Global Banking Innovation Forum & EXPO

18th Banking Innovation Forum & Expo — 27–28 April 2027, CUBEX Centre Prague, Na Strži 2097/63, 140 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic.

The Banking Innovation Forum & Expo is Uniglobal's annual senior-level banking conference, held in person in Prague each April. The 18th edition runs over two days (27–28 April 2027) and is built around keynote presentations, panel discussions, round-table conversations and pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings with senior prospects and peers.

Programme highlights (2027 agenda): Day 1 covers "What Will Define a Successful Bank in 2030?", the price of personalisation and whether AI can make banking fairer and more profitable, where AI creates real value beyond efficiency, better data for better banking decisions, opportunities with digital money beyond payments, reinventing lending for the digital age, Verification of Payee one year on, next-generation financial crime (unifying fraud, AML and cyber), cyber resilience beyond compliance, identity intelligence for safer digital banking, and leading an AI workforce. Day 2 covers core banking decisions shaping the next decade, tackling bank tech debt from legacy systems to managed modernisation, living with DORA, the ECB's strategic vision for AI oversight, smart AI governance, Europe's innovation-vs-regulation dilemma, reinventing digital investment journeys, transforming digital channels at scale, the next chapter for digital banks, who will own the customer relationship, and "Building the Bank of 2035".

Speakers announced include Jitka Haubová (COO, Komerční banka), Mathias Frey (Erste Digital), Marcin Kotarba (Deutsche Bank), Lukasz Kubicki (European Central Bank), Monika Govender (MONETA Money Bank), Sander Aasna (SEB), Maciej Pliszkiewicz (mBank), Marek Fiala (ČSOB), Sonia Vieira (Engine by Starling), Mari Mõis (Luminor Group), Lukasz Gradowski (Bank Pekao), Vedrana Jelušić Kašić (VÚB), Alexander Paál (SOFTEC), Martin Sládeček (KPMG), Dr. Jassim Al Awadhi (Emirates NBD), Walter Rizzi (BBVA) and Necdet Dikmen (TEB).

Who should attend: directors and managers from banking departments covering innovation, customer experience, business development, fintech partnerships, payments, retail and open banking, digital/mobile/e-banking channels, IT and cyber security, product development, data management and service management, plus CEOs, CIOs/CTOs, CFOs and digital-euro project leads.

Registration: delegate fees range from €1,815 (discounted) to €4,000 (full price / knowledge sponsor); a PDF brochure and the online registration form are published on the official event page.

Series context: the 17th edition was held 21–22 April 2026 in Prague and the 15th on 25–26 April 2024 in Prague — the forum is annual. Organiser: Uniglobal Events, spol. s r. o., Korunni 1300/65, Vinohrady, 120 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic.

Source: the official 18th-edition page (uni-global.eu). The previously stored link pointed at the 15th edition (25–26 April 2024) — corrected here.