Evident AI Symposium
Thursday 21 November 2024 | New York
About
The Evident AI Symposium is an invitation-only gathering of 200 of the most senior leaders from the worlds of banking and AI. We come together to cut through the AI hype, and advance the global conversation around the realities of AI adoption in the banking sector based on the latest data from the Evident AI Index, the global standard benchmark of AI maturity in banking.
Following the October 2024 Index update, we’re gathering in New York to discuss the key findings from the latest ranking and take stock of where banks are in their AI journeys. Which banks are leading the way? Where are they delivering value? And what are the headwinds and opportunities on the horizon?
The Symposium takes place on Thursday 21 November in Manhattan, New York. Panel discussions with leading experts run throughout the day with breaks for lunch and networking followed by a drinks reception for all-in person attendees. Virtual attendees can watch via livestream. Register now to join us.
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Speakers
Hear from banking industry leaders, tech innovators, geopolitical commentators and deep tech investors. Stay tuned as we announce more names in the weeks ahead.
Agenda
09.00-09.30
Opening Keynote
Teresa Heitsenrether, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co., in conversation with Caroline Hyde, Anchor, Bloomberg News
09.30-10.00
The 2024 Evident AI Index Results Presentation
The Evident AI Index is the global standard benchmark of AI maturity for the banking sector. Evident’s co-founders discuss the October 2024 Index results, including the latest rankings, emerging challengers and the stand-out trends over the last year.
10.00-10:30
The unhyped use cases: where are banks generating value from LLMs?
The emergence of powerful large language models has created a lot of hype. Now organizations need to prioritize use cases that can actually deliver value. Where are the lowest risk, highest value-adding use cases for LLMs, in a highly regulated industry?
10.30-10.50
Refreshment break
10.50-11.30
The politics of innovation: how are geopolitical dynamics affecting AI and business?
The race to develop advanced capabilities in artificial intelligence is having a widespread geopolitical impact, shaping dynamics between the US, China, Europe, Russia and the Middle East across economic, military and political fault lines. What tensions does AI create between different nations, and how might they become a headwind to innovation?
11.30-12.00
The AI cloud capability: how can AI-enabling cloud services unlock value for banks?
In order to deliver on their AI ambitions, banks require cloud computing that is adaptable, cost-effective and can maintain both cutting-edge performance and security throughout the lifecycle of an application. How can banks ensure that they have the right cloud computing services to drive their AI initiatives, what are leading banks doing, and what frontier cloud capabilities are most exciting for the banking sector?
12.00-12.30
The power of experimentation: how are banks innovating and creating value through experimentation?
As more powerful models are released, and become available for deployment and fine-tuning, businesses are facing a huge spectrum of opportunities when it comes to prototyping applications. To justify the cost of building test environments, banks need to understand the technical constraints and what good experimentation looks like. How should banks be embracing the art of the possible when it comes to experimenting with artificial intelligence?
12.30-13.30
Lunch
13.30-14.00
The insight machine: how is AI driving insights and knowledge creation?
There is massive potential for AI to enhance knowledge creation, prediction and the usefulness of data and documentation within the financial services industry; across portfolio optimisation, customer experience and internal processes. What are the current and emerging use cases that deliver value through insights and knowledge creation?
14.00-14.30
The component advantage: how can compute power drive value for banks through AI?
The demand for computing components and services has soared in recent months alongside the use of large language models. The components that are driving this revolution in artificial intelligence are a crucial part of the innovation ecosystem. How can banks ensure that they have the correct compute infrastructure to deliver on their AI ambitions?
14.30-15.00
Refreshment break
15.00-15.40
The investment agenda: how can investment enable cutting-edge AI?
The fast-paced innovation of the past few years has made it more difficult for individual investors, funds and institutions to navigate the artificial intelligence market. Where are the bets being placed, and what impacts could investable AI companies have on the financial services sector?
15.40-16.00
Refreshment break
16.00-16.40
The agent revolution: what is the value of human-machine partnerships, in banking and beyond?
The creation of advanced foundational models that can replicate reasoning, perform complex tasks, and function autonomously in the same way as humans, raises important questions for all businesses. How can banks maximize the value of symbiotic human-machine operations while maintaining safety and efficiency throughout the financial services industry?
16.40-17.00
Closing Keynote
To be announced.