Open Source in Finance Forum New York 2024

As companies flock to implement generative AI tools, they are encountering new considerations and concerns, alongside rapidly emerging regulations (especially in already highly regulated industries). This keynote highlights how innovative makers of generative AI developer tools like GitHub Copilot are addressing key issues with their customers who seek to responsibly use and implement innovative AI solutions, while also anticipating the impacts of emerging regulation.

This keynote panel, framed by the release of AI Readiness's Governance Framework, will explore how innovation in artificial intelligence is shaping the financial services industry. The discussion will cover key issues such as cybersecurity, data privacy, and ethics, offering insights into the real-world challenges faced by buy-side and sell-side participants. The panel will focus on how organizations innovate their governance structures, manage intellectual property, and forge agreements with service providers. Additionally, it will examine how model risk management has evolved to cope with AI onboarding, emphasizing the balance between innovation and risk management to ensure responsible and effective AI adoption in finance.

Join this panel discussion to explore how the financial industry is driving diversity in open source. Panelists will share their experiences and strategies for fostering an inclusive work environment, advancing DEI efforts, and advocating for social change. Attendees will gain insights on becoming effective allies, championing DEI initiatives in their own communities, and leveraging their identities for personal and professional growth, with the ultimate goal of inspiring a more diverse and equitable future in open source.