High-Value Insights For Robust, AI-Driven, Regulation-Ready & Resilience-Focused Risk & Compliance Strategies In Financial Services

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A One-Day, Independent, Practitioner-Led Conference & Networking Event

Built For Europe's Leading Financial Institutions

Hotel Casa, Amsterdam 2nd February 2027

08.30 Registration & Informal Networking

OPENING REMARKS

09.00 GIC Welcome & Morning Chair’s Opening Remarks

Ratul Ahmed, Managing Director – Lending, Commerzbank AG

State Of The Nation Keynote Address

09:10 Demystify Europe’s Interconnected Risk Landscape To Stay Ahead Of AI, Technology, Regulation & Geopolitics Before They Collide

What does genuine resilience actually look like when regulation, technology and geopolitics start behaving more like one, complex, interconnected system?
A single, practical framework for prioritising the risks that matter most in 2027, not just the ones making the most noise
Most risk registers still treat compliance, technology and geopolitics as three different jobs but is the gap where the real exposure sits?

AI Industry Panel

PANEL Q&A

09.30 Sharing Insights Into The Practicalities Of Implementing The EU AI Act & Where Risk & Accountability Actually Sits When AI Replaces Human Judgement

The EU AI Act is now fully live. The harder question is what high-risk classification actually means for tomorrow’s controls?
Is AI actually cutting false positives in transaction monitoring, financial crime prevention and KYC, or just producing a more expensive kind of noise?
Speed versus accountability: when an algorithm replaces a human analyst, who are leading institutions making responsible when it gets it wrong?Are enterprise-wide AI rollouts actually delivering promised cost savings?
Ensuring fairness, transparency and watertight oversight across AI decision-making processes in practice
What are the next generation of AI tools – from generative and predictive technologies, to ethical frameworks and cybersecurity risks from LLMs

Julia Hale, Regulatory Change Head of Compliance, Barclays

Glenn Clygnet, Global Head of Compliance Ongoing Assurance and Insights, ING

Natacha Lord, Global Head Model Risk Management, Rabobank

Saila Passinhas, Senior Risk Officer, Swedbank

Berrin Turkeli Mutlu, Regulatory Change Management – Risk Manager, Rabobank

Berislav Jozic, Managing Director Integrated Risk Management, Addiko Bank AG

Case Study AML and Financial Crime

10.00 Navigate The Transition To The AML Authority & Combat Financial Crime With Dynamic Compliance Frameworks

When AMLA moves at full speed, the institutions who are ready will be the ones who stopped waiting for the detail months ago
Stop treating KYC as a private, bank-by-bank exercise and hear the case for a shared industry approach instead
How hard is it, in practice, to coordinate sanctions and financial crime reporting to Financial Intelligence Units across several EU jurisdictions at once?
One institution’s unfiltered account of what their AML transition actually cost them, and exactly what they would do differently
Innovations in financial crime and fraud prevention across increasingly-complex threat landscapes – what’s on the horizon?

Alberto Padula, Group Head of Anti Financial Crime, Banca Sella

Guilia Socci, Head of Sanctions & Trade Controls, Banca Sella

10.30 Case Study; Reserved For Conference Partner

10.50 Morning Refreshment Break With Informal Networking

Operational Resilience, Third Party & Cybershocks Industry Panel

PANEL Q&A

11.20 Strengthen Operational Resilience Beyond The DORA Checklist To Withstand Third Party, Cloud & Cyber Shocks Before They Happen

What does good collaboration between financial institutions and ICT providers actually look like? Benchmark your own approach against three institutions doing it differently
Proportionality versus caution: with the EU’s third party services guideline delayed again, how far should due diligence really go?
Is relying on a handful of US cloud providers a strategic risk hiding in plain sight?
Take away the earliest read on the ECB’s cybersecurity resilience deadline, and who is genuinely ready for it
Empower risk and compliance teams with clear accountability, senior leadership engagement and cross-functional collaboration to drive proactive operational resilience cultures

Berislav Jozic, Managing Director Integrated Risk Management, Addiko Bank AG

Alex Fitzpatrick, Head of Risk, Convex Insurance

Catalina Porojan, Group Head of Special Exposures Management, Raiffeisen Bank International

Compliance Transformation, Culture & Talent

FIRESIDE CHAT

11.50 Compliance Transformation, Culture & Talent: Reshape The Three Lines Of Defence Into Three Lines Of Collaboration To Build Robust Compliance Which Works With The Whole Business

What does the European Central Bank’s shift from defence to collaboration actually look like on a Monday morning?
A candid conversation on what it actually takes to embed compliance so well that customers never notice it is there
How do you best reinforce governance structures and clarify accountability across all functions to ensure conduct and compliance are fully embedded in day-to-day decision-making?
Sharing best-practice advice on how to evolve risk culture and governance to build integrity, accountability and sustainable, measurable performance over time

Neil Whiley, Head of Sanctions & Proliferation Finance Risk, Metro Bank

12.10 Case Study; Reserved For Conference Partner

Live Debate With Quickfire Audience Voting

12:30 Challenge The RegTech Business Case & Separate Genuine Efficiency From Expensive Experiments

Millions have gone into workflow tools and licences across the industry, so where, precisely, is the reduction in resource and cost?
One strategic platform versus five overlapping tools?
Surely if the technology really worked as promised, most compliance teams would not still be doing this manually?

12.50 Lunch & Informal Networking For Speakers, Delegates & Partners

13:25 Informal Lunchtime Peer Discussion Zones To Tailor Your Day With Your Peers

A. AI Governance & Model Risk

Natacha Lord, Global Head Model Risk Management, Rabobank

B. DORA & Third Party Risk Management

Adelina Ferrara, Divisional Control Office – Head, Deutsche Bank

C. Financial Crime, AMLA & Sanctions

D. Crypto, Digital Assets & MiCA

Michele Provinciael, Head Compliance Retail, Corporate Banking and Wealth Management, ABN AMRO

E. ESG, Climate Risk & Responsible Lending

Vera Economou, Sustainable Solutions Group Lead at ING, ING

F. Building Trust With Regulators & Supervisors

Dario Lovelli, Managing Director – Head of Compliance Advisory, State Street

13.50 Afternoon Chair’s Opening Remarks

AFTERNOON RESET SNAPSHOT SESSION

13:50 Sharpen Your 2027 Agenda With Regulation Updates & Shared Implementation Learnings

From DORA to AMLA to MiCA to PSD3 and the EU AI Act and beyond….which of these is actually going to change your working week first? Vote live and see how the room compares
What can you do to stay ahead of the expanding regulatory agenda?
Review lessons learned from recent implementation cycles to identity gaps, prevent compliance fatigue and demonstrate continuous improvement

Geopolitical, Macro-Economic Risks

DOUBLE PERSPECTIVE

14:10 Managing Geopolitical Risk & Macro-Economic Volatility When Interconnectivity Of Global Systems Means A Problem Anywhere Trickles Down Everywhere

The models said one thing, but the Middle East, US tariffs and interest rate volatility said another, and the balance sheet felt it first
How do you build a scenario analysis process that can absorb a fast-changing set of priorities, rather than fighting last year’s risks?
Learning from stress testing failures to build scenario models which actually keep pace with the world
How best to balance global strategy with local compliance and how you can maintain a unified governance framework whilst adapting to jurisdictional expectations and divergence

Perspective One:

Stefano Biondi, Group Chief Risk Officer, Banca Mediolanum

Perspective Two:

Merlin Linehan, Risk Manager, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

14.50 Case Study; Reserved For Conference Partner

MiCA Live

15:10 Position Your Firm Correctly Now MiCA Has Been Live For Six Months

A number of firms are reported to have quietly exited the EU market rather than pursue MiCA approval – what does the real picture look like?
Stablecoins and non-custodial services are growing fast, so what does that actually mean for the firms still inside the regulatory perimeter?
When tokenised deposits meet unresolved questions on deposit insurance, here is where the legal grey areas really sit
A practical look at what building genuine cross-border blockchain interoperability actually involves

15.30 Afternoon Refreshment Break With Informal Networking

Data Quality & Infrastructure for AI

16:00 Data Quality & Fit-For-The-Future Infrastructure: Fix Your Data Before You Deploy Your Next AI Tool Or Framework

Garbage in, garbage out is not a new problem, so why does it still catch so many institutions out in 2027?
Leverage next-generation analytics and automation to strengthen decision-making, enhance risk monitoring and streamline reporting processes
What does it really cost to fix legacy data infrastructure before AI can be deployed at any meaningful scale?

Krista Luijten, Chief Data & AI Officer Finance & Risk, ABN AMRO

16.20 Bonus Session; Reserved For Conference Partner

The Financial Limitations Europe Is Building Next Industry Panel Closing Horizon-Scanning

PANEL Q&A

16.35 Turn Regulatory Harmonisation, Cross-Border Complexity, Emerging Risk Prevention, Talent & Technology Into A Genuine Picture Of The Financial Institutions Europe Is Building Next

Is the EU actually becoming a single market for financial services, or does jurisdiction still shape every decision firms make?
A forward look at where regulatory harmonisation, AI adoption and changing talent needs are taking the sector by 2030
Ambition versus reality: what the next generation of European financial institution actually looks like, and who is already building it?
Anticipate and navigate the next wave of emerging risks to build agility, resilience and foresight across your organization

Stefan Zima, Head of Regulatory Compliance, Raiffeisen Bank International

Martina Cont, Head of Processes & Operations, Generali Group

17:05 Afternoon Chair’s Closing Remarks

17:15 Official Close Of Conference