DIGITAL INNOVATION SUMMIT 2023 - Agenda

Sponsored by Oliver Wyman

13:45 - Chair welcome 

13:50 - Keynote: The future of AI

       Keynote speaker:

• Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton 

14:05 - Panel discussion: Are we embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finance?

With the appearance early this year of publicly available generative AI tools online, the public and political interest in the potential applications for AI has skyrocketed. At the same time, concerns have expanded, no longer limited to unfair bias and opaque automated decisions, but also misinformation, fraud and even existential dangers to humanity. In this session, a panel of experts will try to cut through the noise and set out where they see the greatest potential for AI in the sector, what the key risks are and how UK Plc can work to mitigate these effectively.

       Moderator:

• Claire Tracey, Partner, Oliver Wyman

       Speakers:

• Paul Dongha, Group Head of Data & AI Ethics, Lloyds Banking Group
• Lord Holmes of Richmond
• Holly Middleton, Associate Partner, IBM
• Mohit Sarvaiya, International CIO, BNY Mellon

14:45 - Fireside chat: Crypto - What makes the UK attractive?

       Moderator:

• Tim Levene, CEO, Augmentum

       Speaker:

• Stephanie Ramezan, Head of UK, Gemini

15:15 - Innovation Showcase: Understanding quantum

       Speaker:

• Nick Levy, Partner, IBM
• Adam Hammond, Partner, IBM

Sponsored by KPMG

13:45 - Chair Welcome

       Speaker:

• Peter Harmston, Head of Payments, KPMG 

13:50 - Keynote: The future of payments 

14:05 - Session: Let’s debate the future of open banking! 

Earlier this year the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee published its plan for the future of open banking. Six months on, delegates will hear about the progress in developing a commercially sustainable open banking ecosystem. 

       Moderator: Adam Gagen, Global Head of Government Affairs, Revolut

       Speakers: 

• Charles Damen, Chief Product Officer, Token 
• Sam Emery, Payments Industry and Development Director, Lloyds Banking Group 
• Kate Fitzgerald, Head of Policy, PSR 
• Ellie Hewitt, Payments Director, KPMG
• Natalie Zorzella, Payments Policy Manager, FCA 

14:45 - Panel discussion: Acceptance - What retailers really want from digital innovation?  

       Moderator: Briony Krikorian-Slade, Principal, Payments, Innovation & Resilience, UK Finance

       Speakers: 

• Imran Ali, Payments Director, KPMG 
• Aron Gelbard, Founder & CEO, Bloom & Wild 
• Alison Hutchinson, CEO, Pennies 
• Max Roberts, Leader EMEA Revenue & Growth, Stripe 
• Oliver Steeley, Head of Payments Strategy, M&S

15:15 - Innovation showcase

         Speakers:

• Dave Smallwood, Vice President, Enterprise & Partnerships, Super Payments

13:45 - Chair welcome 

       Speaker: 

• Nicole Sandler, Head of Digital Policy, Barclays

13:50 - Keynote: The future of money 

       Speaker: 

• Rodney Garratt, Senior Adviser, BIS 

14:05 - Panel discussion: The vision for the Digital Pound 

Delegates will hear about the next steps in assessing the case for a Digital Pound.  

       Moderator: 

• Paul Horlock, Chief Payments Officer, Santander 

       Speakers: 

• Tony McLaughlin, Emerging Payments & Business Development, Citi
• Tom Mutton, CBDC Director, Bank of England 
• Gilbert Verdian, Founder & CEO, Quant 
• Rodney Garratt, Senior Adviser, BIS
• Jannah Patchay, Board Director and Policy, Regulatory and Legal Lead, Digital Pound Foundation

14:45 - Fireside Chat: Tokenisation and the Digital Markets - What are the next steps? 

A digital transformation of our markets is underway. Tokenisation (the digital representation of real financial assets) has the potential to transform our financial markets to promote efficiency, choice and deliver better investor outcomes. In July, UK Finance launched its report Unlocking the power of securities tokenisation setting out a roadmap for the UK. 

What progress have we seen and what are the next steps to cultivate a flourishing digital market in the UK? 

       Moderator: 

• Yvonne Deane Harte, Principal, Capital Markets and Wholesale Policy, UK Finance  

       Speaker: 

• Sabih Behzad, Head of Digital Assets and Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank 
• Scott A Lucas, Managing Director, Head of Markets DLT, J.P. Morgan
• Sam Tyfield, Partner, Shoosmiths

15:15 - Innovation showcase: Understanding tokenization in the Brazilian market 

       Moderator:

• Kevin Gaffney, Director Secondary Markets and Post Trade Policy, UK Finance

       Speakers: 

• Matheus Domm, Co-Founder & COO, Wiboocria
• Richard Warrior, Founder & CEO, Genezys
• Breno Silva, Managing Director, Qintess, Chairman, Lide UK

13:45 - Chair welcome 

       Speaker: 

• John Skipper, Chief Technology Officer, Metro Bank

13:50 - Keynote: The future of data - How to protect customers in the data economy  

       Speaker:

• John Penrose, Member of Parliament 

14:05 - Panel discussion: Which sector will win the data race? 

Delegates will hear about the development of the open data economy, what’s happening in other markets and how the finance industry can benefit from wider data access.

       Moderator: 

• Phillip Mind, Director Digital Technology and Innovation, UK Finance 

      Speakers: 

• Gavin Starks, Founder & CEO, Icebreaker One 
• Markos Zachariadis, Full Professor and Chair in FinTech & Information Systems, Alliance Manchester Business School 
• John Fitzpatrick, Head of Smart Data , Department of Business and Trade (BEIS)
• Louise Beaumont, SVP, Global Open Banking Industry & Policy Engagement, Mastercard
• Ezechi Britton, CEO, CFIT

14:45 - Fireside chat: Digital identity – What will unlock the opportunity in the UK? 

       Speaker: 

• Paula Sussex, CEO, OneID

15:15 - Innovation showcase 

       Speaker:

• James Watts, Head of Financial Services & Operational Resilience, Armis