Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services Conference Nordics

The Nordic AI-volution: Advancing from practice to performance

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  • Bella Sky, Copenhagen
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Airia is an enterprise AI full-stack platform to quickly and securely modernize workflows, deploy multi-modal models, provide instant time to value and create impactful ROI. Airia provides complete AI lifecycle integration, protects corporate data and simplifies AI adoption across the enterprise.

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Appian is a software company that automates business processes. The Appian Platform includes everything you need to design, automate, and optimize even the most complex processes, from start to finish. The world’s most innovative organizations trust Appian to improve their workflows, unify data, and optimize operations—resulting in better growth and superior customer experiences.

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BioCatch prevents digital fraud in real time by analyzing thousands of behavioral and cognitive patterns to detect anomalies linked to criminal activity. Trusted by over 30 of the top 100 banks and 196 financial institutions, BioCatch monitors 11 billion user sessions monthly, safeguarding 406 million people worldwide. In 2023, it saved customers an estimated $2.5 billion in fraud losses. Its Client Innovation Board, including Barclays and American Express, fosters innovative fraud prevention strategies.

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InvestCloud is a global company specializing in digital platforms that enable the development of financial solutions, pre-integrated into the Cloud. The company offers on-demand client experiences and intuitive operations solutions using an ever-expanding library of modular apps, resulting in powerful products. Headquartered in Los Angeles, InvestCloud has over 20 global offices including New York, London, Geneva, Singapore and Sydney, supporting trillions in assets across hundreds of diverse clients – from the largest banks in the world to wealth managers, asset managers and asset services companies.

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Kosmoy is a leading innovator in the deployment of advanced Generative AI (GenAI) solutions for financial institutions. Our flagship platform, Kosmoy Studio, empowers banks, insurance companies, and asset management firms to harness AI for enhanced operational efficiency, streamlined compliance, and improved customer interactions. Kosmoy Studio offers intuitive, no-code solutions for rapid deployment, fine-tuning, and managing the lifecycle of GenAI agents (GenAIOps). It provides robust GenAI governance and observability into LLM-based applications, ensuring financial institutions stay ahead of regulatory requirements and market trends while delivering exceptional service.

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Thomson Reuters® Confirmation, is the digital platform and global network trusted by audit firms, banks, and law firms to quickly and securely verify financial data. Confirmation invented electronic confirmations nearly 20 years ago, reshaping the audit confirmation process. Today, 1.5 million auditors, bankers, and financial professionals around the world trust Thomson Reuters® Confirmation to validate data and identify fraud. We can help you too.

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    Why attend?

    As the financial services landscape rapidly embraces AI, staying ahead means not only understanding current trends but effectively leveraging them. The Artificial Intelligence Services – The Nordic AI-volution: Advancing from practice to performance conference, set for 26 March 2025, is designed to spotlight essential strategies for FS leaders eager to implement AI effectively, transition smoothly from AI concepts to tangible ROI and navigate the ethical considerations essential in tech deployment.

    Unveiling AI success pathways

    Learn directly from top-tier experts as they outline actionable strategies leaders must adopt to integrate AI into their financial operations successfully. This deep dive into pioneering AI applications and methods will reveal how you can shape a future-focused strategy that not only incorporates AI innovations but also drives measurable financial gains.

    Building ethical and responsible AI frameworks

    The conference also focuses on the critical importance of ethics and responsibility in AI applications within financial services. Discover how to approach AI with a principled foundation, ensuring your foundation, ensuring your endeavours in AI guard against bias, uphold data privacy and maintain trust. Engage with specialists who are forging the path for responsible AI, providing valuable insights into creating robust frameworks that support ethical operations.

    Networking and knowledge exchange

    Capitalise on the opportunity to connect with the region’s leading tech innovators, thought leaders and industry visionaries. Each interaction promises to enrich your perspective, offering real-world advice and insights into groundbreaking case studies. Expand your professional network, interact with peers and access the latest industry research to stay on the front lines of technology and finance.

    Don’t let this chance slip by; secure your place at the forefront of AI in finance. Register now and transform your AI challenges into opportunities with insights from the conference. 

    The AI in Financial Services 2023 conference is an upcoming event that will bring together industry experts to discuss the latest trends and innovations in the financial services industry. One of the directions of the conference will be the intersection of artificial intelligence and gambling. As the gambling industry continues to evolve, the use of artificial intelligence is becoming more common, with online casinos and sports betting platforms using AI to improve player interactions and personalize recommendations leggi qui sul gioco d’azzardo. Also bringing together experts from the financial services and gaming industries, the conference will provide a unique opportunity to explore the intersection of these two fields and promote responsible innovation and growth. By attending the Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services 2023 conference, attendees will gain valuable insight into the future of AI in the gambling industry and its impact on the financial services sector.

      WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 2025

      • Gather expert insight from an impressive speaking faculty, 60% of which are director+ level from the biggest FS companies in the industry.
      • Discover the latest innovation and updates from a remarkable agenda, which covers both front-end and back-end themes.
      • Enjoy a day of invaluable networking opportunities.
      • Be part of timely and relevant conversations and hear about topics that are trending in the industry, including The future of AIoT in banking, creating GenAI roadmaps, responsible use of AI and more.

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      Exhibitors

      		25+

      Speakers

      		75%

      Attendees at Director+ level
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      Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services 2024

      Agenda

      • 26 Mar 2025
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      7:45 AM

      Registration

      The Current Landscape

      8:30 AM

      Welcome Address

      Speakers

      Chris Crespo
      Author and Chief Editor of Nordic Fintech Magazine | Ex Nordea

      8:40 AM

      KEYNOTE: From Nordic Tech Success to Financial Innovation: Leveraging Modern Data Platforms and Graph Analytics for the Future of Financial Services?

      Speakers

      Lennart Hedlund
      Enterprise Architect, Handelsbanken

      9 AM

      Lead Sponsor – Airia

      9:20 AM

      KEYNOTE: The Artificial Intelligence of Things: AI + IoT = The Superpowers of Analysis

      • Understanding the benefits of combining AI with IoT
      • The future of AIoT in banking
      • How edge intelligence allows higher scalability and efficiency for financial services

      Speakers

      Erlend Willand-Evensen
      SVP, Nordic Head of Analysis, Gjensidige Forsikring

      9:40 AM

      Keynote Panel Discussion: How Are National Initiatives Creating an AI Governance Blueprint to Enable AI Innovation?

      • How do the national legal and regulatory frameworks differ?
      • Implementing government-led safety frameworks
      • How is the finance industry navigating AI safety regulations in its daily operations?
      • Is an AI licensing regime possible?

      Speakers

      Mikael Ljungblom
      Director of Public Policy & International Relations, AI Sweden
      Massimo Buonomo
      Expert and Project Evaluator for AI and Deep Tech European Projects, European Commission
      Chris Crespo
      Author and Chief Editor of Nordic Fintech Magazine | Ex Nordea

      10:15 AM

      Is AI the Final Chapter of Traditional CX? – Breaking Free From Analytics Debt

      • Leveraging AI-driven insights and automation, to improve the effectiveness of BI tools
      • Delivering more value through data-driven decision-making
      • Modernizing business intelligence
      • Creating seamless experiences to improve customer outcomes

       

      Smart Communications

      10:35 AM

      Morning Break and Networking

      SESSION 2: The AI Data Imperative

      11 AM

      Keynote: Impact of AI on Brand Management and Customer Experience

      • How is AI transforming brand management?
      •  Building AI-powered data pipelines to enhance real customer experience
      •  Addressing security and data minimisation in AI
      •  How is AI rewriting the customer experience in finance?

      Speakers

      Robert Leinders-Krog
      Chief Commercial Officer, Instabank ASA 

      11:20 AM

      Build AI Apps on a Common Backbone With the LLM Mesh

      • Maximizing control while delivering the performance your business expects
      •  Empowering IT to manage risk while helping teams build safe, secure, enterprise-ready applications
      •  Strategies for mitigating privacy risks

      Dataiku

      11:40 AM

      Fireside Chat: Cultivating a Culture of Ethical AI Use – Pioneering with Purpose

      • How can you ensure the responsible use of AI?
      • Complying with evolving regulations
      • Can AI be used to monitor and control itself, creating a cycle of ethical compliance?
      • Building a competitive advantage on the responsible use of data and ethical AI
      • Prioritising people over systems

      Moderator: Aoife McGurk, Associate Analyst, Strategic Intelligence, GlobalData

      Speakers

      Nivedh Iyer
      Head of Group Data Management, Group Data & Analytics, Danske Bank
      Aoife McGurk
      Associate Analyst, Strategic Intelligence, GlobalData

      12 PM

      Sponsor – Is Your Data Ready for GenAI?

      • How can finance teams prepare their data?
      • De-silo your data legacy landscape
      • Spotting and preventing generative AI hallucinations
      • Use case examples across the financial services ecosystem

      12:20 PM

      Enhancing Test Data Generation with AI: A Case Study from a Swedish Digital Bank

      Having suitable test data is key to successfully orchestrate a testing project. The banking industry, with its inherent nature of sensitive data, poses challenges to testing professionals. While there are indeed scenarios where obtaining suitable test data is almost impossible, there are more scenarios than it appears to be where, by using little bit of innovative thinking, we can obtain necessary test data. To even expedite such an approach, we can successfully use AI. In this talk, Indranil will demo how his team has successfully used AI to generate necessary test data on demand and automated the whole process.

      Speakers

      Indranil Sinha
      Head of Quality Assurance, Marginalen Bank

      12:50 PM

      Afternoon Keynote: Next Generation Cross Boarder Payments

      Speakers

      Patrik Havander
      Head of Visa, B2B Connect Europe

      1:10 PM

      Governance and Scalability in Generative AI: The Role of LLM Gateways

      • Centralizing GenAI governance through LLM Gateways for policy compliance
      • Simplified integration with a unified API for various LLM providers
      • Implementing guardrails to filter PII and toxic content for responsible AI use
      • Monitoring techniques for real-time AI usage tracking and cost optimization
      • Balancing innovation and control as demonstrated by case studies in financial institutions

      Kosmoy

      1:30 PM

      Lunch and Networking

      SESSION 3: Overcoming the Challenges in AI

      2:30 PM

      A Series of Sector-Specific Roundtables (Sponsor-focused)

      Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others. Each roundtable session lasts for 30 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 3 roundtables.

      Speakers

      Aoife McGurk
      Associate Analyst, Strategic Intelligence, GlobalData

      4 PM

      Afternoon Break and Networking

      SESSION 4: FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

      4:30 PM

      Key Pillars of Digitalization and Omnichannel Strategy In Financial Services

      • Highlighting the potential initiatives of AI in transforming both customer experience and operational efficiency
      • Examples of AI summaries and Conversational AI
      • Leveraging AI to save time, ensure consistency, and improve the quality of customer follow-ups and freeing up advisors to focus on deeper customer engagement

      Speakers

      Mathias Holm Lyster
      Digitalisation and AI Lead, Nykredit

      4:50 PM

      Investing in Behavioural AI to Revolutionise Fraud Prevention

      • Using AI-driven behavioural analytics to detect emerging fraud and scam techniques
      •  Improving customer trust whilst reducing friction through behavioural intelligence
      •  Proactively detecting mule accounts before the damage is done

      BioCatch

      5:10 PM

      The Application and Status of AI in the Insurance Industry

      • Automation of Routine Tasks: Accelerating claim processing and optimizes underwriting using data analysis and machine learning.
      •  Improved Customer Service: Virtual assistants and chatbots provide quick responses to customer inquiries.
      •  Fraud Prevention: AI detects fraud by analyzing claims data and utilizing image recognition for assessments.
      •  Risk Management: AI helps insurers predict risks using data from weather and demographics.
      •  Personalization: AI enables tailored insurance solutions by evaluating individual behaviors, such as dynamic premiums based on data from wearables or vehicles.

      Speakers

      Alexander Schneevoigt
      Senior Portfolio & Business Development Manager, Nordic Region, DARAG Group

      5:30 PM

      Closing Keynote Panel Discussion: Building Tomorrow’s Nordic AI Workforce

      Moderator: Aoife McGurk, Associate Analyst, Strategic Intelligence, GlobalData

      Speakers

      Humberto Trevino
      AI & Data Analytics Director, Katapult Holding
      Chris Crespo
      Author and Chief Editor of Nordic Fintech Magazine | Ex Nordea
      Aoife McGurk
      Associate Analyst, Strategic Intelligence, GlobalData

      5:55 PM

      Chairman’s Closing Remarks

      6 PM

      Close of Conference & Drinks Reception

      6 PM

      Private Dinner by Appian Europe Ltd

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      Mikael Ljungblom
      Director of Public Policy & International Relations, AI Sweden

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      Keynote Panel Discussion: How Are National Initiatives Creating an AI Governance Blueprint to Enable AI Innovation?

      2025-03-26, 9:40 AM

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      Patrik Havander
      Head of Visa, B2B Connect Europe

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      Afternoon Keynote: Next Generation Cross Boarder Payments

      2025-03-26, 12:50 PM

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      Nivedh Iyer
      Head of Group Data Management, Group Data & Analytics, Danske Bank

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      Fireside Chat: Cultivating a Culture of Ethical AI Use – Pioneering with Purpose

      2025-03-26, 11:40 AM

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      Chris Crespo
      Author and Chief Editor of Nordic Fintech Magazine | Ex Nordea

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      Welcome Address

      2025-03-26, 8:30 AM

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      Keynote Panel Discussion: How Are National Initiatives Creating an AI Governance Blueprint to Enable AI Innovation?

      2025-03-26, 9:40 AM

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      Closing Keynote Panel Discussion: Building Tomorrow’s Nordic AI Workforce

      2025-03-26, 5:30 PM

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      Robert Leinders-Krog
      Chief Commercial Officer, Instabank ASA 
      Brand · Scale · AI
      Expert advisor & experienced executive. Keynote speaker. Investor & startup founder. Also 🏀 baller, 🏂 boarder & relatively unsuccessful classic car & bike mech ⚙️🔧
      Experienced commercial executive and C-level strategic advisor. Specializing in brand, marketing & business strategy with a knack for scaling SaaS brands and products. Currently scaling a digital bank into different countries and verticals as its Chief Commercial Officer. Previously managing partner in a leading brand consultancy driving change with CEOs and CMOs of technology firms, as well as larger corporate, international organizations. European at heart, Scandinavian by trade. Based in Oslo, working in most European countries - for mostly global companies.

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      Keynote: Impact of AI on Brand Management and Customer Experience

      2025-03-26, 11:00 AM

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      Massimo Buonomo
      Expert and Project Evaluator for AI and Deep Tech European Projects, European Commission

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      Keynote Panel Discussion: How Are National Initiatives Creating an AI Governance Blueprint to Enable AI Innovation?

      2025-03-26, 9:40 AM

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      Indranil Sinha
      Head of Quality Assurance, Marginalen Bank

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      Enhancing Test Data Generation with AI: A Case Study from a Swedish Digital Bank

      2025-03-26, 12:20 PM

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      Aoife McGurk
      Associate Analyst, Strategic Intelligence, GlobalData

      Session Details:

      Fireside Chat: Cultivating a Culture of Ethical AI Use – Pioneering with Purpose

      2025-03-26, 11:40 AM

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      A Series of Sector-Specific Roundtables (Sponsor-focused)

      2025-03-26, 2:30 PM

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      Closing Keynote Panel Discussion: Building Tomorrow’s Nordic AI Workforce

      2025-03-26, 5:30 PM

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      Humberto Trevino
      AI & Data Analytics Director, Katapult Holding

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      Closing Keynote Panel Discussion: Building Tomorrow’s Nordic AI Workforce

      2025-03-26, 5:30 PM

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      Lennart Hedlund
      Enterprise Architect, Handelsbanken

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      KEYNOTE: From Nordic Tech Success to Financial Innovation: Leveraging Modern Data Platforms and Graph Analytics for the Future of Financial Services?

      2025-03-26, 8:40 AM

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      Mathias Holm Lyster
      Digitalisation and AI Lead, Nykredit

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      Key Pillars of Digitalization and Omnichannel Strategy In Financial Services

      2025-03-26, 4:30 PM

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      Erlend Willand-Evensen
      SVP, Nordic Head of Analysis, Gjensidige Forsikring

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      KEYNOTE: The Artificial Intelligence of Things: AI + IoT = The Superpowers of Analysis

      2025-03-26, 9:20 AM

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      Alexander Schneevoigt
      Senior Portfolio & Business Development Manager, Nordic Region, DARAG Group

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      The Application and Status of AI in the Insurance Industry

      2025-03-26, 5:10 PM

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      Gareth Williams
      EMEA Pre-Sales Team, BioCatch

      Gareth Williams is a highly respected banking fraud professional who brings over 20 years of experience in developing effective solutions to his current role leading the EMEA pre-sales team at BioCatch. Originally from the UK but now based in Sweden, Gareth's expertise spans a wide range of areas from fraud prevention to authentication and financial crime prevention strategies.

      Prior to joining BioCatch, Gareth was most recently Head of Pre-Sales for the EMEA region at FICO, where he worked with banking clients across the region for over 9 years. Gareth has also been a key contributor at EnterCard and Capital One where he held various leadership roles within fraud management, supplier process oversight and project management

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      Bella Sky, Copenhagen

      Martha Christensens Vej 10 - Entrance 3 2300 Copenhagen S

      Public transportation

      With the metro you can get to the center of Copenhagen in about 10 minutes. With metro line M1, which runs between Vanløse and Vestamager, you should get off at Bella Center metro station. From the station, walk between AC Hotel Bella Sky Copenhagen's two towers and find entrance 3. Further information at www.m.dk. Bus Several buses stop at the bus stop in front of our door. Departure times can be found at DOT. You can also use Rejseplanen to plan your trip by public transport. Train Bella Sky Conference & Event is just 10-15 minutes by taxi from Copenhagen Central Station. To get to and from Copenhagen Central Station, you can also take bus 30, which takes 20-25 minutes. All regional trains stop at Ørestad Station, from where you can change to the metro. Please note that S-trains do not stop at Ørestad Station. Find more information and book tickets via DSB. Other transit options Aircraft and airport Further information via Copenhagen Airport or SAS. Bella Sky Conference & Event is just a 10 minute taxi drive from Copenhagen Airport. The regional trains run from the airport to Ørestad Station, where you can change to metro M1 (1 stop). Taxi A taxi to/from the city center or the airport costs around DKK 200-250 in normal traffic conditions.

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