FDSby Finelevate2027 edition
THE 2026 EDITION / SKOPJE, NORTH MACEDONIA

The future
was in
the room.

One room. The people shaping the next era of financial services. A day of ideas that deserve to travel further.

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The Finelevate Digital Summit hall at the Skopje Marriott, set for the 2026 editionFDS / 26
A speaker at the Finelevate Digital Summit podium
01EDITION
ONE
FINANCIAL SERVICES, FORWARD.
16.09.2026 / SKOPJE MARRIOTT HOTELTHE FUTURE IS NOT WAITING
300+

people in the room

24

speakers

15

sessions

03

panel conversations

01THE STORY

Different perspectives.
One shared direction.

A panel conversation at Finelevate Digital Summit 2026SKOPJE / SEPTEMBER 2026
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For one day, the region’s financial ecosystem was in one room.

Banking, insurance, fintech, technology and public institutions came together to examine what progress really takes: digital identity, better payments, modern infrastructure, cyber resilience and AI that earns trust.

Finelevate Digital Summit began as a conversation. The first edition made space for the connections that move those ideas into practice.

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02THE CONVERSATIONS

Three ideas.
One direction.

The conversations that ran through the summit, from the foundations of digital finance to the next era of responsible intelligence.

FDS / 26 — 01
TRUST
FOUNDATIONS
01 / FOUNDATIONS

Trust is infrastructure.

Digital identity, interoperability and cyber resilience are the foundations of better financial services.

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FDS / 26 — 02
HUMAN
EXPERIENCE
02 / EXPERIENCE

Make complexity disappear.

Instant payments and connected banking only matter when they make life simpler for real people.

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FDS / 26 — 03
AI
INTELLIGENCE
03 / INTELLIGENCE

Turn ambition into value.

The next chapter of data and AI in finance needs practical thinking and clear accountability.

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03THE MOMENTS

What it looked like
in the room.

001 / 112

112 photographs, in the order they were made. Arrival, the hall, the stage, and the conversations that followed.

16 SEPTEMBER 2026
SKOPJE MARRIOTT

THE FILM

Two minutes
in the room.

The summit film stays still until you press play.

04THE VOICES

People who moved
the conversation.

Leaders from finance, technology and government brought the questions, evidence and experience behind the 2026 programme.

Nayden Marechkov01

Nayden Marechkov

Director, Commercialization, Customer Acquisition & Engagement

Mastercard
Stefan Andonovski02

Stefan Andonovski

Minister of Digital Transformation

Republic of North Macedonia
Filomena Pljakovska-Asprovska03

Filomena Pljakovska-Asprovska

CEO & President of the Management Board

CaSys AD Skopje
Sandra Tomanovic04

Sandra Tomanovic

Director, Payment Systems Department

KIBS
Dimitris Dimitriadis05

Dimitris Dimitriadis

Co-Founder & CIO

TheFutureCats Advisory
Ile Ristov06

Ile Ristov

Director, Sales Department

InTec System
Vasko Kronevski07

Vasko Kronevski

CEO

Nextsense
Sanela Golijanin08

Sanela Golijanin

Project Manager, Office for IT and eGovernment

Government of Serbia
Katerina Jovanovikj09

Katerina Jovanovikj

Head of Trust Services Department

KIBS AD Skopje
Vladimir Naumovski10

Vladimir Naumovski

Advisor to the Director for IT Development

Central Register of North Macedonia
Jasmina Buhova11

Jasmina Buhova

Speaker

Avenga
Aleksandar Lenov12

Aleksandar Lenov

Sales Executive, NF Innova

SAGA MK
Zlatko Efremov13

Zlatko Efremov

Chief Executive Officer

InTec System
Prof. Ezeni Brzovska14

Prof. Ezeni Brzovska

Faculty of Economics Skopje

UKIM
Kiro Chadikovski15

Kiro Chadikovski

Director, Cards & Current Accounts

Komercijalna Banka AD Skopje
Nina Angelovska Stankov16

Nina Angelovska Stankov

President

Macedonian E-commerce Association
Biljana Misik17

Biljana Misik

Chief Executive Officer

iute Macedonia
Ljupco Joshevski18

Ljupco Joshevski

Director

Cisco
Despina Stojanov19

Despina Stojanov

Managing Data Consultant

AXM365
Milica Cvitkovac20

Milica Cvitkovac

Client Solution Manager

IBM
Prof. Vladimir M. Atanasovski21

Prof. Vladimir M. Atanasovski

Dean

FEIT
Goran Jankoski22

Goran Jankoski

Manager, ICT Risk Supervision

National Bank of North Macedonia
Vasko Temelkoski23

Vasko Temelkoski

Chief Executive Officer

Intercert
Filip Simeonov24

Filip Simeonov

Chief Executive Officer

Tessa Group
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05THE 2026 PROGRAMME

Revisit the day.

From the first keynote to the final conversation on governed AI.

WEDNESDAY
16 SEPTEMBER 2026
MORNING09:00 — 12:35
01 / 15
Opening

Opening Ceremony

Stefan Andonovski · Minister of Digital Transformation

02 / 15
Keynote

The Age of AI: Reshaping Finance, Business and Society

Nayden Marechkov · Mastercard

03 / 15
Talk

AI with No Compliance Trade-off

Ile Ristov · InTec System

04 / 15
Panel

The Foundation of Digital Transformation: eID, Trust Services, Interoperability

Vasko Kronevski, Sanela Golijanin, Katerina Jovanovikj, Vladimir Naumovski

05 / 15
Talk

Modernize the Core, Without Stopping the Bank

Jasmina Buhova · Avenga

06 / 15
Talk

Digital Banking Super App

Aleksandar Lenov · SAGA MK

07 / 15
Talk

Case Management for Banking Product Origination

Zlatko Efremov · InTec System

08 / 15
Talk

Driving the Future of Payments Together: STRELA Instant Payments

Sandra Tomanovic · KIBS

09 / 15
Panel

Digital First, Human Always

Prof. Ezeni Brzovska, Kiro Chadikovski, Nina Angelovska Stankov, Biljana Misik, Filomena Pljakovska-Asprovska

AFTERNOON14:20 — 16:40
10 / 15
Talk

Zero Trust, Identity, and Cyber Resilience in the AI Era

Ljupco Joshevski · Cisco

11 / 15
Talk

One Data Story: Governed Self-Service Reporting for Banking

Despina Stojanov · AXM365

12 / 15
Talk

Agentic AI for the New Age of Business

Milica Cvitkovac · IBM

13 / 15
Conversation

The CaSys Journey: From AI Hype to Business Value

Filomena Pljakovska-Asprovska · CaSys

14 / 15
Panel

The Trust Layer of Digital Finance

Prof. Vladimir M. Atanasovski, Goran Jankoski, Ile Ristov, Vasko Temelkoski, Filip Simeonov

15 / 15
Keynote

Trust at Machine Speed: Why Governed AI Decides Who Wins in Finance

Dimitris Dimitriadis · TheFutureCats Advisory

SKOPJE MARRIOTT HOTEL 08:30 REGISTRATION · 17:00 CLOSEOriginal event page

06THE ECOSYSTEM

Better when we
build together.

The organizations who supported the first Finelevate Digital Summit and the conversations it brought together.

THE 2026 PARTNER WALL33 ORGANIZATIONS / ONE SHARED ROOM

07THE NEXT CHAPTER

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