Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services Conference Singapore

Leveraging AI to meet evolving customer needs

20

November

  • Singapore
  • Complimentary

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JoAnn Stonier​

Mastercardfellow Data and AI, Mastercard

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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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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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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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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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Jules Ferdinand Pagna Disso​

Head of Cyber Risk Intelligence, Insider Technology Risk and Digital Asset Risk, BNP Paribas

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Edmund George​

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

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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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Divya Kesavan​

Head of Corporate Data Science and Insights, Barclays

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Dr Paul Dongha​

Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy, NatWest Group

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    Genesys empowers more than 8,000 organisations to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the #1 AI-powered experience orchestration platform, Genesys delivers the future of CX to organisations of all sizes so they can provide empathetic, personalised experience at scale.

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    GFT is a digital transformation pioneer that develops sustainable solutions based on new technologies including artificial intelligence and blockchain / DLT. The company’s strengths include deep technical expertise, strong partnerships and comprehensive market insights. GFT experts create and implement scalable software applications that make access to innovative business models safe and easy. With locations in more than 15 markets around the globe, GFT ensures proximity to its clients. The company draws on over 35 years of experience and a team of over 10,000 determined experts.

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    InvestCloud is a global company specializing in digital platforms that enable the development of financial solutions, pre-integrated into the Cloud. The company offers on-demand client experiences and intuitive operations solutions using an ever-expanding library of modular apps, resulting in powerful products. Headquartered in Los Angeles, InvestCloud has over 20 global offices including New York, London, Geneva, Singapore and Sydney, supporting trillions in assets across hundreds of diverse clients – from the largest banks in the world to wealth managers, asset managers and asset services companies.

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    Kosmoy is a leading innovator in the deployment of advanced Generative AI (GenAI) solutions for financial institutions. Our flagship platform, Kosmoy Studio, empowers banks, insurance companies, and asset management firms to harness AI for enhanced operational efficiency, streamlined compliance, and improved customer interactions. Kosmoy Studio offers intuitive, no-code solutions for rapid deployment, fine-tuning, and managing the lifecycle of GenAI agents (GenAIOps). It provides robust GenAI governance and observability into LLM-based applications, ensuring financial institutions stay ahead of regulatory requirements and market trends while delivering exceptional service.

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    Mesh-AI is the leading specialist data and AI consultancy that partners with enterprises from strategy to implementation, to turn data into their real competitive advantage, rapidly.

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    Newgen is the leading provider of a unified digital transformation platform with native process automation, content services, and communication management capabilities. Globally, successful enterprises rely on Newgen’s industry-recognized low code application platform to develop and deploy complex, content-driven, and customer-engaging business applications on the cloud. From onboarding to service requests, lending to underwriting, and for many more use cases across industries. Newgen unlocks simple with speed and agility.

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      Why attend?

      Join us for the Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services Conference Singapore.

      A day filled with senior executives from leading financial institutions will gather to explore the latest innovations in AI and how they are specifically being used to enhance and disrupt the FS industry. Annual AI in Financial Conference

      The Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services conference, which attracted the attention of online casino players, was a great opportunity for professionals to learn about the latest developments in this field. The conference covered a wide range of topics, from data mining and predictive analytics to machine learning and reinforcement learning. Although the main focus of the conference was on financial services, the principles discussed can be applied to a variety of industries including online gambling. The event was full of bankers, financiers and managers of various financial institutions and representatives of irish casino who discussed how artificial intelligence will revolutionize their business.

      Here the main conference themes:

      • The use of GenAi in enhancing decision-making and personalisation
      • The benefits from automation and improved decision-making
      • Understanding how AI-powered solutions enable personalized and tailored interactions, enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty
      • Transforming data into actionable intelligence
      • Strengthening security and preventing fraud
      • A principles-based, technology-neutral regulatory approach
      • Applying governance frameworks and controls to the use of AI in financial services
      • Cross-industry collaboration

      Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming various industries, and the online gambling industry is no exception. In recent years, online casinos have adopted AI technology to improve their services and enhance the overall user experience. One of the areas where AI has made a significant impact is in the withdrawal process. In the past, withdrawing money from an online casino could be a lengthy and cumbersome process. Players had to go through a series of steps that involved verifying their identity, providing personal information, and waiting for the withdrawal to be processed. This process could take several days, depending on the casino’s policies and the payment method used. However, with the help of AI, online casinos can now offer Fast And Easy Withdrawals to their players. AI algorithms can analyze and verify user data in real-time, reducing the time it takes to process withdrawals. This means that players can get their winnings faster and with less hassle.

      Elden Ring game developers keep an eye on the financial services sector. The team is interested in what they can learn from the sector and how they can apply it to their game. Elden Ring includes a lot of simulated caelid colloseum , so the developers are able to explore different ways in which these systems can interact. Also with new upgrades and developments in artificial intelligence, the game developers want to ensure that the NPCs behave realistically and make logical decisions. This will help immersion for players while they explore the world of Elden Ring. The team is looking to make sure that their game offers a compelling experience for players, while also being mindful of how artificial intelligence will affect future installments. This attention to detail is important as the team strives to create an engaging experience for all players

      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.

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      Speakers

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      Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services 2023

      Agenda

      • 20 Nov 2025
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      8 AM

      Registration

      THEME 1: Navigating the AI Roadmap in Modern Finance

      8:40 AM

      Chairman’s Opening Remarks

      Speakers

      Bartosz Golba
      Research Director, Financial Services, GlobalData

      8:45 AM

      Industry Address: AI, Trade Wars and The New World Order?

      Speakers

      Rory Green
      Chief China Economist, TS Lombard

      9 AM

      Lead Partner Sponsor – Keynote Address: A Practical Implementation Guide for Enterprise AI Compliance and Risk Management

      • Strategies for managing compliance at scale, especially for multinational corporations
      • Case studies successfully navigating AI compliance challenges in FS

      9:20 AM

      Keynote Address: Fortifying Future: AI x Cybersecurity in APAC’s Financial Sector

      • How is AI revolutionizing threat detection, response, and mitigation in financial services?
      • Balancing AI risks and innovation tools usage including ML and LLMs
      • Developing strategies to enhance decision making
      • Building vigilance and security preventatives

      Speakers

      Frankie Shuai
      APAC Chief Information Security Officer, DWS Investments Singapore Limited

      9:50 AM

      Gold Sponsor – Monitoring Risks – How Are We Governing These At The Right Time?

      • Evaluating timeliness in organizations acting on risks at the right moment to prevent disruptions
      • Leveraging AI, analytics, and real-time monitoring tools to enhance risk management strategies and data-driven decision making
      • Reviewing real-world examples of proactive risk governance and the consequences of delayed responses

      10:10 AM

      Keynote: Building Your Perfect AI Agent and Data Stack

      Speakers

      Matthew Driver
      Executive Vice President, Services, Asia-Pacific

      10:30 AM

      Panel Partner Sponsor – Panel Discussion: Preparing A Robust AI Governance Framework – The New Roadmap?

      • Accelerating AI literacy and capabilities to enhance AI adoption
      • How are we ensuring employees are compliant and risk-vigilant?
      • What can we learn from the EU AI Act and how do we adopt this in APAC?
      • Mastering risk management and ethical guidelines to become proficient

      Speakers

      Rory Green
      Chief China Economist, TS Lombard
      Frankie Shuai
      APAC Chief Information Security Officer, DWS Investments Singapore Limited
      Max Ang
      Senior Analyst, APAC Region, Celent

      10:50 AM

      Dragon’s Den – Join in to see the best strategies for you!

      11 AM

      Morning Networking Break

      THEME 2: Enhancing Your Data and Automation Stack Strategies

      Speakers

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

      11:35 AM

      Cognitive Parallels: How Generative AI Mimics Human Cognitive Processes

      Breaking the barriers to AI mimicking creativity, reasoning, pattern recognition, and where it diverges.

      Speakers

      Mark Powell
      Head of Private Cloud Delivery, Standard Chartered Bank

      11:50 AM

      Case Study: Making A Next-Gen Wealth Management Lifestyle

      • Showing consumers’ expectations and providers’ actions
      • Explanation of data from proprietary surveys
      • Market trends and analysis

      Speakers

      Heike Van Den Hoevel
      Principal Analyst, Research and Analysis, GlobalData

      12:10 PM

      Sponsor – Embracing Behavioral Finance in An Era of Artificial Intelligence

      • Supporting a CX centric strategy for your business
      • How does behavioural science benefit your customer and product delivery?
      • Building a compliant and regulatory safe CX solution

      12:30 PM

      The New Gismo of Small Language Models

      • Are we ready to develop Gen AI and Machine Learning training with SLMs?
      • To what extent are SLMs time and cost-efficient?
      • How do SLMs compare to LLMs in terms of accuracy and reliability?

      Speakers

      Ashutosh Joshi
      Head Channel Data Science, Wells Fargo

      12:50 PM

      Tech Spotlight Sponsor – The Training Ground for Bigger

      • Evaluating models and data strategies to reduce hallucinations and biases
      • How do you monitor data confidentiality?
      • Where can AI be used for payments and sequencing matching?

      1:05 PM

      Lunch

      THEME 3: From Traditional Banking to Intelligent Finance

      2:10 PM

      Implementing Gen AI into The Value Chain – How Do We Start?

      • Reviewing model code and architecture using XAI (explainable AI) techniques to interpret outputs and algorithms
      • Mitigating and re-testing strategies to find the right solution for your value chain
      • How can we generate simplicity with AI and agility with current infrastructures?

      Speakers

      Colin Blackwell
      Co-founder and Director, Hyperion Fintech

      2:30 PM

      Modernizing and Transforming Your Data Analytics and AI Strategies

      • Celent surveys’ reports and insurers’ case studies
      • Learn how to implement and transfer best practices and strategies in your insurance company

      Speakers

      Max Ang
      Senior Analyst, APAC Region, Celent

      2:50 PM

      Sponsor – Real-Time Data: The Currency of the Future

      • Harnessing speed and real-time data to gain competitive edge
      • Generative AI Vs. Predictive AI – understanding the right time to use each
      • What is operational intelligence?
      • De-Silo your data by implementing a data fabric

      3:10 PM

      Panel Partner Sponsor – Panel Discussion: The Human Touch of Robo-Advisory

      • Fine-tuning the balance of chatbots and human advice to customers
      • Transitioning CX personalization to Millennial and Gen Z customers – how successful are we here?
      • Diversifying customer preferences with ethics, transparency and trust over their data
      • How do we overcome the sound of becoming robotic?
      • Use cases and examples

      Senior Representative, RCBC

      Speakers

      Bartosz Golba
      Research Director, Financial Services, GlobalData
      Yiliang Zhao
      Director, Head of Data Science, Openspace Ventures
      Sunday Domingo
      Global Head, Digital Platforms & Products, Digital Channels & Data Analytics, Corporate & Investment Bank, Standard Chartered Singapore

      3:30 PM

      Networking Break

      THEME 4: Preparing To Become Future-Ready

      4 PM

      Rewriting The Cultural Adoption of AI and Automation

      • How do we perceive the current state of AI and automation adoption in Asia?
      • Exploring communication techniques to maintain a balanced level of integrated AI strategies and initiatives
      • Productionising GenAI – is it giving the right data and outputs?

      Speakers

      Samer El-Hajjar
      Senior Lecturer, National University of Singapore

      4:20 PM

      Sponsor – Building Your Perfect AI Agent

      • Solving your complex, multi-step problems with a snap of a finger
      • Accomplish specific goals and projects with high efficiency
      • Orchestrate and redefine CX with our intelligence solutions

      4:40 PM

      Fireside Chat Partner – Closing Keynote Fireside Chat: How Is the AIFS Industry In Asia Expected To Advance In The Upcoming Years?

      • Driving towards ML and AI that serves strategies not just efficiency
      • How can C-Executives prepare for bigger investments?
      • Rise of real-time AI agents and leveraging analytics to enhance CX and product performance

      TBC, Sunlife Singapore

      Speakers

      Yiliang Zhao
      Director, Head of Data Science, Openspace Ventures
      Bartosz Golba
      Research Director, Financial Services, GlobalData

      5 PM

      Chairman’s Final Remarks & Close of Conference

      60 mins: Reception Drinks Sponsored by XX

      5:30 PM

      Private Dinner Hosted by XX

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      Mastercardfellow Data and AI, Mastercard
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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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      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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      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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      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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      Jules Ferdinand Pagna Disso
      Head of Cyber Risk Intelligence, Insider Technology Risk and Digital Asset Risk, BNP Paribas
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      Edmund George
      Head of Data Science & Analytics, C. Hoares & Co.
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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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      Divya Kesavan
      Head of Corporate Data Science and Insights, Barclays
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      Dr Paul Dongha
      Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy, NatWest Group
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      Rory Green
      Chief China Economist, TS Lombard

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      Industry Address: AI, Trade Wars and The New World Order?

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      Frankie Shuai
      APAC Chief Information Security Officer, DWS Investments Singapore Limited

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      Matthew Driver
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      Max Ang
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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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      Mark Croman
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