Karan Jain, head of technology Europe and Americas at Westpac, will champion the use of artificial intelligence in banking, but also question the implications of the technology and how to overcome obstacles, by fostering talent or otherwise.

Jain will then join other industry leaders including Maciej Janusz, head of cash management Nordic Region at Citibank and Dan Reid, CTO and founder of Xceptor on a panel session to discuss the application of AI in business and how to transform pilots into products.

Tackling the much-debated issue of the ethics behind AI will be Ekene Uzoma, VP digital product development at State Street and Monica Monaco, founder of TrustEU Affairs who will attempt to quell fears around the subject of humans and machines coexisting in a working environment.

The one day conference, to be held at etc.venues St Paul's, 200 Aldersgate in London, follows on from Finextra’s successful AI-focused event in 2018 and senior banking executives and industry experts will come together to discuss the pertinent issues and financial services case studies.

New speakers confirmed for the event include:

Karan Jain, head of technology Europe and Americas, Westpac

Maciej Janusz, head of cash management Nordic Region, Citibank

Jonathan Orritt, data scientist, Santander

Ekene Uzoma, VP digital product development, State Street

Terry Cordeiro, head of product management – applied science and intelligent products, Lloyds Bank

Angel Serrano, data science and analytics lead, Santander

Ruth Wandhofer, global head regulatory, market & innovation strategy, Citibank

Dan Reid, CTO and founder, Xceptor

Joe Lyske, CTO, Time Machine Capital

Monica Monaco, founder, TrustEU Affairs

Join us for a day of expert debate and high level networking with over 400 of our industry peers at a convenient location near St Paul’s.