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Hull Conference 2024

June 27th, 9am
Aura Innovation Centre


Join us this June 27th at the state-of-the-art Aura Innovation Centre at the University of Hull for a half-day conference full of insights from Hull’s emerging FinTech ecosystem!

FinTech North returns to Hull for our second ever event in the region, to showcase the growth of the fledgling ecosystem at buzzing centre for research-driven academic excellence. FinTech North first took to Hull in 2022 for a Forum that delved into the FinTech innovation taking place out of East Yorkshire, and heard from the likes of Barclays, C4DI, CIP and more.

We are excited to make our return and having seen organic growth over the years as an organisation as well as in the sector as a whole, we expect to have a record number of attendees and engagement in the region on the day.

We can’t wait to bring the Northern FinTech community together to explore East Yorkshire’s emerging FinTech, fostering collaboration between academia and industry and its key regional stakeholders.

The Aura Innovation Centre at the University of Hull perfectly sits between academia and innovation, a truly brilliant and collaborative space to highlight the work going on in East Yorkshire. The Centre boasts a diverse range of facilities, including dynamic event space, co-working space, and Inventix, a ‘flexible innovation space where you can try out ideas using cutting edge equipment.’

Some topics to look out for:

– Peer to peer lending

– Skills

– Green finance

– Payments

– Performance of FinTechs

– Engaging with academia

Early-bird tickets are available until the 16th of June for £19.99. General Admission tickets will be available for £39.99.

Check out the agenda below:


Event Schedule


Coffee and networking

Welcome from FinTech North

Joe Roche, General Manager, FinTech North

Welcome from the University of Hull

• Robert Dover, Dean of the Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, the University of Hull

Call to Action: Collaboration and Funding

• Qin Xiao, Co-Director – Centre for Economic and Financial Policy and Accountability, the University of Hull

An Entrepreneurs Story of 12 Years in P2P Lending

• Daniel Rajkumar, CEO, rebuildingsociety.com

Keynote: Peer to peer lending report summary

• Thanos Andrikopoulos, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Finance, the University of Hull

Coffee and Networking Break

Card and Payments Excellence from the East Coast

• Ciaran Savage, Founder & MD, CIP

Ecommerce: Bringing East Yorkshire’s food and tech sectors together

• Phil Benson, Founder, Locio

The Future of Insurance

Aaron Yates, Director of Product Design & Architecture, Rradar

Lunch & Networking

Presentation from Barclays

• Sharon Braithwaite, Eagle Lab Ecosystem Manager AVP Barclays

Enhancing the supply of skills: Bridging between Academia and Industry in East Yorkshire

• Professor Christopher Bovis, Professor of European and Business Law, University of Hull
• Daniel Rajkumar, CEO, rebuildingsociety.com
•. Ian Bolton, Head of Learning Programmes, TechSkills.org
• CHAIR: Ellie Kirkman, PR Consultant, SkyParlour

Open Finance: Challenges and Opportunities for Research and Innovation - a roundtable

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Featured Speakers


Event Location


Hull Conference 2024
Aura Innovation Centre
Bridgehead Business Park, Meadow Road
Kingston Upon Hull
HU13 0GD

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