Time

Session

1pm - 1:30pm

Lunch and networking

1:30pm - 1:45pm

An introduction to the Finance and AI Research LaB (hereafter FAB) by Barry Quinn (Co-Director of FAB)

1:45pm - 2:30pm

Keynote by Pavle Avramovic, Manager of Emerging Tech and Research at the FCA: 'Emerging technologies and the future of regulation'

2:45pm - 3:30pm

Academic presentations:

• 'Compliance auditing and AI' (Hui Wang, Professor of Computer Science, QUB)
• 'Financial auditing of DLT, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies' (Daniel Broby, Professor of Financial Technology ,Ulster University)
• 'Fraud detection in financial markets' (Barry Quinn, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Technology and Data Science, QBS)

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Panel discussion on 'AI in financial services - opportunities and risks'

• Carla McGlynn, Director and Head of Markets Data, Business Risks and Controls Technology at Citi Bank Belfast 
• Chris Clements, Director of Engineering, R&D at FinTru
• Pavle Avramovic, Manager of Emerging Tech and Research at FCA
• Adrian Johnson MBE, Director of Strategic Business Partnerships at Catalyst
• Dr Fearghal Kearney, Co-Director of FAB

4:15pm - 5pm

Fiddles and finance!

Drinks reception with live trad music