Brief Agenda

23 April, 2026

08:00 am

08:30

08:50

Registration & Morning Networking

08:50

09:00

Conference Chair’s Welcome Remarks

Holger Wasem

Wiseadvice

09:00 am

09:00

10:00

Panel 1: Morning Power Hour Panel Discussion – Setting the Stage

Where does Agentic AI adoption stand today in financial institutions?
Why is 2026 a tipping point for Europe?
What’s driving the shift from GenAI pilots to autonomous systems?
Where are banks already seeing real business value?
What’s overhyped vs. truly achievable now?
What are the biggest barriers to scaling across organisations?
How can firms balance innovation with risk, compliance, and auditability?
Build vs. partner—how should institutions decide?
What will an AI-native financial institution look like by 2030, and impact on payments?

Stephan Waniek

Raiffeisen Bank International

Aarti Gupta

Deutsche Bank

Burak Yilmaz

Microsoft

Niall Deehan

Camunda

Holger Wasem

Wiseadvice

10:00 am

10:00

10:25

Beyond Automation: Enter the Agentic Era

As financial institutions move beyond early automation and AI pilots, the focus is shifting to agentic systems that deliver faster, more controlled, and resilient operations. In this session, SS&C Blue Prism and AWS will explore how to transition from task-based automation to intelligent, orchestrated, and outcome-driven processes—covering key foundations like governance, human oversight, and enterprise readiness for scaling safely.

Jorg Schwarze

SS&C Blue Prism

Pilar Garcia Ramos

Commerzbank

10:25

10:45

Leading the Shift: How Banks Are Operationalizing the Agentic Future

Banks are moving from pilots to real Agentic AI use cases by modernizing legacy workflows for
autonomous decisioning. They are balancing innovation with governance, security, and trust
while seeing measurable impact in key operations. Accelerating adoption requires strong
ecosystem partnerships to scale safely and effectively.

Ryan Grenier

Commerz bank

10:45

11:05

A European FI Blueprint for Safe, Scalable Agentic AI Transformation

European institutions are progressing in Agentic AI but remain early in scale. Success hinges on strong governance (EU AI Act alignment), robust data architecture, and prioritising high-value,
low-risk use cases—supported by workforce and cultural shifts for human–AI collaboration.

Jochen Papenbrock

Nvidia

11:00 am

11:05

11:45

Morning Networking Break/ Pre-Arranged Meetings (40 minutes)

11:45

12:05

The big move to production - Adopting (Agentic) AI with confidence

Everyone is talking about it, using it to some extend, personally as well as professionally. AI is
everywhere these days. But for larger organizations, where it is not yet is: in production. Why is that? And how can you change that with confidence and while mitigating risks? Join this speech to learn how technology might help you leverage the agentic AI revolution while being secure,
confident and compliant. Hear our insights into the market from countless conversations with
leading customers and learn what might make you accelerate your AI initiatives and move them
to production.

Tim Sevenich

Axway

12:00

12:05

12:45

Panel 2: Intelligence in Motion: How Agentic Systems Are Re-Shaping Financial Operations

Where are banks today on the journey from RPA to intelligent, reasoning-driven automation?
Which processes are proving most ready for end-to-end AI orchestration?
How are LLM agents changing the economics of operations, risk, and service delivery?
What’s the right balance between automation, human oversight, and regulatory comfort?
How can institutions modernise legacy workflows without creating new operational risks?
What capabilities must the next-generation automation stack deliver to scale safely?
Which operating models, skills, and governance frameworks enable sustainable adoption?
What lessons are emerging from early deployments across onboarding, KYC, lending, and claims?
How are firms measuring value, speed, and ROI in this new automation era?
What breakthroughs can we expect in 2026 as reasoning systems mature?

Krista Luijten

ABN AMRO

Bernd Fritzke

DekaBank

Mac Mahalingam

AWS

Shamit Bagchi

Capgemini

Anette Brolos

Finthropology (Moderator)

12:45

13:05

Building the AI Backbone — Decisions That Will Define Banks for the Next Decade

AI success is driven by architecture not algorithms while legacy ownership and data
gravity often limit scale. Key trade-offs between speed, control, and explainability,
along with decisions on centralisation and cloud vs. hybrid/on-prem, will define
outcomes. As AI memory emerges as both an advantage and risk, some infrastructure
choices will be difficult to reverse.

David Prieto

Google

13:00

13:05

14:00

Networking Lunch/ Pre-Arranged Meetings (55 mins)

14:00

14:40

Panel 3: Building the AI-Ready Bank: Governance, Risk, and Scale

How will the EU AI Act reshape deployment strategies and investment priorities?
What does “responsible AI” mean in practice—and where are the gaps vs. reality?
Which governance upgrades are most critical for safe, scalable adoption?
How should human oversight be defined for advanced AI systems?
Where are institutions struggling with data quality, lineage, and transparency?
What new risks do GenAI and agentic systems introduce?
How can firms balance innovation with auditability, explainability, and control?
How will identity, security, and continuous monitoring evolve for AI workflows?
What defines an AI-compliant institution by 2027—and what to build vs. buy?

Simone Pintus

UBS

Michael Kleber

ING

Ivo Oskar Titscher

INFOMOTION GmbH

Ram Ravi

DekaBank

Antonios Gkekas

Deutsche Kreditbank AG (Moderator)

14:40

14:55

Stretch Break (5 mins)

14:55

15:15

Operationalizing Responsible AI: Embedding Trust, Control & Compliance into Agentic Systems

AI is a powerful accelerator for automating financial operations.
In finance, speed alone isn’t enough. Accuracy, traceability, and regulatory compliance are critical.
AI can generate confident but incorrect outputs, introducing new operational risks
Unchecked AI can lead to misclassification, errors, compliance breaches, and false reporting.
Recognizing, governing, and mitigating AI risk is essential to unlocking its value safely.

Eran Goldman-Malka

European Depositary Bank

15:00

15:15

16:00

Networking Coffee Break / 1:1 Meetings Session (45 mins)

16:00

16:50

Panel 4: Designing the AI Backbone: Securing, Scaling & Governing the Future Financial

What does an AI-ready financial architecture truly look today?
What role will cloud, hybrid, and edge architectures play in the next 3 years?
How can institutions build secure, memory-enabled intelligence that learns continuously?
What’s stopping AI from entering mission-critical, high-risk processes today?
Which foundational data investments create the biggest lift for AI success?
How should firms modernise legacy infrastructure without disrupting stability?
How should organisations prioritise AI infrastructure under tight budgets?
What lessons are emerging from early deployments across Europe and the US?