Conference
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Presentation on “The Gap”
On November 12, I gave a presentation at the Fintech Takes Builders Summit in Bozeman, Montana on the widening gap between the practice of banking/finance and the regulation and supervision of banking/finance. Kiah Haslett moderated a lively discussion with roughly fifty fintech builders. Much of the discussion revolved around the ideas reflected in the regulatory… Continue reading
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Panel on “The Future of AI Governance”
On October 16, I joined Melissa Koide of FinRegLab, Him Das of K2 Integrity, Vaik Mugunthan of Dynamo, and others on a panel at DC Fintech Week 2025 to discuss responsible AI. I highlighted the risk of category errors in risk managing AI and the importance of relying on first principles. I also discussed using… Continue reading
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Keynote Panel on “Shaping the Future of Finance”
On October 8, I joined Manmohan Singh and Samim Ghamami on the keynote panel for Risk Live North America’s annual conference in Nashville, TN. In addition to discussing the outlook for rates and the future of money, my remarks focused on stablecoins and AI. Continue reading
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Fireside at AI-Native Banking and Fintech Pre-Conference
On September 29, I had a fireside chat with Madeline Fredin of Alloy Labs at a pre-conference event for industry and regulatory leaders attending SpringLab’s AI-Native Banking and Fintech Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. We discussed AI risk governance, model risk management, evals, fintech partnerships, impacts on community banking, and regulatory training, amongst other… Continue reading
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Panel on “AI Adoption: Enablers and Blockers”
On September 24 in Frankfurt, I joined Dovile Grigiene (Revolut), Santa Purgaile (Bank of Latvia), and Alexander Thamm, for a panel discussion of AI adoption at the ECB’s annual Supervision Innovators Conference. We discussed the proof-of-concept ‘trap’, the role of culture and inertia, and the risks of moving too slowly. Continue reading
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Presentation on “AI-Enabled Agility: Reimagining Central Banks”
On September 9 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I gave a presentation and participated in a fireside chat at SEACEN’s “High Level Course on Leadership in the Age of AI: Empowering Central Bank Leaders”. My presentation focused on the challenges facing central banks today and how AI can help to meet them, as summarized in this… Continue reading
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Keynote Panel on “An Increasingly Uncertain World” for PIDM
On August 26, 2025, I joined a keynote panel titled, “An Increasingly Uncertain World,” hosted by the Malaysian deposit insurance authority, PIDM. The panel was moderated by Jessica Chew, Technical Advisor and former Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia’s central bank . I was joined by Tan Sri Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, Chairman of Standard… Continue reading
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Keynote Fireside on “GENIUS and Stablecoins” at Vanderbilt’s Conference on Market Structure
On June 27, 2025, I joined Chris Giancarlo, former Chair of the CFTC, for a fireside chat on the GENIUS Act and stablecoins, at Vanderbilt Law School’s Conference on Market Structure in New York. The discussion was moderated by Robert Armstrong of the Financial Times. We discussed and debated the use cases for stablecoins, the… Continue reading
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Workshop on “Cybernetic Supervision” for the ECB’s Technology and Innovation Division
On July 1, 2025, I led a two-hour virtual workshop on “Cybernetic Supervision” for the ECB’s Technology & Innovation Division (TIN). The workshop built off of my March 20 presentation to the ECB Supervisory Board, focusing on operationalizing the ideas presented. The workshop included live demos of publicly-available AI tools — from deep research to… Continue reading
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Fireside on the “Impacts of an America First Agenda” at Central Banking’s Annual Meeting
On June 12, 2025, I participated in a fireside chat with Chris Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief of Central Banking, at Central Banking’s annual London meeting. We discussed the implications of the U.S.’s “America First” policies for the dollar, Treasuries, bank regulatory priorities, and international financial cooperation. The discussion was reported here. Continue reading
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