Data, Trust & AI — Banking Transformation, in Practice

One Stage — Three Focused Sessions

A full day on the foundations of modern banking: trustworthy finance and risk data, the future of the core, fraud and cyber resilience at instant-payment speed, and the move from GenAI pilots to the agentic bank.

March 2027, Amsterdam

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Provisional Agenda

Agenda is updated regularly. Some titles are placeholders. Content and timing may change.

How to read this agenda.
Sessions marked Confirmed have a speaker in place. All other titles set out the topics we believe matter most for European banking in 2027. They are open to banks, fintechs and technology providers who can bring real experience to them:

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09:00–11:30 — The Data & Core Backbone

Every AI ambition, regulatory report and liquidity decision rests on two things: trustworthy data and the core systems that produce it. This session starts in the CFO and CRO office, then follows the data down into the core, where banks face their biggest modernisation decision of the decade.

09:00–09:10 — WELCOME & OPENINGS

An introduction to the day’s theme: how data, trust and AI together shape the next phase of banking transformation.

09:10–09:30 — Keynote: One Version of the Truth — A Finance & Risk Data Foundation the Regulator, and the AI, Can Trust

Finance and risk functions are under pressure to deliver faster, more granular and fully traceable data. This keynote shares how a European bank is bringing finance, risk and regulatory data onto a single trusted foundation. It also explores why that foundation is now the precondition for using AI in finance and risk. Confirmed: ABN AMRO Bank, name to be announced.

09:30–09:40 — From Reporting Burden to Risk Intelligence

Regulatory reporting consumes huge effort but rarely improves decision-making. This presentation shows how the same data can be turned from a compliance obligation into steering information for management. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

09:40–09:50 — Lineage, Not Spreadsheets: Making Risk Data Auditable End to End

Supervisors increasingly ask banks to prove where every risk number comes from. This talk shows how end-to-end data lineage replaces manual reconciliations and spreadsheet workarounds. It also explains why the same traceability is essential before AI touches risk and finance processes. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

09:50–10:00 — Cash Is a Data Problem: Real-Time Liquidity Visibility for Banks and Their Business Clients

For both banks and their corporate and SME clients, liquidity decisions are only as good as the cash data behind them. This presentation explores how connected accounts, forecasting and automation give treasurers a live view of cash. It sets the scene for the panel on the real-time CFO and CRO. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

10:00–10:30 — PANEL: The Real-Time CFO & CRO — Finance, Risk and Liquidity When Every Number Is Live

When finance, risk and treasury data become continuous rather than month-end, steering, capital planning and liquidity management change fundamentally. This panel discusses data lineage, the gap between regulatory and management data, and whether AI can be trusted with finance numbers. Panel seats available (Apply to Participate)

10:30–10:40 — Your Data Is Only as Good as the Core It Lives In

Better data strategies often stall on the systems underneath them. This talk connects the data agenda to the core platforms that create and hold that data, and sets up the modernisation debate that follows. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

10:40–10:50 — Composable Core: Modernising Lending and Core Banking Without the Big Bang

Full core replacements are costly and risky, yet standing still is no longer an option. This presentation explores a step-by-step, component-based route to modernising lending and core banking while the bank keeps running. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

10:50–11:00 — Lessons From the Migration: What We Would Do Differently Next Time

Core migrations are rarely told honestly from the inside. This case-based talk shares the practical lessons from moving critical banking workloads: sequencing, data conversion, testing and keeping the business running. It gives the panel that follows a grounded starting point. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

11:00–11:30 — PANEL: Modernise, Migrate or Mainframe Forever? The Core Decision Banks Must Make Before 2030

Is the mainframe the most resilient platform a bank owns, or its biggest drag on change? This panel compares re-platforming, hybrid cloud and in-place modernisation, drawing on banks that chose different paths. It also tackles the growing skills gap as legacy experts retire. Panel seats available (Apply to Participate)

11:30–13:00 — LUNCH BREAK

Session 2 — 13:00–14:45 — Trust at Instant Speed

Money now moves in seconds, and so do scams, mules and attackers. This session starts with fraud at the point of payment, then widens to the cyber and operational resilience of the systems underneath, including the ones banks can never switch off.

13:00–13:20 — Keynote: Fraud at the Speed of Instant Payments — Scams, Mules and the Shift in Liability

Instant payments leave banks seconds to decide, while authorised push payment scams and money mule networks grow more sophisticated. This keynote shares how a European bank is redesigning fraud prevention for real-time payments. It also looks at what changing liability rules mean for banks and their customers. Confirmed: ABN AMRO Bank, name to be announced.

13:20–13:30 — Milliseconds Matter: Real-Time Card Risk Decisioning at the Processing Layer

Every card transaction carries a fraud decision that must be made in milliseconds. This presentation explores how risk decisioning built into payment processing can stop fraud without adding friction for genuine customers. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

13:30–13:40 — Follow the Mule: Network Analytics and Data Sharing Against Fraud Rings

Fraud and money laundering rarely involve a single account; they run through networks of mules spread across many banks. This talk explores how network analytics and cross-bank data sharing can expose these rings before money disappears. It also covers the privacy and legal questions that come with sharing. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

13:40–13:50 — From Fraud Score to Quantum-Safe: Protecting Every Transaction Where It Runs

The most effective protection happens inside the transaction, on the platforms where most payment volume still runs. This talk covers real-time AI fraud scoring at the point of processing and the move to quantum-safe cryptography. It links fraud prevention to the wider cyber agenda. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

13:50–14:00 — Deepfakes at the Door: Securing Identity and Onboarding Against GenAI-Powered Attacks

Synthetic identities, cloned voices and deepfake videos are now cheap to produce and hard to spot. This presentation looks at how attackers use GenAI against onboarding, authentication and call centres. It shows which defences are holding up and where banks need to rethink identity. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

14:00–14:10 — Your Weakest Link Is Someone Else’s: Third-Party and Cloud Concentration Risk Under DORA

Banks depend on a small number of cloud and technology providers for their most critical services. This talk examines how DORA is changing third-party risk management, exit planning and resilience testing in practice. It leads into the panel on trust and resilience. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

14:10–14:45 — PANEL: Trust Under Attack — Fraud, Cyber and Resilience When Criminals Use AI Too

Fraud, cyber security and operational resilience often sit in separate teams, while attackers combine all three. This panel asks whether banks should bring these disciplines together and how AI is changing both attack and defence. It also reviews what DORA has changed in practice. Panel seats available (Apply to Participate)

14:45–15:45 — COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK

Session 3 — 15:45–17:30 — The Agentic Bank

Most banks now have dozens of GenAI pilots; far fewer have them in production with measurable value. This session moves from scaling GenAI to agentic AI, connects back to the legacy core from the morning, and closes with a panel on accountability in the AI-native bank.

15:45–16:05 — Keynote: From 100 Pilots to 10 Products — What It Really Takes to Scale GenAI in a Bank

GenAI pilots are easy to start but hard to turn into products that deliver measurable value. This keynote shares how a European bank selects, governs and scales GenAI use cases. It covers what has worked, what has not, and what moving into production really requires. Confirmed: ABN AMRO Bank, name to be announced. (Apply to Speak)

16:05–16:25 — Bringing AI to the Core: Agentic AI and In-Place Modernisation on the Mainframe

Most of a bank’s critical transactions still run on the mainframe, and that is where AI can add the most value. This presentation shows how banks can run AI and agents right next to their core systems, and modernise those systems where they run instead of moving them. It covers what this means for speed, security and keeping control of sensitive data.(Apply to Speak)

16:25–16:35 — Banking That Talks Back: GenAI-Powered Personalisation and Everyday Financial Guidance

Customers increasingly expect their bank to understand them and offer timely, relevant guidance. This talk shows how GenAI can turn transaction data into personalised insights and conversations inside the digital banking experience. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

16:35–16:45 — Agentic Modernisation: Using AI to Rebuild Around Legacy Systems

Can AI finally unlock decades of legacy code and applications? This talk shows how AI can help understand existing systems and rebuild the layers around the core. It brings the day full circle to the morning’s modernisation debate. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

16:45–16:55 — Governing the Agent: Model Risk and the EU AI Act in Practice

Agentic AI challenges model risk frameworks built for static models. This talk shows how banks are adapting validation, monitoring and human oversight to meet EU AI Act obligations without stalling innovation. It frames the accountability questions for the closing panel. Speaking opportunity: open for proposals (Apply to Speak)

16:55–17:30 — CLOSING PANEL: Who’s Accountable When the Agent Acts? Data, Trust and AI in the Bank of 2030

As AI agents start to act on behalf of banks and their customers, questions of accountability, governance and supervision move to the centre. This closing panel brings together bank and supervisory perspectives on whether the data is ready, whether agents can be trusted, and what regulators expect. Panel seats available (Apply to Participate)

17:30 – 21:00 — Money Party — Networking Reception

The sessions close and the evening begins. Join fellow attendees, speakers and sponsors for drinks, food and informal conversation.