The Evident AI Symposium brings senior AI leaders from across the banking sector together to drive forward a global conversation around the realities of AI adoption and shed light on emerging best practices. Following the success of our inaugural event in New York last November, the first London edition of the Symposium tackles the question: how can banks deliver value from AI now?

Breakfast Reception & Welcome

The data advantage: how can optimising the use of data help drive the performance of AI applications?

The value of artificial intelligence applications begins with the use of data. How can the architecture of data use within an organisation help to support the implementation of AI products, and help drive value today? What cutting-edge protocols are organisations using to get the most out of their data architecture when it comes to AI development in the age of powerful foundational models?

The leading use cases: how are organisations integrating AI to create value now?

As a generalisable technology, there are opportunities to deploy AI across almost every area within an organisation. What are the most promising use cases for AI applications in banks today? How are they driving business value now, and how might they evolve in the future?

Tea & Coffee Break

The risk spectrum: is emerging regulation adequate for the banking sector?

Does emerging regulation around AI adequately reflect the diversity of risks from different applications? And could law-makers be more nuanced in their approach? What can regulators learn from banks about the rules required to govern artificial intelligence, and which existing regulations are most relevant to maximising the value of AI, while minimising the risks?

The investment agenda: where are leading investors placing their AI bets?

The fast-paced innovation of the past few years has made the AI space more difficult to navigate for investors; so what are they investing in? Which ventures have the potential for disruption? Where are the bets being placed and what impacts could those ventures have on the financial services sector? What are the key components of an investment strategy that responds to an evolving market for AI?

Lunch

The way to scale: how can centralised platforms enable banks to accelerate AI deployment?

What’s the value of building a centralised, repeatable capability for deploying artificial intelligence in specific use cases within a bank, and how should organisations go about building such a platform, scaling it up, and responding to new AI innovations as they do so?

The practical path: how can banks identify and prioritise use cases that will deliver value?

With so many competing opportunities to deploy AI, how should organisations be thinking about prioritisation of use cases? What frameworks are in use for assessing the value of a use case? And what practical steps can banks take to embrace AI in a way that’ll drive short and long-term value?

Break & Refreshments

The agentic movement: how can humans partner more deeply with machines, in banks 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 look to maximise the value of symbiotic human-machine operations while maintaining safety and efficiency throughout the financial services industry?

Break & Refreshments

The quantum horizon: how will quantum technologies affect banks?

What do banks need to do to adapt and thrive in a world of quantum technologies? Could widespread decryption technologies powered by quantum computing endanger the foundations on which banking is built, and what would they mean for customers?