2019 Speakers & Schedule

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We have assembled some of the world’s top journalists and FinTech professionals this year and are thrilled to have over 16 speakers including Jim Pavia, Money Editor at CNBC; Rob Urban, Managing Editor at Bloomberg; Rick Newman, Columnist at Yahoo! Finance; and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, Forex and Treasuries Correspondent at Reuters. These fintech media influencers, and more, will be sharing unique insights exclusive to our conference.

FinTech Meet the Media Conference 2019 will be hosted at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College: 55 Lexington Ave at 24th Street, New York. The conference is a full day, starting with check in at 8:30am and ending with cocktails at 5:30pm hosted by Muck Rack. The cocktail reception will take place at the Muck Rack office rooftop located at 96 Spring Street.

If you have questions regarding becoming a speaker, sponsor, or would like to attend this year’s conference, please contact us.

2019 Schedule of Events

8:30 AM – Check-In and Continental Breakfast

9:15AM Welcome Speaker

H. Fenwick Huss, Willem Kooyker Dean, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College

9:30 AM – Media Panel

Moderator: Kent Holland, Managing Director, KIVVIT

Penny Crosman, Editor At Large, American Banker

Andrea Fiano, Editor, Global Finance

Rick Newman, Columnist, Yahoo! Finance

11 AM – Media Panel

Moderator:Kevin Dinino, President, KCD PR Inc

Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, Forex and Treasuries Correspondent, Reuters

Jim Pavia, Money Editor, CNBC

Jesse Rodriguez, Director of Booking, MSNBC

Clea Simos, U.S. TV News Desk Team Leader, Bloomberg TV

Lauren Young, Wealth Editor, Reuters

12:30pm – 2pm – Luncheon Presentation: New Academic Research in FinTech

Moderator: Linda Allen, William F. Aldinger Chaired Professor, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College

Nizan Geslevich Packin, Algorithmic Decision–Making: The Death of Second Opinions, Associate Professor of Law, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College

Richard Holowczak, Ph.D., Associate Professor Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College

Charles Hwang, Consequences of the Bitcoin Halving, Managing Member at Lightning Capital Management Group, Adjunct Professor Blockchain/Cryptoassets, Paul H. Chook, Department of Information Systems and Statistics, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College

Gideon Pell, Regulating Crypto Exchanges: Mind the Gaps, Distinguished Lecturer, Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College

2 PM – Media Panel

Haley Draznin, Reporter/Producer, CNN

Hannah Genig, Event Content Producer, Benzinga.com

Jeff Kauflin, Staff Writer, Forbes

Rob Urban, Managing Editor, Bloomberg

Evan Weinberger, Assistant Managing Editor, Bloomberg Law

3:30 PM – Best Practices Session

Gregory Galant, CEO of Muck Rack, The Shorty Awards and Sawhorse Media

4pm – Closing Panel: AI Disruption in Banking, Brokerage and Beyond

Moderator: Michelle Tran, Head of Business Development, Harness Wealth and Founder, NYC Fintech Women

Chris Butler, Chief Product Architect, IPSoft

Asya Bradley, VP of Partnerships, Socure

Rak Chugh, Founder & CEO, Byte Academy

Jennifer Lendler, Managing Director | AI & Blockchain, PwC

Kelsey Weaver, Chief Business Development Officer & Co-Founder, Neocova

5:30 PM – Cocktail Reception hosted by Muck Rack

Please join us on the rooftop at 96 Spring Street