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Conan French

Director, Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance (IIF)

Conan is Director in the Digital Finance Department at the IIF, a research and advocacy organization for the global financial services industry with 400 members from 60 countries. Focus areas for his work include digital assets—central bank digital currencies (CBDC), blockchain, tokenization, and ledger technologies—cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, payments innovation, and digital identity. Conan serves as a Trustee of the Eurasia Foundation, earned his MBA from Georgetown University and his BA in History and Economics from Dickinson College.

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Elevandi Insights

Roundtable 2, Marina Bay Sands (Melati)

Invite-Only

Tue,14 Nov | 03:30PM - 05:00PM

Generative AI: The future of consumer financial protection?

Beneficial AI

Generative AI: The Future of Consumer Financial Protection?

1. Risks to Financial Consumers from Generative AI: What are the potential risks and challenges that financial consumers might face due to the widespread adoption of generative AI in the finance sector?

2. Potential Benefits for Financial Consumers from Generative AI:How can generative AI bring about potential benefits and improvements in services for financial consumers and consumer financial health. What are some examples of its positive impact?

3. How Generative AI Might Be a Useful New Tool for Regulators: In what ways can regulators harness the capabilities of generative AI to enhance their monitoring, oversight, and policymaking in the financial sector?

Conan French, Director, Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance (IIF)

Kosta Peric, Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Kwame Oppong, Director, FinTech and Innovation, Bank of Ghana

Marina Dimova, Global Director, Financial Industry & Network Advocacy, Women's World Banking

Fung Mei Lin, Co-chair, People Centered Internet

Sandrine Chabbey, Policy Advisor & Attorney-at-law, State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF)

Dr Fatmah Baothman, Board President, AI Society

Dr Adrienne Heinrich, Head of AI and Innovation Center of Excellence, Union Bank of the Philippines

Ishan Mishra, Principal - South Asia, Accion Venture Lab

Olivier Klein, Chief Technologist Asia-Pacific, AWS

Kunal Chatterjee, Vice President and Head of Innovation, Asia Pacific, Visa

Jo Ann Barefoot, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR)

Nick Cook, Chief Innovation Officer, Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR)

Insights Stage

Hall 2, Singapore EXPO

Premium

Fri,17 Nov | 03:10PM - 03:50PM

Solving the big challenges in digital financial inclusion: Policies and practices in action

Digitising Inclusion

Digital finance has seen the world make great strides with financial inclusion over the years, but much still needs to be done, with over 1.4 billion people today being unbanked. In this session, gain an insight into the biggest hurdles standing in the way of reaching the unbanked and uninsured. Speakers will delve into the existing gaps and share case studies of policies and practices that strive to make a difference.