The P2P lending conference, LendIt Europe 2016, will be taking place in London from the 10th to the 11th of October this year.
LendIt Europe 2016, the third of its kind in London, aims to connect lending platforms and investors to facilitate an exchange of information and offer an opportunity to network, as well as do business.
This year’s conference will be held at the Intercontinental London – The O2.
The two-day event will feature more than 150 speakers, including Lord Adair Turner, Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Christine Farnish, Chair of P2PFA, Samir Desai, CO-Founder and CEO of Funding Circle and Cormac Leech, Co-Founder and Director of Liberum Alternative Finance.
In over 50 sessions, participants will be able to learn and discuss important topics to the marketplace lending industry, such as “The state of the European Marketplace Lending Industry”, “Lessons Learned from UK P2P Lending” and “Financial Advisors – the untapped opportunity”.
There will also be a 2500m Expo Hall for businesses to display themselves.
Participants from more than 25 countries are expected to participate in this year’s conference and the event is supported by over 20 partners, the title sponsor being Funding Circle.
LendIt Europe 2016 is the third European P2P Lending conference organised by LendIt. LendIt was launched in the US in 2013, when co-founders Jason Jones and Bo Brustkern decided to organise a small meeting to engage with other professionals in the P2P lending industry and combined forces with P2P lending blogger Peter Renton.
Conferences in the US, as well as in Asia have been a great success. The first Europe conference in 2014, attracted more than 500 participants, a number which grew to over 750 attendees in the second round in 2015. This year, LendIt is hoping to attract more than 1000 people.
Registrations are currently open at http://www.lendit.com/europe/2016
Katharina Fleiner 08/09/2016