An agenda to drive tech, culture, and strategy at the crossroads of finance and innovation.
Keynote – Leading at the Edge: The CTO’s Mandate in the Era of Generative Finance
- As financial technologies evolve, the lines between compliance, innovation, and customer responsibilities blur; learn how strategic CTO leadership can effectively navigate this intersection.
- Discover practical frameworks for integrating generative AI into your infrastructure responsibly, ensuring scalability, trust, and efficiency.
- Understand why approaching regulatory compliance as a strategic platform—rather than as a constraint—can accelerate innovation and market advantage.
- Explore actionable strategies to embrace complexity and proactively shape the future of your organisation, rather than simply responding to change.
Mohamed Ait Si Brahim, Group CTO, Hargreaves Lansdown
Keynote – Managing the Longevity Risk: The Financial Services Perspective
- Life expectancy continues to rise, yet planning for longevity risk in public and private sectors hasn’t kept pace—raising critical questions about fiscal sustainability.
- Define the urgent roles financial institutions, governments, funds, educators, and tech businesses must play in swiftly and safely delivering scalable solutions.
- Discover how emerging technologies could become powerful allies, reshaping risk assessment, investments, and the creation of new financial products and services, rather than relying on outdated tools to manage this evolving challenge.
- Identify the surprising indicators—such as the correlation between nappy sales and ageing demographics—that reveal deeper insights into future financial service needs.
Helene Panzarino, Trustee, International Longevity Centre
Panel – Open Finance, Open Challenges: API Strategies for Competitive Advantage
- APIs are transforming financial services; learn strategies to build secure, scalable APIs.
- Discover best practices for API-driven integrations that enhance customer experiences.
- Address common pitfalls in API strategy and management in highly regulated finance environments.
Mindaugas Grigas, CTO, Saldo Bank
Juha Ristolainen, CTO, Upvest
Panel – Regulatory Realities: Tech Leadership and Compliance Innovation
- Balancing innovation with compliance is a continuous challenge; hear strategies to manage this effectively.
- Explore innovative approaches to meet regulatory requirements without stifling technical innovation.
- Learn why proactive compliance can become a strategic advantage in finance.
Matt Yule-Bennett, CTO, yetipay
Samantha Knights, Head of European Applications, Daiwa Capital Markets Europe
Presentation – Unlocking Innovation: Citizen Developers and the Rise of Agentic AI
- Learn how citizen developers, empowered by intuitive platforms and agentic AI, accelerate innovation and enhance productivity across your organisation.
- Explore effective governance strategies to balance user empowerment with regulatory compliance, ensuring agility without compromising security.
- Understand why combining agentic AI with citizen development can deliver unique competitive advantages, helping your organisation swiftly adapt to evolving market demands.
Jennifer Anderson, CIO, National Wealth Fund
Presentation – Green IT is now Risk Management
- Sustainability is becoming critical and Green IT has moved from optional to core operational risk.
- Learn how to embed sustainability metrics into your technology strategy.
- Understand why aligning tech strategy with ESG priorities attracts investment and customer loyalty.
Ludi Akue, CTO Digital, Bpifrance
And Introducing: Interactive Deep-Dive Discussions!
This year, we’re excited to bring you Breakout Deep-Dives, giving you the opportunity to get more involved in the conversation. Following lunch, the entire conference will break out into three concurrent interactive deep-dive discussions, allowing you to choose the topic most relevant to you:
- Technology – Innovations and tools shaping the future of finance
- Leadership – Evolving leadership strategies in a changing financial landscape
- Wellness & Culture – Building resilient teams and sustainable workplace cultures
In this hour, you will get high-quality networking, focused dialogue, and deeper interactions in a more intimate setting. Check back here for updated deep-dive topics!
