Industry Day

Date: Nov 16, 2025

Venue: Ballroom 2, Sheraton Towers Singapore

Introduction

We are pleased to announce that we are organizing a dedicated full-day event – the “Industry Day”, together with our partners Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore FinTech Association (SFA). This event aims to provide a platform for academic researchers, industry practitioners, and policymakers to discuss the latest advances and open problems in the field of AI for finance.

Invited Speakers

Kenneth Gay

Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

Nobu Kawasaki

Chief Executive Officer, MUFG Asia Pacific

Suwandi Wiratno

Chairman, Indonesian Financial Services Association (IFSA)

Programme

Time	Agenda
09:00 – 09:10	Opening Remarks by Industry Day Co-Chairs
09:10 – 10:30	Session 1: Governance, Policy, and Regulation 09:10 – 09:30 Keynote by Kenneth Gay, Chief FinTech Officer at Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) 09:30 – 10:30 Panel 1: Governing AI Across Borders: From Global Principles to Harmonized Production Moderator: • Dr. Andrzej Gwizdalski, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) Panelists: • Mr. Kenneth Gay, Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) • Mr. Suwandi Wiratno, Chairman, Indonesian Financial Services Association (IFSA) • Mr. David Lee, Chairman, Global Fintech Institute (GFI) • Dr. Brindha Jeyaraman, Senior Director & Group Head of AI Governance, United Overseas Bank (UOB)
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30	Session 2: AI Transformation for Large Financial Firms 11:00 – 11:30 Keynote by Nobu Kawasaki, CEO at MUFG APAC 11:30 – 12:30 Panel 2: Scaling AI⁺ in Finance: From Bank Transformation to Ecosystem Collaboration Moderator: • Dr. Andrzej Gwizdalski, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) Panelists: • Dr. Sammy Assefa, Head of AI, U.S. Bank • Mr. Ritchie Ng, Distinguished AI Scientist, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) • Agus Sudjianto, former EVP & Head of Model Risk, Wells Fargo
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:30	Session 3: From Models to Agents: The Next Frontier of AI in Finance 14:00 – 14:15 Presentation by Chao Wang, Co-founder & CTO, 6Estates 14:15 – 14:30 Presentation by Edison Zhang, Product Director, Cloudun AI 14:30 – 14:45 Presentation by Ruijie Tey, Product Manager, Bitdeer AI 14:45 – 15:00 Presentation by Murali Nadarajah, CIO, Eton Solutions 15:00 – 15:30 Fireside Chat Moderator: • Ms. Holly Fang, President, Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) Guest: • Dr. Georgios Piliouras, Staff Research Scientist, Google DeepMind
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30	Session 4: Cutting-edge Research on AI in Finance 16:00 – 16:20 Presentation by Marko Hans Weber, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS) 16:20 – 16:40 Presentation by Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Co-founder & Co-CEO, LinqAlpha 16:40 – 17:20 Panel 3: Cutting-edge Research on AI in Finance: From Research Outcomes to Real-World Impact Moderator: • Dr. Georgios Papaioannou, Research Director, Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) Panelists: • Prof. Hao Ni, Professor, University College London (UCL) • Prof. Anthony Tung, Professor & Director of Google-NUS Innovation and Research Center, National University of Singapore (NUS) • Prof. Ariel Neufeld, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) • Prof.Tze-Houng Lee, Faculty, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) • Dr. Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Co-founder & Co-CEO, LinqAlpha 17:20 – 17:30 Closing