Decision makers of financial sector met again

  Meeting of Leaders of Banking and Insurance, which consists of XII edition of Warsaw International Banking Summit – Banking Forum and VIII Insurance Forum, took place on 5-6 October 2016 in Warsaw Sheraton Hotel. The conference Meeting of Leaders was organized by MMC Polska. The conference was attended by key representatives of the finance and insurance industry, the central government and major companies providing services and solutions for these sectors. The event brought together 621 participants, who participated in 14 panel discussions, during which there were 98 speakers. The main and common part of Meeting of Leaders of Banking and Insurance was started by a panel about Brexit and its impact on Polish financial sector. Another important issue referred to he tematics of "Morawiecki’s Plan" and economic development of Poland. Prelegents talked, among others, about ways of financing development, the future role of OFE but also about  willingness to invest in Polish economy. During the first day of the XII Warsaw International Banking Summit we talked, among others, about the possibilities of providers‘ cooperation on the financial services market - traditional players with new players as well as the potential and benefits of the use of blockchain. During the first day of the VIII Insurance Forum participants chose the winner in a competition for the best startup insurance company - Skysnap. The last panel on the first day concerned the cyberrisk in insurance and how to define and manage crisis situations and how to protect from cyber threats. The second day of the XII Warsaw International Banking Summit was started by debate about development of e-comm and m-comm as sectors of modern methods of payment. The subject of the next panel focused on Directive PSD2, the digital transformation in banks and the use of approach to the resolution of banks threatened with bankruptcy. During the Insurance Forum we talked about the digital transformation in insurance, about life insurance market and the future of motor insurance. In Meeting of Leaders of Banking and Insurance participated, among others: Mariusz Grendowicz (Chairman of the Advisory Board of Banking Forum), Artur Olech (Chairman of the Advisory Board of Insurance Forum), Joao Bras Jorge (President of the Management Board, Bank Millennium), Sławomir Sikora (President of the Management Board, Bank Citi Handlowy), Andrzej Kopyrski (Vice-President of the Management Board, Bank Pekao), Józef Wancer (Chairman of  the Supervisory Board, Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas), Paweł Świeboda (Deputy Head, European Political Strategy Centre European Commission), Aleksandra Agatowska (Member of the Management Board, PZU Życie SA), Andrea Simoncelli (President of the Management Board, Generali), Michał Gomowski (President of the Management Board, Benefia Ubezpieczenia) oraz Wojciech Kwaśniak (Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego).