SFF 2023 will focus on the growth and adoption of AI and how this technology can potentially be used in financial services. Examining how technologies such as AI and Web3, and digital public goods, can help to accelerate: the transition to a low-carbon future, the re-imagining of the financial system architecture to better address the needs of the underserved, the securing of the digital economy against modern climate, technology and cyber risks.
Since its inception in 2016, SFF has become the premier platform for the global financial services community to engage, connect, and collaborate on issues relating to the confluence of financial services, public policy, and technology. Over seven years, SFF has featured global leaders such as Bill Gates, Co-chair & Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Brian Armstrong, Co-founder & CEO, Coinbase; Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, Jacinda Ardern, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand; Jane Fraser, CEO, Citigroup; Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Laureate, Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund; Satya Nadella, Chairman & CEO, Microsoft; Sheila Bair, Former Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India; and Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google and Alphabet. Last year’s edition brought together more than 62,000 participants from over 115 countries.