Big things are happening here at Next Bank.
Our little idea is expanding into big and wonderful things, and its becoming more a growth challenge than whether the idea works. I’ve seen it from the proactive contacts many people like you have made to us here to be involved in something creative, unique and inspiring.
Financial services isn’t often thought as something that makes people feel better or improve their lives, but there is every reason it should. Money can do some terrible things to people, but conversely it can enable amazing or even ordinary people to do amazing things – we should celebrate the power and good things it does, and challenge the negative.
And so, in this post I wanted to tell you how the Next Bank network and idea is growing, and let you know about some exciting events we have coming up, or just in mind, so you can participate in.
We split our events into 3 types
- Core conferences – these are the bigger events that are for larger crowds, regional topics, and a real global view. Next Bank Asia in Singapore, Next Bank Europe in London and Next Bank America in New York (TBC) are our 3 core conferences globally. These are aimed primarily at relatively developed market content types – the very much advanced ideas, technologies and solutions. These events are run by Next Bank.
- Vertical conferences – quite often, the core conferences dont allow enough time to go into sufficient detail in one area. So, we’re going to create some events (sometimes off the back of the core events, and sometimes not) that allow this to happen. We’ve chosen 6 areas of focus – Wealth Management, Technology, Mobile, Insurance, SME Banking, Design & UX. These could be in any location thats a real centre for this type of content or community. These events are run by Next Bank or are independently run by partners we work with in these locations. For example, look for the first Next Bank independent event in Next Bank Mobile to happen in Nairobi, Kenya on 12th July, 2013- a really exciting location and time to be in mobile banking! Get along to this great event or contact Annie Smith for more details.
- Next Bank 21 – inspired by the TEDx model, we wanted people in the community out there, and especially in cities where the real, deep innovation in emerging financial services is being formed, can run and host their own event. We chose 21 cities across the world that we felt had the most exciting future in banking and were hot in leading the indsutry in really new ways to create the Next Bank 21 concept. You can run a Next Bank event in your town with our help – leverage our network, use our resources, get our advice and guidance.
Coming up very soon:
- Next Bank Madrid is on this week! Get along tomorrow June 25 to see the best minds in Spanish banking at the Centre of Architects
- Next Bank Mobile is on in Nairobi on July 12 at The Stanley Hotel
- Next Bank Beijing is coming up on August 23/24 at the Ullens Centre of Contemporary Art
- Coming soon is Next Bank London, Next Bank Sydney, Next Bank Scandinavia, Next Bank Moscow and more.
Have a look at the map to see where we’ll be – or where you can organise an NB21 event:
All the details and dates of our events are here at our calendar. And our 21 cities can be seen here.
We hope you can be involved in our amazing network and series of inspiring events. We want you to lead the industry, not some event organisation company executive thats never worked in a bank before, and simply wants to squeeze the most out of you for 8 boring hours.
Outside these conferences, there are always opportunities to create unique VIP events that will be quite memorable, content and research ideas that we can put together, and experts we can bring into your business for internal events or even consulting requirements.
Lets make a difference! As always, get in touch with us, send me a note, give me your ideas and lets make them happen.