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GenAI: A New Path to Value in the Auto Finance Industry
The auto finance industry could address historical challenges with GenAI. Specialized AI agents could not only streamline processes but also unlock new sources of value.
Drinks Reception
Chair’s Opening Remarks & Setting the Scene
Registration
Opening Keynote: Reconfiguring Auto Supply Chains: How Tariffs and Geopolitical Shifts are Changing Supply Chains
- What are the factors contributing to the reconfiguration of supply chains?
- Why is there a shift towards the localization of supply chains?
- What are governments doing to aid reconfiguration?
SESSION 1) Key Trends: Where Are We Now?
Chair: Christopher Lays, Partner, Alix Partners
Dragon’s Den
TraceGains Joined by Baker & Baker: From Data to Agility – Digitising Supplier Management for Smarter Operations
Join TraceGains and Baker & Baker to explore how digitising supplier data turns complexity into agility. In this session, you’ll learn how a robust digital supplier management programme:
- Creates a single, trusted source of supplier data across raw materials, packaging, and co-manufacturers
- Streamlines compliance processes and reduces manual bottlenecks
- Improves visibility into supplier performance and risk
- Enables teams to shift focus from reactive compliance to proactive innovation and NPD
- Lays the foundation for AI and advanced analytics to support smarter decision-making
Macroeconomic Outlook: Global Economic Trends and Market Drivers in 2026
- An outlook of current macroeconomic trends and their impact on various asset classes
- The AI Bubble Timeline: How should investors play this theme?
- Will 2026 deliver an Inflation Crisis?
- ECB unlikely to cut in December. Will a rebound in German growth in 2026 be enough to drag the EA with it?
- Market volatility, supply shocks and how investors should think about constructing portfolios to support growth and stability