AI/ML in finance: advancing the future of financial markets
Speakers
Moderator
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are becoming foundational technologies for modern finance. They are reshaping how institutions generate insights from data, manage risk, execute transactions, and serve clients – while also influencing market structure and financial stability.
This event brings together academic and industry leaders for short talks and a panel discussion on how AI/ML is advancing the future of financial markets. The conversation will highlight practical applications, emerging capabilities, and the key challenges that will shape adoption over the next several years.
Open to academics, practitioners, students, and the public, this event provides a forum to learn, ask questions, and connect with a community working at the forefront of AI/ML and finance.
Event programme
- 5.45pm | Doors open
- 6pm to 6.05pm | Welcome and introduction
- 6.05pm to 7.20pm | Presentations and panel discussion
- 7.20pm to 8pm | Reception
Meet our speakers
- Professor Álvaro Cartea | Professor of Mathematical Finance and Director, Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance, University of Oxford
- Peter Hafez | Chief Data Scientist, RavenPack, BigData.com
- Dr James Hamp | Head of Data Strategy and Analytics for Foreign Exchange, Citi, and DSI Visiting Fellow
- Professor Petter Kolm |Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
- Professor Luitgard Veraart | LSE Department of Mathematics
Chair
- Professor Johannes Ruf | Department of Mathematics and Deputy Director of the Data Science Institute
Moderator
- Hilary Till | Principal, Premia Research LLC
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