# 2024 NYU Stern Fintech Conference ![2024 Fintech ](/sites/default/files/styles/866w/public/2024-01/maxime-valcarce-mAj8xn5zXsk-unsplash%20%282%29.jpg?h=0e1896fb&itok=X9R1o1wG) ## 2024 NYU Stern Fintech Conference - Living Large: The Latest on AI in Finance **Friday, March 1, 2024 from 8:30 AM to 12:05 PM EST** Join top Fintech academics, leading Fintech investors, innovative Fintech startups, and forward-looking Financial institutions to discuss Living Large: The Latest on AI in Finance --- ## Conference Speakers [ ![Gašper Beguš](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/begus.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=ijN8dy0N) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbegus/) [## Gašper Beguš ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbegus/)Assistant Professor Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbegus/) [ ![Joy Buolamwini](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/buolamwini.png?h=01e15906&itok=aWG3TYdf) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/buolamwini/) [## Joy Buolamwini ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/buolamwini/)Bestselling author and President of the Algorithmic Justice League [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/buolamwini/) [ ![KD](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2023-04/Kathleen%20DeRose_Headshot.jpg?h=c63721b7&itok=bJHSGabu) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose) [## Kathleen DeRose ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose)Fintech Director of the Fubon Center at NYU Stern [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose) [ ![Alejandro Jaimes](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/jaimes.jpg?h=f7495f53&itok=ssNdLbbX) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexjaimes/) [## Alejandro Jaimes ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexjaimes/)Chief Data Officer at Dataminr [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexjaimes/) [ ![Gideon Mann](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/mann.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=0CHkajWp) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gideon-mann-223a2912/) [## Gideon Mann ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gideon-mann-223a2912/)Global Head of AI and Technology at Millennium [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gideon-mann-223a2912/) [ ![Aline Oliveira Pezente](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/pezente.png?h=01e15906&itok=wF0GZ1n5) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aline-oliveira-pezente/) [## Aline Oliveira Pezente ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aline-oliveira-pezente/)Co-founder and Chief AI Officer at Traive [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aline-oliveira-pezente/) [ ![Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/preotiuc.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=m6RNPdLv) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpreotiuc/) [## Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpreotiuc/)Senior Research Scientist at Bloomberg LP [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpreotiuc/) [ ![Headshot of Foster Provost](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/headshot_provost.jpg?h=54de7ba5&itok=_5xVDGSn) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/foster-provost) [## Foster Provost ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/foster-provost)Fubon Center Data Analytics & AI Director and Professor at NYU Stern [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/foster-provost) [ ![L.D. Salmanson](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/salmanson.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=sM_ICMPR) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldsalmanson/) [## L.D. Salmanson ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldsalmanson/)Founder of Cherre [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldsalmanson/) [ ![Melissa A. Schilling](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2023-04/melissa_Schilling.jpg?h=559b5251&itok=XmQKMf9M) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/melissa-schilling) [## Melissa Schilling ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/melissa-schilling)Fubon Center Tech Innovation Director and Professor at NYU Stern [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/melissa-schilling) [ ![Ofer Shapira](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/shapira.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=6H6pZX6T) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofer-shapira/) [## Ofer Shapira ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofer-shapira/)Founder and CEO of Soteria Market [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofer-shapira/) [ ![Einat Steklov](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/steklov.png?h=f7495f53&itok=S8M34d1O) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/einat-steklov-099650/) [## Einat Steklov ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/einat-steklov-099650/)Founder & CEO of Kashable [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/einat-steklov-099650/) [ ![Alexander Sugar](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/sugar.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=W9241mH-) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-sugar-phd-3505a331/) [## Alexander Sugar ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-sugar-phd-3505a331/)Product Manager and Linguist [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-sugar-phd-3505a331/) prev next - - - slide 1 - slide 2 - slide 3 - - ![2024 Fintech Conference: Better, Faster, Cheaper](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/1_9.png.webp?itok=wCtGRSbo) [ Play Video ](#) Better, Faster, Cheaper: How Data Analytics Change the Game in Financial Platforms (Ofer Shapira, Einat Steklov, L.D. Salmanson, Melissa Schilling) - ![2024 Fintech Conference : What Makes a Good Commercial Application for Generative AI](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/2_11.png.webp?itok=1wmzwaYd) [ Play Video ](#) What Makes a Good Commercial Application for Generative AI? (Foster Provost, Alejandro Jaimes, Alexander Sugar, Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro) - ![2024 Fintech Conference: Keynote](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/3_8.png.webp?itok=0jVsJ2ek) [ Play Video ](#) Keynote (Gašper Beguš) ## PROGRAM Show All | Hide All Welcome and Opening Remarks Kathleen DeRose, NYU Stern Keynote Joy Buolamwini, Algorithmic Justice League Research Frontiers of Generative AI and LLMs in Finance Arun Sundararajan, NYU Stern Aline Oliveira Pezente, Traive Gideon Mann, Millennium Better, Faster, Cheaper: How Data Analytics Change the Game in Financial Platforms Ofer Shapira, Founder & CEO, Soteria Market Einat Steklov, Founder & CEO, Kashable L.D. Salmanson, Founder, Cherre Melissa A. Schilling, NYU Stern What Makes a Good Commercial Application for Generative AI? Foster Provost, NYU Stern Alejandro Jaimes, Dataminr Alexander Sugar, Product Manager Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro, Bloomberg LP Keynote Gašper Beguš, UC Berkeley