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46 Events maltatoday SUNDAY 8 APRIL 2018 FinanceMalta 11th annual conference to discuss finance without frontiers FinanceMalta's annual confer- ence this year will discuss global and domestic industry opportu- nities and challenges. Entitled Finance Without Frontiers, the finance and business confer- ence will feature select local and international experts who will address delegates on contempo- rary and current topics affecting the financial services industry including sessions on business startups, GDPR, cyber security, MiFiD II and MiFiR. The con- ference will kick off with a pre- conference networking event on 16 May and a full-day conference on 17 May at the Hilton Confer- ence Centre, Malta. Commenting about the an- nual conference, FinanceMalta Chairman, Kenneth Farrugia said that "during this year's con- ference we will be discussing the challenges and opportunities that the domestic and global fi- nancial services sector is going through in view of new legisla- tion on data protection, cyber security, and changes which will make the financial services in- dustry more transparent. How- ever, for this to happen, we need to harness the opportunities of the ever-changing financial ser- vices industry." The finance conference will be chaired by Farrugia and will be moderated by Michael Imeson, from the influential financial services magazine The Banker. The Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat will make the first keynote address followed by Helen Koepman, Deputy Head of Unit, Startups and In- novation from the European Commission. Silvio Schembri, Parliamen- tary Secretary responsible for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation will discuss the current topic of Malta as a leader in DLT tech- nology, which will be followed by a panel discussion on Fin- Techmoderated by technology expert Abdalla Kablan. The morning session will continue with two stimulating presentations on Cyber security and Bitcoin, Blockchain & Ini- tial Coin Offerings. This will be followed by a panel discussion which will be moderated by Dr Christopher Buttigieg, Direc- tor, MFSA with the participa- tion of industry specialists Luke Scanlon, Luka Müller-Studer and Steve Tendon. Two presentations, one on RegTech and the other focusing on the EU supervisory frame- work will bring the morning sessions to an end. The afternoon starts with four workshops that run concurrent- ly where delegates choose to at- tend any of the following discus- sion sessions that will tackle the following topics, GDPR, : MiFiD II and MiFiR, Payment Services Directive II, and The Insurance Distribution Directive. The final presentation fol- lowed by a discussion panel will be discussing 'BREXIT and The EU's power of negotiation'. The main sponsor for this year's conference is the world's leading source of news and in- formation for professional mar- kets, Thomson Reuters. Other sponsors include Konnekt, RiskCap International Ltd, Dolfin Asset Services Limited, VacancyCentre, Fenech & Fene- ch Advocates, Alter Domus, Nicholls Moisa Ltd, Reyl & Cie (Malta) Ltd, Castille Resources, and Boston Link. Making sports fun for children at #OnTheMove AS part of a national campaign to make young children interested in sports, SportMalta through its #OnTheMove – winter pro- gramme, offers exciting SportsFun classes for young children aged be- tween four and six years. Classes are held at Cottonera Sports Com- plex, Kirkop Sports Complex, St Ignatius College in Tal-Ħandaq, and Maria Regina College – Sec- ondary School in Mosta. The concept behind these sport sessions is for children to have fun, enjoy movement and play different activities. They perform basic physical activities for balance, coordination, agil- ity, reaction and speed, which children at this age require to keep healthy. Following these fundamental exercises for one or two years, children will have sufficient motivation to move on to the next level, and start devel- oping an interest in a specific sport of their choice. #On the Move – winter pro- gramme is sponsored by Kel- logg's the world's leading pro- ducer of breakfast cereal. For more than a century Kellogg's has been focusing on enrich- ing and delighting the world through foods and brands that matter. The company has been extending its support to Skolas- port (as formerly known) since 1999, and actively promotes a variety of educational sports disciplines within Sport Malta's winter programme. #OnTheMove instructor Rosianne Buhagiar emphasising the fun element for the children's well-being at one of the SportsFun classes held at Kirkop Sports Complex Public Transport Special Service for 'Festa Frawli' MALTA Public Transport an- nounced that it will be operating a Special Public Transport Service to facilitate travel and accessibility to those attending "Festa Frawli" in Imġarr today. MPT will operate special ser- vices to Imġarr by route X44. This route will be operating from 10:00 to 15:00 from Valletta to Imġarr and from 15:00 to 18:00 from Imġarr to Valletta. A temporary bus stop will be set up in Triq il- Banjijiet Rumani in Imġarr.