Theme: The Future of Foreign Exchange - Innovation, Digitization and Globalization
Key discussion points:
1. Emerging technologies in Forex trading: How technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Blockchain are transforming foreign exchange markets. Discussions around algorithmic trading, robot advisors, chatbots, etc.
2. The rise of digital platforms: How online and mobile trading platforms are enabling easy retail participation. Discussions around UX/UI trends, platform features, security, etc.
3. Changing regulations and compliance: Discussions around new regulations like GDPR in Europe, privacy laws, KYC/AML compliance, regulator expectations from Forex platforms and brokers.
4. Growing importance of mobile trading: How to optimize trading platforms and user experience for mobile devices. Discussions around mobile app features, security, personalization, etc.
5. Global economic and political outlook: Discussions around key economic indicators, geopolitical risks, how global events might impact currency markets, volatility, etc.
6. Payments infrastructure evolution: Discussions around new payment methods, technologies like payment gateways, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, global real-time payments infrastructure.
7. Partnership opportunities: Exploration of potential partnership avenues with banks, payment companies, other brokers, technology providers, etc.
8. Expanding into new markets: Discussions around regulations, cultural nuances, localization, etc. for new and emerging Forex markets.
9. Talent crunch: Discussions around attracting and retaining top talent in areas like trading, technology, compliance, marketing, etc. Learning & development also an important focus area.
These are some suggestions. Please feel free to adapt the theme and points as you see appropriate. Let me know if you would like me to elaborate on any of the topics.