EVIDENT AI SYMPOSIUM
22 October 2026 | New York
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Arrival & Breakfast
Welcome
Welcome & Opening Insights
Opening remarks from Evident Co-founders and Co-CEOs
Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Evident
Annabel Ayles
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Evident
Spotlight
In conversation with Stephanie Ferris, President and CEO, FIS Global
Stephanie Ferris
President & CEO, FIS Global
Spotlight
In conversation with Lori Beer, Global Chief Information Officer, JPMorganChase
Lori Beer
Global Chief Information Officer, JPMorganChase
Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Evident
Roundtable
How to balance speed and oversight?
#resilience, frontier capabilities, oversight
How can firms rapidly develop autonomous agentic systems while ensuring oversight capabilities keep pace?
Mojgan Lefebvre
EVP and Chief Technology & Operations Officer, Travelers
Marie-Jeanne Deverdun
Chief Technology, Data and Innovation Officer, Deutsche Bank
Moderated by: Luke Gbedemah
Editor, Evident
Break
Spotlight
In conversation with Marco Argenti, Chief Information Officer, Goldman Sachs
Marco Argenti
Chief Information Officer, Goldman Sachs
DEMOS FROM THE FRONTIER
On-stage demonstrations of live, in-deployment AI use cases from across financial services.
Tony Kim
Head of Fundamental Equities’ Global Technology Team, BlackRock
Belinda Neal
Managing Director, Financial Services, Anthropic
ROUNDTABLE
How is AI usage evolving?
#efficiency, tokens, role transformation
What would ideal alignment between people, processes and token usage look like, and how can firms rewire for it now?
Monica Caldas
EVP, Global Chief Information Officer, Liberty Mutual
Sameer Gupta
EY Americas Financial Services AI Leader, EY
Tim Clark
CIO & Group Head, Scotiabank
Moderated by: Luke Gbedemah
Editor, Evident
Lunch
SPOTLIGHT
In conversation with Prem Natarajan, EVP Chief Enterprise AI Officer and Chief Scientist, Capital One
Prem Natarajan
EVP Chief Enterprise AI Officer & Chief Scientist, Capital One
SPOTLIGHT
In conversation with David Griffiths, Group Head of AI, Citi
David Griffiths
Group Head of AI, Citi
Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Evident
ROUNDTABLE
How do we harness agents?
#agentic orchestration, architecture, complexity
Which architectures, orchestration and oversight processes move us closer to an agentic future and how far are we from deploying them now?
Faisal Husain
CEO, Synechron
Kristin Milchanowski
Chief AI and Quantum Officer, BMO
Josef Teglas
Head of Group IT Architecture, Innovation, Data & AI, Allianz
Rohan Ramanath
General Manager, AI Core, Nubank
Moderated by: Kevin McAllister
Senior Editor, Evident
SPOTLIGHT
In conversation with Jodie Wallis, Global Chief AI Officer, Manulife and Tyler Jewell, CEO, Akka
Jodie Wallis
Global Chief AI Officer, Manulife
Tyler Jewell
CEO & President, Akka
Break
SPOTLIGHT
In conversation with Hari Gopalkrishnan. Chief Technology and Information Officer, Bank of America
Hari Gopalkrishnan
Chief Technology and Information Officer, Bank of America
Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Evident
ROUNDTABLE
How to get an edge from evals?
#evaluation, scale, durable advantage
How can evaluation processes, skills and sovereignty become a competitive advantage rather than a cost item?
Antonio Bravo
Global Head of AI Transformation, BBVA
Bruce Ross
Group Head of AI, RBC
Jonathan Pelosi
Head of Financial Services, Anthropic
Moderated by: Kevin McAllister
Senior Editor, Evident
SPOTLIGHT
In conversation with Yann LeCun, Executive Chairman, AMI Labs
Yann LeCun
Executive Chairman, AMI Labs
CLOSING
Concluding remarks from Evident Co-founders and Co-CEOs
Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Evident
Annabel Ayles
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Evident
