Now in its 11th year, Citi's Digital Money Symposium is a live streamed event that focusses on the future of finance. It is your chance to be inspired by a select group of thought leaders from across the financial services ecosystem.

Guest speakers will share insights and discuss the latest trends that are shaping the future of finance and money.

With some of the most influential leaders in the industry taking part – this event is not to be missed.

Agenda* | Thursday 20 June 2024

09:00 – 09:05	Welcome message from Jane Fraser, CEO, Citi Jane Fraser, CEO, Citi Citi’s CEO, Jane Fraser virtually opens Citi’s 11th Annual Digital Money Symposium.
9:05 – 09:30	Future of Finance Fireside chat with Tiina Lee, UK CEO, Citi Tiina Lee, CEO, Citi UK Host: Ronit Ghose, Global Head, Future of Finance, Citi
09:30 – 10:00	Fireside chat with Francesca Carlesi, CEO, Revolut UK Dr Francesca Carlesi, CEO, Revolut UK Host: Sophia Bantanidis, Future of Finance, Citi
10:00 – 10:30	Accelerating the digital economy – Professor Michael Mainelli, Lord Mayor of the City of London Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of the City of the London, City of London Corporation Host: Dr Ruth Wandhöfer, Partner, Gauss Ventures
10:45 – 11:30	Fintech for good: Financial inclusion Gwera Kiwana, VP of Partnerships: Blockchain Payments, Onafriq Jorge Rubio, Global Head Social Finance, Citi Ligia Stefanescu, Head of Treasury Collections, Thunes Host: Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance Explore the transformative power of Fintech for fostering financial inclusion and driving positive societal impact across emerging and frontier markets. Join us as we discuss how FinTechs are breaking down barriers and empowering underserved communities
11:30 – 12:15	Future of cross border payments Dawid Janas, Head of Global Clearing & FI Payments, Citi Erin McCune, Expert Partner, Bain & Company Nick Kerigan, Head of Innovation, Swift Host: Alla Gancz, Partner, UK Payments Consulting Leader, Ernst & Young The world of cross-border payments is estimated to be a $250 trillion opportunity over the next five years. Examine how improvements in the fiat stack and digital money 2.0 are set to improve speed, transparency, and cost.
12:15 – 12:45	Future of wealth Alexis Augier, Founder & CEO, Vega Investments Giuseppe Sette, President & Co-Founder, Toggle Hannes Hofmann, Global Head of Family Office Group, Citi Host: Jelena Zec, Citi Ventures, Citi Digital operating models, new asset classes and data-driven insights are changing the wealth management industry. Understand what it takes to unlock the future of wealth and how FinTechs are reshaping finance.
13:45 – 14:15	Tokenizing real world assets: How big? How soon? Deborah Querub, Global Head of Digital Assets, Wealth, Citi Host: Ioana Niculcea, Head of Strategy & Partnerships for Digital Assets, Citi Additional panellists TBC Explore the need for institutional infrastructure in the digital asset space, and how organizations can leverage blockchains to generate insights / signals unique to the asset class. What is the opportunity for institutional grade offerings and will tokenized treasuries / ETFs spur more institutions to enter the space?
14:15 – 14:45	Tokenization today: What is real and happening now? Matt Blumenfeld, PwC Nadine Teychenne, Head of Digital Assets, Custody & Funds, Citi Nick Krakoff, Crypto Product & Business, Stripe Host: David Cunningham, Head of Strategy & Partnerships for Digital How can blockchain streamline invoice financing, supply chain finance, trade settlement?Understand the billion-dollar opportunity in tokenization of financial and real-world assets with a look at potential impediments and what is needed to drive greater adoption.
14:45 – 15:30	Emerging tech: Opportunities & risks Biswarup Chatterjee, Head of Partnerships & Innovation, Citi Charlotte Crosswell OBE, Chair, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) Pavle Avramovic, Emerging Technologies & Research, FCA Host: Jeff Tijssen, Expert Partner and Global Head of FinTech, Bain Explore how emerging technologies like AI, blockchain, digital assets and metaverse are revolutionizing the financial services sector. What are the new risk vectors we are exposed to in the new digital landscape? How can we better safeguard ourselves?
15:45 – 16:30	AI: From wow to how? Alexandra Mousavizadeh, CEO, Evident Bin Ren, Founder & CEO, SigTech Erkin Adylov, Founder & CEO, Behavox Jason Engelbrecht, Head of Citi Labs London, Citi Host: Emily Turner, Head of Business Development, Citi How is AI supercharging new opportunities in finance from optimizing investment strategies, to predictions market trends, AI-enabled customer servicing, and risk management? We delve into the nuts and bolts of AI integration from data acquisition, model training, deployment, and optimization. Join us on how we can bridge the gap between AI's promise and practicality.
16:30 – 17:00	When bank clients have AI? David Birch, Principal, 15Mb Ltd Leda Glyptis, Director, LAG20 Consulting Host: Ronit Ghose, Global Head, Future of Finance, Citi Explore the future of banking in an AI powered bank client relationship. How will banks compete when AI bots won’t be driven by trust or loyalty? Do benefits of AI outweigh the immediate cost of deploying AI tools? Will banks have to reengineer products / service?

*Agenda subject to change

Roundtable Sessions | Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 June | In Person | London

Join us for these hotly anticipated workshop sessions which will be led by Industry and Citi experts. Chatham house rules apply and in person only.

• AI: How to future proof yourself as a finance professional?
• Gen AI: A game changer for capital markets?
• How can asset & wealth managers use AI?
• How to use AI in investing and research?
• AI: Large language models for financial services
• Bank leaders & laggards in AI: The AI index
• How the buy-side is driving innovation with digital assets?
• Payments infrastructure & interoperability in digital assets
• Optimising liquidity: Exploring the advantages of tokenized cash
• The future of digital securities
• Cross border payments: Separating the signal from the noise
• Future of money and Project Agora

To register your interest in attending any of these sessions please contact kathryn1.brown@citi.com.