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Where is it?

Doltone House, Darling Island Pyrmont, Sydney NSW 2000. About 15 minutes walk from the CBD. Right opposite Star Casino.


#ACCELERATERegTech 2019 is the much anticipated 2nd annual RegTech Association eco-system event. It will bring together 300 regulators, regulated entities, RegTechs, government,  technology firms, allied associations,  professional services together to examine the greatest regulatory and compliance challenges all under one roof at Sydney's waterfront, Doltone House, Darling Island, Pyrmont, a 15 minute walk from the CBD.


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Five reasons why you should attend

We are run by the industry association for the industry on a NFP basis. We are investing in the prosperity of our future by encouraging ongoing collaboration and accelerating RegTech adoption. Your investment is making a difference.

Our track record. In 2018 our inaugural event achieved a Net Promoter Score of 56 and a highly satisfied ranking from delegates. These results are off the scale!

We will have relevant and provoking content/speakers that will be focussed on opportunities, new insights, showcasing capabilities and networking.

The eco-system all under one roof, conducive to networking in a waterfront Sydney location for a focussed 2 days.

For a limited time we are offering members one complimentary place at the event and a generous discount on further tickets.

Testimonials

“Exhibiting at the #ACCELERATERegTech2018 conference was the best decision we made this year. The event was exceptional, well organised and perfectly executed. With industry leaders and potential clients in the same room it was clear that we have a fantastic RegTech industry in Australia.”

Exhibitor and member of the RegTech Association.

“A triumph.”

DELEGATE

“Real discussions to solve real problems.”

DELEGATE

“Sharing best practice and knowledge.”

DELEGATE

“The RegTech Association has been a real boon for the industry to get collaboration, dialogue & conversation going.”

DELEGATE

Sponsorship opportunities

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Our event MCs



Ali Moore
journalist & broadcaster

Ali Moore has more than 25 years experience as a journlist and broadcaster, working for the ABC, Australia's Nine Network and for the BBC's global news network, based in Singapore. She has covered major news and current affairs events across the region reporting from Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and China.

Ali has interviewed key decision makers from a range of companies, industries and political theatres. Her previous roles include ABC China Correspondent, host of Australia's Lateline, anchor of some of Australia's key business news programs (Business Sunday, Lateline Business). She is now a freelance broadcaster and journalist and a Vice Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Melbourne.



chris connor
EXECUTIVE MANAGER - EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA

Chris leads the experiementation portfolio for emerging technologies within the Commonwealth Bank. His primary role is to coordinate the efforts that identify potential technologies that could be applied within the CBA context.

Chris works across a diverse ecosystem of stakeholders including other financial instututions, strategic technical partners, academia, government, consulting firms as well as the global startup community.


     EVENT SPEAKERS & PROGRAM LEADS


Alina bain
CEO
Export council of australia


julian fenwick
managing director
grc solutions


Lisa Schutz
CEO & FOUNDER
verifier



Deborah Young
CEO 
The Regtech association



Paul franks
director financial services
sas institute

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PAUL WENCK
CHECKBOX.AI

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BRIAN CLARK
CEO & FOUNDER
ASCENT TECHNOLOGIES 

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RICHARD WEBB
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
CATALIIZE

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RICHARD KOH
HEAD OF SALES
SILENT EIGHT

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LISA DOBBIN
LEADER FINANCIAL CRIME PRACTICE
DELOITTE

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BRUCE COOPER
GENERAL MANAGER
CONSUMER DATA RIGHT BRANCH
ACCC

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RANJIT SINGH
INTERNATIONAL REGULATOR
& EMERGING MARKETS SPECIALIST


SAMANTHA CLARKE
CEO
ADVICE REGTECH

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BARBARA SHARP
CEO
PAX REPUBLIC

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SHAUN MATHIESON
DIRECTOR
QUANTEXA

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GRANT AUGUSTIN
MANAGING DIRECTOR
SISS DATA SERVICES

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DERMOT MCCANN
HEAD OF ASIA PACIFIC
PRIVITI GROUP

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ALEZEIA BROWN
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER
CSIRO DATA 61

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SAMANTHA CARROLL
DIRECTOR COMPLIANCE, GOVERNANCE & REGULATORY
ASH STREET

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MICHELLE EAST
CEO
CERTAINTY COMPLIANCE

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QING LIU
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR APAC
BUREAU VAN DIJK

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ERIC FROST
CEO
SIMPLE KYC

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ANTHONY QUINN
CEO
ARCTIC INTELLIGENCE

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PROFESSOR ROSS BUCKLEY
KPMG LAW - KWM PROFESSOR OF DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION

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PAUL NEWLAND
NETWORK CAPITAL ECONOMICS

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BEN TABELL
CIO & HEAD OF INNOVATION
HSBC BANK AUSTRALIA

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BEN HOBBY
CEO
ITREE

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KATE COOPER
HEAD OF INNOVATION
WESTPAC GROUP

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BRUCE WREN
CEO
WORDFLOW

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JOANNE SMITH
CEO & FOUNDER
RECORDSURE

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DAVID MCCREDIE
CEO
AUSTRALIAN BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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MARCEL SALAS
CEO
AUSTRALIAN LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL
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EMILY RICH
MANAGING DIRECTOR
MICROSOFT STARTUPS

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RICHARD ATKINSON
HEAD OF SEGMENTS
iLLION

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NICOLA
COSTELLO
PARTNER EMERGING TECHNOLOGY ASSURANCE
PWC
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DUNCAN TAYLOR
DIRECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES
MICROSOFT

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CUIHUA CARTWRIGHT
SENIOR INNOVATION ADVISOR
ASIC
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KATIE HEATHCOTE
SENIOR ADVISOR
AUSTRADE
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JAMES LAI
CEO & FOUNDER
MEETIG8
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SUPUN KING JAYAWARDANA
HEAD OF INNOVATION LAB
CBA

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NICK ARMSTRONG
CEO
IDENTITII

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MICHELLE MILTS
MANAGER AML COMPLIANCE
SUNCORP

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SARAH BEATTIE
REGTECH MANAGER
AUSTRAC

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LEICA ISON
CEO
SKYJED

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JAMES FARRELL
FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY SPECIALIST
MICROSOFT

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EMILY CHEN
PRODUCT EXECUTIVE
WEALTH MANAGEMENT
IRESS

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LUKE BUNBURY
DEPUTY CEO
VOLTBANK

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CHRIS LIEBERT
ENTERPRISE PUBLIC SECTOR
& SME
MICROSOFT

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CHARLIE DOWSETT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LIQUOR & GAMING NSW
NSW DEPT OF INDUSTRY

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KATRINA ELLIS
GENERAL MANAGER
DATA TRANSFORMATION
APRA


ZOE WILLIS
PARTNER
KPMG

ALEX SCANDURRA
CEO
STONE & CHALK

Draft Program


6 March 8.00am-7.00pm

Time

 7 March 8.00am-5.00pm

Time
MC: Ali Moore 
Welcome & acknowledgement to country
Microsoft address and welcome
Emily Rich, Microsoft		  9.00


 MC: Chris Connor, CBA 
Welcome		  9.30
The RegTech (R) Evolution. Past Present Future.
Richard Webb, Cataliize		  9.10 Transformative impact of data
Moderated by Chris Connor, CBA
Qing Liu, Bureau van Dijk
Paul Newland, Network Capital Economics		 9.32 

RegTech Thought Leader panel
Moderated by Ali Moore
Lisa Dobbin, Deloitte
Paul Franks, SAS Institute
Luke Bunbury, Volt Bank

MORNING TEA

 9.40




10.25

Swimming between the flags - delivering a great
consumer experience
Moderated by Chris Connor, CBA
Lisa Schutz, Verifier
 Grant Augustin, SISS
Dermot McCann, Priviti
Bruce Cooper, ACCC

 10.00

Welcome by the RTA Chair
Hurdles to Banking Innovation
Moderated by Julian Fenwick, GRC Solutions
Eric Frost, Simple KYC
Kate Cooper, Westpac Group
Nicola Costello, PwC
James Farell, Microsoft

10.55  Innovating the Innovators: Who's doing it differently?
Moderated by Chris Connor, CBA
Leica Ison, Skyjed
Bruce Wren, Word Flow
Nick Armstrong, Identitii		  11.15
From the RegTech coalface
Moderated by Ali Moore
Brian Clark, Ascent Technologies
Supun King Jayawardana, CBA		 11.45 

The RegTech Founder journey
Moderated by Chris Connor
Samantha Clarke, Advice RegTech
Joanne Smith, Record Sure
Barbara Sharp, Pax Republic
Lisa Schutz, Verifier


  11.45
RC and the RegTech Leap
Moderated by Ali Moore
Barbara Sharp, Pax Republic
Samantha Clarke, Advice RegTech
Samantha Carroll, Ash Street
Emily Chen, IRESS		  13.30 Export markets for RegTech
Moderated by James Lai
Alina Bain, Export Council of Australia
Katie Heathcote, AUSTRADE
David McCredie, Australian British Business Chamber
Marcelo Salas, Australian Latin-American Business Council		  13.15
Regulatory panel
Moderated by Ali Moore
Ranjit Ajit Singh, International Regulator
Cuihua Cartwright, ASIC
Sarah Beattie, AUSTRAC
Katrina Ellis, APRA		  14.15

Government as a buyer of RegTech -
How to approach

Moderated by Qing Liu, Bureau van Dijk
Ben Hobby, Itree
Charlie Dowsett, NSW Department of Industry
Chris Liebert, Microsoft


 14.00

The Future of Tech & Regulation
Moderated by Professor Ross Buckley, UNSW

Richard Atkinson, illion

  15.30 #ACCELERATER PitchFest 2019
Pitch Master Paul Wenck, Checkbox.ai
Special guest speaker:
Richard Koh, Silent Eight		  15.00
RegTech proof of value
Moderated by Alezeia Brown, Data61

Shaun Mathieson, Quantexa
Ben Tabell, HSBC
 Anthony Quinn, Arctic Intelligence
Michelle Milts, Suncorp

 16.00  Judging Panel

Alex Scandurra, Stone & Chalk
Sophie Guilder, CBA
Michelle Deaker, One Ventures
Simon Franklin, Dequity
Natalia Nikolova, UTS Business School
Emmy Singh, Microsoft

  

#RegTech Reflections Day 1 

Zoe Willis, KPMG

RegTech Awards

MC by Deborah Young, The RegTech Association
Duncan Taylor, Microsoft

 
 Networking drinks
 Close

 16.45


17.00




17.30
19.30

Final remarks

Close

 16.30

 16.45

     INDUSTRY AWARDS



Shaun Mathieson
Quantexa


Chris Connor
Commonwealth Bank of Australia



Joint winners

Leica Ison, Skyjed
Bruce Wren, Wordflow

REGTECH
OF THE YEAR 2019

REGULATED ENTITY
OF THE YEAR 2019

#AccelerateR AWARD
BEST PITCH 2019

Be recognised as a leader in RegTech innovation and impact

Be recognised as a leader in adopting RegTech with impact

Be recognised as having the best RegTech startup pitch

The RegTech Association’s mission is to be a global centre for excellence in RegTech. One of the ways that we can achieve that is to showcase great RegTech solutions across a range of our activities. Awarding a RegTech of the Year award will highlight those firms who have had greatest impact to date. The winner will be announced on the 6th March at the #ACCELERATERegTech 2019 conference in Sydney.

As a for industry by industry initiative, the award will be judged by an expert panel made up of expert practitioners with deep understanding of tech and business.

You may use your own words in your submission. Remember, this is about impact you are having not just about revenue or profitability.

You will be asked three questions and given opportunity to present a 500-word submission and an optional 1 minute video.

Good luck!

Please read the terms and conditions of entry



The RegTech Association’s mission is to be a global centre for excellence in RegTech and to accelerate adoption. One of the ways that we can achieve these goals is to recognise entities who are engaging, collaborating, facilitating active trials, pilots and POCs and adopting RegTech solutions.

The RTA’s for industry, by industry approach means that the more we can collaborate, share best practice and showcase those that are leading, we will overall make this a strong RegTech eco-system.

Finalists will be announced on Wednesday 20 February 2019, and the winner announced on the 6th March at the #ACCELERATERegTech 2019 conference in Sydney. As a for industry by industry initiative, the award will be judged by an expert panel made up of expert practitioners with deep understanding of tech and business.

You may use your own words in your submission. Remember, the judges are looking for the organisation that is having the greatest impact.

You will be asked three questions and given opportunity to present a 500 word submission and an optional 1 minute video.

Good luck!

Please read the terms and conditions of entry



The RegTech Association’s mission is to be a global centre for excellence in RegTech and to accelerate adoption. One of the ways that we can achieve these goals is to support startups in their journey. Pitching is an important part of the process. Presenting your value proposition with clarity and under time pressure to potential customers and investors is critical.

By pitching to our expert panel, you will have the opportunity to test your pitch to a group of individuals who collectively have seen thousands of pitches over their careers. By reaching the final you can use the special logo as a badge of honour in your marketing. 


Winners are grinners! Martin from Silent Eight after winning #ACCELERATER2018.

Finalists will be announced in week commencing 20 February 2019, with the finalists pitching at the live event in Sydney on 7th March 2019 in the late afternoon. You must be available to pitch face to face if selected as a finalist.

Good luck!

Please read the terms and conditions of entry





      
      JUDGING PANEL REGTECH OF THE YEAR & REGULATED ENTITY OF THE YEAR



ANDREW DAVIS
CORPORATE INNOVATION CONSULTANT & ADVISOR 

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DUNCAN TAYLOR
DIRECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES
MICROSOFT

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MARIA MACNAMARA
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SPARK FESTIVAL

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      JUDGING PANEL #ACCELERATER OF THE YEAR: BEST PITCH

    JUDGING PANEL #ACCELERATER OF THE YEAR: BEST PITCH


DR. MICHELLE DEAKER
MANAGING PARTNER
ONE VENTURES

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SIMON FRANKLIN
MANAGING DIRECTOR
DEQUITY PARTNERS

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DR. NATALIA NIKOLOVA
DIRECTOR - ADVANCED MBA
UTS BUSINESS SCHOOL

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SOPHIE GUILDER
HEAD OF EXPERIMENTATION & COMMERCIALISATION
CBA

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EMMY SINGH
STARTUP SUCCESS MANAGER
MICROSOFT



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