Artificial Intelligence in Financial Service Conference Middle East

An oasis for an AI-driven financial eco-system: Balancing tradition & innovation

24

September

  • Dubai, UAE
  • Complimentary

Why attend?

WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 2025

  • Gather expert insight from an impressive speaking faculty, 60% of which are director+ level from the biggest FS companies in the industry.
  • Discover the latest innovation and updates from a remarkable agenda, which covers both front-end and back-end themes.
  • Enjoy two days of invaluable networking opportunities.
  • Be part of timely and relevant conversations and hear about topics that are trending in the industry, including Chat GPT and the best ways to manage the novel risks and challenges of AI.

150+

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Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services 2023

2024 Agenda

  • 9 Sep 2024
  • 10 Sep 2024
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8 AM

Registration

8:45 AM

Setting the Scene in AI

Speakers

Cyrus Mewawalla
Head of Thematic Research Central R&A, GlobalData

9 AM

Keynote: Discussing rights to data, privacy and risks in an evolving digital landscape

• How is the Finance industry navigating AI safety regulations in their daily operations?
• Detecting how companies are managing their data and AI risks in a transforming digital ecosystem
• Unravelling challenges of data privacy and GDPR whilst using AI to leverage services to clients

Speakers

Jason Maude
Chief Technology Advocate, Starling Bank

9:30 AM

Building the AI-powered bank

• How AI is powering the future of financial services?
• Building AI-enabled applications for customer acquisition and retention
• Using AI solutions to create robust fraud detection and prevention systems
• How can the GenAI trust issue be solved?

Speakers

Alexander Stumpfegger
Chief Sales Officer, CID

10 AM

The Great Debate: Leveraging automation and AI to save time and costs

• Exploring factors affecting costs and time efficiency
• Re-evaluating strategies and tools supporting automation and GenAI to optimise performance
• Risks vs results: Can taking risks possible help to generate better results?
• How is your business saving time and boosting productivity?

Speakers

Rowena Everson
Head Digital Channels & Data Science, Standard Chartered Bank
Jules Ferdinand Pagna Disso
Head of Cyber Risk Intelligence, Insider Technology Risk and Digital Asset Risk, BNP Paribas
Suren Siva
Former Managing Director, Strategy, UBS
Mauricio Toro Bermudez
Data Scientist, Cheddar
Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData
Simon Thompson
Head of AI, ML & Data Science, GFT
Alexander Stumpfegger
Chief Sales Officer, CID

10:45 AM

Enhancing CX and reducing operational cost with boost.ai and large language models

In today's competitive business environment, delivering exceptional customer experiences (CX) while reducing operational costs is paramount for organizations looking to stay ahead of the curve. This session will explore how companies can achieve this delicate balance by leveraging the power of boost.ai and large language models (LLMs), such as OpenAI's GPT-4.

Boost.ai UK Lead, Cherie Landman, will be joined by Adam Rathbone from our Technical Pre-Sales team to discuss the transformative potential of the boost.ai conversational AI platform and demo its hybrid integration of LLMs.

Speakers

Cherie Landman
Strategic Accounts Director, boost.ai
Adam Rathbone
Technical Pre-Sales, Boost. AI

11:15 AM

Morning Refreshments and Networking

11:45 AM

How are you translating and summarising information in your business?

  • How to Implement and use AI GitHub- Co Pilot to improve technology and customer experience
  • Translating technical data results and successful AI use case in Investment banking

Speakers

Nombuso Matsape
Head of IT Digital Data and Innovation Business Engagement, ICBC Standard bank

12:15 PM

The Impact of Data & AI: Rethinking Your CX

This session explores how data and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the way financial services engage with customers to deliver better outcomes.

Attendees will gain insights into leveraging AI-powered tools such as conversation intelligence to enhance CX through data driven personalisation, real-time interactions and the use of data to gain deeper insights into customers behaviours.

We will also dive into how technology can help to address industry challenges such as regulations, employee engagement and customer expectations.

Speakers

Mark Lockyer
International Sales Director, CallMiner

12:45 PM

How is AI transforming governance & compliance in the funds industry?

  • Enhancing regulatory compliance through AI
  • AI in risk management and oversight
  • Challenges and ethical considerations in AI-driven governance

Speakers

Dale Jones
Interim Head of Data Insights, NatWest Commercial & Institutional Depositary Services
Mark Croman
COO, NatWest Commercial & Institutional Depositary Services

1:15 PM

Building new software faster with AI to drive productivity

• Driving engineering efficiency
• Solving your biggest application development challenges by leveraging autonomous AI
• Exploring the next generation of AI for code

Speakers

Andy Piper
Vice President of Engineering, Diffblue

1:30 PM

Lunch and Networking

2:30 PM

Fireside chat: Avoiding the hype and keeping sight of value whilst AI continues to boom

• Targeting transformational and lasting value from AI, no matter the hype
• Crafting creative and productive roles across the organisation through Human-AI synergy
• Seeking ROI: Real-world applications of GenAI, AI Automation, and Machine Learning for business value
• How are industry trends influencing business decisions in a generative era?
• What are the essentials of leadership in AI

Speakers

Edmund George
Head of Data Science & Analytics, C. Hoares & Co.
Paul Brook
Pre-Sales Director Workloads Specialists EMEA, Dell Technologies
Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

3 PM

How can automation and AI help you deliver Speed, Accuracy and Value for your clients and firm?

•Fix the basics to build a new way of working
•Automation and AI use cases - now and what's next
•Understanding where you are to help you get there

Speakers

Yohan Lobo
Industry Solution Manager - Financial Services, M-Files

3:30 PM

Mitigating against fraud and financial crime in AI

• Battling against deepfake, voice detection and manipulative techniques to threaten customers and business in Finance
• Who has the key to decode and identify between a truthful and fraud transaction?
• Accuracy and potential prospects of AI in identity verification
• Can biometric authentication help bring back trust of customers and overcome challenges of fraud?

Speakers

Jules Ferdinand Pagna Disso
Head of Cyber Risk Intelligence, Insider Technology Risk and Digital Asset Risk, BNP Paribas

4 PM

Bring AI to Your Data: An Ecosystem Approach to AI Adoption

To maximise the benefits of AI, business leaders must ensure investments are well-placed to drive value and competitive differentiation. Given its budgetary, security, and ethical implications, AI has rapidly become a board-level priority. It’s essential to reposition AI from being solely an IT responsibility to a collaborative effort across the entire organisation.

This session will explore the successful business outcomes that a unified strategy around AI adoption can deliver for organisations, particularly how to accelerate their AI journeys from proof of concept to production while also reducing risk.

Speakers

Carmen Vinyard
Strategic Pursuit Lead – Gen AI services & consulting, Dell Technologies
Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA, NVIDIA
Yoni Malchi
PhD, Managing Director, AI & Data Solutions Consulting, WWT

4:30 PM

Mid-Afternoon Refreshments

5 PM

Enhancing Compliance with AI: Appian’s Strategy for FS Compliance

Financial institutions must navigate complex and ever-changing compliance challenges. Join Anna Rachel Mason, Partner Solutions Consultant at Appian, and Rhys Jones, Director at NextWave Consulting, to explore how AI-powered solutions can streamline compliance. This session will break down compliance requirements and demonstrate Appian's innovative tools in action, showcasing practical applications that enhances visibility into operational resilience and efficiency

Speakers

Rhys Jones
Director, NextWave Consulting
Anna Mason
Partner Solutions Consultant, Appian

5:15 PM

Fireside chat: How AI Will Transform the Trading Floor

• Use of NLP to structure data
• Enhanced analysis of client trends, behaviour, etc
• LLM/chatbot ‘helpers’

Speakers

Todd Coletto
Rates Business Development Lead, Citi
Tom Coppock
Senior Product Management Director - Artificial Intelligence, Tungsten Automation
Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

5:45 PM

Closing keynote: Realising the potential of AI and big data in a financial institution

  • Data is the foundation to realise the promise of AI;
  • Core challenges for financial institution to harness the data;
  • Aligning effectively data management with business objectives;
  • Ensuring stakeholder support and meeting the needs of the final consumer.

Speakers

Dr Eugenia Shynkevich
Head of Quant Solutions, Senior Vice President, Bank of New York

6:15 PM

Closing the scene

Speakers

Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

6:30 PM

Drinks Reception

7:30 PM

Harnessing AI, IDP, and Process Intelligence for Financial Transformation

Join this roundtable to explore:

  • What Intelligent Document Processing is and the role of AI, data privacy, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Intellectual Property (IP) considerations, and discover use cases for automation, handling unstructured documents, and preventing fraud through signature verification.
  • How Process Intelligence capabilities can serve the needs of the Financial Services Industry.
  • ABBYY's approach to AI - Purpose built AI and why Process Intelligence is a pivotal role in your AI strategy.

Private Dinner Hosted by ABBYY

Breakfast Briefing: From AI possible to AI proven | Enabling an AI-Powered Finance Industry​

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, Generative AI has gone beyond a mere option to become a competitive necessity. But as organisations develop their innovation maturity and identify their AI use cases, effectively deploying and managing Gen AI demands a multifaceted, integrated approach that encompasses everything from data, compute power and infrastructure, to creating production-ready Gen AI systems. Hear from three partners who can support you across each stage of your journey, from building your infrastructure to generating end-user value.​

Speakers

Charlie Woods
Senior Director - Dell Technologies Select, Dell Technologies
Des O’Connor
AI Strategic Pursuits Lead, Dell Technologies
Yoni Malchi
PhD, Managing Director, AI & Data Solutions Consulting, WWT
Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA, NVIDIA

8 AM

Registration

8:45 AM

Setting The Scene

Speakers

Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

9 AM

Keynote: GenAI in the Financial industries: A realistic overview

•GenAI use cases with the largest impact in financial institutions
•GenAI adoption path for financial institutions
•GenAI technologies: Software and Hardware
•Conducting PoC for GenAI technologies

Speakers

Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos
Director, Head of Machine Learning Technologies, Barclays

9:30 AM

Defending AI on Kubernetes: Red Team Playbook

In the murky world of AI on Kubernetes, shadows and light converge to reveal opportunities and vulnerabilities. Explore how to attack, monitor, and defend AI systems on Kubernetes from an attacker’s perspective, and discover what the community is building and repurposing to secure the next generation of technologies.

By understanding supply chain vulnerabilities unique to AI on Kubernetes, we can better secure our AI assets while harnessing the agility and scalability of cloud native systems. This talk provides actionable insights to enhance security measures in the AI lifecycle on Kubernetes, as we:

•Examine layers of risk between data collection and model inference
•Analyze the attack vectors associated with model training data within Kubernetes
•Conduct threat modeling specific to machine learning topologies on Kubernetes
•Propose cloud-native solutions to enhance data integrity and model security

Speakers

Andrew Martin
CEO, ControlPlane

10 AM

Enhancing the design of customer journeys with the AI Capability Design Pack

As AI takes centre stage, the discourse surrounding it often falls prey to oversimplification, portraying it as a singular entity. However, AI is a multifaceted array of distinct capabilities, ranging from automation to personalisation and beyond. By unpacking AI and exploring the individual capabilities behind it, we are able to better exploit it in the process of design.

In this presentation we will share our AI-Capability-Design-Pack which we developed to identify, assess and articulate design opportunities along any given customer journey. Our framework helps speed the process of identifying where AI can improve a customer journey as well as surface unexpected opportunities.

Speakers

Amy Lynch
Senior Service Designer, Bank of England
Jonathan Rez
Head of Service Design, Bank of England

10:30 AM

Morning Refreshments and Networking

11 AM

Panel discussion: Women in AI: Bringing inclusivity and diversity in finance

• Investigating opportunities and encouraging women working in AI
• How can we improve an imbalance in diversity and inclusion within Finance?
• Building from the past; how can we learn from others to present greater opportunities to women in AI?
• Shaping innovation and culture in AI for a better future

Speakers

Helen Krause
Head of Data Science Insights, Citi Group
Sabah Carter
Chief Data, Intelligence and Technology Officer, Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Simonti Basu
WCL Data Controls Director, HSBC
Divya Kesavan
Head of Corporate Data Science and Insights, Barclays
Auralia Edwards
Sr Enterprise Architect, Workday
Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

11:35 AM

Fireside chat: Transforming the world of CX in Finance

• Evaluating challenges in enhancing APIs and ChatGPT in finance
• Discussing measures to manage data risks to protect customers?
• Investigating compensation claims and the scope to improve CX platforms

Speakers

Sabah Carter
Chief Data, Intelligence and Technology Officer, Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Rajan Nagina
Head of AI Practice, Newgen Software
Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

12:05 PM

Revolutionising Risk Analytics with Generative AI & Synthetic Data

• Join SAS and Nationwide Building Society in exploring transformative potential of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and synthetic data in revolutionising risk analytics.
• Collaborating uses GANs to enhance personal loan model accuracy by augmenting default cases with synthetic data.
• How do these technologies boost model performance through a case study comparing outcomes with and without synthetic data; highlighting realistic improvements in risk analytics; and helping to discover the future of risk with generative AI.

Speakers

Dr. Iain Brown
Head of Data Science for Northern Europe, SAS
Dr. Matthew Jones
Head of Risk Decision Science & Analytical Innovation, Nationwide Building Society

12:35 PM

Fireside chat: AI Governance and Risk Management in Finance

  • Uncovering how the government’s approach to AI assurance and risk management impacts business decision and operations
  • Aligning government responsible AI initiatives and streamlining AI frameworks to enhance performance
  • Examining implementations of new risk management principles in Finance
  • Ensuring AI governance aligns with regulatory commitments

Speakers

Emily Campbell-Ratcliffe
Head of AI Assurance - Responsible Technology Adoption Unit, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

1:05 PM

Accurate, Trustworthy & Reliable Generative AI solutions with Graph-Powered RAG

In a landscape where the expectations for Generative AI are rapidly evolving, this session will delve into the critical role Graph technology plays in advancing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). As recognized by Gartner and other leading analysts, Graphs are now pivotal in enhancing the accuracy and reliability of Generative AI.
Attendees will learn how the integration of Graph technology with RAG not only addresses the inherent limitations of traditional models but also establishes a solid foundation for developing enterprise-grade Generative AI solutions that are precise, trustworthy, and capable of meeting the demands of today's data-driven world in highly regulated industries.

Speakers

Bernd Schopp
Chief Commercial Officer, Squirro
Sebastian Gabler
Chief Customer Officer & Director of Sales, Semantic Web Company

1:20 PM

Lunch and Networking

2:20 PM

Panel discussion: Evaluating real-world practices of emissions and ethics of AI

• Overviewing ethical concerns of implementing LLMs, GenAI, models, transparency, and responsibility
• To what extent is AI considered unethical?
• Exploring the significance of AI safety and tackling risks of hallucinations in ethical audits
• Who has the answer to efficiently showcase emissions, ethics and ESGs reports supported by AI?
• Discussing potential techniques to enhance ethical data analysis and reporting using AI

 

Speakers

Dr Paul Dongha
Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy, NatWest Group
Richard Bassett
Vice President of Digital, AI & Analytics, NICE
JoAnn Stonier
Mastercardfellow Data and AI, Mastercard
Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

2:50 PM

Accelerating Financial Services Transformation through AI-First Platform Adoption

This session will address challenges in financial services, such as regulatory pressure, customer expectations, and competition, and highlight trends like Explainable AI (XAI) and responsible AI. It will demonstrate how EdgeVerve's AI First Platform is designed to tackle these challenges, empowering financial institutions to achieve their transformation goals through

  • AI-powered operational efficiency and automation.
  • Enhancing customer experience and fraud detection.
  • Data-driven risk and innovation decisions
  • Customer success stories showcasing the platform's impact.

Join to understand how the platform's role as a strategic partner for financial institutions in an AI-driven future.

Speakers

Puneet Shukla
Group Managing Director & Regional Head EMEA, EdgeVerve

3:20 PM

Afternoon Break and Networking

3:50 PM

Panel discussion: Crafting the insurance world with automation and GenAI

• Pinpointing challenges of reporting, claims and data collection in Insurance
• Investigating how Insurance is dealing with fraud detection
• How far behind is the Insurance sector in using AI?
• Discussing developments of AI use in various functional fields

Speakers

Gareth Davies
Global Head of Fraud, Allianz Commerical
Chris Pearce
Head of Data Science, eSure
Dario Morelli
Head of Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (EU D&A), Admiral Group
Gilles Talbot
Insurance Director, Genesys
Joseph Lu
Director, Longevity Science, Legal & General
Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

4:20 PM

Closing Keynote: Exploring live cases of synthetic data to successfully enhance AI and large language models

•Learning how to create quality and diverse synthetic data to produce fairer and effective results
•How are you teaching your AI to output data and become more robust?
•Examples of synthetic data implementations to enhance AI and LLMs
•Scope to development and reaching strategy goals

Speakers

Deepak Paramanand
Director of AI Research & Product Management, JP Morgan

4:50 PM

Closing the scene

Speakers

Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

5 PM

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Isabel Al-Dhahir
Principal Analyst, GlobalData

Isabel Al-Dhahir is a Principal Analyst in GlobalData’s Thematic Intelligence team where she works with clients across numerous industries to understand the impact of emerging disruptive technologies such as AI, robotics, and quantum computing on their business. Isabel holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in Materials Science.

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Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA, NVIDIA

Jochen is Head of Financial Technology EMEA / Lead Developer Relations Manager Banking Global at NVIDIA, the globally leading accelerated computing platform company. He has spent the last 25 years in various roles on the topic of AI in financial services. He works with executives, data scientists, developers, and partners in the global NVIDIA ecosystem. Jochen is a financial data scientist and received his degree and Ph.D. from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Before NVIDIA he worked as a consultant, entrepreneur, and researcher with asset managers, banks, insurance companies, and central banks.​

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Amy Lynch
Senior Service Designer, Bank of England

Lead service designer who co-ordinates user centred design efforts to balance user needs and business strategy. Over 15 years hands-on design experience across a range of sectors, services and products.

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Carmen Vinyard
Strategic Pursuit Lead – Gen AI services & consulting, Dell Technologies

Carmen has over 20 years industry experience, joining Dell's Consulting and Services practice circa 5 years ago from DXC, with a focus on global strategic pursuits around Gen AI. Carmen has a background in Consulting, working with global organisation's around Hybrid Cloud, Application Modernisation,  Data Management, AI/Gen AI, Data Security, and Data Center transformation programs. Carmen is focused around using DTS deep expertise to help organisations advance innovation and drive outcomes. Leveraging Dell's best of breed technologies and broad global technology ecosystem of partners.

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Jonathan Rez
Head of Service Design, Bank of England

A human-centred-designer with over two decades of experience, helping organisations deliver better outcomes for their customers.

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Jason Maude
Chief Technology Advocate, Starling Bank

Jason Maude is a coder, coach, and public speaker. He has over a decade's experience working in the financial sector, primarily in creating and delivering software. He is passionate about explaining complex technical concepts to those who are convinced that they won’t be able to understand them. Jason is also host of the Starling Developer podcast which gives insider access into what goes on behind the curtain at a leading challenger bank.

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Keynote: Discussing rights to data, privacy and risks in an evolving digital landscape

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Des O’Connor
AI Strategic Pursuits Lead, Dell Technologies

Des is the UK GenAI Pursuit and Strategy Lead at Dell Technologies. During his time at Dell, Des focused on Cyber Resilience and MultiCloud across Finance, Media and Telecoms and Oil and Gas. ​

Prior to joining Dell Technologies, Des was a Management Consultant and has experience in Go to Market Strategy Development, Transformational Change as well as Project and Programme Management. He is excited about emerging technologies and co-creating new solutions, enhancing human progress. ​

Outside of work Des is a keen runner, cook and enjoys travelling the world and learning about new cultures

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Charlie Woods
Senior Director - Dell Technologies Select, Dell Technologies

Charlie is UK & Netherlands leader of our Global account organisation (Dell Technologies Select), responsible for Dell’s engagement with our most strategic UK & NL headquartered accounts. With a track record of leadership in the financial services vertical, he is passionate about delivering customer value by unlocking the power of Dell Technologies and our ecosystem of strategic alliances. ​

Charlie is a native of Glasgow, Scotland. Outside of busy family commitments as chief taxi driver for his 6-year-old daughter, he is a passionate (and regularly frustrated) golfer.

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Paul Brook
Pre-Sales Director Workloads Specialists EMEA, Dell Technologies

Director of EMEA Pre-Sales Specialists at Dell Technologies. These specialists rage from the classic Data Management to the Generative AI (and traditional AI) specialists. His team works with customers, business partners and technology integrators across EMEA describing and designing platforms that help to make money and save money as part of their digital transformation.​

Author of two books, ‘The Life of AI’ and ‘The Shape of Data,’ Paul has a background in Cloud, AI, Application development and HPC. Before joining the IT industry, he worked for a Consultancy specialising in Business Performance Improvement. ​

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Fireside chat: Avoiding the hype and keeping sight of value whilst AI continues to boom

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Suren Siva
Former Managing Director, Strategy, UBS

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Simonti Basu
WCL Data Controls Director, HSBC

Simonti is the Head of Data Controls for HSBC driving strategy, design, and mobilisation of strategic data programmes, for Commercial and Global Banking Businesses for ESG, Data Controls and streamlining of credit operations.

She has 15+ years of experience in financial services, spanning consulting with EY and banking (global banking and markets, commercial banking) which involved designing customer journeys, operating models, putting in place control frameworks, impact analysis of markets regulations and trends and identification of digitization and commercialization opportunities.

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Panel discussion: Women in AI: Bringing inclusivity and diversity in finance

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Divya Kesavan
Head of Corporate Data Science and Insights, Barclays

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Helen Krause
Head of Data Science Insights, Citi Group

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Jules Ferdinand Pagna Disso
Head of Cyber Risk Intelligence, Insider Technology Risk and Digital Asset Risk, BNP Paribas

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The Great Debate: Leveraging automation and AI to save time and costs

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Mitigating against fraud and financial crime in AI

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Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos
Director, Head of Machine Learning Technologies, Barclays

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Keynote: GenAI in the Financial industries: A realistic overview

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Dario Morelli
Head of Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (EU D&A), Admiral Group

I am a data & analytics professional with over 10 years experience across music and fintech industries.
In Sept 2021 I graduated from Imperial College's MSc in Business Analytics, where I applied advanced and rigorous data science techniques to problems ranging from workforce to healthcare.I focus on achieving business goals by developing high-performing analytics teams, fostering strong data cultures and building modern and scalable data platforms.

I thrive in environments that encourage intellectual curiosity, strategic thinking and a collaborative approach to solving problems through technology.

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Panel discussion: Crafting the insurance world with automation and GenAI

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Dr Eugenia Shynkevich
Head of Quant Solutions, Senior Vice President, Bank of New York

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Closing keynote: Realising the potential of AI and big data in a financial institution

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Deepak Paramanand
Director of AI Research & Product Management, JP Morgan

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Closing Keynote: Exploring live cases of synthetic data to successfully enhance AI and large language models

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Emily Campbell-Ratcliffe
Head of AI Assurance - Responsible Technology Adoption Unit, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Emily Campbell-Ratcliffe is Head of AI Assurance at the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Emily leads DSIT’s efforts to support the growth of an ethical, trustworthy, and effective AI assurance ecosystem in the UK, a key pillar of support for realising the UK’s AI governance framework. She represents the UK at the OECD’s Working Party on AI Governance, and is also part of the OECD.AI network of experts, contributing to their Expert Groups on AI Risk & Accountability and Compute & Climate. Emily has worked in AI policy for several years, and prior to joining government worked in the private sector on international AI governance policy. Outside of her roles she has published work on the responsible publication of AI research, and how to manage its risks.

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Fireside chat: AI Governance and Risk Management in Finance

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JoAnn Stonier
Mastercardfellow Data and AI, Mastercard

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Panel discussion: Evaluating real-world practices of emissions and ethics of AI

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Mark Croman
COO, NatWest Commercial & Institutional Depositary Services

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How is AI transforming governance & compliance in the funds industry?

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Dale Jones
Interim Head of Data Insights, NatWest Commercial & Institutional Depositary Services

Dale has over 10 years of data analytics experience in the asset & wealth management industry covering audit, compliance and cloud transformation programmes. Dale leads the Client Insights & Analytics team for NatWest Trustee & Depositary Services. He has a Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology from the University of Leeds and certifications for SQL, Python programming and the CFA Investment Management Certificate

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How is AI transforming governance & compliance in the funds industry?

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Rowena Everson
Head Digital Channels & Data Science, Standard Chartered Bank

Rowena has an international career in banking and FSIs, working in Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila, Warsaw and London in transformational change roles and start-ups.

As the founding CEO of Stanchart’s newest subsidiary in Poland, she established Eastern Europe’s premier cyber security centre of excellence as well as the entire physical and operational infrastructure and a highly tuned branding program.

Now Rowena is leading the digital transformation program for Europe-Americas. She is a Board Director of Standard Chartered Poland as well as the SC Ventures fintech Let's Bloom, a tribunal panel member of the Financial Reporting Council and an Ambassador for the Women in COO Community.

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The Great Debate: Leveraging automation and AI to save time and costs

2024-09-09, 10:00 AM

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Nombuso Matsape
Head of IT Digital Data and Innovation Business Engagement, ICBC Standard bank

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How are you translating and summarising information in your business?

2024-09-09, 11:45 AM

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Sabah Carter
Chief Data, Intelligence and Technology Officer, Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Ms Carter is Chief Data, Information and Technology Officer (CDITO) at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Previously she was CIO Enterprise Systems and CIO Global Operations for News Corp and led strategic relationships with technology partners and social media platforms. She led key business initiatives for News Corp, including building their Indian (Bangalore) off-shore capability. Ms Carter has held a number of Technology leadership roles delivering ‘business transforming’ change to internal and external audiences across numerous industry sectors including Media, Education, Telecoms and Government.

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Panel discussion: Women in AI: Bringing inclusivity and diversity in finance

2024-09-10, 11:00 AM

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Fireside chat: Transforming the world of CX in Finance

2024-09-10, 11:35 AM

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Edmund George
Head of Data Science & Analytics, C. Hoares & Co.

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Fireside chat: Avoiding the hype and keeping sight of value whilst AI continues to boom

2024-09-09, 2:30 PM

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Dr Paul Dongha
Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy, NatWest Group

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Panel discussion: Evaluating real-world practices of emissions and ethics of AI

2024-09-10, 2:20 PM

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Todd Coletto
Rates Business Development Lead, Citi

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Fireside chat: How AI Will Transform the Trading Floor

2024-09-09, 5:15 PM

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Gareth Davies
Global Head of Fraud, Allianz Commerical

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Panel discussion: Crafting the insurance world with automation and GenAI

2024-09-10, 3:50 PM

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Joseph Lu
Director, Longevity Science, Legal & General

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Panel discussion: Crafting the insurance world with automation and GenAI

2024-09-10, 3:50 PM

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Chris Pearce
Head of Data Science, eSure

Chris works at esure as Head of Data Science leading a large team. He is accountable for the growth and scaling of new machine learning applications and products across the enterprise as well as AI research.

Chris has experience across FMCG retail, banking, automotive, marketing & insurance industries having worked as a practitioner of data science and product developer through to a leader & strategist of data science capability and transformation. He has worked on every facet of the discipline from forecasting, NLP, image recognition, anomaly detection, recommenders & more recently GenAI. He is also responsible for the build of platform infrastructure and MLOps frameworks.

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Panel discussion: Crafting the insurance world with automation and GenAI

2024-09-10, 3:50 PM

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Mauricio Toro Bermudez
Data Scientist, Cheddar

Mauricio Toro holds a PhD in Computer Science from Université de Bordeaux, France. As the principal data scientist at Cheddar,
best newcomer at the British Bank Awards 2024, he developed solutions to maximize user savings using AI and NLP.
Previously, as a technical leader at a large fintech company in latin america, he developed solutions for customer feedback
summarisation using AI and NLP.

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The Great Debate: Leveraging automation and AI to save time and costs

2024-09-09, 10:00 AM

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Dr. Iain Brown
Head of Data Science for Northern Europe, SAS

Dr. Iain Brown is the Head of Data Science for Northern Europe and an Adjunct Professor of Marketing Data Science at the University of Southampton, renowned for his extensive expertise in AI and machine learning across various sectors. He is the author of "Mastering Marketing Data Science: A Comprehensive Guide for Today's Marketers," which consolidates his deep knowledge in leveraging data science for marketing effectiveness. An accomplished speaker and leader, Dr. Brown continues to shape the future of data-driven strategies and innovation in data science education and application.

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Revolutionising Risk Analytics with Generative AI & Synthetic Data

2024-09-10, 12:05 PM

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Yoni Malchi
PhD, Managing Director, AI & Data Solutions Consulting, WWT

Yoni Malchi is a Managing Director in WWT’s AI & Data Consulting organization.  He has 15 years of experience leveraging AI and Data capabilities to drive value in Fortune 500 companies. Yoni, who currently leads a team of Management Consultants, Data Scientists and Data Engineers that focus on building end-to-end AI Solutions, was recently ranked one of the Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Consultants and Leaders of 2023 by The Consulting Report.​

Prior to joining WWT, Yoni was an Executive Director at JPMorgan in their Intelligent Solutions group, leading a cross-functional team that built data insight products for the Consumer and Commercial Bank. He also spent two years at Opera Solutions, a management consulting firm focused on building transformative AI solutions for Financial Services and Telecom companies. ​

Yoni began his career at the Aerospace Corporation where, for over twenty Air Force and NASA rocket launches, he analyzed massive data sets (from the Atlas-5 and Delta-4 launch vehicles) to identify launch risks and optimize performance. Yoni co-authored the chapter on Liquid Propulsion in the Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering.​

During his time at WWT, Yoni launched the WWT AI R&D program in 2018 and currently has two patents pending in the AI space.  He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Union College.  In his free time, Yoni enjoys spending time with his wife and twin 9-year-old daughters and playing as much tennis as possible!

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Bring AI to Your Data: An Ecosystem Approach to AI Adoption

2024-09-09, 4:00 PM

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Breakfast Briefing: From AI possible to AI proven | Enabling an AI-Powered Finance Industry​

2024-09-10, 8:00 AM

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Dr. Matthew Jones
Head of Risk Decision Science & Analytical Innovation, Nationwide Building Society

Matthew has a PhD in Statistics and is an ex-lecturer in Computational Statistics at Cardiff University School of Mathematics.  He has 20 years’ of experience in financial services, his team build advanced analytical tools across Credit Risk, Economic Crime and Collections & Recoveries.

His team delivered the first Machine Learning Credit Scorecard for a major UK financial institution, and he currently sits on the Nationwide AI Council with a focus on the creation of controls for Generative AI models.

He has a passion for learning and development creating and chairing the Risk Academy and enterprise-wide Nationwide Analytical Community.

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Revolutionising Risk Analytics with Generative AI & Synthetic Data

2024-09-10, 12:05 PM

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Rhys Jones
Director, NextWave Consulting

Rhys Jones is a partner at Nextwave Consulting with an impressive career spanning 18 years. He has led digital change initiatives within some of the world's largest banking groups at a Directorship level. Rhys is a trusted advisor to leading financial institutions due to his expertise in blending high-performing culture with low code and embedded AI. His experience and knowledge have made him a valuable strategist to the industry.

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Enhancing Compliance with AI: Appian’s Strategy for FS Compliance

2024-09-09, 5:00 PM

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Anna Mason
Partner Solutions Consultant, Appian

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Enhancing Compliance with AI: Appian’s Strategy for FS Compliance

2024-09-09, 5:00 PM

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Tom Coppock
Senior Product Management Director - Artificial Intelligence, Tungsten Automation

Tom is responsible for Tungsten Automation’s global AI strategy, related product roadmap priorities and go-to-market value propositions, across Tungsten’s Intelligent Automation, Workflow, Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and e-Invoicing platforms.

With more than 25 years in the software industry, Tom has hands-on experience with a wide range of integration, automation, cloud, data, and AI technologies, bringing a deep understanding of how different solution capabilities can complement each other to increase business value and accelerate innovation.

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Fireside chat: How AI Will Transform the Trading Floor

2024-09-09, 5:15 PM

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Cherie Landman
Strategic Accounts Director, boost.ai

Cherie is heading up the UK sales efforts for boost.ai, a leading provider of conversational AI for enterprises. She joined the company in 2023, having previously gained extensive enterprise technology experience from her time at Limitless, Salesforce, and Genesys. Cherie is well known for her solution orientated approach to prospects and customers’ needs and believes that growth follows when you add value to those around you. Cherie is based in the UK and in her spare time, works within her local community to fundraise for local charities. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-landman/

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Enhancing CX and reducing operational cost with boost.ai and large language models

2024-09-09, 10:45 AM

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Adam Rathbone
Technical Pre-Sales, Boost. AI

Adam Rathbone is a Senior Sales Engineer at Boost.ai, specialising in creating exceptional customer experiences through advanced conversational and generative AI solutions. With four years of experience in the conversational AI space, Adam is skilled in AI chatbots and generative AI technologies.

Before joining Boost.ai, he excelled as a Solutions Consultant, at both LivePerson and Commify where he focused on enhancing customer engagement and optimising digital channels. Adam is renowned for his solution-oriented approach and his ability to tailor strategies that drive meaningful results for enterprises. A member of the PreSales Collective, Adam holds a professional diploma in Customer Experience (CX) and is passionate about leveraging technology to add value to clients and partners.

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Enhancing CX and reducing operational cost with boost.ai and large language models

2024-09-09, 10:45 AM

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Puneet Shukla
Group Managing Director & Regional Head EMEA, EdgeVerve

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Accelerating Financial Services Transformation through AI-First Platform Adoption

2024-09-10, 2:50 PM

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Simon Thompson
Head of AI, ML & Data Science, GFT

Simon is based in the UK and leads GFT’s AI, ML & AI practice. Simon brings nearly 30 years’ experience of working on using machine learning to create value for customers. His team brings a systematic and scientific approach to AI, drawing on GFT’s comprehensive and deep knowledge of financial services as an industry.

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The Great Debate: Leveraging automation and AI to save time and costs

2024-09-09, 10:00 AM

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Alexander Stumpfegger
Chief Sales Officer, CID

Alexander Stumpfegger is Chief Sales Officer at CID, a digital solution and AI innovator. Over 20+ years at CID, Alexander has helped to develop technological solutions for web crawling, natural language processing, and semantic graphs to support information exploration to benefit clients in various industries. His background combines technological expertise with business-oriented approaches to AI and Big Data Analytics. Today, Alexander supports asset and wealth managers to leverage more actionable insights from quantitative, fundamental, and qualitative data sources to build better thematic investment products and to drive business development at wealth managers and private banks.

 

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Building the AI-powered bank

2024-09-09, 9:30 AM

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The Great Debate: Leveraging automation and AI to save time and costs

2024-09-09, 10:00 AM

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Gilles Talbot
Insurance Director, Genesys

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Panel discussion: Crafting the insurance world with automation and GenAI

2024-09-10, 3:50 PM

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Yohan Lobo
Industry Solution Manager - Financial Services, M-Files

Yohan leads the development of our solutions for Financial Services clients following 16 years in commercially focussed roles within the consumer and B2B payments industry. He has held a range of key sales, sales-leadership, and commercial delivery roles during periods of rapid change. He has worked with a range of sectors including business services, local government, and alternative finance. Yohan has always had a focus on bringing the voice of clients into product, marketing and operational functions.

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yohan-lobo/

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How can automation and AI help you deliver Speed, Accuracy and Value for your clients and firm?

2024-09-09, 3:00 PM

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Andy Piper
Vice President of Engineering, Diffblue

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Building new software faster with AI to drive productivity

2024-09-09, 1:15 PM

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Richard Bassett
Vice President of Digital, AI & Analytics, NICE

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Panel discussion: Evaluating real-world practices of emissions and ethics of AI

2024-09-10, 2:20 PM

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Auralia Edwards
Sr Enterprise Architect, Workday

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Panel discussion: Women in AI: Bringing inclusivity and diversity in finance

2024-09-10, 11:00 AM

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Mark Lockyer
Sales Director UK & EMEA

With 20 years in the ever-changing Contact Centre and Client Engagement spaces, Mark has worked with some of the largest Global entities on transformation projects ensuring technology delivers on expectation. Passionate about bringing Agent and Customer Evaluation together through the power of Speech and Engagement Analytics Mark can draw on successful client projects that have delivered exceptional ROIs and Transformational change across entire organisations. Notable Brands – Dell, Orange, Ageas, Direct line, Teleperformance, HSBC, TeliaSonera, E.ON, BNP Paribas.

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Kosta Savic
Business Development Leader, Kosmoy
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Andrew Martin
CEO, ControlPlane

Andrew has an incisive security engineering ethos gained building and destroying high-traffic web applications. Proficient in systems development, testing, and operations, he is at his happiest profiling and securing every tier of a cloud native system, and has battle-hardened experience delivering containerised solutions to enterprise and government. 

He is co-author of Hacking Kubernetes (O’Reilly Media, 2022), and has published whitepapers and training material for the Linux Foundation and SANS.

Andrew is Founder and CEO of https://control-plane.io, CISO at OpenUK, and co-chair of the CNCF’s technical advisory group for security.

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Defending AI on Kubernetes: Red Team Playbook

2024-09-10, 9:30 AM

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Rajan Nagina
Head of AI Practice, Newgen Software

Rajan Nagina is the driving force behind Newgen Software's AI platforms. He combines
his passion for product development with his expertise in cultivating high-performing
teams and a knack for riding on major tech waves of AI/ML/GenAI. With an MBA from
the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta and a Bachelor of Technology in
Computer Science from the Institute of Engineering and Technology (I.E.T.) Lucknow,
Rajan approaches problem-solving from a multidisciplinary viewpoint.

Rajan is known for his avid reading habits and his ability to weave compelling narratives,
both in his storytelling and in articulating the vision for his products. At Newgen, he has
been pivotal in developing and spinning off Newgen's Data Science Platform into LumYn
for the Banking and Financial Services vertical, a suite of solutions designed to harness
the power of artificial intelligence to drive digital transformation. His strategic vision and
technical expertise have significantly contributed to innovative applications in machine
learning, GenAI, and data analytics.

In addition to his technical prowess, Rajan is a thought leader in the AI space, frequently
sharing insights through thought leadership articles and industry conferences. His ability
to anticipate and leverage technological advancements has positioned Newgen at the
forefront of AI-driven innovation. Rajan’s dedication to fostering a culture of continuous
learning and experimentation within his teams has not only resulted in cutting-edge
products but has also established a robust framework for sustained growth and
excellence in the ever-evolving tech landscape.

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Fireside chat: Transforming the world of CX in Finance

2024-09-10, 11:35 AM

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Bernd Schopp
Chief Commercial Officer, Squirro

Dr Bernd Schopp joined Squirro in 2021 as Chief Commercial Officer, to accelerate growthvand help the company become the market leader for Insight Engines and Augmented Intelligence.

Schopp was CEO and co-owner of leading DACH Digital Transformation agency Namics. AtvNamics, Schopp grew the business to a client-centric international organization with more than 550 employees. After Merkle acquired Namics, he was part of the European Executive Management team of Merkle that integrated the Namics business into the Merkle EMEA organisation.

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Accurate, Trustworthy & Reliable Generative AI solutions with Graph-Powered RAG

2024-09-10, 1:05 PM

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Sebastian Gabler
Chief Customer Officer & Director of Sales, Semantic Web Company

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Accurate, Trustworthy & Reliable Generative AI solutions with Graph-Powered RAG

2024-09-10, 1:05 PM

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