Banking on innovation: Driving the future of finance
Join us for a stand-out summit that unites industry leaders, innovators, and experts to explore the cutting-edge advancements transforming the banking sector. This event will have a focus on the latest developments in AI, blockchain, fintech, and digital banking, highlighting their impact on customer experience, security, and operational efficiency. Attendees will gain insights from thought-provoking keynote sessions, engaging panel discussions, and interactive workshops. Join us to network, collaborate, and harness the power of innovation to drive the future of finance, ensuring your institution stays ahead in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Speakers
Anthony Anter
Maran Chandrasekaran
Sammi Li
Erum Manzoor
Jonathan Schneider
Mark Katz
Ravi Karanam
Banarasi Tippa
Joy Willing
Agenda
1:10pm - 1:35pm
Keynote
1:35pm - 2:20pm
Panel
2:20pm - 2:45pm
Keynote
Cybersecurity DJ: Spinning a Setlist of Trusted Apps and Zero Malware
If your environment were a party, who would you trust to control the music? Great playlists don’t happen by accident—they’re intentional. In this session, we’ll show how Airlock Digital helps you create a curated playlist of trusted applications, ensuring only approved software makes the set while everything untrusted is permanently skipped. It’s the deny-by-default approach, delivered with the precision of a DJ who knows exactly what the crowd needs. With a blend of humor, real-world examples, and practical takeaways, you’ll learn how to block the noise, stop threats before they start, and keep your organization dancing to a secure, uninterrupted beat
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Roundtables
Track 1: Modernize Mainframe Data Management
Banks rely on mainframes for high-speed processing and unmatched reliability, but the future demands more. This session examines how financial institutions are evolving their core systems to remain competitive, compliant, and cloud-connected.
Talking Points:
- Simplifying and Securing Data Management
- Enabling Cyber-Resilience and Threat Mitigation
- Enhancing Data Protection in Modernized Environments
Track 3: Reinventing Compliance Through RegTech
Compliance doesn’t have to slow innovation. In today’s banking world, RegTech is turning compliance into a competitive edge. Join us to see how banks are using it to cut costs, stay accurate, and adapt to new rules—while staying agile in a changing financial landscape
Focus Areas:
• Automating KYC, AML, and transaction monitoring
• Using AI to lower false positives and improve SAR quality
• Creating agile regulatory change management frameworks
3:00pm - 6:30pm
1:1 Meetings
4:10pm - 4:40pm
Masterclass
Data Privacy as a Business Enabler: Turning Compliance into Competitive Advantage
4:45pm - 5:15pm
Sponsor Workshop
From Automation to Autonomy: A Leader’s Blueprint for Agentic AI in Banking Operations
Banking operations are at an inflection point. The industry has spent years streamlining workflows through task-based automation, but the next wave is already here: Agentic AI—systems that can reason, plan, and execute multi-step workflows with autonomy.
Imagine a back office that does not just execute instructions but predicts needs, resolves exceptions in real-time, and embeds compliance into every action. This is no longer aspirational—it’s rapidly becoming the new operating model for leading financial institutions.
In this interactive, executive-focused session, we will cut through the hype and focus on the practical blueprint for transformation:
- Deconstruct the Hype: Understand what truly differentiates Agentic AI from traditional automation, and why it matters for resilience and regulatory alignment.
- Pinpoint High-Value Use Cases: Through a guided exercise, identify the top 3 opportunities where autonomous operations can unlock ROI—whether in loan origination, trade settlement, or fraud investigation.
- Design Your Pilot: Walk through a strategic framework that balances innovation with governance—covering data readiness, compliance guardrails, and risk management.
- Make the Business Case: Learn how to tie AI-driven operational transformation directly to cost savings, regulatory adherence, and shareholder value.
You will leave with more than inspiration—you will leave with a tangible blueprint to begin charting your institution’s path toward an autonomous, AI-powered back office.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Gala Dinner
8:30pm - 8:50pm
Dinner Keynote
8:00am - 8:40am
Panel
The Great Banking Code Makeover
Legacy systems can slow even the most innovative banks. This discussion brings together technology leaders to share how they modernize large, complex codebases while maintaining operational stability and compliance.
Key Topics
- Transforming legacy systems into adaptable platforms
- Using automation and AI to accelerate modernization
- Embedding upgrades into daily engineering practices
- Aligning modernization with compliance and risk management
8:40am - 9:10am
Keynote
9:20am - 12:10pm
1:1 Meetings
9:20am - 10:20am
Roundtables
10:30am - 11:00am
Future Focus Speakers
Redesigning CX in the Digital-First Era: Omnichannel, Agentic AI, and Evals
Key Topics
- Delivering frictionless, end-to-end journeys across mobile, web, and branch experiences
- Blending Agentic AI with human touch to balance autonomy, efficiency, and empathy
- Embedding Evals into CX pipelines to proactively test, measure, and optimize experiences
- Using CES, NPS, and journey analytics to monitor and act on satisfaction drivers
- Building 24/7 service models that anticipate and respond to customer needs in real time
11:05am - 11:35am
Collaboration Corner
The Hidden Pressures of Leading Digital Innovation
Today’s digital & technology leaders are under immense pressure - expected to be strategists, innovators, crisis managers, and culture leaders, often all at once. This highly interactive session explores the human side of leadership: the invisible stressors that come with the role, and how senior technology leaders can build resilience while leading high-performing teams.
We’ll unpack the real challenges you face - from balancing stakeholder demands, retaining top talent, and avoiding burnout. This session creates space for reflection, connection, and shared learning with your peers.
Come prepared to engage - your perspective may be exactly what someone else needs to hear.
12:25pm - 12:50pm
Closing Keynote
Leading Through Data, Disruption, and Regulation
In a world where crises spark change faster than policy can catch up, governance has evolved from a compliance checkbox into a competitive advantage. This keynote explores how financial institutions can lead with data-driven trust, not fear regulation. Drawing from decades of technological transformation and market turbulence, from Dodd Frank to generative AI, it reveals why the smartest organizations use governance as a growth engine, not a constraint.
Erum Manzoor connects historic regulatory lag with today’s digital acceleration, illustrating how proactive data strategy, transparency, and adaptive leadership can turn uncertainty into innovation.
Key Takeaways
1. Regulation Reacts, Leadership Anticipates: Compliance is not a finish line—it’s a foresight discipline built on understanding where the next risk will emerge.
2. Data Is the New Governance Currency: Intelligent use of data and automation drives both compliance efficiency and organizational trust.
3. Resilience Outpaces Regulation: In volatile markets, institutions that invest in governance agility outperform those that wait for the next rulebook.
1:05pm - 2:10pm
1:1 Meetings
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Beyond the Challenges
Why attend?
Connect with like-minded senior leaders for a curated agenda, focused on tackling your current business critical challenges and driving industry forward.
Be a part of exclusive shared learning, horizon scanning and actionable insights enabling organizations to deliver transformative strategies.
Build meaningful relationships with solution providers matched to your business priorities to help accelerate your projects and deliver your objectives.
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