap Chat on innovative strategies to drive engagement via social media. Joe Strolz sits down with principals from PayBright, Paays, Refresh and Borrowell to discuss lessons learned…

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The Great Data Debate

4:00 PM

Incumbent data verses new data: how do we work toward an open data economy? Kirsten Thompson, who was recently appointed by Minister of Finance Bill Morneau to…

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PANEL: Seeking Capital on the Global Stage

4:30 PM

A discussion involving actual war stories on arranging capital for Canadian alternative lenders. Romit Malhotra, board member of the Canadian Lenders Association, moderates a panel of…

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Vice-Chair Insights & Conclusion

5:15 PM

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