AI in the Financial Services Industry 2024
The AI Business Consortium, supported by Quinlan's Kaufman Center for Financial Policy Studies, was proud to host the 2nd annual AI in the Financial Services Industry conference. The event featured prominent leaders from both industry and academia.
Agenda
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast & Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome |
| 9:15 a.m. | Keynote Address: Performance Is Not All You Need: Developing and Validating High Risk Machine Learning
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| 10:00 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Panel 1: GenAI for Process Improvement and Related Use Cases
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| 11:00 a.m. | Panel 2: Blueprint for Success: Strategic AI Deployment in Financial Services
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| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Panel 3: The Regulatory Environment: Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity Risk
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| 2:00 p.m. |
Session Leader for Breakout Hour: Raj Sampoornam Breakout A: Use Case - AI for Loan Origination
Breakout B: Managing Organizational Adoption of AI
Breakout C: AI Project Evaluation and Selection
Breakout D: Workflow Automation with CoPilots
Breakout E: AI and Enterprise Risk Management
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| 3:00 p.m. | Afternoon Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel 4: Challenges of Deploying AI in a Heavily Regulated Environment
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| 4:00 p.m. | Panel 5: Navigating Model Risk From a Non-Bank and Third Party Perspective
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| 4:45 p.m. | Concluding Remarks |
Conference Details & Registration
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024
Location: Schreiber Center, 16 E. Pearson St., Chicago
Keynote Speaker
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Agus Sudjianto Former EVP, Head of Corporate Model Risk, Wells Fargo Executive in Residence, UNC Charlotte School of Data Science |
Speakers
Our incredible line-up of speakers delved into a variety of timely and relevant topics at the intersection of AI and finance.
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Loren Bushkar Innovation Policy Federal Reserve |
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Mark J. Canter Chief Information Security Officer US Government Accountability Office |
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Gary Class Industry Strategist, Financial Services Teradata |
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Tim Classen Associate Professor; Sr. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Academic Affairs, Quinlan School of Business |
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Arijit Das SVP, Digital Asset Innovation Northern Trust |
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Stephanie Daugherty AVP, Business Systems Manager Byline Bank |
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Joe DeCosmo Chief Analytics and Technology Officer Enova International |
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Brent DeMar VP, Decisioning Technology Discover Financial Services |
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Doug Evanoff Executive Director Kaufman Center for Financial and Policy Studies |
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Jesus Gonzalez Deputy Global Practice Leader, Commercial Risk Group Aon |
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Dean Haacker CIO Metropolitan Capital |
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Doug Hague Executive Director and Professor of Practice School of Data Science UNC Charlotte |
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Donald High Chief Data Scientist Internal Revenue Service |
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Abol Jalilvand Professor; Finance Department Chair; MS Finance Program Director; Director, Center for Risk Management and Insurance Quinlan School of Business |
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Arjun Ravi Kannan Director, Data Science Research Discover Financial Services |
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Raghu Kulkarni Chief AI Officer Equifax |
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Yixiu Li Director, Generative AI Modeling Discover Financial Services |
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Kathleen Maley VP, Analytics Experian |
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David McMichael Vice President & Actuary Travelers Insurance Company |
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Donna Murphy Acting Deputy Comptroller for Compliance Risk Policy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
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Sunder Pappu Head of Technology Strategy The Inland Real Estate Group |
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Ram Peddu Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Risk & Finance BMO Harris Bank |
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Steven K. Platt Director of Analytics; Lecturer of Applied AI; Director, AI Business Consortium Loyola University Chicago |
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Kader Sakkaria Head of Global Data Technology Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. |
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Raj Sampoornam CIO Byline Bank |
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Sterling Thomas Chief Scientist US Government Accountability Office |
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Marcelo Aaron Bonilla Worsley Associate Professor, Computer Science & Learning, Northwestern University Board Member, Black Kids Predict |
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The AI Business Consortium, supported by Quinlan's Kaufman Center for Financial Policy Studies, was proud to host the 2nd annual AI in the Financial Services Industry conference. The event featured prominent leaders from both industry and academia.
Agenda
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast & Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome |
| 9:15 a.m. | Keynote Address: Performance Is Not All You Need: Developing and Validating High Risk Machine Learning
|
| 10:00 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Panel 1: GenAI for Process Improvement and Related Use Cases
|
| 11:00 a.m. | Panel 2: Blueprint for Success: Strategic AI Deployment in Financial Services
|
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Panel 3: The Regulatory Environment: Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity Risk
|
| 2:00 p.m. |
Session Leader for Breakout Hour: Raj Sampoornam Breakout A: Use Case - AI for Loan Origination
Breakout B: Managing Organizational Adoption of AI
Breakout C: AI Project Evaluation and Selection
Breakout D: Workflow Automation with CoPilots
Breakout E: AI and Enterprise Risk Management
|
| 3:00 p.m. | Afternoon Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel 4: Challenges of Deploying AI in a Heavily Regulated Environment
|
| 4:00 p.m. | Panel 5: Navigating Model Risk From a Non-Bank and Third Party Perspective
|
| 4:45 p.m. | Concluding Remarks |
Conference Details & Registration
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024
Location: Schreiber Center, 16 E. Pearson St., Chicago
Keynote Speaker
|
Agus Sudjianto Former EVP, Head of Corporate Model Risk, Wells Fargo Executive in Residence, UNC Charlotte School of Data Science |
Speakers
Our incredible line-up of speakers delved into a variety of timely and relevant topics at the intersection of AI and finance.
|
Loren Bushkar Innovation Policy Federal Reserve |
|
Mark J. Canter Chief Information Security Officer US Government Accountability Office |
|
Gary Class Industry Strategist, Financial Services Teradata |
|
Tim Classen Associate Professor; Sr. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Academic Affairs, Quinlan School of Business |
|
Arijit Das SVP, Digital Asset Innovation Northern Trust |
|
Stephanie Daugherty AVP, Business Systems Manager Byline Bank |
|
Joe DeCosmo Chief Analytics and Technology Officer Enova International |
|
Brent DeMar VP, Decisioning Technology Discover Financial Services |
|
Doug Evanoff Executive Director Kaufman Center for Financial and Policy Studies |
|
Jesus Gonzalez Deputy Global Practice Leader, Commercial Risk Group Aon |
|
Dean Haacker CIO Metropolitan Capital |
|
Doug Hague Executive Director and Professor of Practice School of Data Science UNC Charlotte |
|
Donald High Chief Data Scientist Internal Revenue Service |
|
Abol Jalilvand Professor; Finance Department Chair; MS Finance Program Director; Director, Center for Risk Management and Insurance Quinlan School of Business |
|
Arjun Ravi Kannan Director, Data Science Research Discover Financial Services |
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Raghu Kulkarni Chief AI Officer Equifax |
|
Yixiu Li Director, Generative AI Modeling Discover Financial Services |
|
Kathleen Maley VP, Analytics Experian |
|
David McMichael Vice President & Actuary Travelers Insurance Company |
|
Donna Murphy Acting Deputy Comptroller for Compliance Risk Policy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
|
Sunder Pappu Head of Technology Strategy The Inland Real Estate Group |
|
Ram Peddu Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Risk & Finance BMO Harris Bank |
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Steven K. Platt Director of Analytics; Lecturer of Applied AI; Director, AI Business Consortium Loyola University Chicago |
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Kader Sakkaria Head of Global Data Technology Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. |
|
Raj Sampoornam CIO Byline Bank |
|
Sterling Thomas Chief Scientist US Government Accountability Office |
|
Marcelo Aaron Bonilla Worsley Associate Professor, Computer Science & Learning, Northwestern University Board Member, Black Kids Predict |