Agenda

08.30 - 09.05: Registration and refreshments

09.15 - 09.20: Chairman's Welcome

09.20 - 09.50: Keynote speaker

09.50 - 10.20: Session to be announced...

10.20 - 11.00: Panel – AI regulation and compliance: Preparing for the EU AI Act, UK guidance, and the next wave of responsible AI in financial services (Sponsored by Aveni)

As artificial intelligence becomes ever more embedded in financial services, new regulatory frameworks are reshaping what responsible AI looks like in practice. This session will provide a timely exploration of the EU AI Act’s phased implementation, the UK’s evolving regulatory guidance, and what these mean for compliance leaders, technologists, and risk managers. Panellists will discuss how firms are preparing for the 2026 and 2027 compliance deadlines, navigating requirements for high-risk AI systems, and addressing transparency, governance, and ethical concerns. The conversation will also examine the intersection of AI regulation with data privacy, model risk, and operational resilience.

11.00 - 11.30: Coffee break

11.30 - 12.00: Presentation – Finding Bugs Before They Hit the Tape: Testing Software in the Age of AI Development (Sponsored by Antithesis)

12.00 - 12.40: Panel – Architecting AI-native financial services: Modernising legacy systems for production-ready intelligence (Sponsored by EPAM)

The primary barrier to enterprise-wide AI adoption in financial services is rarely the model itself; it is the underlying infrastructure. Most financial institutions operate on a complex web of legacy core banking systems, siloed databases, and rigid mainframe architectures that were never designed to handle the data velocity and orchestration requirements of modern artificial intelligence.

12.40 - 13.10: Session to be announced...

13.10 - 14.10: Lunch break

14.10 - 14.50: Panel – AI and the future of payments: Navigating real-time risk, operational scale, and tokenised commerce (Sponsored by Form3)

The global shift toward instant, account-to-account (A2A) payments and 24/7 processing has fundamentally changed how value moves. In an ecosystem where clearing and settlement occur in milliseconds, financial institutions face a new operational reality. AI is no longer a peripheral tool for pattern matching; it is becoming a core component embedded directly within payment rails to manage real-time risk, predict liquidity demands, and automate complex exception workflows before transaction windows close.

This session explores how financial leaders are deploying AI to manage the commercial and systemic challenges of high-speed payments. Panellists will discuss the balance between transaction speed and security, the operational governance needed as payment volumes scale, and the strategic implications of machine-to-machine (agentic) commerce. The discussion will also examine how established institutions and FinTech challengers can use intelligent automation to eliminate legacy operational friction while maintaining compliance and consumer trust.

14.50 - 15.30: Presentation

15.30 - 16.00: Keynote speaker

16.00 - 16.20: Chairman's closing remarks, quiz and end of conference

16.20 - 17.00: Networking drinks reception