Cambridge, UK – 25 November 2024 – The Cambridge SupTech Lab, part of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum (content partner), will be hosting the largest gathering of leading experts in financial supervision and technology. The annual event, held both virtually and in person, brings together over 800 participants from more than 60 countries, to share insights, innovations, collaborations and case studies that explore how human and technological capabilities can further advance financial supervision. Read a complete overview of the event and the agenda here: https://lab.ccaf.io/suptech-week-2024/
Simone di Castri, co-Founder and co-Director of the Cambridge SupTech Lab, said, “We stand at a pivotal moment in financial supervision—a moment when technology is reshaping not just the tools of supervision but also the very philosophy that underpins how we safeguard financial systems. With visionary leadership, global collaboration, and a commitment to innovation, we can ensure that supervisory technology (suptech) is not merely an upgrade; it is a paradigm shift that will transform financial sectors.”
“As the global financial landscape grows more complex, the role of technology in enhancing supervision is not just beneficial but essential,” said Drew Propson, Head of Technology and Innovation in Financial Services, World Economic Forum. “Suptech and regtech innovations provide critical tools to streamline regulatory compliance and bolster financial stability. This event underscores the importance of collaboration between public and private sectors to accelerate the development and scaling of these solutions, ensuring a more resilient and secure financial system.”
This year’s event includes both a virtual and in-person forum:
Virtual Forum: dives into timely topics that align with the latest trends and innovations in financial supervision; examines the intersection of suptech and GenAI, climate risk, digital assets, consumer protection, and cybersecurity.
Esteemed speakers include:
- Alessandra Perrazzelli, Deputy Governor, Banca d’Italia
- Minerva Tantoco, former first CTO, City of New York and CEO, City Strategies Toronto
- Leonie Dunn, Deputy Governor, Bank of Namibia
- Jermy Prenio, Principal Advisor, Financial Stability Institute
Key sessions include:
- The State of SupTech 2024, with insights by region
- Tackling climate risk
- AI tools for supervision: Machine Learning models, GenAI systems, and beyond
- Privacy-preserving algorithms for suptech: Seeing patterns in the dark
- Advancing regtech & suptech concurrently
- Suptech-enhanced cybersecurity supervision
View the agenda here: https://lab.ccaf.io/agenda/
In-person forum: being held in New York City concurrent to the virtual event, brings together global leaders in financial supervision for deep dives into digital transformation, AI and suptech, and digital consumer protection.
View the agenda here: https://lab.ccaf.io/agenda/
In addition to the virtual and in-person forums, the Lab is working with several other partners to bring additional experiences to this year’s SupTech Week:
AI-Readiness Hackathon: supported by FINOS, NVIDIA and AfricaNenda, the virtual hackathon brings together 100 collaborators to advance the AI-readiness, developing a cutting-edge API builder for financial supervision.
AI Bootcamp: professional development for financial supervisors, regulators, fintech firms, and investors, in AI Strategies for public sector Innovation.
Solutions Marketplace: vendor partners such as Proto, FNA, Winnow Tech, Emtech and Financial Transparency Solutions will demo their solutions in virtual booths.
In an effort to generate transparent discourse across the community of financial supervision, all online sessions are open and media are invited to attend. Register at https://www.airmeet.com/e/7622a8c0-8267-11ef-a0ca-f13716aadb30.
About the World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. (www.weforum.org).
About Cambridge SupTech Lab
Cambridge SupTech Lab accelerates the digital transformation of financial supervision and supervisory agencies. The Lab delivers world-class online leadership education, experiential training, ground-breaking research, market intelligence, new analytical frameworks, innovative digital tools, and cutting-edge suptech applications. It drives collaboration across the ecosystem of financial supervision to empower a financial sector that is more sustainable and inclusive. Cambridge SupTech Lab is an initiative of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. (www.cambridgesuptechlab.org).
For more information, please contact
Adriana Senior
a.senior@jbs.cam.ac.uk
Head of Communications,
Cambridge SupTech Lab,
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School
