OK, the tech visionaries who want to talk about innovation in banking probably don’t have a social life anyway, so here’s an event for them -

BarCampBank, which promotes itself as the Unconference group is holding a full day confernce on Saturday 14 February at Sun’s offices in London.

“If you are an innovator, a disruptor or a professional of the banking and finance industry, if you are excited by or just curious about all the innovations that the new technologies could bring to the banking and finance world, if you want to present a project, confront your ideas or just echo lively debates with your own experience, then you should definitely consider joining us on BarCampBankLondon2.”

Hmm, they didn’t say a thing about people who just can’t get a date. It’s almost free — they charge 10 quid to reduce no-shows, but then they provide some breakfast stuff and lunch.

Topics proposed include the following — but feel free to suggest a few of your own.

P2PVenture: new platforms and formats to help the financing of early-stage startups — Frederic Baud

Writing a Free portfolio risk management system atop a few broker API’s (i.e. Interactive Brokers). — BenGimpert

Causes of and grass roots solutions to the credit crunch – Antony Evans

Related to this: Finding a third way to avoid swinging between regulation and uncontrolled markets. I’m looking for a name that could catalyze the question. Maybe “Refounding Finance”. Ideas welcome. – Frederic Baud

Development of p2p lending/ p2p microfinance; trends, product innovations to expect; possible “cross border” lending approaches — Claus Lehmann

Creation of an open and real-time settlement system for payments at the point of sale — Frederic Baud.

Hey, just book a late table. Have the Champagne chilled. Don’t forget roses.

And ditch the pocket protector and logo shirt before dinner.

Sun Microsystems
Regis House
45 King William Street
London
EC4R 9AN

Venue: Sun Microsystems
Regis House
45 King William Street
London
EC4R 9AN

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