I want to thank all of you who invested time and energy to join us at the Future of Finance. We hope you had a chance to explore potential partnerships that can amplify your impact journey.
When I think back to our Future of Finance conference, I can't help but smile. It was wonderful to see so many familiar and new faces at the conference, to shake hands and exchange insights, and to catch up exactly where we left off.
Sharing insights and bonding over experiences, holding thought-provoking discussions, and connecting with one another: bringing back our Future of Finance conference after five years was a truly enriching experience.
At an event like this, you meet many like-minded fellow leaders from the financial industry. Our partner institutions and companies operate in a turbulent economic climate and are influenced by the disruptive impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and far-reaching geopolitical developments—choppy waters that call on us to be resilient. Navigating these 'waves of change,' as we aptly themed this conference, has never been more challenging. That said, I believe it can also be exciting. It requires determination and tenacity to keep ourselves on the path towards a sustainable and inclusive future.
Our goal was to unveil the latest trends, innovations, and strategies that will ignite a wave of transformative change in our communities and the planet. In this Future-minded magazine, we've bundled some inspiring insights from our keynote speakers, workshops and panels for you, so you can easily re-live, re-read, and re-share. Of course, it's all focused on the three topics that are front and center in any future of the financial sector: People, Planet and Tech.
I want to extend a heartfelt thanks to our partners and our sponsors for making this edition of Future of Finance possible. And a huge thanks to all of you who invested time and energy to join us at the Future of Finance. We hope you had a chance to explore potential partnerships that can amplify your impact journey. But most of all, we hope you went home inspired. I know I certainly did.
See you next time!
Huib-Jan de Ruijter, Co-Chief Investment Officer at FMO
Watch the after movie of Future of Finance 2023 to relive the event.