Agenda: Winning the AI Race in Banking & Finance Conference
08 October 2026 – Hilton London Canary Wharf
Winning the AI Race in Banking & Finance conference is designed for finance leaders and decision-makers. The agenda focuses on actionable strategies for leveraging AI, with key sessions on fortifying the firm with AI for enhanced cybersecurity and the cloud advantage for building scalable platforms. This event offers a unique opportunity to network with innovators and future-proof your organization’s success.
Join leaders and innovators from across Europe at “Winning the AI Race in Banking & Finance“ in the heart of London. Come and network with your peers, gain critical insights, share best practices and secure your place at the forefront of the financial future. The race is on—will you lead?
Secure your place at the AI Conference of the Year
Conference Agenda
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Registration & Networking Coffee
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM Opening Keynote: The AI Imperative in Finance
9:10 AM – 9:30 AM Winning the AI Race: Bridging the Gap Between Experimentation and Transformation – Microsoft, Chief AI & Data Science Leader, Yeliz Kilinc
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM Fighting AI with AI: Securing Financial Infrastructure at Machine Speed – Palo Alto, CSO, Scott McKinnon
9:50 AM – 10:10 AM AI Emerging Challenges: Trust & Scale – IBM
10:10 AM – 10:30 AM Beyond the Ransom Note: How Banks Survive and Thrive After a Cyber Attack – Rubrik, Director Rubrik X EMEA, Mark Grant
10:30 AM – 10:50 AM Networking Coffee Break
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM Panel Discussion Natasha Siram, Yeliz Kilinc, Hind Diouani
11:10 AM – 11:30 AM Your AI Ceiling is Human Attention – LSEG, Director of Engineering, Chris Hughes
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM Agentic AI Risks & How to Manage them – NatWest Boxed, Kevin Fielder
11:50 AM – 12:10 PM Visibility Beyond the Log In – iboss, Sales Engineering & Implementation Team Lead – EMEIA, Anthony Robinson
12:10 PM – 12:30 PM AI Security, Bias and How to Drive Change – EY Partner, Sarah Rench
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Networking Lunch
1:30 PM – 1:50 PM Scaling Responsibly – Citi Bank VP, Ramy Erfan
1:50 PM – 2:10 PM Ship small. Govern in code – Celerity – Innovation Lead, Simon Kofkin-Hansen
2:10 PM – 2:30 PM Panel Discussion: The Regulatory Landscape for AI in Finance
2:30 PM – 2:50 PM The AI Trust Anchor: Keeping Enterprise Data Secure and Compliant in a GenAI World – MariaDB, Director of Training, Stephen Darlington
2:50 PM – 3:05 PM Networking Coffee Break
3:05 PM – 3:25 PM How to Move Fast and Not Break Things with Agentic AI Security – Delinea, Scott Shield, Enterprise Sales Engineer
3:25 PM – 3:45 PM From the Model to the Endpoint: Governing Agentic AI – Softcat, Chief Strategist – Microsoft, Alex Pearce
3:45 PM – 4:05 PM Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – Aviva, Privacy & Ethics Lead, Olu Akinyede
4:05 PM – 4:20 PM Accelerating Security Operations in AI Era – WTW, Senior AI & Security Automation, Vitalii Chetvertakov
4:20 PM – 4:30 PM Closing Remarks & Networking
*Please Note Digital Metropolis reserves the right to change the Agenda and or speakers without notice.
