Day Two | December 2
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8:00
Breakfast and Networking
8:50
Chair’s Opening Remarks
9:00
THE FUTURE OF THE THREE LINES OF DEFENCE – PANEL DISCUSSION
AI becomes embedded across financial services, how must governance, risk, compliance and audit functions evolve to provide effective oversight and challenge?
Key topics
- How AI is reshaping accountability across the three lines of defence
- The evolution of compliance, risk and audit in AI-enabled organisations
- Moving from periodic reviews to continuous monitoring and assurance
- Maintaining effective independent challenge in increasingly automated environments
- Balancing human judgement, accountability and AI-enabled oversight
- Preparing governance functions for agentic and autonomous AI systems
 | Lucy da Piedade,Managing Director, Head of Group Controls Office,Deutsche Bank |
 | Marili Anderson,Managing Director, Head of Compliance,RaboBank |
 | Dimitrios Asvestis,Managing Director, Model Risk,Barclays |
9:50
GOVERNING AI IN A HIGHLY REGULATED INDUSTRY – KEYNOTE
Session: Aligning AI innovation with regulatory expectations across financial services
Key topics
- PRA’s technology‑agnostic approach to AI regulation in UK financial services
- How AI risks extend beyond model risk, including cyber and third‑party dependencies
- Using existing expectations to support responsible AI adoption
- Applying SS1/23 model risk management principles to AI use cases
- Strengthening governance, oversight, accountability, policies and risk appetite
- Managing the AI lifecycle through use‑case definition, risk tiering, validation, monitoring and controls
 | Jonathan Taylor,Head of Quantative Analysis, and Model Risk Management,Bank of England |
10:25
Morning Refreshment Break and Networking
10:55
AI-ENABLED COMPLIANCE, RISK AND ASSURANCE
Session: Leveraging AI to strengthen oversight, monitoring and control effectiveness.
Key topics
- Moving from periodic reviews to continuous monitoring
- Using AI to enhance compliance surveillance and regulatory monitoring
- Applying AI to policy management, controls testing and assurance activities
- Understanding the opportunities and limitations of AI-enabled oversight
- Balancing automation with human judgement
- Creating more proactive governance models
 | Suresh Sankaran,Prudential Regulation Lead,NatWest |
11:30
AI, CYBER SECURITY AND ADVERSARIAL THREATS – FIRESIDE CHAT
Session: Preparing for the next generation of AI-enabled attacks and security risks.
Key topics
- Understanding adversarial AI, prompt injection and model manipulation
- Assessing how AI is changing the cyber threat landscape
- Using AI to strengthen defensive capabilities
- Managing vulnerabilities within AI systems and models
- Understanding the implications of AI-enabled fraud and financial crime
- Aligning cyber security and AI governance strategies
 | Pallavi Kapale,Senior Financial Crime Officer,Bank of China |
12:05
Lunch Break
12:50
Lunch Break and Networking Roundtables
1:45
AI, OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE AND CRITICAL SERVICES – PANEL DISCUSSION
Session: Ensuring AI-enabled organisations remain resilient in the face of disruption.
Key topics
- Understanding how AI is changing operational resilience frameworks
- Assessing the impact of AI on critical business services
- Scenario testing AI-related failures and disruptions
- Managing resilience across increasingly automated operating environments
- Integrating AI into resilience and recovery planning
- Aligning resilience frameworks with AI governance objectives
 | Andrew Pym,, Head of Operational Resilience,Monzo |
 | Magdalena Watson,Head of Operational Risk and Resilience,Renaissance Re |
2:20
AI INCIDENTS, FAILURES AND LESSONS LEARNED – CASE STUDY
Session: Understanding what AI failures reveal about governance, accountability and risk management across financial services.
Key topics
- Understanding why AI failures are increasingly becoming board-level issues
- Examining the common causes of governance, oversight and control breakdowns
- Learning from high-profile AI incidents and their organisational impact
- Identifying early warning indicators of emerging AI risk
- Strengthening accountability, escalation and incident response frameworks
- Understanding how regulators are likely to assess AI-related failures and harm
2:55
Afternoon Coffee Break and Networking
3:25
AI RISK TAXONOMY AND ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT
Session: Integrating AI risk into existing enterprise risk frameworks and governance structures.
Key topics
- Identifying operational, financial, strategic and reputational AI risks
- Mapping AI risks into existing enterprise risk taxonomies
- Understanding the implications of stacked and interconnected AI risks
- Integrating AI into enterprise risk reporting and risk appetite frameworks
- Establishing ownership across multiple risk domains
- Avoiding fragmented approaches to AI risk management
4:00
THE FUTURE OF AI GOVERNANCE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES – PANEL DISCUSSION
Session: Preparing governance, operating models and leadership structures for the next decade.
Key topics
- How AI may reshape employment, productivity and financial services operating models
- The future relationship between humans and autonomous systems
- How AI could transform customer behaviour and financial decision-making
- The long-term implications of AI for markets, competition and financial stability
- Preparing governance frameworks for a radically different economic environment
 | Suzanne Brink,Group Head of Responsible AI and Bank of England AI Consortium, Lloyds Banking Group |
 | Tanveer Bhatti,Independent Member,Bank of England AI Consortium |
4:50
Chair’s Closing Remarks
5:00
End of AI Governance in Financial Services