THURSDAY MAY 22nd

THE SHED NYC

Featured Speakers

Robert Pick

EVP & CIO, Tokio Marine North America Services

Tricia S. Blair

Chief Digital Officer & CIO Global Affinity, AON

Shanil Williams

CEO Americas and Board Member, Allianz Commercial

Michael Radziemski

SVP & CIO, Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Lauren Dieterich

COO, Arch Insurance North America (AINA)

Rob Siegel

Managing Director & CTO, Global Infrastructure Partners

Steve Lord

CIO, AXIS Capital

Gerard McGarry

Head of Strategy & Operations - Risk Management, Macquarie

Margeaux Giles

CEO, Irys Insuretech

Daniel Gourvitch

President, Mercer Advisors

Jenny Larson

CIO Officer, Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions

Frank D’Souza

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Lisa Wardlaw

COO, Irys Insuretech

Amit Mantrow

Chief Data, Analytics and Digital Officer, Lockton Companies

Kanisha Khaitan Agarwal

Principal, Deloitte

Bradley E. Bodell

CIO, Ryan Specialty Group

Ryan Lemoie

Co-Founder & CEO, Auxo Solutions

Srinivas Kamadi

Founder & CEO AidenAI

Martin Harrysson

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Greg Beaumont

Principal, EY

Vinay Kumar H S

Global Business Head, AidenAI

Sheetal Vyas

AVP Engineering, Co-operators

Bryan Brizzi

CDO, Crum & Forster

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The Agenda

9:00 AM

Registration

9:30 AM

Opening Keynote

Speaker: Gary Hoberman, CEO & Founder, Unqork

10:15 AM

Customer Panel: Business & IT-Led Deployment – Models for Success

Speakers: Robert Pick, EVP & CIO at Tokio Marine, Shanil Williams, CEO Americas and Board Member at Allianz Commercial & Rob Siegel, Managing Director & CTO at Global Infrastructure Partners
Moderator: Martin Harrysson, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

11:00 AM

Break

11:15 AM

Arch Insurance Customer Spotlight with Deloitte

Speaker: Lauren Dieterich, COO at Arch Insurance, & Kanisha Agarwal, Principal at Deloitte
Moderator: Ant van Rensberg, President & COO at Unqork

11:45 AM

Customer Panel: Owning Your Future: The Power of Business & Product-Led Transformation

Speakers: Amit Mantrow, Chief Data, Analytics & Digital Officer at Lockton, Tricia Blair, Chief Digital Officer & CIO at Aon, Gerard McGarry, Head of Strategy and Operations, Risk Management at Macquarie & other industry leaders
Moderator: Kayvan Parvin, Head of Financial Services at Unqork

12:15 PM

EY Demo: Accelerate Application Configuration with AI

Speaker: Greg Beaumont, Principal at EY

12:20 PM

Unqork AI Showcase

12:30 PM

Lunch & Networking

1:30 PM

Efficiency Meets Experience: How Mercer Advisors Transformed Wealth Servicing at Scale

Speaker: Daniel Gourvitch, President at Mercer Advisors
Moderator: Ryan Lemoie, Co-Founder & CEO at Auxo Solutions

2:00 PM

Customer Panel: Accelerate Insurance Transformation - Innovate, Integrate, and Grow

Speakers: Stephen Lord, CIO at Axis Capital & Brad Bodell, CIO at Ryan Specialty, & Jenny Larson, CIO at Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions
Moderator: CK, Head of Global Insurance and Healthcare at Unqork

2:40 PM

Fireside Chat: Supercharge Digital Acceleration - From Legacy Modernization to Innovation

Speakers: Bryan Brizzi, CDO at Crum & Forster, and Sheetal Vyas, AVP Engineering at Co-operators
Moderator:Vinay Kumar, Global Business Head at AidenAI

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

Unqork AI Showcase

3:30 PM

Fireside Chat: Overcoming Legacy Systems – Eliminating Tech Debt & Building Secure, Modern Apps

Speaker: Michael Radziemski, SVP & CIO at Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
Moderator: Gary Hoberman, CEO & Co-Founder, Unqork

4:00 PM

Build What Doesn’t Exist (Yet) - Founders, Frameworks, and the Reality of Scaling Change

Speaker: Margo Giles, COO at IRYS Insurtech & Lisa Lundegard, Director of Solutions at Unqork
Moderator: Lisa Wardlaw, COO at IRYS Insurtech/360 Digital Immersion

4:30 PM

Fireside Chat with Frank D’Souza from Recognize

Speaker: Frank D'Souza, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Recognize; Former CEO, Cognizant
Moderator: Gary Hoberman, CEO & Founder, Unqork

5:00 PM

Closing Statements

5:00 - 6:30 PM

Happy Hour

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