SUPTECH WEEK 2024
AGENDA
content partner
SESSION LEADS
Speakers
Alessandra Perrazzelli
Minerva Tantoco
City Strategies
Former first CTO, City of New York and CEO
Michelle Doyle-Lowe
Central Bank of Barbados
Deputy Governor
In Person NYC
- Mon, 9 Dec
- Tue, 10 Dec
- Wed, 11 Dec
- Thu, 12 Dec
- Fri, 13 Dec
- NYC - Mon, 10 Dec
- NYC - Tue, 10 Dec
- NYC - Wed, 11 Dec
- NYC - Thu, 12 Dec
Welcome to SupTech Week!
We will set the stage for SupTech Week 2024, highlighting the mission and vision of suptech’s evolving role in shaping the future of financial supervision. Attendees will learn about the transformative impact of technology on the supervisory landscape shaping inclusive, sustainable, accountable, transparent and resilient financial sectors worldwide.
Drew Propson
World Economic Forum
Head, Technology and Innovation in Financial Services
Simone di Castri
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Co-Head
Alessandra Perrazzelli
Banca d’Italia
Deputy Governor
State of SupTech 2024
During this session the Cambridge SupTech Lab will present the State of SupTech Report 2024. A panel will follow you to discuss recent advancements, emerging trends, and major milestones. We will highlight current adoption and implementation strategies, organisational models, and suptech tools development strategies, while discussing the effectiveness and challenges of suptech applications across various supervisory areas and their impact on financial supervision.
Bryan Zhang
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
Executive Director
Kalliopi Letsiou
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Researcher
Samir Kiuhan-Vasquez
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Head of Research & Intelligence (Interim)
Fatima Abukar
Financial Conduct Authority
Principal Advisor, Responsible AI and Data
Douglas Araujo
Bank for International Settlements
Economist
Douglas Arner
University of Hong Kong
Kerry Holdings Professor in Law
AI beyond the hype
We’ll go beyond the current hype to explore the nuanced distinctions between various technologies falling under the banner of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Under the theme ‘Navigating Real-World Opportunities and Implications in AI’, our guest will share expert insights on how predictive analytics can forecast trends, prescriptive models can guide decision-making, and generative AI can create innovative solutions. Whether you’re a department head, tech enthusiast, or simply curious about AI, this keynote address will provide clarity and inspire thoughtful engagement with these transformative technologies.
Minerva Tantoco
City Strategies
Former first CTO, City of New York and CEO
Jermy Prenio
Financial Stability Institute
Principal Advisor
AI tools for supervision: ML models, GenAI systems, and beyond
Focusing on the future of financial supervision in the age of AI, this discussion will highlight the challenges and innovative solutions that lie ahead. We will delve into the transformative role of AI-powered suptech within financial authorities to enhance regulatory oversight, risk assessment, and compliance monitoring, promoting transparency and trust in the financial system. Our expert panel will examine real-world case studies and explore how machine learning, generative systems, and other AI algorithms can analyze structured and unstructured datasets to identify emerging risks, streamline reporting processes, and foster more informed decision-making.
Tuomas Ritola
Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority
Chief Specialist
Abhishek Chaudhary
Reserve Bank of India
Manager
Skunpoj Thanarojsophon
Bank of Thailand
Assistant Director
Diana Zaig
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada
Director, Advanced Analytics
Vincent Lee
Bank Negara Malaysia
Data Analytics Manager
Abhisekh Rana
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Senior Data Scientist
AI ethics and governance in financial supervision: building trust and accountability
In an era where AI rapidly transforms financial supervision, ensuring ethical and accountable AI use has become paramount to safeguarding public trust and promoting transparency. This panel will bring together thought leaders from law, policy, technology, and regulatory bodies to examine the role of AI governance frameworks in financial oversight, focusing on how these frameworks can help build trust and drive accountability. Through discussion on regulatory best practices, legal frameworks, and practical approaches, the session aims to address both the challenges and solutions to ethical AI deployment in financial supervision.
The session will explore the ethical and data governance challenges posed by AI-powered systems in financial supervision. Attendees will hear about examples of regulations such as the EU AI Act, data governance considerations, and the role of ethical AI in building trust in AI-powered systems. The need for ethical frameworks will be explored, along with how to achieve transparency, accountability, and explainability of AI outputs.
Kalliopi Letsiou
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Researcher
Iota Nassr
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Economist
Perttu Korhonen
Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority
Director, Financial Analysis and Innovation
Dr. Till Klein
Applied AI Institute
Head of Regulation
Practical AI readiness for financial authorities
As reflected in the annual State of SupTech Reports, suptech is not a destination but an incremental journey from manual processes to increasingly tech-enabled, digitally transformed systems. As financial authorities begin this journey, many aspire to adopt more mature generations of suptech. To prepare for this, it is essential to assess organisational readiness across key areas so that financial authorities can create an operational environment that not only safeguards the integrity of the financial system but also encourages innovation and competition in an increasingly digital world.
Nathalie Lenehan
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Technical Program Manager
Simran Singh
Financial Conduct Authority UK
AI Lab Lead
Alyson Tellone
Microsoft
Senior Microsoft Azure Specialist for Public Sector
Dr. Sertaç Son
European Central Bank
Head of Division, Prudential Domain Services
Privacy-preserving algorithms for suptech:
seeing patterns in the dark
AUSTRAC, Australia’s AML/CTF financial intelligence unit (FIU), regulator and supervisor, supported the development of FinTracer, an algorithm that allows the tracing of the flow of funds across financial institutions without impinging on the privacy of individuals or breaching tipping-off rules. Professor Michael Brand, a developer of FinTracer, Vivenne Lawack, Professor at the University of the Western Cape, and Carl Herse, former National Manager of Intelligence Capabilities at AUSTRAC, will join Professor Louis de Koker to discuss privacy-preserving algorithms and their potential suptech uses.
Louis de Koker
La Trobe University
Professor of Law
Carl Herse
Kohei Consulting
CEO
Vivienne Lawack
University of the Western Cape
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Law
Michael Brand
RMIT School of Computing Technologies
Adjunct Professor
Building supervisory powerhouses:
data strategies to drive actionable insights
This session, led by expert data strategists, examines how data strategies can transform supervisory frameworks to improve resilience, transparency, and decision-making. Attendees will gain a deep understanding of the innovative data solutions that support dynamic, responsive supervision in today’s evolving regulatory landscapes.
David Hardoon
Aboitiz Data Innovation
CEO
Roman Kovalenko
Reserve Bank of Australia
Chief Data Officer
Ramūnas Baravykas
Bank of Lithuania
Chief Data Officer
Sholthana Begum
Cambridge Judge Business School
Chair of the Technology Group of the Regulatory Genome Project
Banco de España:
Suptech evaluation and action plan
During 2023, Banco de España received a suptech evaluation by two of the most prominent international experts. This review had a holistic approach including governance, human development and international cooperation. This presentation will cover the main conclusions of the report and the resulting action plan. We will also take the opportunity to highlight the main elements of BdE´s suptech initiative.
Javier Tarancón
Banco de España
Head of the Information Analysis and SupTech Division
Pilar Puig
Banco de España
Head of the IT Risk Inspections Division
AI and Behavioral Science in Banking:
New Approaches to Culture Supervision
Culture is increasingly seen as a significant source of non-financial risks in banking which has led supervisors to seek innovative approaches to culture assessment and oversight. Advances in AI and behavioral science are unlocking new capabilities for measuring organizational behavior which are supporting practical applications for supervision. In this session, Starling’s Erich Hoefer joins Mirea Raaijmakers, a behavioral scientist who led the development of the Dutch central bank (DNB)’s supervision programme for behaviour and culture. They will discuss how data-driven insights can enhance traditional supervisory judgment and strengthen cultural risk management in banks globally.
Erich Hoefer
Starling Trust Sciences
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Mirea Raaijmakers
Independent Advisor
Culture Transformation and Behavioural Risk
Future-proofing supervision:
how AI is shaping supervisory skills and strategies
AI is transforming the financial sector and its supervision with deeper, proactive oversight and faster, data-driven decisions, strengthening financial resilience. Public officials now need skills that blend supervisory expertise with data science, machine learning, and digital ethics. Understanding AI’s limits and collaborating with technologists is essential to responsibly align AI with regulatory goals, especially in emerging market and developing economies. As supervisors embrace new technology, critical thinking skills, judgement and strong governance principles must remain at the core of their work.
Babak Abbaszadeh
Toronto Centre
President & CEO
Francesca Hopwood Road
BIS Innovation Hub
Head of London Centre
Marcus Lim
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Assistant Managing Director – Banking and Insurance
Harmonizing Data for SupTech:
Models, Schemas, and Ontologies
Explore the critical role of data schemas in modernising financial supervision, focusing on innovations that enhance data flow, transparency, and regulatory efficiency. Join us to understand how structured data frameworks are driving inclusive growth, competition, and security in financial supervision, setting new standards for industry-wide innovation.
Robert Wardrop
University of Cambridge
Founder & CEO, RegGenome
Xavier Foo Hoong Leong
Securities Commission Malaysia
Head of Data Science
Jane Gavronsky
FINOS
Chief Operating Officer
Carmen Barandela
Bank of England
Senior Manager, RegTech, Data & Innovation
Lesly Goh
World Bank
Senior Technology Advisor
Rethinking financial data: leveraging gender disaggregation for greater impact
Explore with us the transformative potential of supply-side gender-disaggregated data (SGDD) in building more inclusive and equitable financial systems. By periodically gathering SGDD through regulatory reporting, financial supervisors can uncover gender-specific trends that hinder progress in financial inclusion and consumer protection. Supported by reliable data, these insights enable stakeholders across the financial ecosystem to make strategic decisions that address identified market failures and risks while capitalizing on overlooked opportunities. Panelists will address challenges such as ensuring data accuracy and security, managing and consolidating large volumes of data, and effectively integrating data across institutions to create a comprehensive view of gender dynamics in finance. They will also discuss how technology—and suptech in particular—can act as a critical enabler in overcoming these challenges and realising the full potential of SGDD.
Tatiana Alonso Gispert
CGAP
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Jill Lagos Shemin
EMTECH
Head of Policy
Moïse Bigirimana
National Bank of Rwanda
Manager, Financial Inclusion and Education
Ines Paez
Superintendencia de Bancos de la República Dominicana
Director, Department of Innovation and Financial Inclusion
Practical Steps to
Advancing RegTech & SupTech Concurrently
This session will focus on steps that both the public and private sectors can take to advance RegTech and SupTech simultaneously. Experts will discuss strategies for fostering collaboration and leveraging technology to enhance compliance and financial oversight. It will also highlight opportunities for scaling RegTech and SupTech solutions.
Curtis Matlock
Proto
CEO
Deborah Young
The RegTech Association
CEO
Innovative edge:
unlocking skills and personal growth
Join us for an inspiring and insightful session designed to highlight key areas of focus for women leaders navigating the world of innovation and leadership. This engaging session will include personal experience sharing, key insights on business skills and personal development, and firsthand accounts from women leaders. You will walk away with a list of resources to enhance your skills and expand your network for your own innovation journey ahead.
Shelley Anderson
Alliance for Innovative Regulation
Program Director
Elizabeth Ingerfield
Women’s World Banking
Leadership & Diversity Manager
Batchimeg Batbold
Financial Regulatory Commission of Mongolia
Director, Digital Sandbox Unit
Emma Haiyambo
Bank of Namibia
Director, Research and Financial Sector Development
Sharon-Rose Delali Lithur
Bank of Ghana
Innovation Promotion Officer
Leadership Insight
Tune in as Leonie Dunn shares her vision on ‘Redefining Financial Oversight: Fusing Human Insight and Tech Innovation’ and Pia Bernadette Roman Tayag outlines insights from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Leonie Dunn
Bank of Namibia
Deputy Governor
Pia Bernadette Roman Tayag
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Assistant Governor and Chief Sustainability Officer
Tackling climate risk
Learn how we can assess physical climate risk by addressing the latest developments in data collection and supporting tooling that can help authorities push for better physical risk capture. We will explore how to use data to make green finance tangible and demonstrate successful implementations such as a Digital Twin for physical climate risk.
Dr. Entela Benz-Saliasi
Intensel Limited
CEO
Dr. Sean Carmody
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Executive Director, Policy and Advice Division
Marc Reinke
De Nederlandsche Bank
Head, Sustainable Finance Office
Kenneth Gay
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Chief FinTech Officer & Executive Director, Enterprise Knowledge Department
Suptech-powered consumer protection supervision
A dive into how suptech can strengthen financial consumer protection supervision. This panel discussion will provide financial authorities with actionable insights to integrate cutting-edge technologies into their supervisory processes. By focusing on specific use cases, the session will foster an insightful discussion on key areas where suptech can make a significant impact.
Miles Larbey
OECD
Head of Financial Consumer Protection, Education & Inclusion Unit
Rochelle Tomas
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Director, Consumer Protection and Market Conduct Office
Tomas Castaneda
Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia
Head of SupTech and Digital Transformation Program
SupTech-Enhanced Cyber Risk Supervision
Suptech is transforming cybersecurity supervision for financial authorities. We will address the rising complexity of cyber threats and discuss the latest advancements in suptech that enhance cyber risk monitoring, real-time threat detection, and resilience-building within financial systems. The session will delve into practical applications of AI and data science, showcasing how these technologies are strengthening cybersecurity and advancing financial supervision. It will also provide strategic insights into embedding suptech within supervisory systems to strengthen cyber resilience across regions and institutions.
Leslye Sihuay
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Senior SupTech Specialist
Aristides Cavalcante
Central Bank of Brazil
Head of Strategic Management and Specialized Supervision Department
Beju Shah
BIS Innovation Hub
Head of the Nordic Centre
Justin Herring
Mayer Brown
Partner
Suptech: transforming insurance supervision
Explore the transformative role of suptech within insurance supervision, particularly in areas such as fraud detection, risk management, and regulatory compliance. This session will showcase how data and AI-powered tools help supervisory authorities manage the unique challenges presented by the insurance sector. Attendees will gain insights into best practices for implementing suptech solutions tailored to insurance, from pilot phases to scalable applications.
Francisco Campos
Insurance Superintendency of the Dominican Republic
Intendant
Andres Lehtmets
InsurTech for Good
Founder
Arianna Brina
EIOPA
InsurTech Expert, Consumer Protection Department
Nydia Remolina
Singapore Management University
Assistant Professor of Law
State of SupTech in Asia Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region is at the forefront of digital transformation, with diverse financial ecosystems presenting unique opportunities and challenges. Suptech offers supervisors innovative tools to enhance supervision, address market complexities, and support sustainable growth. This session will explore how suptech can be tailored to the region’s varied markets, the role of regional collaboration in overcoming shared challenges, and the potential of emerging technologies to drive smarter, more agile oversight.
Shashank Singh Shekhar
Reserve Bank of India
Assistant General Manager, Advanced Supervisory Analytics Group, Department of Supervision
Lisette Cipriano
Asian Development Bank
Principal Digital Finance Specialist
Novita Bachtiar
Otoritas Jasa Keuangan
Deputy Director, Digital Finance Innovations Unit
State of SupTech in the Arab Region
The financial ecosystems in the Arab region are undergoing significant transformation, driven by innovation and digitalization. In this context, suptech offers regulators powerful tools to enhance oversight, protect consumers, and adapt to complex market dynamics. This session, featuring insights from regulators and the Arab Monetary Fund, will explore the opportunities and challenges of piloting and scaling suptech solutions in the region. Discussions will focus on leveraging regional cooperation to address common barriers, aligning suptech solutions with local market needs, and fostering innovation while maintaining financial stability. Discover how suptech can empower supervisors in the Arab region to navigate a rapidly evolving financial landscape with resilience and efficiency.
Nouran Youssef
Arab Monetary Fund
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Unlocking Africa’s suptech potential
As financial landscapes in Sub-Saharan Africa evolve, financial authorities face unique challenges in overseeing complex, dynamic markets. Suptech has emerged as a transformative solution, empowering authorities with the tools to improve sector-wide monitoring, protect consumers, and streamline supervisory processes. This panel brings together African regulators to discuss critical pathways for integrating suptech, from initial diagnostic assessments to scalable deployment strategies. We’ll explore best practices tailored to Africa’s needs, ways to address risks and challenges they face without suptech, and innovative, cost-effective models that make suptech accessible despite resource constraints. Join us for an insightful discussion on how suptech can pave the way for enhanced financial supervision across Africa.
Juliet Ongwae
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Senior SupTech Specialist
Adama Diakite
West-African Monetary Institute
Economist
Prester Mbiwa
The SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) of Kenya
Technology, Digital Finance & Data Analytics Lead
Irene Venter
Bank of Namibia
Deputy Director, Oversight and Policy Research Division
Khadijah Kishimba
Bank of Tanzania
Acting Manager for Financial Consumer Protection
Milly Nalukwago Isingoma
Bank of Uganda
Director, Statistics
Scaling suptech in the European Union
This session will explore the main challenges in scaling up the adoption of suptech within the EU. The discussion will focus on how suptech adoption and development is rooted in the current supervisory framework. It will consider the integration of the EU supervisory and National Competent Authorities (NCAs) schema to analyse gaps and advantages within cross-border collaboration in various jurisdictions to enhance scalability. In detail, the session will examine the challenge of designing an EU-level blueprint for suptech and discuss data strategies that consider the heterogeneous adoption of suptech among the different NCAs in the EU.
Nico Lauridsen
EUI- Florence School of Banking and Finance
Research Associate
Luis Garcia
European Banking Authority
Team Leader, SupTech & AI
Konstantin Bottenberg
European Central Bank
Team Lead, Supervisory Technologies
Daniela Bagnaschi
Malta Financial Services Authority
Head, Data Management and Business Intelligence
Interactive Workshop:
The Case for an Africa SupTech Accelerator
This interactive workshop is open to representatives from African financial authorities.
As you know, the supervisory technology market in Africa has been unable to provide the level of oversight needed to meet the booming fintech market because regulator-focused innovation is very nascent in Africa – despite growing regulator demand. The Gates Foundation has a concept for an accelerator that will spark growth in supply and demand to meet local needs, thereby infusing innovation in the fintech oversight ecosystem in Africa. The concept is in the early stages of development and we are interested in your input and opportunities for collaboration to ensure the accelerator meets your needs. In this session, we plan to discuss:
- What resonates with and what is missing from our argument?
- What use cases would appeal to you?
- How can this be a sustainable model?
- General questions/concerns/advice you have given your expertise/perspective.
Anna Wallace
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Program Officer for Regulatory and Consumer Protection Technologies
Juliet Ongwae
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Senior SupTech Specialist
Hina Syed
Intentional Futures
Associate Director of Social Impact
Jen Cupp
Intentional Futures
Advocacy and Communications Strategist
Mira Patel
Intentional Futures
Digital Strategy & Innovation Strategist
Suptech capacity building and cross-border collaboration:
the EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy experience
The session will focus on the interplay between capacity building and suptech development, emphasising the crucial role of cross-border collaboration among National Competent Authorities (NCAs). Specific examples will be shared to demonstrate how cross-border collaboration can be essential in overcoming the challenges related to suptech adoption. The discussion will draw on the experiences of the EU-Supervisory Digital Finance Academy (EU-SDFA), which provides capacity-building training on suptech to its 37 participant NCAs from 26 EU member states. It will empower participants to acquire knowledge and collaborate on projects that develop proof-of-concept suptech initiatives, which could potentially evolve into cross-border projects.
Nicola Bilotta
EU-Supervisory Digital Finance Academy
Coordinator
Giuseppe Sciascia
European Commission – DG REFORM
Policy Officer
Iman van Lelyveld
De Nederlandsche Bank
Head of Department, Data Science Hub
Marine Kravoska
Latvijas Banka
Head, FinTech Supervision Department
The cloud as suptech enabler:
Accelerating innovation and efficiency
The cloud has emerged as a critical enabler for suptech, empowering financial authorities to enhance their operations through scalability, agility, and advanced analytics. This session will explore how cloud technology is transforming suptech applications, enabling real-time data processing, fostering innovation, and addressing challenges like data security and regulatory compliance. Speakers will share insights from technology providers and supervisors, highlighting practical use cases and collaborative efforts to unlock the full potential of cloud solutions for financial oversight. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of cloud’s role in advancing suptech, the opportunities it presents, and the challenges of ensuring security, data privacy, and compliance in a cloud-first environment.
Laurent Domb
AWS
Chief Technologist, Worldwide Federal Financial Services
Anne Leslie
IBM
Cloud Risk & Controls Leader Europe
Eugene Teves
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Managing Director & Chief Information Officer
Building effective online
dispute resolution ecosystems
This session will explore innovations which support effective grievance redressal using online dispute resolution (ODR) as digital public infrastructures (DPIs) scale around the world, using examples from India and Brazil.
David Porteous
Integral: Governance Solutions
Founder
Maria Luciano
Centre for Digital Public Infrastructure
Project Manager
Sachin Malhan
Agami
Co-Founder
How to organise data driven work
This session will explore how to best organise the transformation to a more data-driven organisation. Attendees will gain insights into what different models of organisation have been pursued at different organisations, ensuring staff competency, implementing the PoC/data science projects and more.
Lukasz Kubicki
European Central Bank
Head of SupTech
Lauri Jantunen
Bank of Finland
Head of Data Strategy
Helen Packard
Financial Conduct Authority
Head of Market Oversight Data & Intelligence
Iman van Lelyveld
De Nederlandsche Bank
Head of Department, Data Science Hub
Improving visibility across supervisors:
workflow management
This fireside chat-style session will surface and describe some of the practical needs of supervisors for the right tools to better manage their supervision processes, exploring new tools that address this need. As data often holds center stage, the management needs of supervisors must be addressed as well, such as streamlining workflows, creating efficiencies and better collaboration, and improving overall visibility across supervisors, and even multi-regulator collaboration.
Jill Lagos Shemin
EMTECH
Head of Policy
Michelle Doyle-Lowe
Central Bank of Barbados
Deputy Governor
Kevin Moore
Serac Ventures
Founder
Suptech – powered digital payment supervision
In our digital age, where global connections are more intertwined than ever, supervisory authorities face complex challenges in overseeing payment systems, from instant and cross-border payments to the role of digital currencies. This session will examine how suptech, driven by AI, can transform risk supervision in the payments space, equipping agencies with tools for real-time monitoring, adaptive compliance, and predictive risk analytics. Panelists will also provide forward-looking insights into the future of digital payments supervision, discussing the evolving landscape, emerging challenges, and anticipated advancements in AI that are set to shape the next era of financial regulation and oversight.
Anthony Gavin
Independent SupTech Specialist and Strategy Advisor
Carlos León
Financial Network Analytics (FNA)
Director of Central Banks and Financial Market Infrastructures Solutions
Peter Wierts
Bank for International Settlements
Senior Economist
Ana Maria Prieto
Central Bank of Colombia
Head of Payment System Department
Scaling-Up SupTech:
Donor, Supervisor, and Vendor Perspectives
Join leaders from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Philippines government, and Proto to learn about their coordinated contributions to a new shared service model for scaling SupTech beyond pilots into multi-agency deployments. Discover what is possible when funding, legislative frameworks, and private sector innovation align to deliver enduring social impact. This model is a spotlight innovation of the SupTech Industry Group membership, supported by the Cambridge SupTech Lab.
Curtis Matlock
Proto
CEO
Anna Wallace
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Program Officer for Regulatory and Consumer Protection Technologies
Mary Jean Pacheco
Department of Trade and Industry of the Philippines
Undersecretary
Strengthening supervision through
suptech in Latin America
Please note that this session will be facilitated in Spanish.
This panel brings together Latin American regulators to share strategic insights from their own experiences with suptech, highlighting key milestones and lessons learned. It will explore the value of regional collaboration, examining how shared knowledge and coordinated efforts can address common supervisory challenges. With a forward-looking approach, panelists will also discuss the role of data analytics and emerging technologies—such as Generative AI—in shaping a resilient, tech-driven future for financial oversight across Latin America.
Diego Herrera
Inter-American Development Bank
Financial Markets Lead Specialist
Bernardita Piedrabuena
La Comisión para el Mercado Financiero de Chile
Vice President
Jorge Mogrovejo
Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP del Perú
Deputy Superintendent of Banking and Microfinance
Fernando Ávila
Banco de México
Director, Financial Systems Information
Solutions showcase: API Innovation Hackathon
The adoption of API standards, enabling tools and open source software can play a critical role in driving inclusive growth, fostering competition and innovation, and enhancing financial inclusion. During this session, participants in the API Innovation Hackathon will showcase their solutions, demonstrating their potential to solve real-world challenges faced by financial authorities worldwide. The session will include opportunities for Q&A, allowing the audience to delve deeper into the technical aspects and applications of the presented solutions, and contributing to the voting for winning teams.
Matt Grasser
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Co-Head
Three essential suptech solutions for
financial consumer protection
This session will explore the development of suptech tools in Ecuador, Egypt and India via the Cambridge SupTech Lab’s Application Incubation program. Attendees will gain insights into: API and transactional analysis development for compliance monitoring; AI-chatbot, case management and analysis for complaints handling; and web scraping and sentiment analysis for consumer fraud detection.
Nathalie Lenehan
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Technical Program Manager
Ishan Srivastava
Matellio
Senior Business Analyst
Ashok Bhati
Matellio
Project Manager
Kevin Rejko
Winnow Tech
Senior Engineer
Chris Guess
Winnow Tech
Co-Founder and CTO
Muhammad Gouda
Link Development
Head of Software Engineering
Marwan Khalil
Link Development
Principal Project Manager
Fuelling innovation through collaboration:
reflections from the BIS Innovation Hub SupTech TechSprint
In October, representatives from over 30 financial authorities formed mixed discipline teams, comprising supervisors, data scientists, subject matter experts and technologists, to develop solutions to a spectrum of suptech use cases: This session will discuss some of the ideas developed at this event, including how supervisors can harness the potential of Gen AI & LLMs, how authorities can better understand and assess AI models being used by financial authorities, how digital twins can assist real-time monitoring, simulation and analysis to support financial stability, how novel data sources and nowcasting techniques can be used to support supervision and financial stability and how collaboration among financial authorities can be improved to avoid the duplication of effort and help suptech solutions scale across jurisdictions.
John Yeo
BIS Innovation Hub
Advisor
Diana Zaig
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada
Director of Advanced Analytics
Dan Wunderli
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
Head of the Data Innovation Lab
Kevin Tsui
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Manager
Rachel Pierce
US Treasury – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Financial Technology Policy Specialist
Zooey Bossert
De Nederlandsche Bank
Data Scientist
Showcasing TechSprint successes:
digital payment fraud in West Africa
This session will highlight key outcomes from the Alliance for Innovative Regulation’s TechSprint focused on detecting and combating digital payment fraud in West Africa. Attendees will gain insights into the background and objectives of the TechSprint and innovative solutions developed by participant organisations, including solution demonstrations followed by a Q&A segment.
Grace Mathebula
Alliance for Innovative Regulation
Program Manager
Ome Chukwuemeka
ZeroTen Technologies
Lead Developer and Founder
Osioke Ojior
One Percent Labs Ltd
Co-Founder & CEO
Adama Jarju
ProDetect
Co-Founder and Team Lead
Exploring NextGenAI –
program highlights and resources
This session, based on the Alliance for Innovative Regulation’s NextGenAI program, will serve as a comprehensive guide for attendees interested in understanding the evolving role of generative AI in financial regulation. Attendees will gain insights into the purpose and objectives of the NextGenAI Program; insights related to generative AI specific use-cases from the RoundTables; key outcomes from the program initiatives, including the Tech Showcase, Call for Papers, and Shared Learning, along with access to all related resources.
Mariama Jalloh-Heyward
Alliance for Innovative Regulation
Program Director
Nitya Malladi
Alliance for Innovative Regulation
Program Manager
Financial Inclusion TechSprint &
Market Abuse Surveillance TechSprint
Join Simran Singh from the Financial Conduct Authority and Lauren Cassells from FinTech Scotland for an interactive session on the 2024 Financial Inclusion and AI in Market Abuse Surveillance TechSprints. This session will provide a deep dive into how these flagship initiatives tackled pressing challenges in financial services, from improving access to financial products for underserved communities to deploying AI to enhance market abuse detection. Gain insights into the innovative solutions that emerged, the collaborative environment that fostered them, and the tangible impact of technology in creating a fairer, more inclusive financial ecosystem.
Simran Singh
Financial Conduct Authority UK
AI Lab Lead
Lauren Cassels
FinTech Scotland
Research & Innovation Programme Manager
API Innovation Hackathon – Awards Ceremony
Celebrate the solutions created during the API Innovation Hackathon and discover which teams are recognised for the most impactful and creative ideas. This ceremony will shed light on the importance of leveling the AI Readiness playing field through APIs, acknowledge the hard work of participants who have dedicated their expertise to developing a cutting-edge API builder for financial supervision based on open standards and tools. Attendees will gain insights into the winning projects and the criteria that set them apart in the competition.
Matt Grasser
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Co-Head
Muhammad Gouda
Link Development
Head of Software Engineering
Jochen Papenbrock
NVIDIA
Head of Financial Technology
Jane Gavronsky
FINOS
Chief Operating Officer
Parimal Kumar Shivendu
FinTech Department, Reserve Bank of India
Assistant General Manager
Shaping the future of financial supervision –
what’s next?
Wrap up SupTech Week 2024 by hearing from suptech leaders who will reflect on key insights and action points from the week. This discussion will highlight major takeaways, future priorities, and ongoing challenges in the field. Panelists will share their own exciting projects to be taken forward through the Cambridge SupTech Lab Innovation Leaders Residency in 2025. Attendees will leave with a clear vision of the future direction of suptech and the collaborative efforts needed to drive further innovation in financial supervision.
Simone di Castri
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Co-Head
Maryam Haghighi
Bank of Canada
Director, Enterprise Data Science and Insights
Drew Propson
World Economic Forum
Head, Technology and Innovation in Financial Services
Please note that all New York convenings are by invitation-only sessions, limited to a maximum number of participants to ensure a highly interactive and impactful experience.
SupTech Week Evening Reception & Networking Session:
The Case for an Africa SupTech Accelerator
Join us for an engaging evening kicking off SupTech Week 2024, meeting peers and exploring the transformative potential of a SupTech Africa Accelerator.
Anna Wallace
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Program Officer for Regulatory and Consumer Protection Technologies
Jen Cupp
Intentional Futures
Advocacy and Communications Strategist
Please note that all New York convenings are exclusive, invitation-only sessions, limited to a maximum number of participants to ensure a highly interactive and impactful experience.
Hosted at the World Economic Forum NYC office
Opening SESSION
During the opening session, keynote speakers will share their insight and provide calls to action to accelerate the digital transformation of financial supervision. The SupTech Week hosts will lay out the day’s programme designed for global leaders to engage in meaningful dialogue to develop multi-stakeholder solutions that accelerate the digital future of financial supervision
Drew Propson
World Economic Forum
Head, Technology and Innovation in Financial Services
Matt Grasser
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Co-Head
Dr. Vijay Singh Shekhawat
Reserve Bank of India
Chief General Manager
Strengthening the Financial System:
Collaborative Approaches to Advancing RegTech and SupTech
This panel will explore current public and private sector efforts to advance regtech and suptech, and highlight opportunities for improved collaboration in areas of shared interest.
Hunter Sims
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
Associate Director
Noel Guinto
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Director, Department of Supervisory Analytics
Laurent Domb
AWS
Chief Technologist, Worldwide Public Sector Federal Financial Services
Ed Probst
NASDAQ
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Technology
Kaitlin Asrow
New York State Department of Financial Services
Executive Deputy Superintendent, Research and Innovation
Breakout Roundtables & Group Discussions
Breakout roundtables will dive into discussion questions related to overcoming challenges that hinder effective collaboration, opportunities for cross-border and cross-industry knowledge exchange, and leveraging AI for advancements in regtech and suptech.
Advancing RegTech and SupTech for a
Stronger, Safer Financial System
This session will explore how advancing regtech and suptech can strengthen the financial system by streamlining and improving compliance, oversight, and risk management. It will also examine the direct impact these innovations have on the end consumer, including enhanced security and more efficient services.
Julie Gerdeman
BNY
Managing Director Global Head of Data & Analytics
Jorge Mogrovejo
Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP del Perú
Deputy Superintendent of Banking and Microfinance
A supervisor’s journey:
supervisors’ and suptech ecosystem players’ roundtables
Through interactive roundtable exercises, supervisors will dive into mappings of a supervisor’s journey unpacking the processes, tools, techniques, and other resources leveraged by an individual within a supervisory authority to facilitate digital transformation and adoption of suptech in their work. Suptech ecosystem players will explore avenues and entry points for support and opportunities to bring their efforts and learnings to scale.
Hosted at Accenture
SupTech Week Reception:
Financial Supervision & Artificial Intelligence
Join us for a conversation on financial supervision and AI, meet world leading experts and connect with peers.
Venetia Woo
Accenture
Principal Director and the North American Regulatory Strategy Lead
Douglas Arner
University of Hong Kong
Kerry Holdings Professor in Law
Geetha Giddi
Reserve Bank of India
Deputy General Manager, Department of Supervision
Ivy Ou
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)
Managing Director, Supervision Data and Analytical Insights
Please note that all New York convenings are exclusive, invitation-only sessions, limited to a maximum number of participants to ensure a highly interactive and impactful experience.
Hosted at Mayer Brown
Opening Segment:
Digital consumer protection day
During the opening segment, leaders will share their insight on accelerating efforts to advance digital consumer protection around the world and set the tone for a series impactful engagements throughout Digital Consumer Protection Day.
Anna Wallace
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Program Officer for Regulatory and Consumer Protection Technologies
Roundtable discussion:
Suptech powered consumer protection supervision
During this roundtable discussion, supervisors and ecosystem players will exchange actionable insights to integrate cutting-edge technologies into supervisory processes, and innovative to strengthen financial consumer protection frameworks at financial authorities around the globe.
From idea to prototype –
dispute resolution & data scraping
Supervisors and suptech vendors will present highlights and reflections from recent engagements focused on the development of financial consumer protection suite with social media and web scraping, sentiment analysis, topic modelling, and other machine learning-based analytics.
Nathalie Lenehan
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Technical Program Manager
Curtis Matlock
Proto
CEO
Dr. Kimmo Soramäki
FNA
CEO
Lejla Sarcevic
Winnow
CEO
Jamile Vallés
Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP del Perú
Head of Market Conduct Enforcement Department
Noel Guinto
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Director, Department of Supervisory Analytics
Innovation Rotation
This segment will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn from and engage with demos by suptech vendors showacaing real-life applications outlined during the previous panel discussion.
Curtis Matlock
Proto
CEO
Dr. Kimmo Soramäki
FNA
CEO
Lejla Sarcevic
Winnow
CEO
Mini-Design Sprint:
Advancing Financial Consumer Protection
This unique design sprint experience will allow attendees to apply key takeaways hands-on. Attendees will have the chance to vote for their preferred topic ahead of time, with options ranging from AI-powered consumer complaint analysis, real-time supervisory dashboards for consumer risk, supervisory technology for crypto assets and digital currency, and more.
Matt Grasser
Cambridge SupTech Lab
Co-Founder and Co-Head
Adam Scott
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Director of Digital Services
Jessica Schafer
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
UX Design Lead
Please note that all New York convenings are exclusive, invitation-only sessions, limited to a maximum number of participants to ensure a highly interactive and impactful experience.
Interactive peer-learning visit at
the New York State Department for Financial Services
Supervisors attending SupTech Week are invited to a peer-learning visit at the New York Department of Financial Services. We will engage in an interactive discussion on stablecoins supervision, including the NYDFS & emerging frameworks along with regulatory considerations. The discussion will be led by:
Ken Coghill
NYDFS
Virtual Currencies, Deputy Superintendent
John Melican