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AI in the Financial Services Industry 2024

 

Join the AI Business Consortium, supported by Quinlan's Kaufman Center for Financial Policy Studies, for the 2nd annual AI in the Financial Services Industry conference. This event will feature 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

  • Agus Sudjianto, Wells Fargo
10:00 a.m. Morning Break
10:15 a.m. Panel 1:
GenAI for Process Improvement and Related Use Cases
  • Gary Class, Teradata
  • Donald High, IRS
  • Ram Peddu, BMO Harris Bank
11:00 a.m. Panel 2:
Blueprint for Success: Strategic AI Deployment in Financial Services
  • Brent DeMar, Discover Financial Services
  • Raghu Kulkarni, Equifax
11:45 a.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Panel 3:
Regulatory Environment and Cybersecurity Risk
  • Jennifer Franks, US Government Accountability Office
  • Donna Murphy, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 
2:00 p.m.

Session Leader for Breakout Hour: Raj Sampoornam

Breakout A: Use Case - AI for Loan Origination

  • Raj Sampoornam, Byline Bank
  • Stephanie Daugherty, Byline Bank

Breakout B: Managing Organizational Adoption of AI

  • Kader Sakkaria, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 

Breakout C: AI Project Evaluation and Selection

  • Sunder Pappu, Inland Real Estate Group 

Breakout D: Workflow Automation with CoPilots

  • Dean Haacker, Metropolitan Capital

Breakout E: AI and Enterprise Risk Management

  • Abol Jalilvand, Loyola University Chicago
3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break
3:15 p.m. Panel 4:
Challenges of Deploying AI in a Heavily Regulated Environment
  • Arijit Das, Northern Trust
  • Jesus Gonzalez, Aon
  • Sterling Thomas, US Government Accountability Office 
4:00 p.m. Panel 5:
Navigating Model Risk From a Non-Bank and Third Party Perspective
  • Doug Hague, UNC Charlotte
  • Joe DeCosmo, Enova International
  • Kathleen Maley, Experian
  • David McMichael, Travelers Insurance Co.
4:45 p.m. Concluding Remarks

Conference Details & Registration

Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024
Location: Schreiber Center, 16 E. Pearson St., Chicago

Registration is open to senior level executives working in the financial services industry and academia.

Keynote Speaker

Agus Sudjianto Agus Sudjianto
Former EVP, Head of Corporate Model Risk
Wells Fargo

Speakers

Our incredible line-up of speakers will delve into a variety of timely and revelant topics at the intersection of AI and finance. Check back soon as we continue to announce more amazing speakers.

Michael Behnam Michael Behnam
Dean
Quinlan School of Business
Gary Class Gary Class
Industry Strategist, Financial Services
Teradata
Arijit Das Arijit Das
SVP, Digital Asset Innovation
Northern Trust
Joe Decosmo Joe DeCosmo
Chief Analytics and Technology Officer
Enova International
Brent DeMar Brent DeMar
Head, Data Platforms
Discover Financial Services
Jennifer Franks Jennifer Franks
Director, Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity
US Government Accountability Office
Jesus Gonzalez Jesus Gonzalez
Deputy Global Practice Leader, Commercial Risk Group
Aon
Dean Haacker Dean Haacker
CIO
Metropolitan Capital
Doug Hague Doug Hague
Executive Director and Professor of Practice
School of Data Science
UNC Charlotte
Donald High Donald High
Chief Data Scientist
Internal Revenue Service
Abol Jalilvand Abol Jalilvand
Professor; Finance Department Chair; MS Finance Program Director; Director, Center for Risk Management and Insurance
Quinlan School of Business
Raghu Kulkarni Raghu Kulkarni
Chief AI Officer
Equifax
Kathleen Maley Kathleen Maley
VP, Analytics
Experian
David McMichael David McMichael
Vice President & Actuary
Travelers Insurance Company
Donna Murphy Donna Murphy
Acting Deputy Comptroller for Compliance Risk Policy
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 
Sunder Pappu Sunder Pappu
Head of Technology Strategy
The Inland Real Estate Group 
Ram Peddu Ram Peddu
Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Risk & Finance
BMO Harris Bank 
Kader Sakkaria Kader Sakkaria
Head of Global Data Technology
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 
Raj Sampoornam Raj Sampoornam
CIO
Byline Bank 
Sterling Thomas Sterling Thomas
Chief Scientist
US Government Accountability Office 
Marcelo Worsley Marcelo Aaron Bonilla Worsley
Associate Professor, Computer Science & Learning, Northwestern University
Board Member, Black Kids Predict

 Premier Sponsor
Teradata logo

Association Partner
BKP logo

Center Support

Kaufman Center Lockup

 

 

Join the AI Business Consortium, supported by Quinlan's Kaufman Center for Financial Policy Studies, for the 2nd annual AI in the Financial Services Industry conference. This event will feature 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

  • Agus Sudjianto, Wells Fargo
10:00 a.m. Morning Break
10:15 a.m. Panel 1:
GenAI for Process Improvement and Related Use Cases
  • Gary Class, Teradata
  • Donald High, IRS
  • Ram Peddu, BMO Harris Bank
11:00 a.m. Panel 2:
Blueprint for Success: Strategic AI Deployment in Financial Services
  • Brent DeMar, Discover Financial Services
  • Raghu Kulkarni, Equifax
11:45 a.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Panel 3:
Regulatory Environment and Cybersecurity Risk
  • Jennifer Franks, US Government Accountability Office
  • Donna Murphy, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 
2:00 p.m.

Session Leader for Breakout Hour: Raj Sampoornam

Breakout A: Use Case - AI for Loan Origination

  • Raj Sampoornam, Byline Bank
  • Stephanie Daugherty, Byline Bank

Breakout B: Managing Organizational Adoption of AI

  • Kader Sakkaria, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 

Breakout C: AI Project Evaluation and Selection

  • Sunder Pappu, Inland Real Estate Group 

Breakout D: Workflow Automation with CoPilots

  • Dean Haacker, Metropolitan Capital

Breakout E: AI and Enterprise Risk Management

  • Abol Jalilvand, Loyola University Chicago
3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break
3:15 p.m. Panel 4:
Challenges of Deploying AI in a Heavily Regulated Environment
  • Arijit Das, Northern Trust
  • Jesus Gonzalez, Aon
  • Sterling Thomas, US Government Accountability Office 
4:00 p.m. Panel 5:
Navigating Model Risk From a Non-Bank and Third Party Perspective
  • Doug Hague, UNC Charlotte
  • Joe DeCosmo, Enova International
  • Kathleen Maley, Experian
  • David McMichael, Travelers Insurance Co.
4:45 p.m. Concluding Remarks

Conference Details & Registration

Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024
Location: Schreiber Center, 16 E. Pearson St., Chicago

Registration is open to senior level executives working in the financial services industry and academia.

Keynote Speaker

Agus Sudjianto Agus Sudjianto
Former EVP, Head of Corporate Model Risk
Wells Fargo

Speakers

Our incredible line-up of speakers will delve into a variety of timely and revelant topics at the intersection of AI and finance. Check back soon as we continue to announce more amazing speakers.

Michael Behnam Michael Behnam
Dean
Quinlan School of Business
Gary Class Gary Class
Industry Strategist, Financial Services
Teradata
Arijit Das Arijit Das
SVP, Digital Asset Innovation
Northern Trust
Joe Decosmo Joe DeCosmo
Chief Analytics and Technology Officer
Enova International
Brent DeMar Brent DeMar
Head, Data Platforms
Discover Financial Services
Jennifer Franks Jennifer Franks
Director, Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity
US Government Accountability Office
Jesus Gonzalez Jesus Gonzalez
Deputy Global Practice Leader, Commercial Risk Group
Aon
Dean Haacker Dean Haacker
CIO
Metropolitan Capital
Doug Hague Doug Hague
Executive Director and Professor of Practice
School of Data Science
UNC Charlotte
Donald High Donald High
Chief Data Scientist
Internal Revenue Service
Abol Jalilvand Abol Jalilvand
Professor; Finance Department Chair; MS Finance Program Director; Director, Center for Risk Management and Insurance
Quinlan School of Business
Raghu Kulkarni Raghu Kulkarni
Chief AI Officer
Equifax
Kathleen Maley Kathleen Maley
VP, Analytics
Experian
David McMichael David McMichael
Vice President & Actuary
Travelers Insurance Company
Donna Murphy Donna Murphy
Acting Deputy Comptroller for Compliance Risk Policy
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 
Sunder Pappu Sunder Pappu
Head of Technology Strategy
The Inland Real Estate Group 
Ram Peddu Ram Peddu
Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Risk & Finance
BMO Harris Bank 
Kader Sakkaria Kader Sakkaria
Head of Global Data Technology
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 
Raj Sampoornam Raj Sampoornam
CIO
Byline Bank 
Sterling Thomas Sterling Thomas
Chief Scientist
US Government Accountability Office 
Marcelo Worsley Marcelo Aaron Bonilla Worsley
Associate Professor, Computer Science & Learning, Northwestern University
Board Member, Black Kids Predict

 Premier Sponsor
Teradata logo

Association Partner
BKP logo

Center Support

Kaufman Center Lockup