Impact of AI on Economy, Finance and Supervision 11–12 November 2026

Seminarier

Bank of Finland and Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority are pleased to announce an upcoming seminar focused on a critical and timely topic:

The Impact of AI on Economy, Finance and Supervision

This seminar will bring together central bankers, financial supervisory authorities, as well as industry experts to explore the transformative effects of artificial intelligence on the economy and financial sector and to discuss its practical implications for financial supervision.

Programme and speakers

Times in Finnish local time (EET, UTC +2)

Wednesday 11 November

9:30–9:45 Opening Remarks, Tuomas Välimäki, Member of the Board, Bank of Finland 

9:45–10:30 How AI Is Reshaping the Economy and Central Banking, Maximilian Freier, AI Coordinator, European Central Bank

10:30–11:15 AI – Challenging Conventions for Business Impact, Tuomas Syrjänen, AI Renewal & Chair of the Board, Futurice

11:15–11:45 Coffee break                       

11:45–12:30 AI, Supercomputing and Quantum: Europe’s Next Competitive Frontier, Mikael Johansson, Manager, Quantum Technologies, CSC – IT Center for Science

12:30–13:15 Building AI in the Quantum Age, Hugo Gävert, FDE Squad Lead, Qutwo

13:15–14:15 Lunch

14:15–15:00 AI Ops in Asset Management, Tuomas Ritola, AI Director, Evli Oyj

15:00–15:45 The Global Market for Artificial Intelligence Services, Jon Frost, Head of Innovation and the Digital Economy, Bank for International Settlements

15:45–16:15 Coffee break

16:15–16:45 To New Heights with Microdata – with BoF-FSA Wingman, Leevi López Kujala, Data Science Specialist, Bank of Finland

16:45–17:15 Financial Stability in the Age of AI, Sophia Kazinnik, Research Scientist, Stanford

 

Thursday 12 November

9:00–10:00 Building an AI-Native Central Bank: From Digital Transformation to Enterprise Intelligence, Jungphil Park, Director of the Office of Digital Innovation and Chief Data Officer, Bank of Korea

10:00–10:30 Agentic AI on Premises: Prototyping for Central Banking in a Secure and Self-Sufficient Environment, Sebastian Lutterer, AI- and Dashboard-Developer, Deutsche Bundesbank

10:30–11:00 Coffee break

11:00–11:30 Managing AI in Finanstilsynet, Jon Reidar Testad, Team Lead Innovation, Finanstilsynet (Norwegian FSA)

11:30–12:00 From News to Risk Signals: An AI-Powered Pipeline for Counterparty Solvency Monitoring, Ruth Vilar, Data Scientist, and Nuria Nievas Vinãls, Data Scientist, Banco de España 

12:00–13:00 Fireside Chat: AI Implementation Journey in Central Banks 

  • Maxime-Edouard Laloire, Head of Innovation & AI Office, National Bank of Belgium
  • Bertrand Peyret, Deputy Secretary General, Banque de France

Moderated by Leevi López Kujala, Data Science Specialist, Bank of Finland and Henri Forss, Senior AI Specialist, Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority

13:00–14:00 Lunch

End of seminar

 

This programme may be subject to change without notice.

For questions related to the seminar, please contact Event Coordinators at fs.events@bof.fi.